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Solved NIC#1143 - WGM Special of Morrie Wheeler & Jack Gow
« on: October 26, 2019, 09:24:00 AM »
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Re: NIC#1143
« Reply #1 on: October 31, 2019, 06:12:20 PM »
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Re: NIC#1143
« Reply #2 on: November 01, 2019, 05:06:22 AM »
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Re: NIC#1143
« Reply #3 on: November 01, 2019, 01:39:00 PM »
This is the WGM Special of Morrie Wheeler and Jack Gow using a Matchless G80 engine and, impressively for 1951, disc brakes.
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Re: NIC#1143
« Reply #4 on: November 01, 2019, 02:36:31 PM »
This is the WGM Special of Morrie Wheeler and Jack Gow using a Matchless G80 engine and, impressively for 1951, disc brakes.

That's right. Well found. The two builders were aeronautical engineers which may explain their avant garde design. Front-wheel drive too.
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