Manufacturer-supported remanufactured components have been around since – well, in the UK I can trace activity back to the 1950s! Back then major components like engines and gearboxes often needed rebuilding at 60-70,000 miles, and the engine would almost certainly have needed a ‘decoke’ or top-end overhaul at about 30-40k.
To support this, manufacturers provided their own in-house factory reconditioning services. The best-known of these was probably BMC/BL’s ‘Gold Seal’ scheme which provided engines and gearboxes that were rebuilt to totally as-new standard. They also came with the exact-same warranty as brand-new components, albeit that was only a year back then.
Another well-known
