Lauren, as you said almost identical, I believe the Countach had a somewhat longer final drive shaft so that the diff. could be located just behind the crankcase. So the engine sat lower than the...
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Lauren, as you said almost identical, I believe the Countach had a somewhat longer final drive shaft so that the diff. could be located just behind the crankcase. So the engine sat lower than the...
This is how Tatra reduced the rear engine overhang, gearbox, like the Beetle, in front of the engine. But final drive and diff. next besides the engine, the right drive shaft poking through the...
A Tatra 613 in a Trike...forgive me the styling...
A better option for the Nova would be the Tatra 613 engine which is an "almost" mid engine, most of the weight sitting between the rear wheels, not behind. Air-cooled V8 3.5 liters 160BHP.
In July I witnessed a pair De Tomaso's P72 doing some demonstration runs on the Le Mans circuit during the Classic Le Mans 2022. In my view the "second:whistling:" most beautiful cars I've ever seen,...
Hi, there's some resemblance with the Swedisch Sethera Kit Car3853
You can always try to throw it to extinguish the fire :bananasplit:
A similar system is found on the BMW E61 (the estates from the 5 series ~ 2008) The brand is a German company named "Hoerbriger" In Holland is on our Marketplace for 100 Euro.
Hi Phill, it will do wonders for the steering input response. Many, many moons ago I was a proud owner of a Simca Rally One (and a half... *Rally Two engine*) Simca's are Rear-engined, lacking weight...
I totally agree about Richard Oakes inspiration on designing the Nova. If the presence of a rear engined Corvette (the XP-819)was known by Richard I am sure he would be influenced by that concept...
Hi Lauren, I am afraid I have to correct you a bit, if I am not mistaken the Honda S800 was equipped with a 8500 RPM 4 banger(inline) with 4 carburetors not unlike the CB750 bike engine, but water...
On behalf of the people of the Netherlands I say thank you.:bananasplit:
Hi Lauren, thanks for your comment. I've struggled indeed with the Styling v.s. Function dilemma. The shape of the "windowlette" could be improved by making the folding line longer, but that would...
Phil, visibility is one of the things I can't check because my canopy is not fitted, most obstructive is in my opinion the vertical seal near the A-pillar. Opening and closing isn't a swift...
Hi All, I've been puzzling with the opening side window challenge for a long time. Many, many moons ago I drove a Citroen 2CV6 (the high power version, with 602cc of grunt..) which had side windows...
If you really want to know if your suspension is in perfect order you might considering to weigh every corner of the car. Cars with rather stiff suspension could be optical in balance but physical in...
I understand that I have to make arrangements to lift the reservoir with the canopy, or have difficult routing for the supply line....
Phil, I am planning to connect the jets to my wiper arm, my Pontiac G8 GT has the same arrangement and that works fine, just an idea. Cheers.
Rob
In my view there's more than enough padding even to withstand a nuclear blast..
The Lambo Asterion Concept (a large Muira on steriods) has about the same rear end configuration as the Nova, see how the designers tackled the "exposed internals challenge"2863
An example of a prototype from China, the Techrules Ran, has about the same powerplant as we all have in our kits, 6 electric motors and a turbine range extender running on Diesel fuel...1300 Hp....
Thanks so far for the research guys, it seems to be that a simple sequence of production numbers is non-existent. The aluminium tag of my car is found on the body work just in front of the upper...
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Question, about the logic concerning the serial numbers, my Nova MK1 body has serial number 10680 and the production date is June 13-th 1980. Does this mean this is the 10-th body build of the...
The last contact I had was on the 24-th of Februari (2017) about the availability of an out-of-stock item (the air flow sports hood vent..what's in a name?) I got a reply back from Robert Welch and...
Thanks Phill, a bit off topic: I am in the process of organizing things. Main task for now is welding lowered floorpans in my IRS chassis and making arrangements in Germany by a company to modify the...