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Solved NIC#660 - BMH Special (a.k.a. Comic Book Special)
« on: August 24, 2016, 07:20:48 AM »
Year and name of car please. I will accept either of 2 names.
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Re: NIC#660
« Reply #1 on: October 19, 2016, 08:35:59 AM »
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Re: NIC#660
« Reply #2 on: October 20, 2016, 03:14:46 AM »
Badger Special - also known as the BMH ?

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Re: NIC#660
« Reply #3 on: October 20, 2016, 03:18:45 AM »
....And apparently known as the Comic Book Special !  Aerodynamics by a man with his tongue firmly planted in his cheek..........

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Re: NIC#660
« Reply #4 on: October 20, 2016, 04:07:05 AM »
....And apparently known as the Comic Book Special !  Aerodynamics by a man with his tongue firmly planted in his cheek..........

You've found the car! Holden engined (what else?) and built in 1952 by Badger Motors, I think it was known as the Comic Book Special because of its absurd appearance.

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Re: Solved NIC#660 - BMH Special (a.k.a. Comic Book Special)
« Reply #5 on: October 20, 2016, 04:15:15 AM »
I did wonder if the driver was Dick Dastardly, but the colour seemed to be wrong.......