After our farewell party on March the 12th, I bought (for work) a fibre optic bore scope. Handy for looking in hard to get to places in engine bays etc. Curiosoty lead my to take a spark plug out of the Rapier and have a look inside. Well as the photo shows I had a major problem. With 2 weeks to go before the car goes into the container, I was staring a major engine rebuild in the grille. My Rapier has Riley 1500cc post war conrods so the pistons are a one off. The chances of getting new pistons made in such a short time was next to impossable. After many phone calls and whils't confering with my mate Bru. it was suggested that I should consider using his engine and gearbox as his Rapier
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