Prolly no better than 0.30, the open cockpit needs a half-tonneau.
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The 1965 Vivant, above, resulted from Pontiac designer and engineer Herb Adams’s fascination with the Alfa Romeo B.A.T. concept cars. Adams did all the work on the Vivant after hours, sourcing the Pontiac 370-cu.in. V-8, Tempest transaxle, and 8-lug wheels from the junkyard and hiring a trio of English panelbeaters who lived in Troy, Michigan, to hammer out the body from aluminum.
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They're blurry in that photo but those would be the Pontiac eight-lug rim.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontiac_Bonneville
That's really a nice drivetrain; massive finned aluminum drum brakes, and the Tempest transaxle is integral to the differential, like a Porsche 924. The only thing is I would stick with the slant four, turbo it and add a water-cooled altermotor from a Buick Lacrosse to make it a mild hybrid.
And it's a great article too. (Jefferies) Mantaray, the (Winfield) Reactor and [the][Tex Smith's] XR6 will all show together in August.
That Aston-Martin is cringe-worthy. I've spent a lot of time in a VW Beetle with my left foot under my right shin.