Even given the most generous dollop of artistic licence I don't see how a Harvard could masquerade as a Lockheed Vega. Orion, maybe, but none of the Orions entered for the MacRobertson made it to the start. A Gee Bee did though — Jackie Cochran's and Wes Smith's R6H 'Q.E.D.'/Race 77, which didn't live up to its name and retired at Bucharest.