Offroad-Express

woke up to torrential rain and thunderstorms outside.
decided to get out of bed at 12 noon and go for a drive to Southwards Car Museum as it had been years since I last went and Tara had never been there before.

Wicked place, hasn't changed much..................















awesome rat rod.............



and out in the foyer was the winning Red Bull Trolley Grand Prix cart from 2005. The engineering and fabrication thats gone into this cart is simply astounding..............




















more photos here.... http://s254.photobucket.com/albums/hh98 ... 20%202011/

Went there today aswell, after we went to the Expressway "whoohaaa". My daughter thought the best part was the funny mirrors and the lift easily impressed she is

Loved the gangsta car, gunshot marks and all.

whats the wrecked race car? ray williams porsche?
I like the FED!

juz wrote:whats the wrecked race car? ray williams porsche?
I like the FED!

Owen Evans at his speed attempt

check out the other pics theres another FED there called the 'pirate'

Is that an Alison engine in the FED?

merlin v12?

love southwards.

Cameron wrote:merlin v12?

love southwards.

tappets covers and exhuast stacks (they look like P40 Warhawk stacks) are wrong from both the RR merlin or Griffin.

Id say it's a Alison 1710, it's actually mounted back to front, the "front" where the prop used to be is mounted to the gearbox.

sign said it out of a kittyhawk or was it a P40 mustang

cant recall

skid wrote:sign said it out of a kittyhawk or was it a P40 mustang

cant recall

lol P40 is a Kittyhawk/Warhawk

Warhawk was the American designation for the P40, Kittyhawk was the Pommy designation for the P40

RNZAF P51 D Mustangs had RR Merlin's, however early P51 A and B Mustangs where fitted with the Allison, but no A or B P51 served in the Pacific region, due to the Alison engine lack of power at altitudes higher than 30 000 feet and the fact it wasn't fitted with a turbo supercharger like the Merlins, the later Mustang were powered with the supercharged Merlin (same as the English Spitfire) and became one of the best fighters of WWII.

still 1475hp in a P40 was 'adequate", but in a drag car O for Awesome

useless history lesson for ya

skid wrote:

juz wrote:whats the wrecked race car? ray williams porsche?
I like the FED!

Owen Evans at his speed attempt

check out the other pics theres another FED there called the 'pirate'

Ahh Owen Evans, thats the fella! and the Pirate is