Slippery Fish
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1969 Fastback 340. Engine crooked off to left. Vehicle has proper brackets and mounts. Is this normal to a certain degree? Mine seems way off.. thanks
Yep!Makes measuring the hole for a hood scoop frustrating for those that don't have the engine in the car, hear about a lot of lessons learned the hard way
1969 Fastback 340. Engine crooked off to left. Vehicle has proper brackets and mounts. Is this normal to a certain degree? Mine seems way off.. thanks
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Guessing a vacuum pump.In the 2nd pic, what is mounted on the inner fender in the top left of the frame? Looks like it has a filter on it. Thanks
Does toilet water rotate clockwise there or counter-clockwise?
Okay, people- here's one for the FABO Brain Trust: If US A bodies have the engine offset to the right, do Aussie A bodies offset them to the left???
You'd think that if a RHD car didn't have the engine offset to the left, in the southern hemisphere the Coriolis effect would send the car spinning out of control into the ditch...?Does toilet water rotate clockwise there or counter-clockwise?
So I built this car 17 years ago. Sold it and it went through 3 owners before I got it back 6 months ago. It is a vaccine pump for power breaks on passenger fender and a piece of what looks like rubber roofing over distributor (both put in by previous owners). Will be back to manual brakes shortly and the rubber roofing will be in the trash.In the 2nd pic, what is mounted on the inner fender in the top left of the frame? Looks like it has a filter on it. Thanks
NO! We use the american floor pan in our Australian built A bodies and yes it is a pain in the arse for exctractor fitment around our right hand drive steering box. Some people move the engine to a central location but then you have to use custom exctractors as the ones that are made for them will no longer fit.Okay, people- here's one for the FABO Brain Trust: If US A bodies have the engine offset to the right, do Aussie A bodies offset them to the left???
Afraid not, the motor stayed in the same location for all Australian models! This was originally driven by the R & S vehicles being assembled as a fully knocked down vehicle from the US with some local adaptations. Tooling and design considerations maintained this location into all of the later locally manufactured models as well. Leaving the motor in this position also meant that the steering box was mounted on the chassis rail. Not surprisingly, V8 header fitment space is very tight on the driver side of our RHD vehicles!Okay, people- here's one for the FABO Brain Trust: If US A bodies have the engine offset to the right, do Aussie A bodies offset them to the left???
Yes, of course. It's due to Coriolis force.Okay, people- here's one for the FABO Brain Trust: If US A bodies have the engine offset to the right, do Aussie A bodies offset them to the left???
Slant 6 oil filters were also relocated!RHD export models with v8 also had a relocated oil filter.
Like on this engine Early 273 oil filter canister