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Old 05-25-2015, 12:37 AM
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Old mower wheels? Luxury! when I was a lad, all I had was wheels made from a rolled up newspaper!
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Going by that frame shape I'm guessing it's some type of clubman. Looks like it'll be a super rigid chassis.

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Old 05-25-2015, 01:04 AM
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Old mower wheels? Luxury! when I was a lad, all I had was wheels made from a rolled up newspaper!
When I say lawn mower wheels I really meant bits of tree branch wit' hole int' middle. We used to dream of having a rolled up news paper.
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Best wheels I found was roller skate trucks.
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One of the guys built one with large roller bearings for wheels. Slid all over the place and had absolutely no traction but it was fun if a bit scary.

I've often thought it would be great fun to build and race one of these:



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Luxury? We were so poor that our go-kart wheels were made from rocks with holes in the centre....oh wait, that was on the Flintstones
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Going by that frame shape I'm guessing it's some type of clubman. Looks like it'll be a super rigid chassis.

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...umm, it's actually a C-Type Jag frame
There are so many tubes there, I wondered where they actually put the engine!

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Andy on Kirkham Motorsports Facebook Page there is a suggestion of a 289 Street Car coming to Oz as well.

I hope this link works.

https://www.facebook.com/KirkhamMoto...type=1&theater
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Spook, the owner of KMP768 is on CC.
Kirkham 289 Street Car
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I saw the Facebook link on my phone so didn't think to reference the build number or dates. Pretty interesting factory pics all the same.
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Any updates Andrew?
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Any updates Andrew?
I hear he's bought a chisel and is going to work on a block of cement.
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Close Dimis....still trying to finish the house. Happy with the old girl at the moment, took her out last weekend to get rid of some cobwebs. Its a long term proposition Ash - Still developing my business case...
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Could go Superleggera and use Hebel
boxhead and Pills like this.
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