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Default Funny new book - "CrapCars"

" You can get the BOPR V8 from a catalog too. It was still in production
until last year I understand--if you can find pre-2002 Range Rover or
Pre-2005 Land Rover Discovery in a junk yard it should have one, or if you
google "Land Rover Parts" you'll find some US sources for complete engines.
If you google "Land Rover Engines" you'll find a different set of
suppliers, mostly in the UK, that have new engines with various mods.

Looks like with Ford taking over Rover, though, they've decided to purge
themselves of GM influence. Perhaps somebody else will buy the tooling and
keep it in production.


http://www.pistonheads.com/news/defa...?storyId=13228
"THE ROVER V8 WILL BURBLE AGAIN
The Rover V8 is dead -- long live the Rover V8!
Despite reports of its imminent death, the famous V8, used in many Solihull-built Land Rover products, is alive and burbling and in
production in the UK. MCT, the West Country based engineering and manufacturing specialist, has won a contract from Land Rover for
the continuation of production to support the aftermarket requirement for original equipment engines. ..."