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Not a problem...

I'll come back with more when I get a chance.

Yes, that's the car all right...

Clive unfortunately died last year, a great old bloke with a terrific memory of all those years he spent as Kleinig's apprentice and mechanic. He was a very keen photographer too, and had movies of some events.

He restored the car as it is above, ultimately it was sold to Ray Pank in SA IIRC. The race car, however, and by that I mean the real 'Kleinig Special' which was built on an MG chassis with the straight 8 Hudson engine and all of that stuff, is in Melbourne now.

See if I can come up with a good pic of it...

Hi Ray, I too have met Clive on a number of occasions, I have been a member of the Hudson Club in NSW for about 20 years and also a past editor for almost 10 years. Clive was such a nice gentleman. Clive fitted one of his Gibson - Bink 308 two piece head on my grandfathers 57 Hudson back in the early 70's. We still have the 57 Hornet now but the head is now long gone. I know who has the moulds for the head but it is not for sale.

Yes, that's the photo of the Kleinig Hudson I was thinking of...

It was taken at Rob Roy hillclimb some time between 1948 and 1950, Clive reckoned that Frank's best time up the hill, the record, was set after Frank expressed his concern to Clive about changing into a higher gear at the top of the hill.

Clive thought about it. This was just to cover the last few yards of the hillclimb and he told Frank to leave it in the lower gear and hold it flat. Splash fed bearings and all.

"A couple of seconds at 7,000 revs won't hurt it!" he told Frank.

The colour pic of the Kleinig I'm sure I've seen too, undoubtedly from Clive's collection. Do you also have the pic of the McIntyre sitting on its belly after destroying all its wire wheels at the Hartley hillclimb?

I have it on a hard drive I can't access at the moment...

Along with a bunch of other stuff Clive gave me.