Remember em all very well.
Wonder if anyone would have a clue what an LCB exhaust was these days ??
I initially rallied a 1966 MK1 Lotus Cortina, then the Capri V6, and then kept the Twin Cam for quite a few years, but also had a MK II Lotus Cortina for a while with the Escort. Never really felt very safe in hot Mini Coopers. My mate had what was supposed to be one of the fastest in the country, had something like a 1450cc full race rally cross Cooper "S" motor in an "original lightweight" 1959 shell with alloy doors, fibre glass boot, bonnet and roof panel and absolutely everything else ripped out. It probably weighed less than a Falco! LSD fully torqued up, it was absolutely unsteerable, regularly steered itself into a field under power but usually took out one or more drive shafts well before then. The other good thing was the induction, it a 45mm twin choke Del Orto on a swan kneck manifold, but the only way to fit it was through the centre of the dash where the speedo used to be, with just big bell mouths on the end.
It was absolutely deafening inside the car, and to make it worse it was always spitting flames into your face, once had the maps on fire!
Have never driven anything so evil in my life, 2 or 4 wheels.
Sorry, gettin nostalgic, will shut up now before I bore this lot to death
. or get moved to another section! Were great times though!
Was with One-Eleven MC, Rotherham MC and Sheffield and Hallamshire at different times. Did you ever know Mick Wakelin from Lindholme, he lived near me for years befere I moved.
