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Old 06-20-2010, 05:28 PM
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Thought I'd drop in to give a flashback to the days when hot rodders were dropping American V8s into British sports cars. Here's my Explorer motor almost ready for the install into my Austin-Healey 3000:



Legend has it that Carroll Shelby approached Donald Healey first for a V8 swap, but DMH refused as he was a loyal Brit who didn't want to see a Yank V8 in a British car. Here's the story of the rest of my build to date:

http://forum.britishv8.org/read.php?13,8264
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http://forum.britishv8.org/read.php?13,8264
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