Rare car

[dangerous]

The Plymouth Barracuda had a LOT to answer for.... bletch!

is that the rear engined transverse air cooled 8 thing?

[FJRider]

is that the rear engined transverse air cooled 8 thing?

You figure it out ....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plymouth_Barracuda

[HenryDorsetCase]

And even rarer than the Force 7:
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Wagon version of the P76, only one known in existence.

fuck that! check out the slide window exposed hinge Minis in the background

[SPman]

You mean proper Minis! Whats the bet they had the starter button on the floor and the wire door handles......proper Minis!

[nadroj]

is that the rear engined transverse air cooled 8 thing?

Na - are you thinking of the Chev Corvair flat 6?

[nadroj]

The Plymouth Barracuda had a LOT to answer for.... bletch!

Similar rear quarter panels.

[dangerous]

Na - are you thinking of the Chev Corvair flat 6?

yeah thats it, air cooled flat 6 and flat 6 turbo, a few pics of various model

The Plymouth Barracuda had a LOT to answer for.... bletch!

what was up with that then?

[Paul in NZ]

what was up with that then?

The barracuda 'fastback' was a bit of a style icon to the brits and spawned a lot of horrid clones like the force 7 and the sunbeam rapier fastback...

[dangerous]

The barracuda 'fastback' was a bit of a style icon to the brits and spawned a lot of horrid clones like the force 7 and the sunbeam rapier fastback...

looking at the link above it looks like a charger, nothing out landish. Ya still see the odd sunbeam rapier about.
The brits didnt always copy the yanks my Triumph car bible has a few odd balls in it like pop up head lights in the early 50's and a TR that looks like a Stingray, both out befor the yanks... even an amfibious LOL.

[nadroj]

The original Alloy V8 design was by Buick who sold the design to British Leyland (for Rovers) who licenced it to Leyland Australia to enlarge from 3.5L to 4.4L for the P76. Most ex P76 motors ended up in Range rovers or jet boats as well as a few motorsport specials.

[dangerous]

The original Alloy V8 design was by Buick who sold the design to British Leyland (for Rovers) who licenced it to Leyland Australia to enlarge from 3.5L to 4.4L for the P76. Most ex P76 motors ended up in Range rovers or jet boats as well as a few motorsport specials.

correct me if Im wrong, but is the 3.5 all alloy? I thought only barrels and or heads were?

[Buyasta]

correct me if Im wrong, but is the 3.5 all alloy? I thought only barrels and or heads were?

Nope, it's all aluminium, block and all.
Little more info here.

[nadroj]

The give away of the design origin is the way the tappett covers sit up top like the "nail Valve" Buick motors of the 50's in 322cuin and 364cuin versions and early 60's 401 cuin models. The alloy motor was ahead of it's time when introduced in 1961 and weathered the "fuel crisis" in the USA however it was the fuel crisis that killed the P76 in Au/NZ as this was a larger motor here.

[Edbear]

Interesting history of the engine. Notable was that Leyand Aus did increase the block size making the 4.4 lt higer and wider than the standard engine.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rover_V8_engine
[edit] 4.4
Leyland P76 V8 engineLeyland of Australia produced a special 4,416 cc (269.5 cu in) version of the aluminium V8 for their Australia-only 1973 Leyland P76. The bore was 88.9 mm (3.50 in) and the stroke was 88.9 mm (3.50 in), making it a square engine. The block deck height was extended and longer conrods were fitted 158.75 mm (6.250 in) between centres. This rare engine produced 200 hp (149 kW) and 280 ft·lbf (380 N·m) and although export (to the UK) versions were planned, the closure by British Leyland of their Australian operations in 1975 precluded the widespread application of this engine.

Applications:

1973–1975 Leyland P76
Leyland Terrier truck

[Motu]

When Honda took over Motorcorp,they were getting rid of BMC stuff wholesale,you could get a complete P76 engine very cheap.Perfect timing for failing Triumph Stags.