Lady BacFire...

[goodwoodweirdo]

GN Fraser Nash Austin special

   

anyone know more about this wonderful special

Cheers
Matt

[Ruairidh Dunford]

I was built by Rob Beck for Ben Marchant, both use the Forum.

[Charles P]

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

[goodwoodweirdo]

thanks Ruairdh
found the build thread, thats my afternoon gone haa haa

cheers

[Howard Wright]

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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[jpsmit]

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 

[goodwoodweirdo]

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 :-)

[Hedd_Jones]

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.

[AustinWood]

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.

[Bob Olive]

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.

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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.