by johnw » Wed Nov 17, 2010 7:45 pm
Thanks for spotting these FF parts on EBAY and bringing this up. I have phoned the ebayer, Duncan Clarke, and had a chat. I remember him buying the front frame, hubs and diff that he now is advertising from Medway just before Medway Interceptors closed. So those hubs and front diff are not off FF 36.
FF 36, being one of the first 50 cars, has Dunlop brakes, with front hubs specific to the Dunlop calipered FFs. FF 36 also has its original Cam Gear steering rack fitted.
Coincidentally, Duncan's front diff and hubs came off a very early FF, a Vignale, that was broken at Medway. Ulric has the transmission out of this broken car, I believe I have the dash and centre console, and one chassis leg, with Duncan having the front diff, frame and hubs. Duncan is also advertising a transmission. I don't know the provenance of that exactly, but I seem to remember him having bought a spare transmission, as he had at least 2 FFs at the time.
Thanks for this, and please keep an eye out for the car. So far I have no more information on where it has gone.