[Vwdiesel] [TDI conversion] What engine do you want

[William J Toensing]

In reference to the GM aluminum block engine, it was standard equipment in the 1961 thru 1963 Olds F-85 & Buick Special. It was an option the Pontiac Tempest for the same years. Those models used the Corvair platform modified for front engine, rear drive. GM then sold the tooling & manufacturing rights to Rover in England. As I recall, that engine first appeared in the Rover 3000, V-8 version of the Rover 2000, then into the Rover 3500, Range Rover, & MG after it was acquired by Rover from British Leyland. 
UK members, correct me if I am wrong but if memory serves me correct, Austin & Morris merged to become BMC or British Motor Corp., then British Leyland, & then Rover. BMW then bought Rover, sold Range Rover/Land Rover to Ford keeping the rest of Rover, including the Mini with the remaining part of Rover including  MG sold to a Chinese company.
However, to my knowledge, this engine developed by GM was always an aluminum block engine.
Bill Toensing