There were, of course, Devin SS cars, which were
corvette based. Mr. Edelbrock rolled a very beautiful
one in front of Peyote last year. Pretty much totalled
it.
If the car in question is a true Devin SS then it's
very valuable.
--- "BRANNON, VERNON" <vbbrannon@hlmdesign.com> wrote:
> There is a Chevy V8 Devin for sale in Charlotte. If
> anyone has an interest,
> I will go look at it.
>
> Vernon
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: EISANDIEGO@aol.com [mailto:EISANDIEGO@aol.com]
> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 10:25 AM
> To: LANG@isis.mit.edu; fot@autox.team.net
> Subject: Rover V8 Devin
>
>
> There is a gentleman racing the equivalent of
> Rover V8 devin on the west
>
> coast. Have not seen the car, but he apparently as
> the aluminum V8 with the
> four carb setup used by the exworks rally cars, a
> close ratio muncie gear
> box, and Triumph rear end. Apparently he is having a
> problem with snapping
> the Triumph axles.I can only imagine a Devin with
> 300 plus hp.
>
> Apparently VARA allows him to run this
> particular car. Does anyone know
> whether the V8 Buick conversion was run
> competitively before 1972? I have
> seen one Devin with other V8 which was claimed to
> have been raced prior to
> 1972. I recall that it was a corvette block, but I
> do not trust my memory
> any
> more.
>
> Cary
>
>
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