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Title: Jap V8? Post by: the coppersmith on March 08, 2017, 10:38:04 AM .
Title: Re: Jap V8? Post by: Tony oily bike on March 08, 2017, 01:44:46 PM Yep!
Its the GN Grand Prix Special with JAP V8 engine. The owner uses it at various VSCC events incl hillclimbs such as Prescott and Gurston Down. Its also run at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GN_(car) Title: Re: Jap V8? Post by: Tony oily bike on March 08, 2017, 01:45:18 PM The power plant
Title: Re: Jap V8? Post by: the coppersmith on March 08, 2017, 01:46:14 PM thanks for that, a coppersmiths dream that pipe work ;D
Title: Re: Jap V8? Post by: Tony oily bike on March 08, 2017, 01:48:44 PM GNs are amazing machines...........
Looks like the V8 made the MMM pages before too http://www.mankymonkeymotors.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=15918.0 Page 4 http://www.mankymonkeymotors.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=13138.30 Title: Re: Jap V8? Post by: JayJay on March 09, 2017, 12:05:40 AM GNs also previously discussed in Chevy Rick's photo shoot in the post below:
http://www.mankymonkeymotors.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=6452.msg77654#msg77654 (http://www.mankymonkeymotors.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=6452.msg77654#msg77654) Not all the pics are there now - times goes on and tinypic must remove or lose some and either replace them with a sign or other photos. The latter is really weird. :o :D Tony's link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GN_(car) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GN_(car)) Title: Re: Jap V8? Post by: the coppersmith on March 11, 2017, 09:24:35 PM another one ;)
Title: Re: Jap V8? Post by: Manky Monkey on March 12, 2017, 11:19:45 AM Definitely going back to Prescott this year to see these kinds of beauties in action.
Title: Re: Jap V8? Post by: Tony oily bike on March 23, 2017, 09:29:42 PM 23rd March: In ITV4's coverage of the Goodwood Member's Meeting, the first race shows some GNs thrashing round the Goodwood circuit 8)
Repeated during the next few days............ Title: Re: Jap V8? Post by: Tony oily bike on March 26, 2017, 09:30:19 AM Short video from the Goodwood Members Meeting featuring a GN or two (number20 is the GN Thunderbug V Twin, and 27 the GN Curtiss V8)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUv2XFC8rno Title: Re: Jap V8? Post by: the coppersmith on March 27, 2017, 04:22:01 PM very interesting, thanks for the link.
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