[Mgs] car factoid

[Phil Bates]

Thanks for the correction.  I guess it was only the US's Westfield version
of the Lotus 11 that got a 1275 A series motor.  And the motor in the
westfield  - being almost a kit car - was kind of up for grabs.

Phil Bates
> In a message dated 8/10/2007 8:48:38 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
> jello at ida.net writes:
>
> Obligatory MG content.....Lotus - a car company that used to use  MG
> engines in some of their production cars (such as the midget engine in
> the
> lotus 11) now uses a Toyota motor in their exige/elise  line.
>
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> Actually they didn't. Use the MG engine in the Lotus 11, that is. They
> used
> a Ford engine in the non-race model while using the Coventry Climax engine
> in
> the competition versions.
>
> You must be thinking about the Lotus 7 which used a 948 and a very few
> 1098
> (from 1963 they went all Ford). The engines didn't come from MGs -  home
> market cars used A35 engines while export cars got Austin Healey Bugeye
> motors.
>
> Very sensible move to Toyota, I should think.
>
> Bill
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