The Chamberlain 8 contesting a Light Car Club of Australia sprint meeting at Pakenham, 55 km northeast of Melbourne in the late 1940s.
There are lengthy articles about this revolutionary car here: https://primotipo.com/2015/07/24/chamberlain-8-by-john-medley-and-mark-bisset/ and here: https://primotipo.com/2022/11/05/chamberlain-indian/
Yes, it is two-stroke smoke!
The Chamberlain at rest between runs, Mount Tarrengower, in April 1947 perhaps. See here for more on this great, challenging venue: https://primotipo.com/2020/08/21/mount-tarrengower-2/
This pair of shots are of Jim Hawker at the 16th Rob Roy in June 1948 above, and the 10th Rob Roy meeting below, in 1946.
Peeling out during a run at the Vintage Sports Car Club speed trials on June 16, 1947.
Spaceframe chassis, independent suspension front and rear, front wheel drive, and a complex four cylinder 1.1-litre, stepped bore, eight-piston, vertically opposed, supercharged two-stroke, twin-plug engine amongst its pre-war bag of tricks.
Credits…
George Thomas via the State Library of Victoria
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