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Clockwise from top left: Jack Ayres in the car, still in bare metal, testing at Caversham (Val Dal pic); Under the bonnet - just a "grey" motor; the Repco Head came later (Van Dal pic); Lionel Beattie in the rain at Caversham, practicing for a Six Hour race (McCutcheon pic); the early red phase, with Jack Ayres (Van Dal pic).