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Originally Posted by last fairlane
Hi all great thread
A couple of things I read about in the 60s was the Repco Brabham 5000 was made from two Peugot 4 cylinder motors welded to gether then stroked and bored and the other thing was the Buick alloy V8 that they developed but couldnt keep coll so the sold it to the Poms at Rover who turned it into a 3.5 Litre and the Aussies turned it into a 4.4 Litre for the P76 I had one of those in the 70s it was an Executive the equivelent of a Fairmont V8 bucket seats air con and power steer also as far as I know that motor was the basis for the Truimph Stag motor you can correct me on that bit if you like
and like XB says Datsuns had a direct copy of an Austin A 40 motor which was the forerunner of the 1800/1100/ and the Mini and MGBs
thanks John
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yeah another reason to sell the v8 off to the poms is that it was too small to power the big tanks.