Vintage Thing No 139.1 - Raven 4WD
The Raven 4WD in action I was strolling nonchalantly round the paddock at Wiscombe the other day... No that's not right. Let's start again. I was running round the paddock at Wiscombe in an over-stimulated state of febrile excitement caused by all the amazing rolling sculpture when something stopped me dead in my tracks. It was a Hillman Imp gearbox. Not only that, it was upside down and attached to some wheels. This could mean only one thing - it must be in some sort of mid-engine device. As my senses struggled to take in what they were seeing, I realised it was connected to no Hillman Imp engine This was no Vixen ! Instead, there was a crossflow Ford running twin 40s. Then things started to get really weird. There was an extra alloy case on the back of the imp box that ran to the nearside and sprouted a shaft that ran forward. My mate Pete Low was quicker on the uptake than I was. "It's got four wheel drive," he said. "Look, it says so on...