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Re: Land Crabs

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Subject: Re: Land Crabs
From: WSpohn4@aol.com
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 15:04:05 EST
In a message dated 23/01/03 10:52:29 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
owner-mgs-digest@autox.team.net writes:


> The Land Crab was the big 1800cc sidewinder powered front wheel drive family
> sedan that was the bread and butter for British Leyland during the 70s.  
> The
> factory did rally them on long distance endurance runs, and it looks like
> the car pictured in the earlier photos may have been one of the factory
> cars.
> 

They were also, I believe, the stiffest (torsionally) frame up to that time, 
which was one reason they made a solid rally platform.

Bill

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