Evening Folks,
Spoke to both Ken and Grant today. Ken has left Greenfield but was very obliging. He was there for 20 odd years. He says 'No 2' machine is still at the factory! And after speaking to Grant its almost certain this it the machine he supplied parts for in that the job was for Greenfield and it was for a display machine. Ken says 'No 1' was dismantled to make the production drawings. He told the tale that Theo modified (welded) the fuel tank on No. 1 because the bonnet wouldn't close! Production machines of course had the cutout in the bonnet around the tank that we all know.
Ken confirmed that No.2 has a G30 but said the production machines typically had G40. I asked how many G30 machines were produced. He said not many, he thought, and suggested they may not have been a 'true' production engine type and described how even in recent years the first couple or few production machines of a type might be produced with non production engines that were sourced early in the process and differed from the final production units. I guess we need sales material from the period to sort this one out.
I've been given a contact name at the factory that I'll call next week. We'll see what comes of that.
Cheers,
P.S. Grant says the G41 was the 'white' engine?
