A few years ago I bought a (very rough) project Bugeye with a 3.5 V8 stuffed
in... a period mod from back in the 60's. Skillful work... the engine sat back
well into the passenger compartment. They used a Buick Dynaflow trans... I'm
not
sure they could have put three pedals into the driver's footwell! No room!
Most interestingly, they retained the stock differential/axle... which was, of
course, broken!
The driving position and ergonomics this mod imposed made my S2 Europa feel like
a roomy luxury car! ;-)
As luck would have it, a local rich dude (whose favorite car is a '63 Buick
Special coupe, 215 V8/4bbl, 4sp, AC) fell in love with the project and traded me
a nice XJS for it and a rusty older Minor Tourer. I think he wants to drop a
215
in the Minor as well! ;-)
Bill Elliott
Lake Barrington, IL
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