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Re: NEH 3057
« Reply #25 on: November 07, 2013, 05:54:02 AM »
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Re: NEH 3057
« Reply #26 on: November 07, 2013, 06:40:01 AM »
It's Australian, but not Holden, Ford 1172 or (by inference) MG powered.  It looks like a late 50s/early 60s design, so I'm thinking which engines were readily available at that time?

BMC power?
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Re: NEH 3057
« Reply #27 on: November 07, 2013, 06:54:06 AM »
Quote from: nicanary on November 07, 2013, 06:40:01 AM
It's Australian, but not Holden, Ford 1172 or (by inference) MG powered.  It looks like a late 50s/early 60s design, so I'm thinking which engines were readily available at that time?

BMC power?

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Re: NEH 3057
« Reply #28 on: November 07, 2013, 09:33:40 AM »
Found it!
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Re: NEH 3057
« Reply #29 on: November 07, 2013, 09:41:01 AM »
Known as the K4 Special, it had an Austin K4 6 cylinder engine, and was raced in Tasmania c1966.
Here is Bernard Harbeck at Baskerville in 1966.

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Re: NEH 3057
« Reply #30 on: November 07, 2013, 10:25:22 AM »
Very good, that is it of course!

The Austin K4 was a truck, so that must be how this special got its name.  There is much speculation on the sites where it appears which 6-cylinder Austin engine was installed, whether it was from a Sheerline or indeed from a truck, but I would say its name confirms that it did indeed have a truck engine!

Quite a bargain for $500, although I think it might cost a little more than that today...!

Well done.
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Re: Solved - NEH 3057: K4 Special
« Reply #31 on: November 07, 2013, 10:59:55 AM »
Well, I would never have got that one - I was thinking along the lines of an A-series engine. The mention of the K4 always reminds me of the ambulance in "Ice cold in Alex", even though that one was a K3 I think. What an odd motor to fit in a sports car - must have been "lying around", but just think of the torque!
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Re: Solved - NEH 3057: K4 Special
« Reply #32 on: November 07, 2013, 02:44:33 PM »
I'm rather intrigued by that mean-looking racing Triumph Herald in the background chasing the K4.  Does anyone have any information about this car please?  Thanks.
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Re: Solved - NEH 3057: K4 Special
« Reply #33 on: November 07, 2013, 04:09:53 PM »
You have to look for who raced in Baskerville in 1966 or into 'Tasmanian Motorist Magazine' of January 1967...this pic cames from there  :huh:.
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Re: Solved - NEH 3057: K4 Special
« Reply #34 on: November 07, 2013, 05:02:25 PM »
OK, thanks PJ.
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Re: Solved - NEH 3057: K4 Special
« Reply #35 on: November 08, 2013, 04:16:46 AM »
Quote from: Djetset on November 07, 2013, 02:44:33 PM
I'm rather intrigued by that mean-looking racing Triumph Herald in the background chasing the K4.  Does anyone have any information about this car please?  Thanks.

You almost deserve a point for recognising that as a Triumph Herald!
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