05-05-2023, 03:29 AM
(This post was last modified: 06-05-2023, 07:29 AM by Tony Press.)
From Bill Sheehan,
Austin V8 engine.
It may be of interest that in the '30s Jamieson designed a racing car for Austin that included a rear-mounted V8 engine, but because it was nothing like the products Herbert sold, it was rejected. So much for the post-war Formula Ones being innovative. Jamieson then went on with the magnificent Twin Cam engines which Herbert reluctantly accepted, so Arthur Waite told me. Cheers, Bil lin Oz
Austin 7 V8s. Correction please - On reflection I may have made an error. I think now that Jamieson's design was for a mid-engine V8, not rear-engined as I wrote. Cheers, Bill in Oz
Austin V8 engine.
It may be of interest that in the '30s Jamieson designed a racing car for Austin that included a rear-mounted V8 engine, but because it was nothing like the products Herbert sold, it was rejected. So much for the post-war Formula Ones being innovative. Jamieson then went on with the magnificent Twin Cam engines which Herbert reluctantly accepted, so Arthur Waite told me. Cheers, Bil lin Oz
Austin 7 V8s. Correction please - On reflection I may have made an error. I think now that Jamieson's design was for a mid-engine V8, not rear-engined as I wrote. Cheers, Bill in Oz