I agree with your view, Jan but I also see from where Leaky (?) is
coming.....if I reach out and pluck a period magazine or book off my shelf
in front of me, the references are to "rear", not "mid". Even "The Cooper
Story" refers to "rear".
Dave Friedman's "Indianapolis, Racing Memories" states on the fly leaf
".......including the most noteworthy Lotus-lead switch from front- to
rear-engined cars,......."
I think the use of the term during the sixties is generally to differentiate
between having an engine in *front* of the driver and one that is to the
*rear* of the driver, rather than the more technically-accurate definition
that you have used, Jan.
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Regards,
Bruce Kennewell,
Canberra, Australia.
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> Correction of correction. Although engine is located in the rear half of
the
> car it sits in front of the rear axle. The cars are therefore mid engined.
> In a rear engined car (some Porsches and all original VW Beetles) the
engine
> sits behind the rear axle.
> Jan.
> =---
> > Sorry...slight correction. Please note that those in GPL are *REAR*
> engined.
> > They were never referred to (apart from yourself) as "mid-engined".
> > <snip>
