The 289 Register

I wonder what the conversation was in the 1960s when someone decided to put a American Ford V8 in a British sports car. I may not like it, but it's "progress".

I use this. It's a 3.5 ton high lift jack which we used when we had a fleet of busses. It is designed to fit under a diff.

Mmm, not the best solution.

Are the splines in the adaptor and not the wheel?

Migge wrote: ↑

Mon Sep 14, 2020 2:35 pm

You can damage the inside of the wheel and the adapter maybe but you can't lose the wheel as long as the knock off spinner is tight.

This is what I was thinking. A bit like how a brake disc is held in place.

There must be a metric fastener somewhere. Alternator perhaps?

Roger King wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 10, 2020 10:29 pm

I admit I could not bring myself to do this, so used 4BA screws with nuts and washers.

At least you kept to Imperial and not 4mm!

Posidriv screws were not patented until 1964, so probably Philips.

I don't really understand the fixation with Guildford numbers, unless used for an accurate reproduction of a racing car. For a road-going Cobra, a Greater London registration plate from the early sixties makes much more sense as most cars will have been sold through 'high-end' dealerships in the ca...