Vincent powered hillclimb car

Phil H

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I came across a 1963 motorsport film on Youtube. At one point it shows a Vincent powered hillclimb car. The difference is that it is front engined and FWD. The motor is back-to-front. The question that occurs to me is this: is the drive rotation reversed between the gearbox ant the final drive, or did the engine run in reverse (tricky but I guess do-able). Or maybe a pair of idler gears replaced the primary chain. The car is at 4 min 35 sec. Has anyone else come across this one?

 

bmetcalf

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With a blower!!

The diff could be flipped over, I believe, to accomplish the reversal.
 
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Peter Holmes

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I came across a 1963 motorsport film on Youtube. At one point it shows a Vincent powered hillclimb car. The difference is that it is front engined and FWD. The motor is back-to-front. The question that occurs to me is this: is the drive rotation reversed between the gearbox ant the final drive, or did the engine run in reverse (tricky but I guess do-able). Or maybe a pair of idler gears replaced the primary chain. The car is at 4 min 35 sec. Has anyone else come across this one?

Re: Graham’s enquiry, I refreshed this post and YouTube film, the Vincent hill climb car makes an appearance at 4.39.
 
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