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Hi Mike, Please point me in the direction on your Chevron build page. Could be well interested. Cheers, Clive

Apparently it is possible to flip the crown wheel on a G81 Porsche box, and Kennedy Engineering are able to provide an adapter plate to a Ford Windsor motor. A bit of work required to get the backlash set, but doable. Guess I'm looking for a patient gearbox guy.

Bugger. Rethink required. Thank you.

I have installed an inverted UN1 in my scatchbuilt. I'm happy with the driveshaft angles, but I do have reservations. I made my own adapter plate, 50mm thick to accommodate the inline clutch throwout bearing, but with the best of effort, I'm still not sure I got the centreline of crank/input...

This rather flash garage/workshop will be home to a very scaled down version of my sign business, but also the large number of machines one needs to build a scratchbuild. Soooo looking forward to the next month or so. Clive

Been a long time between drinks. 4 years since moving house. Now built a decent garage/workshop to continue progress. Getting older, so hope to get to finish/drive the toy.

We have these red light, speed and average speed cameras here in the ACT, Australia. The average speed cameras have been set up in 2 locations. The first is on a 2 and 3 lane road, up a relatively steep hill and down the other side. There have been 3 road deaths (the one accident) on this...

Hi Kaspa, I've registered 2 clubbies, both with the VW 'mesh' collapsible steering column insert. Both were totally acceptable to ACT engineer and Rego authorities. The 40 has a Nissan collapsible column, and I don't expect probs from anyone. Clive

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Hi all, Attached is a piccie of the build plate on my chassis. I believe it came from a KVA chassis, circa 1983. The chassis was nothing like my current chassis. If anyone can decipher the numbers, it would be greatly appreciated. Clive

The jokers who were in charge of the TV presentation need rooting, shooting and electrocuting. The poorest showing of any GP race I have seen. Maybe Australian only, but it was pathetic. Clive

Hi Martin, currently doing the same thing. However, I'm running the UN1 inverted, which happily arrives with the gearbox lever on the RHS of the box. I have a single rod system which works, but I'm less than happy. Currently remaking the gear lever system to hopefully reduce the slop. I...

Has anyone explored the potential plusses/minuses of these systems. Looks like a winning arrangement. Certainly easier than running cables all over the place. Clive

Kaspa, Congratulations on completing the car, and giving an Oscar winning performance. Well done. Now for your next trick?? Clive

It has been a while since updating, but the economic climate in Canberra has been under a cloud for the last couple of years, courtesy of a politician promising to decimate the local workforce. It has made progress slow, as the dollars have been hard to find. However, I had been attempting to...

Ford GT40 KIT CAR Rolling Chassis | eBay Clive

Bloody kangaroos. My wagon was written off as a result of one of these animals richocheting from a car in front, landing in front of the wagon, the wagon coming to a halt, and the car behind hitting me up the bum at 80k's. About the stupidest animals on the planet. You get used to the...

There has been a concerted effort by our Greeny mob to clamp down on organised fire control burning for the last few years. Reports indicate that the manageable fire load is 10 tonnes per hectare, but we have 40 tonnes per hectare as a result of the wind back of controlled burns. I will leave...

I'm going down a similar path, but suspect I may be on a hiding to nothing. Inverting the UN1 behind a 302, I have all but closed off the external slave cylinder option. My problem is that the Ford flywheel and pressure plate fill the bell housing, leaving no room for a throw out bearing...

Having given up the hunt for an economical strengthened input shaft, I have reassembled the box. It has been flipped, and I now have 5 forward and 1 reverse gear. :laugh: However, it dawns on me that the input shaft, now being under oil, only has a dinky little oil seal between the shaft and...