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Re: Ffinish building the triumph based formula car?!

To: "Robert M. Lang" <lang@isis.mit.edu>,
Subject: Re: Ffinish building the triumph based formula car?!
From: "R. John Lye" <rjl@gt-classics.com>
Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2004 19:44:45 -0500
At 05:26 PM 2/6/04 -0500, Robert M. Lang wrote:
>On Fri, 6 Feb 2004, Steve Benford Jr. wrote:
>
> > Formula Truimph?  Please explain!
>
>Well, the '67 Brabham used the Olds/Pontiac/Buick 215 CI V8 as the
>basis... this became the Rover 3.5 which was eventually installed in the
>TR8. Instant connection. Bob's clearly going to build a replica Brabham F1
>car.

Also, there was that A-Mod car that Mike Mahan campaigned for quite a
few years that consisted of a Lola (I believe) chassis that had been fitted
with that same BOP aluminum block V-8.  Pretty cool car, actually.


R. John Lye

rjl6n@cstone.net

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