Show whole topic Sep 29, 2017 4:00 pm
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Subject: Re: Lg45 12007
With the greatest of respect , that is the whole point - namely that the M45 engine and the G9 gearbox are absolutely the right bits for a 1935 Le Mans racer and perhaps the buyer realised this.
The M45 engine is much more "accurate" than an LG45 engine and also there is the right hand gear change gearbox. ( strictly, I think that the Fox and Nicholls cars were equipped with the T8 rather than the G9 gearbox but what lurks under the floorboards of a Le Mans racer is anybody's guess as long as the gearlever is in the correct place ie. on the right side of the car and not in the middle).
Also of course the chassis sold at Brightwells has the later Girling brakes (as did the Fox and Nicholls cars) and it is therefore almost bound to be built into an "accurate" Le Mans Racer. All the "right" bits are present and correct - although in what sort of condition they may be we may never know...
The chassis length is of course not correct for an "accurate" Le Mans racer but that will be a small detail I suspect.