22-11-2019, 02:11 PM
Some clever engineering - and one can understand it in the context of the 1930s and 1940s when huge quantities of Austin 7 parts were available for a few pounds and people had little disposable income. However, what many did have instead was a completed engineering apprenticeship, self-taught skills, boundless enthusiasm in the face of adversity - or access to "homework" facilities at their place of work.
Buy a few army-surplus machine tools, gather up parts for almost nothing and set to work building something interesting, perhaps even competitive. But why do this today using spares that are ever-harder to find? Because I want to? Because I can? Because it's my choice?
Instead, why not go the whole hog and buy a couple of 1.8 litre V6 Mazda MX3s - or easier-to-find V6 Golfs - and make a V12?
Here is what can be done with limited facilities but much hard work: kawasaki-v12/
Now, where's my tape measure and that sheet of cardboard....?
Buy a few army-surplus machine tools, gather up parts for almost nothing and set to work building something interesting, perhaps even competitive. But why do this today using spares that are ever-harder to find? Because I want to? Because I can? Because it's my choice?
Instead, why not go the whole hog and buy a couple of 1.8 litre V6 Mazda MX3s - or easier-to-find V6 Golfs - and make a V12?
Here is what can be done with limited facilities but much hard work: kawasaki-v12/
Now, where's my tape measure and that sheet of cardboard....?