John Player car

[Tom Z]

..anyone know where this thing went?

[martyscarr]

According to the book about this car (entitled "41 Out of 49") it was dismantled after it's racing career in the 70s.

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It was raced in the Australian Sports Sedan series, was basically a full race Corv8 car. Very successful. More info here:
http://v8racecar.wordpress.com/2010/01/ ... g-corvair/

Marty Scarr

[Tom Z]

..I read some of the info on the car and the front suspension got my interest; the '65-500 could use a major re-build,may be too rusty to be my best option..looking at all the IFS kits in Speedway cat, wondering if one of the weld-in sub frames would be close enough to the Corvair unibody frame rails..

[Tom Z]

..I have an ebay search running for 'transaxle',and it's found a NEW Hewland F/S..it's *only* $20,000,but it's a start--anyone with DEEEP pockets??

[caraholic4life]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Hewland-NLT-Tra ... 4160a5d9eb

Now that is funny......a Corvair owner with Deep pockets.

My pockets are deeper than they used to be simply as a result of the holes at the bottom.

Tom. Have you made an offer yet?

[Tom Z]

..I'm talking with 2 banks now,trying to combine a first and 2 equity loans at 1/2 the % rate I'm now paying,maybe I can add a "few dollars more" on..<gg>