Recent content by Kev Farrington

One thing I Remember Ken doing was fitting a Cleveland V8 not the Windsor V8s fitted by most of us. Not sure if he ever changed it.

If memory serves these were 16 inches diameter unlike all other marks of the forty.

Has anyone ever inverted an automatic transaxle successfully? Health issues mean I need to look at various options including dry sump on automatic trans and hand clutch on a manual gear lever. I have ideas on both but I`m interested whether its been done already?

I presume you are not interested in originality if you intend using Chevrolet and Japanese car parts in your build? Up to you of course, each to their own, good luck with it. There is plenty of help out there if you need it.

I used a similar system to the one Andrew used when I inverted my Renault UN1 transaxle all those years ago. It has worked well and given no trouble that I recall.

Mike is right about the Cortina rack. I got my last one from Burton.

Sorry brain working now, I don`t know what the clam was off, it was the wheels I was thinking about as the wider Gulf wheels in 69 were under arches with no lips, the 68 wheels were under arches with lips. This was not a Gulf coloured clam anyway so I presume its off something else?

Looks like the 68 arches to me. The 69 cars used 14 inch wheels under rear clams that were wider I think

There are a couple of things that drive my enthusiasm for replicas. One is original manufacturer for components etc so Porsche engine and gearbox is important The other is the sound they make. A Porsche flat 12 would be great but there isn`t much living space inside a 917. Even if I sold the...

As you all know released in 71 but filmed in 70 pretty cramped in a 917, ask Graham T

I should have added that my engine is set at the same height as the original 40s and I kept the driveshaft angles similar too and not as extreme as some cars I`ve seen, That is why fitting an auto box would make it difficult to achieve similar results.

When I built my 40 back in the late 80`s early 90`s I didn`t need or want one but time and health problems mean I do now so I`m interested in this subject. To complicate things many might know that I inverted my transaxle from day one but of course I can`t do that with an auto so easily. I used...

The 10`` wide is correct for the orange stripe. Be careful assuming museum cars have been restored correctly. When 1075 was originally restored after it finished racing the orange nose/moustache was painted incorrectly. Of course people who didn`t know then copied that shape.

Personally tyres would be one of the last things I would buy so they are quite fresh when I needed them. just a thought.

What are you doing with the mk3 panels? I quite like the old mk3, its what I ordered originally before switching to mk1. Thanks, Kev Farrington