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Racing in Tasmania Dec 8, 2012 11:13:50 GMT -4

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Post by justyfied on Dec 8, 2012 11:13:50 GMT -4

No not Horse racing, which there is lots of, But Things that make Horse power!
In honor of our latest member I was doing a little google research on what the car racing environment was like there. Right off I found this absolute gem of a story steeped with history, nice pictures and all. Give this a read as Iam sure it will entertain every one who reads it:

www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=tasmania+auto+race+cams&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CDkQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cams.com.au%2Fen%2FStates%2FTasmania%2F~%2Fmedia%2FFiles%2FStates%2FTAS%2FHistoric%2520Newsletters%2F20120101%2520CAMS%2520Tasmania%2520Historic%2520Racing%2520News%2520January%25202012%252010.ashx&ei=H3nDUOWdG6GkigKbsYGoCA&usg=AFQjCNGTwsyeIVy0-JOkC8Q5z6uXX-hMKQ

Last Edit: Dec 8, 2012 13:32:08 GMT -4 by justyfied

1992 Vivio RXR Supercharged
1990 2 Door Justy Turbo Project
1988 2 Door EFI conversion
Other Project Justies

1970 Opel GT Race project

It is spelled REX not WRX it is not a wannabee or pretender because REX means KING

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Racing in Tasmania Dec 9, 2012 8:24:38 GMT -4

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Post by lincolntbird on Dec 9, 2012 8:24:38 GMT -4

Here is a pic my Dad took of a race car at the Penguin hill climbs in Tasmania in the late 1950's.
i1306.photobucket.com/albums/s580/lincolntbird/001.jpg

I will try to get some more pics scanned & posted soon.

lincolntbird

1986 Sherpa (Engine test bed, project).
1984 Sherpa (spares vehicle).
1982 Sherpa (spares vehicle).
1983 Sherpa (spares vehicle).
1984 Sherpa (spares vehicle).
3 spare EK42 engines (rebuilders).
1976 ZH Fairlane. V8. (driver).Sold.
1977 ZH Fairlane (project). V8.
1998 Ford LTD. V8. (driver).
1989 Subaru Liberty Wagon 4WD. (New Work vehicle).
1991 Subaru Liberty Wagon 4WD. (Parts Car).
1952 AJS 18s 500cc m/cycle. (restored).

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Racing in Tasmania Dec 9, 2012 12:15:17 GMT -4

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Post by justyfied on Dec 9, 2012 12:15:17 GMT -4

Dec 9, 2012 8:24:38 GMT -4 lincolntbird said:

Here is a pic my Dad took of a race car at the Penguin hill climbs in Tasmania in the late 1950's.
i1306.photobucket.com/albums/s580/lincolntbird/001.jpg

I will try to get some more pics scanned & posted soon.

lincolntbird

Wow, nice pic, is that Nuvolari's Ferrari?

1992 Vivio RXR Supercharged
1990 2 Door Justy Turbo Project
1988 2 Door EFI conversion
Other Project Justies

1970 Opel GT Race project

It is spelled REX not WRX it is not a wannabee or pretender because REX means KING

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Racing in Tasmania Dec 11, 2012 10:15:26 GMT -4

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Post by lincolntbird on Dec 11, 2012 10:15:26 GMT -4

No, it's not Nuvolari's Ferrari, but it certain looks like it could be.

1986 Sherpa (Engine test bed, project).
1984 Sherpa (spares vehicle).
1982 Sherpa (spares vehicle).
1983 Sherpa (spares vehicle).
1984 Sherpa (spares vehicle).
3 spare EK42 engines (rebuilders).
1976 ZH Fairlane. V8. (driver).Sold.
1977 ZH Fairlane (project). V8.
1998 Ford LTD. V8. (driver).
1989 Subaru Liberty Wagon 4WD. (New Work vehicle).
1991 Subaru Liberty Wagon 4WD. (Parts Car).
1952 AJS 18s 500cc m/cycle. (restored).

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Racing in Tasmania Dec 16, 2012 9:39:50 GMT -4

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Post by lincolntbird on Dec 16, 2012 9:39:50 GMT -4

Here are some more photos from the Penguin hill climbes.

s1306.beta.photobucket.com/user/lincolntbird/library/penguin%20hill%20climb%20cars

As you can see one of the cars even has a 150cc James motorcycle 2stroke engine. Some of the other cars are running Holden engines as their titles suggest.

Enjoy....lincolntbird.

Last Edit: Dec 16, 2012 9:42:53 GMT -4 by lincolntbird

1986 Sherpa (Engine test bed, project).
1984 Sherpa (spares vehicle).
1982 Sherpa (spares vehicle).
1983 Sherpa (spares vehicle).
1984 Sherpa (spares vehicle).
3 spare EK42 engines (rebuilders).
1976 ZH Fairlane. V8. (driver).Sold.
1977 ZH Fairlane (project). V8.
1998 Ford LTD. V8. (driver).
1989 Subaru Liberty Wagon 4WD. (New Work vehicle).
1991 Subaru Liberty Wagon 4WD. (Parts Car).
1952 AJS 18s 500cc m/cycle. (restored).

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Racing in Tasmania Dec 17, 2012 10:48:46 GMT -4

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Post by justyfied on Dec 17, 2012 10:48:46 GMT -4

Now I see where you got that earlier picture from. That is a bunch of nice older race cars. Be nice to look at the engine setups, mind you you can see the motorcycle engined powered one well. I looks like a big go cart

Where abouts was this hill climb staged, how much elevation change is there over ____ how long of a course?

1992 Vivio RXR Supercharged
1990 2 Door Justy Turbo Project
1988 2 Door EFI conversion
Other Project Justies

1970 Opel GT Race project

It is spelled REX not WRX it is not a wannabee or pretender because REX means KING

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Racing in Tasmania Dec 18, 2012 9:48:23 GMT -4

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Post by lincolntbird on Dec 18, 2012 9:48:23 GMT -4

The hill climb was staged in Penguin, Tasmania. Penguin is a town on the north west coast, right on the coast. The climb was done in one of the streets called The Deviation or The Devy as the locals called it. The Devy was a sealed street, length & elevation I don't know but I will see if I can find out for you.
I took some pictures of a car that was at the opposite end of the scale to our micro cars, it was a 1925 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost with a 7.8ltr engine in it. I will post some pics if anyone is interested.

Last Edit: May 25, 2013 10:56:10 GMT -4 by lincolntbird

1986 Sherpa (Engine test bed, project).
1984 Sherpa (spares vehicle).
1982 Sherpa (spares vehicle).
1983 Sherpa (spares vehicle).
1984 Sherpa (spares vehicle).
3 spare EK42 engines (rebuilders).
1976 ZH Fairlane. V8. (driver).Sold.
1977 ZH Fairlane (project). V8.
1998 Ford LTD. V8. (driver).
1989 Subaru Liberty Wagon 4WD. (New Work vehicle).
1991 Subaru Liberty Wagon 4WD. (Parts Car).
1952 AJS 18s 500cc m/cycle. (restored).

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Racing in Tasmania May 25, 2013 11:40:39 GMT -4

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Post by lincolntbird on May 25, 2013 11:40:39 GMT -4

At last here are those pics of the 1925 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost I promised months ago. Old timers disease don't you know

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s1306.photobucket.com/user/lincolntbird/library/Rolls%20Royce
In the pic of the right hand side of the Rolls you can just see the back corner of my Sherpa, which gives you a little bit of an idea of the size difference ;D.
The engine in the Rolls Royce is a 7.8ltr six cylinder. That is almost 12 times the capacity of the Sherpa engine ;D

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Last Edit: May 26, 2013 6:00:25 GMT -4 by lincolntbird

1986 Sherpa (Engine test bed, project).
1984 Sherpa (spares vehicle).
1982 Sherpa (spares vehicle).
1983 Sherpa (spares vehicle).
1984 Sherpa (spares vehicle).
3 spare EK42 engines (rebuilders).
1976 ZH Fairlane. V8. (driver).Sold.
1977 ZH Fairlane (project). V8.
1998 Ford LTD. V8. (driver).
1989 Subaru Liberty Wagon 4WD. (New Work vehicle).
1991 Subaru Liberty Wagon 4WD. (Parts Car).
1952 AJS 18s 500cc m/cycle. (restored).

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Racing in Tasmania May 25, 2013 16:31:38 GMT -4

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Post by justyfied on May 25, 2013 16:31:38 GMT -4

Man a 25 Rolls Royce. Can't imagine how it ended up close to you in front of an Antique store! Almost looks like it is ready to sprout wings an take off like a Hollywood Chitty chitty bang bang.
If cars could only talk and tell you all that they have been through eh?

1992 Vivio RXR Supercharged
1990 2 Door Justy Turbo Project
1988 2 Door EFI conversion
Other Project Justies

1970 Opel GT Race project

It is spelled REX not WRX it is not a wannabee or pretender because REX means KING

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Racing in Tasmania May 26, 2013 6:06:17 GMT -4

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Post by lincolntbird on May 26, 2013 6:06:17 GMT -4

A friend of mine has a '58 Rolls Royce Silver Cloud. The day I saw the Silver Ghost my friend had hosted the Rolls Royce club at his place just out of Deloraine for the weekend. Therefore he was able to give me some of the details on the car.

1986 Sherpa (Engine test bed, project).
1984 Sherpa (spares vehicle).
1982 Sherpa (spares vehicle).
1983 Sherpa (spares vehicle).
1984 Sherpa (spares vehicle).
3 spare EK42 engines (rebuilders).
1976 ZH Fairlane. V8. (driver).Sold.
1977 ZH Fairlane (project). V8.
1998 Ford LTD. V8. (driver).
1989 Subaru Liberty Wagon 4WD. (New Work vehicle).
1991 Subaru Liberty Wagon 4WD. (Parts Car).
1952 AJS 18s 500cc m/cycle. (restored).