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Re: Just joined
Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2017 4:58 pm
by Mrbolly
Yes Bruce,
I get nothing other than it adds a few letters at the bottom of the message. Perhaps it is because I am using an iPad and not a computer?
My Nagari is blue.
Okay, followed that through but it says the file is too large, so I need to do something about shrinking them
I'll try again here.
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Re: Just joined
Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2017 5:07 pm
by Mrbolly
T1 Terry wrote: ↑Fri Jun 16, 2017 1:09 pm
Mrbolly wrote: ↑Fri Jun 16, 2017 8:09 am
Greynomad wrote: ↑Fri Jun 16, 2017 2:23 am
Hey Alan,
Wanna give us some details on the hobby car? There are others of us here who are also petrol-heads...
Yes, but most will not be familiar with the make and model of the car because it is an Australian car from the early 1970's, it is a Bolwell Nagari which is a two seater sports coupe. It is powered by a Ford Windsor V8 @ 396 cu.in. Because there is no replacement for displacement! In a car that weighs 1100kgs.
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Worked on a few of these in a previous life when I had the dyno tuning workshop back in Wollongong. There was also a kit car that used a Holden 6 cyl but I'm not sure if it was a Bolwell maybe Mk5 or one of the other kit makers that were around in the same period when Aust actually produced sports cars. The Mk10 was something special but too far ahead of its time I think and the price tag as always scared a lot of people off.
T1 Terry
Yes the Mk5 was six cylinder Holden as too was the Mk7. The Mk7 was the forerunner to the Nagari which was the first Bolwell to have a model name in lieu of the Mk designator.
Bolwell retired hurt from car manufacture in late 1974 becue of the new crash test requirement for ADR approval. They had nother flirtation in 1978 with 13 Ikaras but these were more or less to demonstrate their capabilities in the area of composites.
They released a new Nagari with a Toyota V6 engine and transmission a few years ago but have sold too many of these.
I wish I could work out this photo thing.
Re: Just joined
Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2017 5:11 pm
by GoinBush
Hi Alan, make sure you click on full editor and preview then click the tab in blue named 'attachments' , then click add files, then click 'photos'.
Hope this helps
Re: Just joined
Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2017 5:14 pm
by GoinBush
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Just testing. Then click 'place inline'.
Re: Just joined
Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2017 5:21 pm
by Newcastle George
Here is the latest
Bolwell Nagari 300 specs
George
Re: Just joined
Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2017 5:42 pm
by Mrbolly
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GoinBush wrote: ↑Fri Jun 16, 2017 5:14 pm
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Just testing. Then click 'place inline'.
Re: Just joined
Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2017 5:52 pm
by T1 Terry
Mrbolly wrote: ↑Fri Jun 16, 2017 5:42 pm
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GoinBush wrote: ↑Fri Jun 16, 2017 5:14 pm
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Just testing. Then click 'place inline'.
The reverse air dam similar to the A9X Torana.... so who had the idea first?
Re: Just joined
Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2017 5:59 pm
by Mrbolly
T1 Terry wrote: ↑Mon Jun 19, 2017 5:52 pm
Mrbolly wrote: ↑Fri Jun 16, 2017 5:42 pm
IMG_1242.JPG
GoinBush wrote: ↑Fri Jun 16, 2017 5:14 pm
IMG_2373.JPG
Just testing. Then click 'place inline'.
The reverse air dam similar to the A9X Torana.... so who had the idea first?
The Nagari was first released in 1969, the scoop under the front was all me but similar to the AC Cobra
Re: Just joined
Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2017 10:56 am
by T1 Terry
The reverse air dam I was referring to is in the bonnet and if the Nagari had it back in '69 it was most definitely copied by Holden for the L34 and A9X as they didn't come out until '75 and the A9X in '77. A well presented unit, with the ford 400 small block under the bonnet it is definitely a rare unit.
T1 Terry
Re: Just joined
Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2017 1:47 pm
by Mrbolly
T1 Terry wrote: ↑Tue Jun 20, 2017 10:56 am
The reverse air dam I was referring to is in the bonnet and if the Nagari had it back in '69 it was most definitely copied by Holden for the L34 and A9X as they didn't come out until '75 and the A9X in '77. A well presented unit, with the ford 400 small block under the bonnet it is definitely a rare unit.
T1 Terry
Thanks Terry,
It has been on the road now, since my Reston was completed, for almost 7 years. That photo was taken last year while I was working/living in Esperance. The Tavern is the Grass Patch Tavern and I was taking a Sunday drive up to Noresman to check up on a truck who was doing a delivery to the Noresman Gold mine and for a counter meal at the pub before eating back to town.
Cheers, Alan
