For years I heard an unlikely song-and-dance about how the C motor was
actually just a rework of the Healey 6. Didn't seem logical given how stingy
they were about creating new stuff for limited production...
Finally last year in a now- forgotton issue of a British magazine I read that
the C motor was basicly the industrial version (read Forklift( of the B motor
with 2 cyls added. This somehow makes more sense, and I also read that the
1800 is still in production for such industrial products. Makes me wonder if
they're still turning out the 6 as well..? Any other info out there?
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From: KGROWLER@aol.com
Subject: Engine Lineage (Was Maita & MG Stuff
This all makes me want to look up the quote I think was about the MGC engine
that said (and I am paraphrasing) -
"The engine seemed to be the work of a marine engine designer who was
transferred to the agricultural engine department against his will"
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