My other supercharged car
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For those of you that dont recognise it, its an Austin 7 special.
It was originally built in the late 50's for grass-track events. The engine and chassis are about 1923-1925...750cc and its the old 2 bearing crank motor. Cable operated drum brakes (which may as well not be there).
The thing hanging off the front is a supercharger. The legend goes that it was originally a cabin pressuriser from a WW2 plane. Its definitely a cabin pressurizer, but probably not from the war.
Dad has had this car for about 25 years, he was going to sell it.... I couldnt let that happen so I am going to bring it to Hong Kong to share the garage with my GTR.
He also had another one with a Morris 1000 engine that was much quicker and had hydraulic brakes, locked diff, motorcycle tyres etc but he rolled that about 3 years ago and I think thats when he decided he'd stop racing.
Should raise some eyebrows in Hong Kong!
>> Edited by crafty on Wednesday 30th November 01:05
It was originally built in the late 50's for grass-track events. The engine and chassis are about 1923-1925...750cc and its the old 2 bearing crank motor. Cable operated drum brakes (which may as well not be there).
The thing hanging off the front is a supercharger. The legend goes that it was originally a cabin pressuriser from a WW2 plane. Its definitely a cabin pressurizer, but probably not from the war.
Dad has had this car for about 25 years, he was going to sell it.... I couldnt let that happen so I am going to bring it to Hong Kong to share the garage with my GTR.
He also had another one with a Morris 1000 engine that was much quicker and had hydraulic brakes, locked diff, motorcycle tyres etc but he rolled that about 3 years ago and I think thats when he decided he'd stop racing.
Should raise some eyebrows in Hong Kong!
>> Edited by crafty on Wednesday 30th November 01:05
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