• kalpol@lemmy.ca
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      4 days ago

      They were awesome, but weird. Ignition between the seats? Fan belts by the firewall? Why the hell not

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        3 days ago

        There were engineering reasons for those decisions. The ignition on the floor was because they found that the starter worked better/best when the ignition was positioned next to the transmission column. I don’t remember why the fan belts were there, but it may have had to do with the rotation of the engine block.