The car reviews that used to appear on this website seem to have dried up? So, have they been moved or what?
We are pleased to say that because of our hard work Sixties Britain has become very popular but, pleasing as this is, it has created other problems. At present we are using virtually all the resources allocated to us, in fact sometimes access to the site is impaired for this very reason. So, in order to reduce the load on the server, the car section is being transferred to a super new website, Classic Car Digest, hosted on Blogger and the link is here.
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The BMC ‘A’ series engine may have been the smallest but it was one of the most produced and most frequently used engines fitted into cars made by British Motor Corporation (BMC).
Built as a successor to the mid-fifties Jaguar 2.4 and 3.4, the Mk II became, and not without good reason, one of the best loved and best known of all Jaguars.
The MG Car Company had a perfectly good sports car in the seven year old MGA. It was popular, it sold well especially in the USA, and offered great performance linked with the joys of fresh air sports car motoring. So, in 1962 when MG announced its successor, the logically styled MGB, it had to be, not just a good car, but one that was even better.
The BMC ‘B’ series engine was in production and development for some 26 years and found use in a variety of vehicles over a considerable period of time. From humble beginnings, it was to become the mainstay of the MG MGB car that will form the subject of a full review to be posted soon.
