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Salvé "Gregory Procter" skrev i meddelandet news: snipped-for-privacy@ihug.co.nz...

Scandinavia,

No it was a Swedish built motor, and lying on the sea bottom would probably not do them much damage.....they were (the BMW) also started by a blowlamp. Beowulf

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Salvé "Jon Miller" skrev i meddelandet news: snipped-for-privacy@corp.supernews.com...

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Many piston engined aircraft used a cartridge system as well as a few jet aircraft, the Canberra bomber for one if I remember correctly. The USAF used an american built version. Beowulf

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Beowulf

I didn't think they went beyond the 1950s, but the 1970s is possible. Those motors were intended to be light weight whereas the Austin motor seems to have been intended to stop large trucks from blowing away during hurricanes!

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Gregory Procter

I don't have much experience with old BMWs as it's a long way from Eisenach and Bavaria to New Zealand. I know the Austin Seven motor of the Dixi, the Bristol 2 litre, the Issetta and the horizontally opposed twins and have read of the post war V8. Very few Swedish motors have made it to my door, a SAAB 3 cylinder and there's some nutter with the entire NZ collection of Volvo Amazons only 5-6 kilometers down the road.

Regards, Greg.P.

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Same as "Re:" appended to the subject when you reply to a thread in a newsreader that uses English rather than Swedish.

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Steve Caple

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I rather like amazons :) but the Duette which they are based on is a nicer sort of car. looks like a pregnant morris traveller.... :)

Beowulf

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Beowulf

Is that one of the round back styles? I saw one here once.

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Gregory Procter

Salvé "Gregory Procter" skrev i meddelandet news: snipped-for-privacy@ihug.co.nz...

Yes , but the estate car (Station wagon) is really nice :) and the B18 engine is superb, mind you its a simple matter to uprate it to a more modern engine and gear box, though as they can cruise at 70mph thi wasnt big on my list of things to do when I had a 1967 model.

Beowulf

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Beowulf

Well, until a few years ago the only Volvo cars we ever saw were private imports. As there are no spare parts (here) one would have expected them to have a very short life span but a few still trundle around!

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Gregory Procter

If I find one I'll swap it for a KdF Commandeurwagen!

Regards, Greg.P.

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Gregory Procter

Salvé

Well unlike the VW this is a huge car as well as having a functional 4wd and built like a tank :) it would make a good shunting (switching) loco on a museum line, its an amasing bit of kit :) beowulf

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So you'll be happy to swap! :-) The KDF wagen was also produced as a rail vehicle (Type 82(?)) - I've always wondered how they got over the variable track width created by the rear swinging arms?

Regards, Greg.P.

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