Description:

full body off restoration, all steel original body, new paint,restored sub frames,rebuilt engine, many original parts,original magnesium Minilight rims,3 sets,0 race miles since rebuild. 145 hp 10,000 rpm short stroke 1300 full race engine, straight cut Dog box,proper Old English white/black paint,reupholstered original seat,all parts gone through,ready to race,full roll cage, Phoenix fire suppression system, fuel cell,SK45 carb. Trans Am car, BLC demo-racer, driven by Innes Ireland, Trans Am by Ted Powell


History

1962 BLC race prepared demo Cooper,raced at Mosport Players 200 race by Innis Ireland;he crashed, Ted Powell bought the car and raced throughout Canada and USA, raced in Trans Am races, in U2, Canadian Champion, Canadian Hall of Fame driver and car. Robert Tarzwell bought the car in 1989, restored it and raced in Vintage and SCCA GT5,won SCCA Rookie of the Year, competed in SCCA Runoffs, finishing 10th against tube framed cars.

Competition History

over 300 race weekends in 40 years of racing with over 50 percent podium wins,overall win Trans Am Re-creation race U2 Sebring.
Performance Data

• Trans Am U2
  
• 1300 lbs
  
• Mosport
  

Engine

• Robert Tarzwell
  
• Austin
  
• Cooper
  
• 1300
  
• 145
  
• SK single 45 on 6.5 inch manafolid
  
• Longman 15 with bigger valves and off set 310 springs alloy retainers
  
• Metro turbo 1300
  
• 4 bolt ARP
  
• forged short stroke wedged
  
• Carillo H rods
  
• JE machined flat top
  
• apt spvp5
  
• 1.44 intake 1.25 exhaust
  
• Keith Dodd 1.5 rockers
  
• ceramic button
  
• grey race
  
• steel lightened
  
• 3 into one with Thrush muffler
  
• 300
  
• total rebuild
  

Fuel System

• 
  
• Fuelsafe
  
• 10 years
  
• 8 gal
  
• 2 electric
  
• 112 to116
  

Oil/Water System

• 4 row Cooper
  
• side orignal position
  
• alloy race high capacity
  
• 13 row
  
• front original position
  

Electrical System

• red race distibutor
  
• BLC but not connected
  
• 24 group 12 volts
  
• none
  
• none
  

Transmission

• Mini Spares
  
• straight cut Dog gears
  
• 4
  
• short stroke
  
• no
  
• 6 hr rebuilt
  

Rear End

• Jack Knight
  
• steel straight cut
  
• none
  
• 3.9
  
• aluminum
  
• limited slip adjustable ramp
  
• 2 heavy duty race
  
• 6 hr rebuilt
  

Body

• all steel original body no rust never street driven
  
• Old English white /black roof
  
• PPG one color
  
• new
  
• total car repainted top bottom inside .
  

Chassis

• twin sub frames rear and front
  
• BLC
  
• steel
  
• black paint
  
• total rebuild
  
• rubber race cone new shocks
  
• rubber
  
• new Spax dual adjustable
  
• disks front new 83 PF pads alloy caliper
  
• rack and pinion rebuilt
  
• 3 sets magnesium Minilights
  
• unused Dunlop race vintage tires
  

Interior

• Old English white
  
• reupholstered original race seat
  
• Haligon bottle and 2 nozzles spare bottle
  
• new 6 point
  
• rpm to 10,000 oil pressure water temp
  
• original very good shape
  
• new
  

Spares

• 2 sets of Minilights one set wet tires mounted
  
• spare rad, spare tach
  
• 5 box'es of various race parts
  
• spare fire bottle
  
• 12 new intake valves
  
• engine side and end castings
  
• original side windows,
  
• 3-4 sets of different straight cut rear end ratios