I'm sorry Heinz, I don't know about the axle. The runabout had lovely rubber mats, no posh carpets or leather. I loved it for that. It also had no louvres along the top and did get rather hot when we were in France. I fitted a pair of those bonnet spacers which held the bulkhead end of the bonnet very slightly open which helped a little. The blue was very much a Bugatti blue. And it had the sidelights too. It was a sweet thing. It was also the last of the mogs with reasonable ground clearance, I don't think they'd had to lower the engine to meet pedestrian suicide rules. In the end, after a couple of new mogs in 2004 and 2012 gave me not quite so much fun, I gave in and went for a mid eighties plus 4 with the fiat engine. Modified the rear suspension and the car is brilliant. All the torque of the bigger cars but light and nimble. The fiat engine is superb and easy to tune I believe as that engine won many rallies. Worth experiencing if you can find one. Nick
