of the legendary Ambassador was phased out in 2013. They are very popular amongst the taxicab market in India even today. This engine was also license built by Nissan in Japan in the late 1950s as the 1H engine. The 1.5 B-Series would also form the basis of the 1958 Perkins 4.99 / 1.6 L (1,622 cc) diesel, which was fitted in cars, boats and commercial vehicles including London Taxis like the Beardmore Mk7 Paramount taxi, Ford Thames 400E, early Ford Transits, Bedford CA, Vauxhall Victor, Hillman Minx, Standard Ensign and Moskvitch 407. In the mid 1960's the 4.99 was upgraded to become the 4.107 / 1.8 L (1,760 cc) and later the classic 4.108 / 1.8 L (1,760 cc), powering the Bedford CF, Commer FC, Alfa Romeo F12/A12, Alfa Romeo Giulia, SEAT 131 and Moskvitch 408 as well as being used extensively in marine applications, farm equipment and Mustang/OMC skid-steer loaders. The 4.108 continued in production until 1992 the last application being for the auxiliary power unit fitted on British Army tanks in the Gulf War to power the essential air conditioning equipment. A total of almost 500,000 engines were made in Peterborough, with small numbers built elsewhere from kits. The peak production volume was reached in 1970, when almost 30,000 were made. 1954–61 Morris Oxford series II, III, V & VI 1956–59 Morris Cowley 1956–62 Nash Metropolitan 1500 1955–58 MGA 1953–61 MG Magnette ZA, ZB, & Mark III 1956-61 Morris J2 1/2-ton vans 1956–58 Austin A50 Cambridge 1958–61 Austin A55 Cambridge 1956–58 Wolseley 15/50 1957–65 Wolseley 1500 1958–61 Wolseley 15/60 1957–61 Morris Commercial JB-type half-ton vans 1957-61 ((Austin 101)) half-ton vans 1957–65 Riley 1.5 1959–61 Riley 4/68 1959–65 Rochdale Olympic 1958–62 Morris Major and Austin Lancer Series I/II 1957–63 Tempo Matador Hindustan Ambassador Hindustan Contessa International Harvester "Metro-Mite" delivery truck Navigator 1500 marine engine 1958–60 TVR Grantura Mark I 1960–62 TVR Grantura Mark II & IIA 1958–59 Elva Courier engines A special Twin-Cam (DOHC) version of the B-series engine was produced for the MGA. Output was at 6700 rpm in the high-compression (9.9:1) version and in the optional low-compression (8.3:1) version. The engine block was cast iron, but the crossflow eight-port cylinder head was of aluminium alloy. Drive to the twin camshafts was by chain from a gear-driven, half-speed shaft running in the space that would have been occupied by the conventional camshaft. This engine gained a reputation