Author Topic: Solved - NEH 4371: Nauticus driven by R. Watson at Oran Park, 17/08/1972  (Read 3733 times)

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What's this car, being driven by whom, where - for 1 point?:

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Re: NEH 4371
« Reply #1 on: December 03, 2015, 04:24:31 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NEH 4371
« Reply #2 on: December 31, 2015, 04:16:34 AM »
Professionals?
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Re: NEH 4371
« Reply #3 on: December 31, 2015, 07:20:13 AM »
Ok, I'll start: is it a Devin Special, right? Is it from the States?

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Re: NEH 4371
« Reply #4 on: December 31, 2015, 08:35:03 AM »
Ok, I'll start: is it a Devin Special, right? Is it from the States?

I've just wasted 30 minutes of my life looking through Australian Holden specials.
I must be right - that's what it says on Wikipedia

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Re: NEH 4371
« Reply #5 on: December 31, 2015, 09:16:45 AM »
Ok, I'll start: is it a Devin Special, right? Is it from the States?

It doesn't say on the site but I guess you're right.

Ok, I'll start: is it a Devin Special, right? Is it from the States?

I've just wasted 30 minutes of my life looking through Australian Holden specials.

It's a good place to start looking, but unfortuntely I don't know what engine it had.
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Re: NEH 4371
« Reply #6 on: January 03, 2016, 07:15:33 AM »
Was that car raced in Australia ?

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Re: NEH 4371
« Reply #7 on: January 03, 2016, 10:07:41 AM »
Was that car raced in Australia ?

Yes!
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Re: NEH 4371
« Reply #8 on: January 03, 2016, 12:04:14 PM »
A really wild guess - anything to do with Frank Coad?
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Re: NEH 4371
« Reply #9 on: January 03, 2016, 01:01:39 PM »
A really wild guess - anything to do with Frank Coad?

Not that I'm aware of.
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Re: NEH 4371
« Reply #10 on: January 03, 2016, 04:01:00 PM »
Well that took me a long time - I guessed at a date of 1960/62 but then I noticed the very wide rims, and realised it was much later.

It's 1972 ! I'm still pretty sure the car was built a lot earlier than that, but it's R.Watson in his Nauticus at Oran Park. I can't find anything on the net about this car.







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Re: NEH 4371
« Reply #11 on: January 03, 2016, 06:39:24 PM »
Well that took me a long time - I guessed at a date of 1960/62 but then I noticed the very wide rims, and realised it was much later.

It's 1972 ! I'm still pretty sure the car was built a lot earlier than that, but it's R.Watson in his Nauticus at Oran Park. I can't find anything on the net about this car.

Yes, I didn't think it would take you long now!
That's all I know about the car too; maybe it has a Holden engine but I haven't been able to find anything out either.
Well done.
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