With the new bearings, piston rings and seals fitted into the 850 block (at last), it was time to pull the old 700cc engine from the Vegemite Special so certain other parts could be swapped over. Firs

MODEL TESTED CHANGAN DEEPAL S07 Price £39,990 Power 215bhp Torque 236lb ft 0-60mph 7.5sec 30-70mph 6.5sec Top speed 112mph 70-0mph 44.5m (9deg C, damp patches) Range 233/240/285 miles (average/touring

It may be very different to the original, but it retains the air of specialness associated with the name

Moto Guzzi weren’t the only ones to make a V8. Finnish genius Tauno Nurmi built his own eight-cylinder for the 350cc world championship in 1965 – and the amazing device has been brought back to life

Classic Bike, Media House, Peterborough Business Park, Lynch Wood, Peterborough, Cambs, PE2 6EA

Dawn West’s first classic joins her family’s ex-military ambulance and a Harley Davidson