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But is it a sidecar? Australian Peter Dunscombe was racing a Vincent powered sidecar when he decided he needed to improve it. About that time Owen Greenwood's Mini-based "sidecar" was blowing away the competition in a very un-sidecar-like machine in England and it was that machine that inspired him to build this one.. Once again, a 3 track vehicle rather than 2, based on a Mini front end. When the Vincent started getting long in the tooth, he moved to a Suzuki GT750 Waterbuffalo engine shown here. Lack of space dictated the pipes location. It was far from ideal. The whole story here.
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The Flying Bedstead was also the testbed for the Hawker Harrier's engine. D.
Also I believe the nickname of the Lunar Lander trainer. I have in mind a clip of Neil Amstrong ejecting just before it crashes.
Thanks for the swell link and story, Mr G. It seems very Australian to go racing in the dirt on a Black Lightning. I mean the good kind of "very Australian," of course.
--rats
I saw that and after the comments I wonder if it’s more than coincidence.it would be a great comparison.
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