Originally Posted by
treadigraph
Correct, 9J-ABR was ex Alitalia. An educational moment; I either didn't know or had forgotten the DC-8 43s had Conways!
Douglas had a go at changing over a couple of DC8-40s they had taken in part exchange to Pratt & Whitneys (thus DC8-50s). Apparently cost too much, and didn't work out well at all. More different than one might think. Elements such as the engine mounts on the wing had been done differently for the two engines.
I think the only secondhand sale of any consequence of them was Air Canada selling a couple to Cubana, avoiding issues with US engines when there was a US sales ban on P&W spares to Cuba.