July 5, 2009 at 9:42 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIj2GVfua84
Well, it’s got a Merlin, and it can reverse!
Heh heh 🙂
By: CanberraA84-232 - 7th July 2009 at 14:19
I had a small hand in the building of that car:)
IIRC its a Packard Merlin 266
its mounted in reverse to the normal mounting in an a/c, it drives a two speed Lenco gearbox through a reduction/reversing gearset.
By: Bograt - 7th July 2009 at 12:56
What sacrilege!!! 😡
The ’55 was such a beautiful car :p
By: QldSpitty - 6th July 2009 at 22:57
Built by Rod Hatfield who owns a Hot Rod shop down at Castlemaine in Victoria Australia many a year ago.Exported to the states IIRC.