{"id":461039,"date":"2007-01-01T13:00:42","date_gmt":"2007-01-01T21:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=67941"},"modified":"2024-12-27T01:25:00","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T01:25:00","slug":"connaught","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/connaught\/","title":{"rendered":"Connaught"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There is an outfit in England making simulacre Vanwalls, road equipped, and with the choice of one seat or two. I&#8217;ve seen them only in green, but their natural livery must be fluorescent pink with whitewall tires.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There was another Vanwall project in the late 1980s. The conglomerate, GKN, had bought Vandervell Products and commissioned an exhibition machine which was a Lotus 47 with a Rover (ex-Buick) V-8 engine, 5-speed ZF transmission, fatter tires, upgrades, etc.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-title\">No Subscription? 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