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Re: V8 Marcos

2002-04-24 by dbarton62

Hi Group,
        I gave a bit of erroneous info yesterday on the gearbox 
........the high end cars I referred to are the Rover P5 and P5B'S
 that were imported to Italy.
 Cheers Dave #5577
P.S. Hey Mark .....the name is Dave Barton I have posted here a number 
of times....














--- In MarcosManiacs@y..., "dbarton62" <dbarton62@y...> wrote:
> Hi Group,
>      Found out a bit more info about my engine / trans combo 
today....
> apparently the trans is a beefed up unit used in Italy from 1969 to 
> 1974 on their police cars and on their high end cars (whatever they
> are) .........it is however a Rover trans.....the engine according 
to
> my source does not have any of the #'s that Rover registered as one
> of their serial #'s ........it is probably an experimental 
> engine.......all the internals are Rover/Buick though.
>              Cheers Dave #5577

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