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TheB40 engine installation was taller than the Rover unit,meaning the front bumper had to be raised in order toalign the hole for the starting handle, while the bonnetwas raised on rubber blocks to provide additionalclearance in the engine bay. CLASSICS This superb Rolls-Royce-engined Series Iscooped the award for Best RestoredLand Rover at the LRM Live show in May.The story of the rebuild alongside itstwin is fascinating ROLLS - ROYCE - POWERED SERIES I ON the face of it, in the late1940s someone came upwith what seemed like a goodidea. It is one of the 50 Mk2b engines that were built forthe Land Rover engine conversion project, but becauseonly 33 were converted this one had remained a spareengine for all those intervening years. [Extracted from the article] |
