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Holden - Bugatti special https://burnsandcoauctions.com.au/portfolio/1927-bugatti-type-37-roadster/
https://online.doningtonauctions.com.au/lot-details/index/catalog/245/lot/53569?url=/auctions/catalog/id/245?items=10&page=1#mz-expanded-view-12517...
Pic of the Chandler Lancia Special mentioned in the above article.[ATTACH]
Australian Motor Sports courtesy of State Library of Victoria[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Joe Blow's mention of an Anglia tank prompted me to check my tank.
Attached pics are of a Ford Prefect petrol tank. My tank measures pretty much the same as yours. (Where it is at the moment is a bit hard to get...
I posted this first pic a while ago. 1936 Ford Model CX (small English four cylinder). Not mine. It's had the body chopped off, unfortunately....
In that particular application, I guess the synchro's brass/bronze (or whatever it is) wears better against the steel (some kind of steel) cones...
First photo is by George Thomas (1928-2013); that photo and the Australian Motor Sports article courtesy of State Library of Victoria (I have...
I found this Honda model several years ago in the dirt and grass on a footpath. Third (not very good) pic is what it would have looked like once....
They came back again (!) ... on 22 October I saw two Pardalotes on the backyard shrub which is often their last landing spot before entering the...
Courtesy of State Library of Victoria[ATTACH]
This probably came with an Electrolux vacuum cleaner.[ATTACH]
Three Bugatti Special 'for sale' adverts from Australian Motor Sports magazine (State Library Victoria) with photos of two of the cars. The...
[ATTACH] The 'Firth motor' must have been developed/tuned by Harry Firth, who was something of a legend in Australian motor racing. (Australian...
Cadillac chassis, Rolls Royce Kestrel V12 engine 21.25 litres (Australian Motor Sports magazine, October [I think] 1957; State Library of...
More exotica ... (State Library of Victoria)[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
[ATTACH] courtesy State Library of Victoria
State Library of Victoria[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Australian Motor Sports, October 1948; State Library of Victoria[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Australian Motor Sports, April or May 1956; State Library of Victoria[ATTACH]
I wonder who built the first Holden-powered Special and when; Australian Motor Sports magazine, April 1957; courtesy of State Library of...
1936 Model CX Ford (small four cylinder) ... I thought it would be a great candidate for a conversion into a replica of a CX panel van ... but I'm...
This is the last paragraph from a previous post on an Alvis-Mercury Special; Australian Motor Sports editor Arthur Wylie is writing about Laurie...
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Happy to share the pics. It's a great car show, very informal.
Last group of photos from the FFF.[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
... a bit late with these ones ...[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Australian Motor Sports, May 1948; State Library of Victoria[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Indian-powered ... the most unusual machine at the Ford Flathead Festival. I should have got some info on its history ...[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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