D1 Series 1957 - 1965
1957 Bogliq Bazooka
Bazooka AE (LHS) is the first Bogliq to run on 98RON fuel
Bogliq USA wanted to make sure there was a car for every buyer in the model range. Andrew Wilcox, Chief Designer for Bogliq, realised that well heeled gentleman racers were forced to buy expensive and fragile imports from Europe as there were no locally built and designed options. He then set to designing the new car in secret alongside the mainstream Bogliq models.
The Bazooka was revealed internally to Konstantin Bogliq after the press launch of the 1956 model range and Konstantin was delighted; Bogliq had a “halo” car! The Bazooka was 99% production ready so deliveries rolled out as of January 1957, with a handful of pre-production “proof of concept” cars being tested in December 1956.
The Bazooka featured two variations of the 3.7L, B series straight six. A tuned 99Kw variant and the super responsive 125Kw Action Express variant, tuned to run on 98RON super gasoline. Both models had two seats and four speed manual gearboxes, with the AE variant sporting a “Detroit Locker” limited slip differential.
Model Range
Bogliq Bazooka - Costs $2,305, servicing costs $113.88 p.a.
Bazooka AE - Costs $2,515, servicing costs $126.71 p.a.
1963 Bogliq Bazooka Mk II
From Left to Right: AE, Mk II, Garcian export variant.
The Bazooka was going to be a single iteration model; it was the baby of the head designer and would sell until no longer popular. However major upheavals in senior management and a lack of inspiration delayed a successor, so the Bazooka received a Mk II iteration to try and reclaim it’s mantle as “America’s favourite sportscar”.
Since the Bazooka was designed around (some say literally, lol) the “B” series inline six, the designers felt it would be blasphemy to install either the “D” series V6 or either of the new V8’s. The “B” six, enlarged to 4.2L from 3.7L, incorporated performance enhancing tricks learnt from the original AE program. This resulted in the Mk II “base” car boasting a 126Kw power output, on 91RON fuel no less, with the 98RON AE powerplant producing a heady 158Kw!
Finally, there was one other variant. Sold in small numbers in the island nation of Garcia, the Garcian variant featured the same engine as in the Mk III export Bettong but with sportier gearing and a 4 speed gearbox. The car rode higher than the inline six powered cars since Garcia had a lot of unfinished roads and featured the same quality interior as the US spec models.
Model Range
Mk II $2,765. Servicing $157.82 (4.2L I6, 226Km/h, 8.94s 0-100, 126Kw, 18.1L/100)
AE $3,795. Servicing $186.02 (4.3L I6, 243Km/h, 7.7s 0-100, 158Kw, 20.1L/100)
Garcia $1,810. Servicing $75.47 (1.4L I4, 153Km/h, 17.8s 0-100, 38Kw, 9.7L/100)