[johnbuckley]

I think you're right Mike, but a down draught carb with redesigned manifold and a a better exhaust and manifold with outlet near #1 would have gone a long way to solving the problem at a lowish cost... cable for ign A/R and throttle etc ... Of course even Ford wised up eventually with hydraulics for clutch and brakes. Only thing was the good position of the choke/GAV on RHDs but then there was no fun to be had grabbing the passenger's knee by mistake .