tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37353682.post2177734538812929611..comments2024-03-28T19:12:11.348-07:00Comments on Just A Car Guy: the Redex Round-Australia Reliability Trial and the 7 year old 77 thou mile 700 quid taxi that won, driven by a taxi driver that carried explosives to move obstacles. Maybe it was the triple 7 combo that gave him lots of good fortuneJessehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18429349943129907930noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37353682.post-88568682628195085992023-06-09T06:26:44.089-07:002023-06-09T06:26:44.089-07:00Hello again! I was thinking about you the other da...Hello again! I was thinking about you the other day, I haven't seen you i quite a while, and wondered if you were still going through the archives and if you were still finding them worth the effortJessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18429349943129907930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37353682.post-61079310027334264162023-06-09T03:22:04.865-07:002023-06-09T03:22:04.865-07:00Jack Murray's nickname was "Gelignite&quo...Jack Murray's nickname was "Gelignite" :-)Graham Claytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09182805428889776703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37353682.post-88001697798989249952018-11-03T20:17:03.941-07:002018-11-03T20:17:03.941-07:00Thanks for the info! Do you still have any photos?...Thanks for the info! Do you still have any photos?Jessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18429349943129907930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37353682.post-22778375092975110812018-11-03T18:56:45.225-07:002018-11-03T18:56:45.225-07:00I remember those Redex trials, in particular a cel...I remember those Redex trials, in particular a celebrity (Possibly Jack Davey) prepared a car, took off and quickly discovered someone had forgotten to refill the gearbox with oil. <br />In 1956 we rebuilt a flathead Ford V8 for a Hydroplane. bored it out, used alloy Offenhauser heads, double valve springs, Quad manifold with four Strombergs. Oh They were the days;<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07050813322069873573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37353682.post-49951463004434334292017-08-08T19:29:21.272-07:002017-08-08T19:29:21.272-07:00Smart man, Houdaille shocks were much loved by rac...Smart man, Houdaille shocks were much loved by racers because they were adjustable. Packards and Studebakers had them as we'll.Al Bergstrazerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18108771211584899497noreply@blogger.com