Now there's something you won't see every day ...an Imp in a tire smoking
power drift. That was cool. probably a wicked drive, but fun to see.
Rich
----- Original Message -----
From: hughes <hughes@scides.canberra.edu.au>
To: Rich Atherton <aka.gumby@gte.net>
Cc: Tiger List <tigers@autox.team.net>; Alpine List <alpines@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 3:55 PM
Subject: Re: A Hillman and Rover Conversion
> In 1971 there was an Imp in Australia that had a 289 Ford installed, used
for
> circuit racing. It had awesome acceleration but had trouble negotiating
those
> dang bends :-)
>
> If you go to this site and do a search on 'Imp' (no quotes) you can
find a
> picture
>
> http://www.autopics.com.au/public/home.ehtml
>
> Vic
>
> Rich Atherton wrote:
>
> > Ok, this is very odd, but in the land of royalty, one never knows...
> >
> > I had a 65 Alpine that I was going to drop a Buick 215 V-8 into
years ago.
> > (Rover 3500 Engine).. I also had a 65 Imp as well, and NEVER had a
thought of
> > dropping the V-8 into it....It's rear engined for those of you who don't
> > know...
> >
> > Well, leave it to the Britt's to think out side of the box....This
guy
> > made a Mid engined Imp with Rover 3500 power, and a VW Bus gear box.
Boggles
> > the mind..
> >
> > Take a look here, it's about half way down the page...
> >
> > http://www.spagweb.com/v8mini/v8fools/damian/index.htm
> >
> > Rich
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