GTC #104 SOLVED: SID Mk1 based on Heron Mk3

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DHoffmann

#25
April 10, 2015, 07:53:13 AM

oko94

#26
April 10, 2015, 08:00:38 AM
American chassis ?

DHoffmann

#27
April 10, 2015, 08:02:22 AM
Quote from: oko94 on April 10, 2015, 08:00:38 AM
American chassis ?
Not American either.

oko94

#28
April 10, 2015, 08:14:37 AM
Australian chassis ?

nicanary

#29
April 10, 2015, 08:27:03 AM
Based on a McRae chassis?
I must be right - that's what it says on Wikipedia

DHoffmann

#30
April 10, 2015, 08:53:18 AM
Quote from: oko94 on April 10, 2015, 08:14:37 AM
Australian chassis ?
Not an Aussie either.

Quote from: nicanary on April 10, 2015, 08:27:03 AM
Based on a McRae chassis?
No it was not.

oko94

#31
April 10, 2015, 08:56:04 AM
Chassis made in New Zealand ?

nicanary

#32
April 10, 2015, 08:56:48 AM
Is it a F5000 car which has been converted to sports car format?
I must be right - that's what it says on Wikipedia

DHoffmann

#33
April 10, 2015, 09:05:48 AM
Quote from: oko94 on April 10, 2015, 08:56:04 AM
Chassis made in New Zealand ?
Yes it was!

Quote from: nicanary on April 10, 2015, 08:56:48 AM
Is it a F5000 car which has been converted to sports car format?
No I don't believe so.

oko94

#34
April 10, 2015, 04:56:04 PM
Quote from: DHoffmann on April 09, 2015, 06:28:02 PM
Full disclosure: I have come across information that states this car has also make use of a Jag V8 at some point of its career.

Jaguar's first V8 was introduced in 1996, so this car was still being raced at that time ? Or are you talking about a Daimler V8 ?

oko94

#35
April 10, 2015, 05:16:06 PM Last Edit: April 10, 2015, 05:25:31 PM by oko94
It's the Heron Mk3 / Sid 1. It's an evolution of a 1965 Daimler V8-powered Heron Mk2. It was first fitted with a Jaguar 3.8 liter engine (hence a straight 6, not a V8) then with a 221ci Ford engine.

DHoffmann

#36
April 10, 2015, 05:21:14 PM
Quote from: oko94 on April 10, 2015, 05:16:06 PM
It's the Heron Mk3 / Sid 1

It appears I don't need to answer the above question.  ;)

In this configuration it is indeed the SID Mk1, well done!

oko94

#37
April 10, 2015, 05:28:55 PM
Another photo of the thing in action.

DHoffmann

#38
April 10, 2015, 06:01:33 PM
Right you are about the Jaguar engine, slip of my mind and I'm glad it didn't throw you off.


Interesting note: it employed a Fletcher aircraft windscreen rather than your conventional car sourced window!
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