Paul Jowett-Lawton’s super-sleeper Dodge Commer V8 van

At ​⁠Melbourne Raceway in early August, I caught up with Paul Jowett-Lawton and his home-built Dodge (nee Commer) panel van, which has swapped its wheezy 1.7-litre low-compression Rootes motor for a mid-mounted Ford V8. It gets driven on the street, raced up the strip, and even raced on the beach, and all on a set of 205 street radials (because that’s all that will fit…)
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[@markellis796]

Fantastic bit of engineering, love the line " I bought a garage and got a free house with it"!

[@manfacilitymetalworks1296]

Wow.. I don't look like a total knob lol.😂

[@minipup1]

It's a 400, the M is 351 and a different block. Comp is around 10.5:1, diff is 3.54. Regards, Tim from Norfolk.

[@manfacilitymetalworks1296]

Cheers mate. :)

[@michaelgodliman436]

Love it. Awesome to see it move so fast.

[@helmuthdellago7319]

Love it. Very coole car !