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The scrappy oval racer shown is right-hand drive. I wonder if Nash (or whichever) built and exported rhd vehicles to Britain, or whether this one...
This motor was in a [probable] 1930s Nash, but does not look like a Nash engine to me. Or is it? (I have also posted a separate thread querying...
I'd also be grateful if anyone can identify the engine . Is it a Hudson straight-8? Does not look like Nash's straight six.
I am trying to distinguish this coupe, which I think is a Nash (though a couple of friends insist it's a Ford "A"). Then nrad grille is an...
You guys are quick as lightning --- yes, I tried the suggested Ford 1939 de luxe four door, and there it is. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. What a pain ---...
I can find several Hudsons and Olds that match the main bodywork, but nothing that matches the hood. Maybe the hood was an add-on by the stock...
It is always a pleasure to see the kind of informative and polite and helpful responses that H.A.M.B. members post. There is no other forum where...
I've been puzzling over the apparent "chrome strip" that follows the rear fender line: could that be a reflection/highlight along the fender...
Thanks; I've looked at Packards and Hudons and Pontiacs, and it's awful hard for me to distinguish among them. However, quite a few Hudsons were...
Close to a '49 Chevy De Luxe? https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/97/92/96/97929677f35af079ca398c706f30347a.jpg
The tow car's rear window has a distinctive "quarter light", and that's a big roof quarter panel back there. Not quite a 40 Ford sedan deluxe....
Photograph taken approx. 1957 in the UK. What is the car parked behind the modified racer? here is the photo link:...
Just for interest, here are today's British stock cars: "sail" wings for running on shale grit, aero for asphalt:
THANK YOU, EVERYONE. H.A.M.B never fails, and unlike most forums, you guys tend to be polite and helpful. I was thinking a big Ford but could not...
Photo taken about 40 years ago, a British stock car ---- can anyone hazard a guess to identify these odd valve covers, or are they part of a...
Big thanks! What a great forum, and polite too!
:)On the left of this 1962-ish photo is a white car; anyone identify it, please? Photo taken in England....
Thanks, as usual, to the knowledgeable, helpful, and collegial responses to my question; instant expertise on HAMB!
:)I just saw a fascinating photograph of a modified flathead motor used in a New Zealand stock car in the 50's and early 60's. The photo is here:...
Yes, but there are those special occasions when only H.A.M.B.'s unique global brainpower can throw up an answer ---
:confused: --- or adapted them, --- to test gas turbine engines. In the late nineteen-fifties they were moored in Poole Harbour, Dorset. Locals...
Naughty! I saw Dante Duce wreck the beautiful "22Jr" rail in England in 1964. Tony Nancy was driving the Wedge and did not crash. Duce I think...
Thanks to all you guys. I finally "get it". I am always impressed by the helpful and polite (!) assistance that posters on HAMB give. Not like...
Thanks; so the lower shaft is pulled forward by the cable and lever, presumably when the driver is off the gas. Is there a spring tghat helps...
The links etc still don't show my "non-engineering" mind what the slide-coupler and the lever + cable mechanism looks like or how it works ---...
:confused: When sprint car drivers roll to a stop, they pull the quick change out of gear, but I can't figure out the internal mechanism. I see...
Thanks again for that info, and also apologies for loading a too-big jpg photo --- I am a bit ignorant of the how-to's, and of course have not...
Those English guys took no prisoners. Here's a 430 Merc motored maniac ready to attack, also in the sixties. Accessory #1 was the heavy gauge...
Tommy, I just Googled the motor, and the only photos I found showed that plaque on the right-hand valve cover for that reason --- this stock car...
I meant first to say thank you guys for those instant and informative replies. I like the look of that car --- an Austin Mini for serious track work!
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