The 1000 2 sdn gave me the largest loss of years of my life, a temporary 13b that on my 3rd drive ended up in court for some offences Im not proud of and neither was my wife so I didnt jump all over the forums about it as I was reminded often of that achievement by more than one person both non and related.
The other engines I gathered where many for that project but now finally a ca18
will be the final conversion. (I went from A10>A14>fiat>Daihatsu>Rotary>Suzi>CA18)
Not counting trial fitment of the ally Peugeot 2.2 or the Cossie I never importd but bought.
Sidedraft ended up with my old KB10 it started with the A10>2xA16> A12 all 5 speeds
quad carbed and Sigma GE brake conversion. The 1608 cracked bores twice.
Those where just the 1k datsuns I played with not the countless makes of cars Ive
come across over 26 years.
On other make of cars and bikes Ive had over a hundred but the completed ones that
stand out are not appropiate for this site but a caterham replica, 67 pagoda w/ 6.3 litre and Vw shortpan Manx where my weirdest 4 wheelers of all not really for this site. Weird in that the 7 had a daihatsu HD motor with supra box, the Pagoda 1 of the largest factory dry sump engines instead of a 6 and the Manx an Alfa Romeo Boxer before
going back 2 a stroker Combi setup.
My treasure was a BSA Royal Star from the year of my birth, restored for 11 years as a
side thing and stolen not long after its first show and shine and never recovered.
I can tell you bitter is not the word that comes to mind everytime I think of that bike
long with the BSA c11 and Bamtam (also restored) that went with it on a saturday night.

Yes you can buy some incredibly old machinery if you look hard enough but I believe
the A series is an engine used in more than one make. Ive seen them re-power everything
under the sun and the larger capacity ones are already starting to fetch good prices.
The owners have always been "mainly" not all tight butts :) and if the bodies dont survive
like other cheap skate classics (eg Austins and Morris) then i dont see them sought after
much unless you want to re-power or restore a modern forklift.
The early A series are available but usually end up crushed or given away.
The cars they come in themselves are modified with late motors like I myself am doing
to one of them for now. The other 2 I have will remain A series.
They are not a significant engines like the Caddy or even the Kent but I feel this and
many other reasons why both the engine and the coupe bodies will be rare.
If they dont become rare then Ill be very happy as day by day I adore them that much more.

Ill show other photos my VB10 its almost finished to my liking...Ive already put some pics up of it somewhere. Its the Pano version with now with a fussy detailed a12 (a10 in storage)
Saturday I decided to change the alternator to a new type with internal regulator and fan yet couldnt get it finished and had to go back to the old setup. If someone helps me with the link to a thread on here somewhere I will try again. All for aesthetics as i hate the
external reg and fan on all alternators and especially hate (a big word i know) generators
they spoil all aesthetics on engines of yesteryear.

Pugs and BMW use the all alloy Diesels, Pugs having them for years before any other make.
The PSA HDI has just hit the 10 million mark.