Just to add a bit of mischievous confusion, short gearing = low gearing in English (hence first gear is lower than top gear), short gearing = high gearing in American because the ratio is numerically higher. What is the convention in mainland Europe?

John

What a great event it was. I loved meeting Lancia fans all brought together from different countries, the road routes were brilliant (there is clearly some work for me to do on my suspension), and Huib and Bart had arranged perfect weather. It was good to put faces to names and to see everyone's car...

Can you make a new S2 dashboard (same as S3) in LHD with the original type of semi-matt, straight-grain wood veneer so it looks exactly the same as the original dashboard? If so, I'd be very interested.

Thanks, John

Re the Bosch wiper motor, has anyone managed to fit an intermittent switch unit to one? I have such a motor on my old Saab 96 two-stroke and neither of the two intermittent units I tried - one Hella, one an old British make - would work with the Bosch motor's curious wiring which seems to include tw...

It's amazing what can be repaired.There was a deep groove in the top of one cylinder bore in my previous HF's engine, which was perfectly laser-welded by Jim Stokes Workshops who appear to be able to recreate anything (at a price). New pistons came from Venolia in the US but had to be ordered. I was...