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    I’m picking this up in about a week. From what I see the engine isn’t eligible for for FST and neither are the wheels and tires but anyone else see a problem to make it work?
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    Chassis construction doesn't appear to meet any of the design regulations...

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    Is that red tank thing over the gearbox the fuel tank?

    You'll have to find a new tank and new home for that.

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    This was an AUTOCROSS car .. and likely will never be anything else. If you plan to do AX, it should be fine with some work and tires.
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    Looks like that is a 411 engine, might even be 2 liter. Looks like fun for autocross. U must figure out a safer fuel tank. It could be a lot of fun for not much expense.

    It would be hard and impractical to try to convert it to a W2W race car.

    I did something similar in 1974
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    I'm fairly certain that the chassis doesn't allow for the adequate clearance above your helmet as required by SCCA rules, but that does depend on the height of your head/helmet when properly seated in the car. The FST class does use disc brakes; front should be a simple swap (including the spindle) but the rears require a bit more attention to minimize the side to side movement of the axles - OK with drums, but not discs. There is a FV to FST conversion guide I can send you, that might be helpful, but it does depend on your starting point.

    -Jim
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