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Solved NIC#1198 - Graduate M8F McLaren homage
« on: March 01, 2020, 07:09:38 AM »
Please tell me what this car is called and what car formed the basis (reputedly) ?
« Last Edit: April 06, 2020, 08:34:38 AM by nicanary »
I must be right - that's what it says on Wikipedia

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Re: NIC#1198
« Reply #1 on: March 29, 2020, 06:25:12 AM »
Experts?
I must be right - that's what it says on Wikipedia

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Re: NIC#1198
« Reply #2 on: April 05, 2020, 06:48:46 PM »
1972 Graduate M8F replica by Phil Verwoert of Australia 351 Cleveland powered. Cooper T 53 chassis based.
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Re: NIC#1198
« Reply #3 on: April 05, 2020, 07:19:29 PM »
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Re: NIC#1198
« Reply #4 on: April 05, 2020, 07:28:27 PM »
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Re: NIC#1198
« Reply #5 on: April 06, 2020, 08:33:27 AM »
Thanks for the PM. Somehow I missed your post yesterday.

You're absolutely right and the point is yours. The history of this car is pretty complicated - it started out as a Cooper T53 left behind after the regular Tasman Championship and was gradually modernised and rebodied by Stan Starcevich and then Don O'Sullivan, called at various times a Cooper-Ford, the SS111 and then The Graduate when it was bodied as a homage to CanAm McLarens. It's powered by a Ford V8 rather than a Chevy  and I doubt much of the old Cooper remains in the present car.

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