I just got back from the All British Field Meet in Vancouver and met up with
a friend that had previously restored and then sold a Twincam.
He was showing a Twincam roadster from which a previous owner had sold the
wheels and suspension (I think I probably have the bits in my garage, he said
guiltily). It had wire wheels, the preference of that short sighted earlier
owner, and of course lacked the correct engine. So what this chap did was
graft a Toyota 1800 cc twincam into it, which he did without cutting
anything. It fires at the first turn (a benefit of a modern engine
management system) and likely gets better mileage than the original, as well
as having around 140 bhp. Very interesting......
Bill Spohn
(who took a Jensen as his Mk2 Coupe was still hors de combat)
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