The company also wanted to increase production, which meant expending facilities it than shared with its siblings. Both objectives were hamstrung by a lack of cash. But the government stepped in with a massive subsides and Land Rover eventually came out on top.
The first step towards this recovery, otherwise known as stage 1 of the investment plan, spawned the legendry Series III stage 1 V8. Who joined Land Rover in 1963 as an apprentice, was well acquainted with the V8 working on its development when Rover took it over from Buick in the late 1960s.
You might think, then, that the V8 would have been the obvious choice to replace the old six pot. But according to this wasn’t the case. First got involved with the Series III stage 1 project towards the end of 1976. Before we looked at using the 2.2 liter OHC (overhead cam) Rover car engine.
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