Dang! Just re-read my initial post.....it sounded like I was giving you the brush-off. Didn't mean it to read like that.....sometimes you write something and it doesn't come out quite like you mean....I actually was trying to be helpful, and give you a broad band of potential information.
On the minor mania site you'll find B.M.C., the Bastardised Minor Club, where Minor V8s are relatively common.
I run a minor myself, have for years, our current one is a 49 lolight with rice-eater running gear.
Please don't think I was trying to snub you.

johnboy