04-14-2007, 06:39 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: AUSTRALIA
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Originally Posted by spannerman
I used to work with a bunch of guys that built the origonal Tony Edmenson Alfetta sports sedan. They decided to use the Alfetta because it of the transaxle. One of the few rules was the use of a transaxle only if the origonal car had one. A while ago I was talking to the main guy who built it and asked him what car was the basis for the race car. He said it was an old rally car called a GTAM. When I told him how rare this car was he told me the car was very tired and took the anglegrinder to it quite happily. This car was later destroyed in a race crash and all that is left of it is the torque tube that joined the chev V8 to the Hewland. And that tube is now a stand for a tube bender in the workshop.
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It had both a 16v engine and an 8v GTAm type on carbs as options. I still have the 8v head and some other engine parts. I did have the close-ratio transaxle until about 10 years ago (memo to self: kick self again!). The good part about that is a guy from QLD is building a replica Gp4 and the original transaxle will be used in it. I'm currently finish-machining a new replica GTAm head, valves, cams and pistons/monosleeve for it.
The rest of the of the original Gp4 running gear was parted out to various race cars.
Great shame another special car was lost.
Vince.
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