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

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Amid the industrial agonies and political intrigues that dogged the British Leyland empire in the 1970s, the MGB GT V8 is definitely one of the brighter spots. Rather like the Daimler SP250, it was a

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They say in the motor trade that there is a bottom for every seat, but flogging the big sidevalve Humber saloons to Americans must have been a pretty thankless task in 1950, even for an export-minded

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