My Year's Motoring
The Editor looks back on the cars he drove during 1973 Ideal Pair.—A year ago Motor Sport teas in the thick of its popular discussion about ideal pairs of cars,…
Brief Specification.
Engine : 4 cylinders, 69 mm. bore and 98 mm. stroke, capacity 1,470 c.c. R.A.C. rating 11.9 h.p. Tzvo overhead camshafts driven from rear vertical shaft. Coil ignition. One Solex carburettor.
Gearbox : 4 speeds and reverse. Silent third, synchro-mesh third and top. Remote control centre gear-lever. Ratios 4.75, 6.71, 9.5 and 14.8 to 1.
Suspension : Semi-elliptic front. Quarter-elliptic rear.
Dimensions : Track 9 ft. 21 ins. ‘Wheelbase 4 ft. 21 ins. Weight
with four-seater body 21 cwts. Price : 2445.