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boyd and john, thanks for your prompt reply. i got thinking in the last hour and it occured to me that in the last 6mthsi have had a lot of interest shown by other folk in my notch.this gets driven every day whereas my 2 bugs get driven once/mth if they are good!!!the 411...well ....er....it doesnt go...yet.....this is where i got the idea to put a bigger mtr in the notch.since new zealands car fleet mainly consists of late model 'zippy' hatchbacks(we call them jappers),my 1600 notch finds it a bit difficult to keep up..sometimes.the 1600 is a dual port with standard carbs and a single s&s qp exhaust.the notch certainly is not standard except for the body.lee hedges is currently checking out chassis details(year of manufacture etc)for me.it seems that this car has a late model chassis (310274187)and the body #being 0274187.this has confused me totally as i have checked both the body plate and the chassis plate#'s and it beats me as to why they are so similar. aside from that i will be starting restoration work on the car soon so every option is being considered. cheers, vernon '63 notch '57 oval '67 1500 '411... auckland new zealand by the way...the weather has been absolutely beeeaaauuutiful here. ---------- From: Boyd Drew <boyddrew@us.ibm.com> To: type-3@umich.edu Subject: reply - Curious Date: Wednesday, 5 November 1997 03:51 Vernon, I dont know about New Zeland, but I have yet to see a RHD early Notch here in the states. My 65 is LHD as have been all the ones I have seen. You are asking for a lot of work jamming a type IV engine into a notch, remember you dont have a lot of room back there. besides, why would you want to chop up the rear end of a rare early notch to do something like that? Just my opinion, but I would build a larger displacement type III motor so that the car can remain intact. You never know when some serious collector will come along with a great roll of cash looking for an original car! Drew ----------