Continental Special -- Gary Mullholland , Tyrrell Turtill

[Steve Holmes]

Great photo Bry.

[bry3500]

[video=youtube;0N-u8UNxY54]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0N-u8UNxY54[/video]

[Roger Dowding]

Chaindrive - is building a model of the car at the moment - no doubt photos will follow - If he doesn't post them I will !! ehh !! Tony

[chaindrive]

Roger, Check Motorsport History in Miniature
Tony

[Roger Dowding]

Roger, Check Motorsport History in Miniature
Tony

Ha Ha , knew you would - have been away from TRS for 10 days and it was a hard punishment for going on holiday with little Internet access .. looking now !! cheers Roger

[Oldfart]

On the FB page there are folks questioning why it was Continental and not called Lycoming, hmmm do you think the builder knew?

[chaindrive]

Lycoming and Continental are 2 separate beings. I believe the special is powered by Continental (Ex Cessna).How Lycoming came to be linked is a mystery??????

[Oldfart]

It was definitely a Continental when I saw it the first day it went to Ruapuna.
I suspect the discussion came about as both of the other well known aero engined cars (Ralph Watson and the RA) had Lycomings. Superficially there are similarities, ie flat engines, light, air cooled ex aircraft, but that's about where it stops.