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Production restarted in 1919, and shortly afterward the company was bought by
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Other famous pre war "GN Specials" were "Wasp", "Wilkes-GN", "GNat", "Martyr", "The Becke
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The engine was turned 90 degrees in 1913, with its cylinder heads protruding through the bonnet sides, and a team was entered into the French
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engine and shaft drive to a differential on the solid rear axle was introduced in 1922 as part of the new policy, and
Godfrey and Frazer Nash left the company later that year. In 1923 a Chapuis-Dornier engine replaced the DFP, but production of the new car and the old V twin model stopped in May.
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