Austin and Morris FFk

Your correct there Barry, the FJ was a disaster. I fitted TWO recon engines in one FJ without it leaving the workshop, fitted one and it put the cooling test guage around to 14 psi so took it out and fitted another, just the same! Yet the same engine in the FHK was pretty reliable, all down to the move to Bathgate as the worker’s up there had problems maintaining the machining tolerances plus there was 1/8th of an inch difference in engine length compared to the Birmingham built engines. Finally they put the engine back to vertical in the Laird which cured most of the problems, however by then the damage was done sales wise.

Pete.