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#1 greens nice

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Posted 18 July 2011 - 08:42 PM

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the first four were in the early days
the last two photo's are the Duggan Mech injection
i have 2 more decent articles here i will scan when i get around to it.

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Posted 18 July 2011 - 09:45 PM

Harrops Howler , at Katoomba Catalina Race Track,
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Posted 18 July 2011 - 09:57 PM

Thats more than I have been able to find out about that car and its engine in 10 years! I have an old wheels article that mentions it but is light on specifics.

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Posted 18 July 2011 - 09:59 PM

thanks for that TBM!
yeh fastEH i have a few more when it was running flat 12 but whether its true, only god knows, but still good to read

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Posted 18 July 2011 - 10:07 PM

I was told by an old drag racer he was there ,first time it turned up , it was pulling 13's and blew them all away ,truth or myth ?

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Posted 18 July 2011 - 10:19 PM

13.4 me thinks, same running gear out of his EH that did low 14's


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Posted 18 July 2011 - 10:52 PM

That was the figure I had in my mind ,but wasn't sure so I rounded it off , I see the old guy at All Holden Day sometimes , if he will talk to you I'll get his number.

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Posted 18 July 2011 - 11:00 PM

Have you seen this one ,
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Posted 19 July 2011 - 07:52 AM

Great work .Keep the info coming.

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Posted 19 July 2011 - 10:39 AM

A few more old ones I had put up before , and were still on photobucket. Good times for those days .
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Posted 19 July 2011 - 11:23 AM

Has it got a year that he was running at Castlereagh? cos my uncle was pulling 13.5 in a HR there in 1968

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Posted 19 July 2011 - 11:32 AM

Your uncle may be able to narrow it down ,There was a well known dragger , who used to parade his wife around in hot pants around that time .

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Posted 19 July 2011 - 01:02 PM

thanks for that TBM.
just a few more i had saved on the computer

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Posted 19 July 2011 - 01:04 PM

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Posted 19 July 2011 - 01:44 PM

I wonder if the gear on this one would have helped ,
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Posted 21 July 2011 - 09:36 PM

I actually saw the car race on a number of occasions in Sydney and it was a lot quicker than any other 6 cylinder holden.To the best of my knowledge it was the first holden to run slicks, the rest were running really wide road racing tyres and as a result got a lot of wheelspin. Harrops car was automatic when I saw it and it was set up way better than the opposition. It got the power to the ground much better than all the other earlies and was almost pulling the left front wheel off the ground. The engine had triple 2inch su's and was easy to start,[it started on its own starter motor whereas lots of the others required jump or push starting] it did not appear to be cranky at all even when idling. It was the most impressive car to watch, as it all happened with a minimum of fuss. All the other holdens were trying to get into the 13's and only the best were doing those times, Keegans Kustom, Moores Missile, and Warren Armour were all very similar from memory and then along came Harrop and basically blew them all away.
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Posted 21 July 2011 - 11:14 PM

Thats the article I have Greens nice...the last one you posted.

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Posted 23 July 2011 - 10:38 AM

There was a well known dragger , who used to parade his wife around in hot pants around that time .



I think of may have pics of that.


Loving this thread.

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Posted 25 July 2011 - 11:37 PM

i scanned in another 6 pages but computer is playing up so ill try again tomorow night.
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Posted 26 July 2011 - 07:40 AM

http://www.gmh-toran...__fromsearch__1

that is all the text from the "Puting the roar into the Generals pussycat six" article

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Posted 27 July 2011 - 01:16 PM

Yeah saw that ages ago FASTEh just thought people would like the photos and such.
i had a blackout last night while uploading pics so theres 3 missing but ill upload em tonight
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Posted 27 July 2011 - 07:11 PM

a follow on from that list pic
note the shift needle wound off the scale :furious:
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Posted 03 August 2011 - 09:12 PM

may be able to dig up a few more if anyones interested.

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Posted 04 August 2011 - 09:25 AM

I'm interested, keep 'em coming.

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Posted 05 August 2011 - 08:08 PM

Any information on this unbelievable car is worth taking in
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