Riley 9-14 Special "registered 075"
| Bezeichnung/description | Riley 9-14   |
| Jahrgang/year | 1933 |
| Kennzeichen/registration | n/a |
| Chassis-Basis/chassis base | Riley 9hp unchanged |
| Chassisnummer/chassisnumber | 6020511 |
| Chassisjahrgang/chassis year | 1933 |
| Motortyp/engine typ | Riley 6 cylinder 14hp |
| Motornummer/engine number |
2133
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| Motorjahrgang/engine year | 1933 |
| Bodyhersteller/bodymanufacturer | n/a |
| Renngeschichte/race history | Warwick Farm 1964, most Australian circuits since 1974 |
| weitere Informationen/more info | It comprises an unaltered 1933 Riley 9 chassis with a 1933 Riley 14hp 6 cylinder engine. The car started as a 1933 9hp of unknown form or origins built into a sports car in an upstairs flat at Bondi Junction by Alec Mcpherson, in about 1950. The car may have competed in hillclimbs and at Mt Druitt as McPherson also competed in a Brooklands Riley. In about 1959 Neville Dickson (living in Putney) bought the car from someone in Seaforth, and fitted lights and mudguards; the latter were made up by Guy Buckingham (of Nota fame). The car was used every day, registered CDB 827. In about1960 a 14hp Riley 6 cylinder engine and gearbox, co-incidentally also 1933, was fitted without great difficulty, the gearbox cross member being moved back, and the torque tube shortened and welded by a legless bloke who had a small workshop in Putney. The Riley plunger oil pump was replaced by an aircraft vane pump, and three 11/8” SU’s fitted, but otherwise the engine remained standard. It can therefore be called the Dickson 6 cyl Riley, not to be confused with the Dixon 6 cyl Riley. The car was sold due to lack of storage space about 1963 to Wayne Hocking, who raced it at Warwick Farm in 1964. Andrew Carruthers of Concord purchased it for about $150 in 1966. Rees Mackay bought the car about April 1970, initially in partnership with Rob Jardine. After struggling to get the engine going, a fairly major overhaul was undertaken, with Rob Rowe doing the engine, including refitting a Riley oil pump, albeit a 9hp one, which proved satisfactory. He also fitted a 4.1 ratio diff from a 2½ l Riley, which is good on the open road and long circuits, but not so good on short circuits such as Wakefield Park. Changing the seat back, and replacing the fuel tank meant some changes to the tail. The original tail was removed and a similar new tail fitted. The original tail was kept and is now being used again. Over the years a windscreen and hood were made, bonnet replaced, and the front mudguards fixed to the frame instead of the backplates as they kept on breaking off. The car was then run in touring and speed events, and has been ever since, although it is not used on the road nowadays. The speed events extended to racing in 1974, and have continued ever since. In addition to the Sydney circuits (Oran Park, Amaroo Park, Eastern Creek), the Riley has run at Hume Weir, Lakeside, Winton, Phillip Island, Catalina, and Wakefield Park, driving there and back to all of them at one time or another. Nowadays it is trailered to events. Racing stopped in the mid ‘90’s due to lack of time and ever increasing costs, but the Riley continued with regularity trials and GEAR events, and of course VSCC events. More recently, activity has increased somewhat, returning to regularity trials at Phillip Island, Winton and Mount Panorama, and now racing again. In 2011/12, the 40 years accumulation of spare, and removed parts were put together to create a clone, although the latter has a pre-selector gearbox. |
| Meine Email/ my email | here |
| zum Verkauf/for sale | Nein/no |
| Datum/date | 25.01.2013 |
| Badge no |  075 |
