Herald 5.0

[dinkel]

Yeah, and why not . . . Gives me da shakes, but if a Cuda can be hot rodded why not throw some flames on a Herald. Looks better than May's sailthingy.

[Alpineandy]

Please tell me that it hasn't got the original rear suspension (It's on 4 wheels so I suspect it's not original).

[Sam_68]

Alpineandy said:

Please tell me that it hasn't got the original rear suspension.

Seconded...V8 with Herald swing axle rear end is a very scary thought.

[Roman]

A lot of UK car based 'street rods' seem to run a jag rear axles.

In the '60s someone mounted a Vitesse body onto a written off XK140 (or 150) chassis complete with engine and I believe the car still exists.

[Fat Richie]

Think that this one was known as "Quarter Pounder" in which case I'm pretty sue it has a Jag IRS out back.

[72twink]

Way back when I was an apprentice (running a Scimitar GTE - ah, how times change) one of the other lads was running Vitesse with a Rover V8 and 5 speed box ........ but still with the standard back end - mind you, under the bench was a Jag IRS with LSD that we were cutting and shutting to fit inside the standard shell !!

[chris_n]

Fat Richie said:

Think that this one was known as "Quarter Pounder" in which case I'm pretty sue it has a Jag IRS out back.

Yes, you're right. It changed hands on ebay in the last year or two. I would have been interested by failed to get the necessary approval from SWMBO.

[Simonelite501]

There are a few wild Heralds around, most are re-bodied space frames and use a shortened Ford 9 inch out of a 5.0 "Stang" or similar.