Okay guys, I've been looking for this book for over a year- contacted Chaters and am about 7th or 8th on the list there. So... On to plan B

Does anyone on this forum have a copy they would consider photocopying?

Thanks in advance for your help

greg fast

A few pages perhaps....anything in particular?

A lot of it is covered (and improved upon) in his later books.

I've got Comp. Car Suspension & Race & Rallye car source book, so the string computer is no stranger....

In a letter from Allan Nov 26 last year he advised that "my book.... was originally conceived as the build manual for these plans. It has a ... number of photos and other drawings to amplify these and cover various development..." I asked if he was going to try to get the book reprinted (with the renewed interest in self-built cars, it may sell) or even by self publishing like Burt Levy did with his fictional vintage sportscar racing tomes.

I guess, without knowing the content of the book, the stuff that is Terrapin specific is where my interest lies.

Allan has sent plans for the original terrapin, and I've requested a set of plans for the Mk V closed wheel version (as I told Allan,, I'm a lard-a$$ed 'murkin w/ claustrophobia- sitting in a formula ford starts to panick me) that has a wider cockpit.

That said, how about the pages you believe to be the most significant and not repeated in the later works?

I've a copy of the Mini service manual, as most of my experience has been with front engined/rwd cars.

Looks like your making ggod progress on the Meerkat

Thanks, yes mine is progressing OK.

Easiest for me is to scan and e-mail....let me know your e-mail and I'll send some pages to you (already have some other pages scanned that I sent other people)

Thanks Alan...

e-mail is galanf@juno.com

Interesting- Spelling for your first name is the same as my middle name- and unusual in the area I was raised- West coast of the US, Allan and Allen are common spellings (and I mis-spelled my middle name all through school- didn't learn of my error until a looked at by Birth certificate entering college.)