I have seen for sale adverts for a mk1 cab body with all the MK2 syncro running gear. Seen a few at shows, often wondered how capable the car is off road.
The limiting factor off-road with the T25 Syncro was that there was no selectable low range final drive on the gearbox so you had 1st gear and that was mostly it. So I was told years ago anyway.
So much want...
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