A lovely read, Reminds me of when I was young sat reeading my brothers and dads car magazines whilst having a -h-t.
Just got a morris minor with a gold seal engine in it.
Also my mums g reg metro turbo had a gold seal in it, It was 2 years old when we got it. Boy did that car get some hammer it did 2 gearboxes, but the engine was always good even when the actuator pipe split,
Having just discovered (via here thanks to fellow posters) that our 64 SDL has a gold seal 970 S unit, with its own special number, this article is even more pleasing to read
Ivor Searle used to do these and Ford Exchange Engines. Hartwells were having a clearout of 11090 Marina van silver seal engines in 1990 and I bought two for 100 quid each, fitting one to a 1968 Minor 1000 and selling the other one. Silver seal units were very good.
Just picket up a little Nugget today! Gold Seal 998 Cooper engine with 22G1128 Gearbox.
Never expected to find this today when i opened up this Barndor
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