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#25
November 07, 2013, 05:54:02 AM
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nicanary

#26
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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Carnut

#27
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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Paul Jaray

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November 07, 2013, 09:41:01 AM Last Edit: November 07, 2013, 10:06:37 AM by Paul Jaray
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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Carnut

#30
November 07, 2013, 10:25:22 AM Last Edit: November 07, 2013, 11:42:13 AM by Carnut
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...!

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nicanary

#31
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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Djetset

#32
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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Paul Jaray

#33
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:.

Djetset

#34
November 07, 2013, 05:02:25 PM
OK, thanks PJ.
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Carnut

#35
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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