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How well do you know your engines OCC members?
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Ellis



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PostPosted: Sat Dec 09, 2017 5:41 pm    Post subject: How well do you know your engines OCC members? Reply with quote

How well do you know your engines fellow members?

Rick has entertained us royally with The Old Car Quiz and now can you extend your immense car knowledge by identifying cars from their engines?

Which engine is this?

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Kenham



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PostPosted: Sat Dec 09, 2017 6:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Vauxhall ?
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 09, 2017 6:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nope! Very Happy

And while you're thinking about the first, here's a second for you to try to identify :

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PostPosted: Sat Dec 09, 2017 6:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Rover ?
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 09, 2017 6:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Kenham wrote:
Rover ?


Well done! Specifically from a P6 Rover 2000 single carb from 1969.

Has anybody identified the first engine yet?

Here's another one for you :

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PostPosted: Sat Dec 09, 2017 7:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ensign? Or Vanguard? Smile edit..Ford Consul? [375??]

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PostPosted: Sat Dec 09, 2017 7:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Last one a Zephyr or Zodiac?

Peter

How about this one?


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PostPosted: Sat Dec 09, 2017 7:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

peter scott wrote:
Last one a Zephyr or Zodiac?

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Well done Peter!

Ford Zodiac Mark 2, in this case a 1960 example.

And another:

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PostPosted: Sat Dec 09, 2017 7:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

First one, Standard 10?
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 09, 2017 7:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Last one PA Vauxhall?
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 09, 2017 7:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

alastairq wrote:
Ensign? Or Vanguard? Smile edit..Ford Consul? [375??]


You are close but don't think about the Consul.
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 09, 2017 7:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

BigJohn wrote:
First one, Standard 10?


Well done BigJohn - a 1954 Standard 8 specifically but Standard 10 is close enough.
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 09, 2017 7:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

BigJohn wrote:
Last one PA Vauxhall?


Correct again BigJohn. Yes ,1960 Vauxhall Cresta PA.

And the next to identify :

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PostPosted: Sat Dec 09, 2017 7:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I got the Standard 8/10, the latest looks like A40 Mk2 (SU carb, not Zenith of the Mk1).

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PostPosted: Sat Dec 09, 2017 7:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Rick wrote:
I got the Standard 8/10, the latest looks like A40 Mk2 (SU carb, not Zenith of the Mk1).

RJ


Correct Rick - Austin A40 Mk2. Well done.

And now it gets just a little bit trickier :

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