unstable load
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What about a trailer or caravan, then?
unstable load said:So, how then, would one go about beefing up/bracing to be able to do a D post mod that
would allow wider wheels without the arrse dropping off the car when it has a tow on the back?
billoddie said:And...what did the "factory" do?
Is there any pics/docs of what they did in order to flare the guards/doors like they did?
billoddie said:This post has certainly had some varied and interesting input...perhaps showing a degree of interest in the matter from an extrapolated wider p6 fraternity.
Clearly, wider tyres and wheels has been something people have looked at over the years, but have quietly dropped it when the dawning of the problem became evident.
Knowledge of and access to the factory solution seems to be somewhat of a Holy Grail.
You'd think there would be at least a few blokes still out there who knew what was done at the time.
Obviously it was a fairly major cutting/shutting job, but whether or not it is feasible to replicate such a thing perhaps is the question?
In a 1976 "Sports Car World" interview with Harry Firth, he explained the basic butchery used to flare the rear guards on the L34 Torana.
Being a racecar, it wasn't pretty, and one wonders if the Rover efforts were just as ugly.
chrisyork said:but I suspect the unchanged exterior bellies a whole lot of grief on the base unit!