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What's this, powered by what and built by whom, when?
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Re: NEH 5693
« Reply #1 on: January 27, 2024, 11:15:55 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NEH 5693
« Reply #2 on: February 08, 2024, 10:28:56 AM »
Australian?
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Re: NEH 5693
« Reply #3 on: March 06, 2024, 06:03:11 AM »
Not Australian (sorry for the delayed reply!)
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Re: NEH 5693
« Reply #4 on: March 06, 2024, 10:27:43 AM »
South African

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Re: NEH 5693
« Reply #5 on: March 06, 2024, 10:28:52 AM »
based on an MG

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Re: NEH 5693
« Reply #6 on: March 07, 2024, 09:03:48 AM »
Neither South African nor MG-based.
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Re: NEH 5693
« Reply #7 on: March 07, 2024, 09:35:54 AM »
The obvious:  British?
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Re: NEH 5693
« Reply #8 on: March 07, 2024, 10:29:14 AM »
German?

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Re: NEH 5693
« Reply #9 on: March 08, 2024, 09:29:10 AM »
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Re: NEH 5693
« Reply #10 on: March 09, 2024, 01:13:20 PM »
4-cylinder?
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Re: NEH 5693
« Reply #11 on: March 10, 2024, 09:05:12 AM »
No.
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Re: NEH 5693
« Reply #12 on: March 10, 2024, 04:04:32 PM »
Offenhauser power?

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Re: NEH 5693
« Reply #13 on: March 11, 2024, 11:19:59 AM »
No.
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Re: NEH 5693
« Reply #14 on: March 11, 2024, 11:26:47 AM »
V8 engine?
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Re: NEH 5693
« Reply #15 on: March 12, 2024, 07:08:20 AM »
No..
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Re: NEH 5693
« Reply #16 on: March 12, 2024, 03:36:37 PM »
8 cylinder in-line
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A Henschel in rushing up the hill, wheras in a Mercedes wind is rushing through the doors. c/o norberthanke

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Re: NEH 5693
« Reply #17 on: March 14, 2024, 05:42:49 AM »
Not an 8-cylinder engine..
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Re: NEH 5693
« Reply #18 on: March 14, 2024, 07:25:24 AM »
Is it a 6-cylinder?  (Despite the 4-branch exhaust)
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Re: NEH 5693
« Reply #19 on: March 15, 2024, 07:44:00 AM »
Yes it is. I thought it a bit odd too...
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Re: NEH 5693
« Reply #20 on: March 15, 2024, 06:33:26 PM »
Is it the Challenge/ Challenger?
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Re: NEH 5693
« Reply #21 on: March 18, 2024, 06:16:29 AM »
I'm afraid it isn't, no.
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Re: NEH 5693
« Reply #22 on: March 19, 2024, 03:08:14 PM »
I'm still trying to get my head around the 6-cylinder engine, is it Bristol powered?
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Re: NEH 5693
« Reply #23 on: March 20, 2024, 07:02:45 AM »
No, not Bristol.
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Re: NEH 5693
« Reply #24 on: March 20, 2024, 10:48:21 AM »
A British six?  Aston Martin?
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