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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