And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
It makes perfect sense in a race car where a perfect 50/50 weight distribution gives a critical advantage when cornering. When Ferry Porsche was designing what would become the 356 in Austria, he created a prototype with the engine rotated much like this one. It handled wonderfully because of it's perfect weight distribution but there was no rear seat so only one was ever built. A VW transmission can be made to run in reverse by flipping the differential over inside the transmission. You wouldn't have to touch the camshaft or starter at all. The only thing you would need to design and build would be a longer shift mechanism. Al_in_Ottawa
Jet engine??
ReplyDeleteTo extend the wheelbase, but why?
ReplyDeleteDid you ever drive a 914? They were slot cars when set up right. Same setup.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a VW turned around for mid engine. I don't recognize the body.
ReplyDeleteIt makes perfect sense in a race car where a perfect 50/50 weight distribution gives a critical advantage when cornering. When Ferry Porsche was designing what would become the 356 in Austria, he created a prototype with the engine rotated much like this one. It handled wonderfully because of it's perfect weight distribution but there was no rear seat so only one was ever built.
ReplyDeleteA VW transmission can be made to run in reverse by flipping the differential over inside the transmission. You wouldn't have to touch the camshaft or starter at all. The only thing you would need to design and build would be a longer shift mechanism.
Al_in_Ottawa
is that how SuperVee cars were set up?
DeleteThe very first Porche 356 had that layout. I would bet it's a species of Porche.
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ReplyDeleteFrankfurt Flyer #3 with a 85hp VW engine
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Y'all don't remember the SCCA Formula Vee fifty years ago, I'm guessing.
ReplyDeleteIs it just me, or is the shaft coming out of the back of the trans connected to nothing?
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DeleteThat's the shifter - easy to hook up in a Beetle, a little more need for u-joints when you flip the unit 180.
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