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Re: GTC #104
« Reply #25 on: April 10, 2015, 07:53:13 AM »
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Re: GTC #104
« Reply #26 on: April 10, 2015, 08:00:38 AM »
American chassis ?
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Re: GTC #104
« Reply #27 on: April 10, 2015, 08:02:22 AM »
Quote from: oko94 on April 10, 2015, 08:00:38 AM
American chassis ?
Not American either.
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Re: GTC #104
« Reply #28 on: April 10, 2015, 08:14:37 AM »
Australian chassis ?
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Re: GTC #104
« Reply #29 on: April 10, 2015, 08:27:03 AM »
Based on a McRae chassis?
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Re: GTC #104
« Reply #30 on: April 10, 2015, 08:53:18 AM »
Quote from: oko94 on April 10, 2015, 08:14:37 AM
Australian chassis ?
Not an Aussie either.

Quote from: nicanary on April 10, 2015, 08:27:03 AM
Based on a McRae chassis?
No it was not.
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Re: GTC #104
« Reply #31 on: April 10, 2015, 08:56:04 AM »
Chassis made in New Zealand ?
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Re: GTC #104
« Reply #32 on: April 10, 2015, 08:56:48 AM »
Is it a F5000 car which has been converted to sports car format?
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Re: GTC #104
« Reply #33 on: April 10, 2015, 09:05:48 AM »
Quote from: oko94 on April 10, 2015, 08:56:04 AM
Chassis made in New Zealand ?
Yes it was!

Quote from: nicanary on April 10, 2015, 08:56:48 AM
Is it a F5000 car which has been converted to sports car format?
No I don't believe so.
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Re: GTC #104
« Reply #34 on: April 10, 2015, 04:56:04 PM »
Quote from: DHoffmann on April 09, 2015, 06:28:02 PM
Full disclosure: I have come across information that states this car has also make use of a Jag V8 at some point of its career.

Jaguar's first V8 was introduced in 1996, so this car was still being raced at that time ? Or are you talking about a Daimler V8 ?
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Re: GTC #104
« Reply #35 on: April 10, 2015, 05:16:06 PM »
It's the Heron Mk3 / Sid 1. It's an evolution of a 1965 Daimler V8-powered Heron Mk2. It was first fitted with a Jaguar 3.8 liter engine (hence a straight 6, not a V8) then with a 221ci Ford engine.
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Re: GTC #104
« Reply #36 on: April 10, 2015, 05:21:14 PM »
Quote from: oko94 on April 10, 2015, 05:16:06 PM
It's the Heron Mk3 / Sid 1

It appears I don't need to answer the above question.  ;)

In this configuration it is indeed the SID Mk1, well done!
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Re: GTC #104 SOLVED: SID Mk1 based on Heron Mk3
« Reply #37 on: April 10, 2015, 05:28:55 PM »
Another photo of the thing in action.
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Re: GTC #104 SOLVED: SID Mk1 based on Heron Mk3
« Reply #38 on: April 10, 2015, 06:01:33 PM »
Right you are about the Jaguar engine, slip of my mind and I'm glad it didn't throw you off.


Interesting note: it employed a Fletcher aircraft windscreen rather than your conventional car sourced window!
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