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MK11TRICARB

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HI GUYS
IM FROM ENGLAND AND IM OLD! WHEN I FIRST STARTED IN THE MOTOR INDUSTRY THE COMPANY I WORKED FOR WAS ROUTES GROUP AND AUSTIN /MORRIS DEALERS.BRITISH LEYLAND CAME ALONG AND THEN CHRYSLER.CHRYSLER THEN TURNED INTO PEUGEOT.PEUGEOT THEN SAID NO MULTI FRANCHISING SO BL GOT DUMPED.WE ARE STILL PEUGEOT TO THIS DAY ! SO I HAVE FORGOTTEN MORE THAN I CAN REMEMBER IMPS, MINIS,1100S,1300S,MGS,MARINAS,MORRIS 1000S,AVENGERS(CRICKETS)HUNTERS,ALPINES,TIGERS,SIMCAS,180S 2 LITRES,MATRAS,HEALEYS,MIDGETS,MGBS,RANCHOS,BAGERAHS,HILLMAN MINXS,COMMER VANS,GOSH WHAT A LOAD OF OLD....HISTORY. HOW SAD AM I??? IF I CAN HELP ANY ONE I WILL ,I HAVE BEEN MADE VERY WELCOLME ALREADY SO MANY THANKS
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tony barnhill

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Welcome - any thoughts of writing a book?
 

aeronca65t

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Welcome!
My dear old Dad worked for Rootes very briefly in the 50s.

What is funny now is that the separation of BL and Peugeot has come full-circle: The new '07 MINI will come with a Peugeot engine.
 
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MK11TRICARB

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YES NEW MINI ENGINE IS THE HPI TURBO (MORE TORQUE THAN A DIESEL),IT WILL BE FOLLOWED SHORTLY BY THE TWIN TURBO !
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