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Originally Posted by Gronkster
Hi, GTB; thanx for your reply. I saw your post on this car from 2002 was it? Interested to know how you knew about it as it was never in Australia.
Anyway, it was a complete beast to drive. I think you would be quite complimentary if you said it was "a bit of a pig!!!!”
The main problem was the gearbox. Or more accurately the shift action which was more up-and- down rather than forward-and-back. This was because the gear stick came forward from behind the driver.
The engine was set so far back in the frame that two plugs on either side of the V8 had to be changed from inside the car. With the massive Jag box bolted-on the shifter exited the box somewhere in the vicinity of where the back seat used to be!!!
The rear-end was Austin Champ (4WD) independent with bespoke suspension. Front-end was TR4 with discs and rack & pinion.
I was getting rear-wheel steering going thru the off-camber Paddock bend at Brands!!!!!
Exciting to say the least!!!!
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Sounds like more then a handful...but in a fun way
My interest in the car was purely from the point of view of a long standing Q Car admirer...love the weird and wonderful combinations some people come up with...