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Old 06-17-2012, 03:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Palangi View Post
Good call.....

GM did indeed sell the old worn out tooling from the early 60's uneven firing aluminum V6's to the Brits.
Gm kept building the v6 (perhaps to this day).

Not quite. GM sold them the rights to the BOP aluminum v8. The engine is still being built and sold in England with little change in the basic motor excepting the induction devices.
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