[alfazagato]

The funny thing is that, whilst speaking today in fact, to an ex-Autodelta driver, he made the comment that Autodelta never gave a fig really which engine was in which car or indeed whether it was 1300 or 1600. All that really mattered to them was the strip on the side and the dragon on the bonnet for visibility. He noted they spent more time removing those items on a 1300 car when they plonked in a 1600 motor in it than they did preparing the engine. They also liked the high rear arches on the Junior.
He concluded that any car worth calling a corsa had a variety of engines, suspension set-ups and running gear and that to claim originality was to confirm a car that had done nothing and, in competition terms, worthless. A posers motor. Oh yes!