Paul Wheeler's 71 Coupe
Paul Wheeler is one of our forum members and has just bought this beautiful 71 Coupe,
here is his story on the car:
The car was built for the Cannonball Run thru the northern territory (Austrailia)
in 1994. As the major sponsor was an LPG company, the car ran on LPG. It
had two 120 liter gas tanks in the boot. Economy was 6km/l which isn't very
good. Average speed for the race was 232km/h. The car placed 4th in it's
class and 32nd out of 160 odd cars. All that has changed is the gas tanks
and the full roll cage were removed, everything else is still there. She
goes like a rocket and pulls up pretty quick too!!!
750 DP Holley on Edelbrock intake manifold
4 wheels discs, 9" diff, 3.5:1 ratio.
2 and 3/4" single system crane cam
Alloy bash plates under engine, transmission and fuel cell
14" Centerlines with 245 tires all round (NO POWER STEERING - very hard to
