No, neither. It is or was a mainstream car and not some small make vehicle.
A mate used to have a Morris Traveller. We changed the clutch plate in about 30 minutes once - which involved dismantling almost the entire front end.
Remember thinking there wasn't much engine in the bay. He changed it for a 1.6 Fiat shortly after - much more like it
Moggy's with Twin Cam fit swaps was a regular upgrade when I was younger, great in a straight line but brakes and cornering was compromised by the extra power.
Was the answer not related to the rally boys, they could swap engines in silly times. Escort or maybe a Scooby?
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I think thats the one I was thinking about.Was it not a jeep during the Combined Services competitions at the Royal Albert hall in the old days?
Matt said it was an escort. Its just the time that is needed now.
If memory serves me correctly it was about 2 minutes. I remember watching it on Record Breakers as a kid.
They drove the Escort in.
All got ready. Started the clock, whipped on engine out and put a new one in 2 minutes later drove it away.
I think it was a blue one as well.
If the record for the beetle is a single minute then the world record fastest engine change cant be longer than a minute.
50 seconds is my guess.
'single minutes.'
Note the 's' So I'd assume Matt means <=9 minutes, for the beetle
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