Sylva Leader

Carburettors were usually twin 40 Webers or Dell'Ortos as the low bonnet made fitting the standard downdraft carb difficult.

The very strong steel spaceframe chassis was covered by a non stressed fiberglass body with the flip front bonnet giving excellent access to the engine bay.

Slightly larger and heavier than the later Striker it had a small boot accessible via the rear of the cockpit so if a full roll cage was fitted little could be carried.

The front suspension was twin wishbones without an anti roll bar with a live rear axle with a 4-point location system.

Front engined rear wheel drive cars such as this are becoming rarer due to a shortage of suitable donor vehicles.