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Originally Posted by Ron Earp  Alright Jac Mac, dispense with the hints, let's have a summary of this thing - I gather it is powered by a Continental or Lycoming engine? I think I can see some rocker covers in the low-res photos. Give us the lowdown please, I'm off to Google! I'm intrigued, cool stuff it appears!
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Built by some A/C engineers who had an idea, that turned out to be quite good.
Rear axle is live (one piece) with two trailing arms that pivot on the same axis as the crankshaft. Suspension is by large rubber cones ( can be seen at base of rear stays of rollbar on each side- these were same units as fitted to early Morris/Austin Minis etc.)
Motor was fitted with torque converter [chev sb I think] and then either a chain drive or double bevel & shaft to rear axle [pretty certain it was morse type chain]. Motor is six cyl continental- not sure if 300 c-d etc or larger.Might have been larger from Cessna AG plane with Constant Flow injection as carb version would have been PIA in this application.
I only attended one meeting where the car raced , Wigram Air Force Base Circuit , car was very fast in spite of the 'Flat' sound from the low rpm engine. Dont think any gearbox was employed,just the converter with perhaps a starter motor configured for reverse.
Might be wrong ,but I have a feeling that it might have been solid axle at front end also.
Im sure Russ & Ron can correct me or fill in some more of the blanks.
Jac Mac