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Originally Posted by Jaggu Are you interested in purchases from other states ? and would you mind if it comes with a Isuzu 1800 cc petrol engine/gearbox plonked in, instead of Standard engine?
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Hi Jaggu I have a friend who is a interior designor I know he had one in maybe year 1994 or so it was in just working condition with almost all goodies some replaced by Fiat,Ambassador components and he had replaced the engine with Allwyan Nissan tempo diesel engine. Do you know that he actually puchased a second hand Allwyn Nissan tempo,removed the enging and gearbox and after fixing it in the car ![DeadHorse](https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/images/smilies/deadhorse.gif) sold the rest of the tempo body in scrap. Engine after installation ran good for two to three thausand kms he used to carry wood ,floor tiles,cement bags,sometimes sand bags,plumbing pipes, also his workers in the car,then one day a connecting rod broke, the connecting rod was not available in the market, he looked around for almost two months without results then he brought a second hand engine from scrap shop and removed the connecting rod and other components and sold the rest of the second engine in scrap. Car ran good for eight months suddenly one night it caught fire and was gutted completely AT LAST HE SOLD IT IN SCRAP as the insurance was third party. Now he has a Maruti Esteem with a Matador ![Shockked](https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/images/smilies/Shockked.png) or I dont know which diesel engine with original petrol engine in exelent condition lying in his office or godown.BOSS you have such characters,it is right they saY PAANCH UNGLI EK BARABAR NAHIN HOTI HAI. Quote:
Originally Posted by anjan_c2007 ![O.T.](https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/images/smilies/Off Topic.gif) Yes directinjection, let me get the facts right. The original HM Contessa that was launched in 1984, costing Rs 1,10000 on road in Maharashtra, came with the BMC 1489 cc Ambassador engine with the 4-speed floor shift gear box. It was only in 1987 that the ISZ 1817cc petrol engine came along and the Contessa was rechristened Contessa Classic.In fact, I have driven both these versions.By 1987, the prices were up touching Rs 145,000=00. |
Dear ANJAN I came to know in those days itself that the BMC engines given in Amby were brought by HM in scrap from London brought to India and o/h completely with new spares etc and them fixed on new cars. ![Frustration](https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/images/smilies/Frustration.gif) This engine used to make a peculiare whining sound when accelerated, it was very popular with Mumbai-Pune taxi service group, later they too got fed up of perpetual repaies and replaced them with diesel padminis.The old scrap engines given new life but did HM knew anything about METAL FATIGUE in engines Idont think so. Note from the Team-BHP Support Team: Post Edited. Smilie usage is restricted to two per post on Team-BHP. Please refrain from using excessive smilies.
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