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Lady BacFire... - goodwoodweirdo - 11-10-2021
GN Fraser Nash Austin special
anyone know more about this wonderful special
Cheers
Matt
RE: Lady BacFire... - Ruairidh Dunford - 11-10-2021
I was built by Rob Beck for Ben Marchant, both use the Forum.
RE: Lady BacFire... - Charles P - 11-10-2021
Pretty certain there's nothing GN or Frazer Nash about it, except perhaps inspiration
And the builder looks to standing by the rear wheel, admiring his handiwork
C
RE: Lady BacFire... - goodwoodweirdo - 11-10-2021
thanks Ruairdh
found the build thread, thats my afternoon gone haa haa
cheers
RE: Lady BacFire... - Howard Wright - 11-10-2021
Hi
On the subject of V twins, I spotted this at the VSCC Welsh trial over the weekend. Rumour has it that the barrels are of aero engine origin. Cleared both the hills I was marshalling on
.Cheers
Howard
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RE: Lady BacFire... - jpsmit - 11-10-2021
(11-10-2021, 11:21 AM)goodwoodweirdo Wrote: GN Fraser Nash Austin special
anyone know more about this wonderful special
Cheers
Matt
Amazing - just looking at the diff relative to the seat I is reminded of a po-em
There was a young man from Boston
Who drove around town in an Austin
There was room for ...... ummm nevermind
RE: Lady BacFire... - goodwoodweirdo - 11-10-2021
Howard thats also lovely, funny enough last week was talking with a chap about areo radial engines and making them into twins.. clearly he has far more imagination and talent than me :-)
RE: Lady BacFire... - Hedd_Jones - 11-10-2021
(11-10-2021, 01:36 PM)Howard Wright Wrote: Hi
On the subject of V twins, I spotted this at the VSCC Welsh trial over the weekend. Rumour has it that the barrels are of aero engine origin. Cleared both the hills I was marshalling on
Cheers
Howard
Well, its got the same honker as my steam roller, and thats sort of a twin, a double acting one.
RE: Lady BacFire... - AustinWood - 11-10-2021
Mark Walker's Thunderbug has 2 barrels from a 2nd world war aero engine giving it 4.2 litres. It is slow revving, One detonation per lamp post.
RE: Lady BacFire... - Bob Olive - 11-10-2021
Reminds me of Robin Newman's little ditty:
Drivin' a Baby Orstin'
can be very exhaustin'
one's elbows and knees
will fit in with ease
but the abdomen has to be forced in.
If you like V-twins - especially those cobbled together from old aircraft engines - take a look at The Millyard Special on You Tube (search Alan Millyard), and all done in his shed!! Quite remarkable, and see his other machines too.