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Australian entry in Wigram motor race

Stan Jones at the wheel of his Repco-Maybach, which he will drive at Wigram on 21 January 1956 in the Lady Wigram Trophy. The car is one of few with fuel injection. The caption also describes the rebuilt car: new chassis, frame, body and transmission, the 3.8-litre engine offset and tilted at 60 degrees, with specially designed fuel injection. Jones won the first NZ Grand Prix in 1954.

Facts

  • The rebuilt Repco-Maybach had a new chassis, frame, body and transmission, with its 3.8-litre engine offset from the centre line and tilted at 60 degrees, with fuel injection.

Photos

  • Stan Jones at the wheel of his Repco-Maybach car, which he will drive at Wigram on January 21 in the Lady Wigram Trophy race. His car is one of the few fitted with fuel injection.
  • The latest picture to reach New Zealand of the rebuilt Repco-Maybach racing car, which will compete in the Lady Wigram Trophy race; the 3.8-litre engine is tilted at 60 degrees with fuel injection.
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19-11-55 21-12-55 AUSTRALIAN ENTRY IN WIGRAM MOTOR RACE-Star Jones at the wheel of his Repco-Maybach car, which he will drive at Wigram on January 21 in the Lady Wigram Trophy race. His car is one of the few to be fitted with fuel injection. Jones was the winning driver in the first New Zealand Grand Prix : in 1954. THE LATEST PICTURE to reach New Zealand of the rebuilt Re will compete in the transmission, while 60deg. Fitted with The car will be driv Lady Wigram Trophy race. The car has a the engine has been offset from the centre specially designed fuel injection apparatus, t en in New Zealand by Stan Jones, rho mon Prix. pco-Waybach racing car which пет chassis, frame, body, and line and tilted at an angle of the engine is now of 3.8 litres. the first New Zealand Grand

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