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Solved NIC#824 - Hire Weld Special of Don Ubergang
« on: June 16, 2017, 11:26:31 AM »
Please tell me the name of this car, and what powered it.
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Re: NIC#824
« Reply #1 on: July 29, 2017, 08:11:29 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NIC#824
« Reply #2 on: August 02, 2017, 07:57:56 PM »
European?
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Re: NIC#824
« Reply #3 on: August 03, 2017, 04:00:01 AM »
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Re: NIC#824
« Reply #4 on: August 04, 2017, 08:12:13 AM »
Is it a 750cc-class racer with Renault 4CV engine and wheels?
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Re: NIC#824
« Reply #5 on: August 04, 2017, 08:22:28 AM »
Quote from: richard cuyler on August 04, 2017, 08:12:13 AM
Is it a 750cc-class racer with Renault 4CV engine and wheels?

As far as I know, there is no Renault connection.
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Re: NIC#824
« Reply #6 on: August 05, 2017, 05:44:51 PM »
If it's not European is it South American?
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Re: NIC#824
« Reply #7 on: August 06, 2017, 05:34:38 AM »
Quote from: D-type on August 05, 2017, 05:44:51 PM
If it's not European is it South American?

No.
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Re: NIC#824
« Reply #8 on: August 06, 2017, 08:15:44 AM »
Australian?
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Re: NIC#824
« Reply #9 on: August 06, 2017, 09:06:10 AM »
Quote from: tobytwirl on August 06, 2017, 08:15:44 AM
Australian?

Yes.

(I apologise for apparently having an obssession with this country and its racing scene, but it's a really fruitful source .)
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Re: NIC#824
« Reply #10 on: August 06, 2017, 04:33:00 PM »
I like the wonderfully creative Antipodean specials - particularly if  I can find them. In this case it is proving difficult and that does not look like a JAP engine. Is it a 500?
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Re: NIC#824
« Reply #11 on: August 06, 2017, 04:39:26 PM »
Quote from: tobytwirl on August 06, 2017, 04:33:00 PM
I like the wonderfully creative Antipodean specials - particularly if  I can find them. In this case it is proving difficult and that does not look like a JAP engine. Is it a 500?

It is indeed a 500, but not a JAP.
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Re: NIC#824
« Reply #12 on: August 06, 2017, 08:49:25 PM »
Ewing-Norton?
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Re: NIC#824
« Reply #13 on: August 07, 2017, 04:37:46 AM »
Quote from: tobytwirl on August 06, 2017, 08:49:25 PM
Ewing-Norton?

I have no tuner's name, but it is indeed a Manx Norton motor.
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Re: NIC#824
« Reply #14 on: August 07, 2017, 04:24:48 PM »
Sorry, the Ewing was the car. I had no photo of it but it was described as having Renault Dauphine wheels. Anyway it was wrong and I have finally found the right one thanks to the word Manx in the browser .....................Don Ubergang driving the Hire Weld Special with the supercharged Manx engine at Templestowe in 1964!
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Re: NIC#824
« Reply #15 on: August 07, 2017, 05:07:40 PM »
Quote from: tobytwirl on August 07, 2017, 04:24:48 PM
Sorry, the Ewing was the car. I had no photo of it but it was described as having Renault Dauphine wheels. Anyway it was wrong and I have finally found the right one thanks to the word Manx in the browser .....................Don Ubergang driving the Hire Weld Special with the supercharged Manx engine at Templestowe in 1964!

You clearly know where to look - well found. Apparently there were Hartnett  bits in the car.

Another point to you.
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Re: Solved NIC#824 - Hire Weld Special of Don Ubergang
« Reply #16 on: August 07, 2017, 05:22:38 PM »
Merci.
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