intersting awd history.. [LAC]

[thejimrose]

interesting!  the article says the awd system was developed by some "awd
evangelist" Harry Ferguson and the FF stands for ferguson formula. split was
37/63 f/r. they dont go into any detail on the history of the awd system
unfortunatley.

the awd was a dunlop system.

im sure the doorhandles were at least as dodgy as ours! ;-)


On 1/2/07, LL - NY <larrycleung at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> As I recall, the Jensen FF used the prototype "T_rsen" center diff, too.
> So it really IS
> a quattro, just with potentially working doorhandles and a "normal" set of
> hydraulics.
> The electrics are by Lucas, however, and that oughta be worse than VAG.
>
> Scargo
>
>  On 1/2/07, thejimrose <thejimrose at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > so i just read the new issue of CAR magazine and there is an article
> > about
> > the 1967 Jensen Interceptor FF, a british coupe with a chrysler 440
> > [nuts] and which had a british-based, rear-biased AWD system 14 years
> > before
> > audi brought quattro out. It also had an abs system derived from an
> > aircraft
> > anti-skid system several years before mercedes used the bosch system.
> > and a
> > stainless steel roof! crazy.. so far ahead of it's time.  alas they only
> >
> > made a few 100 and then ditched it as noone was paying the huge premium
> > over
> > the normal interceptor which looked almost identical. interesting
> > atricle
> > and bit of automotive trivia that i thought i'd share..
> >
> > sidenote: why do the brits do magazines SO much better than we do? CAR
> > and BIKE both set the bar. But @ $10 each / month it's an expensive
> > hobby!
> >
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