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Re: this would make you cry
« Reply #25 on: July 19, 2012, 10:49:23 PM »
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Re: this would make you cry
« Reply #26 on: July 20, 2012, 06:35:53 AM »
yep i did own the Bundy. it was a great 4by too. coil springs all round with the 2.4 turbo diesel .
here are a couple of pics...one with the race car on the back  :cup:




Ok I have to say this, in the photo with the Toyota and I think a Valiant, is this where the saying comes from, “you are going from bad to worse.” ;D
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Re: this would make you cry
« Reply #27 on: July 20, 2012, 07:13:05 AM »
yep i did own the Bundy.  :cup:
Mate, Doesn't that feel better, coming out of the closet, your first 4wd love was a Toyota.
And LandCruiser's little brother too.  ;D
I'm so proud of ya mate  :cup:

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Re: this would make you cry
« Reply #28 on: July 20, 2012, 09:27:55 AM »


Ok I have to say this, in the photo with the Toyota and I think a Valiant, is this where the saying comes from, “you are going from bad to worse.” ;D
that Valiant won the over all point score 4 years running,feature point score 2 years running & held the Lismore Speedway lap record in its day.
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Re: this would make you cry
« Reply #29 on: July 20, 2012, 09:29:20 AM »
Mate, Doesn't that feel better, coming out of the closet, your first 4wd love was a Toyota.
And LandCruiser's little brother too.  ;D
I'm so proud of ya mate  :cup:

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Re: this would make you cry
« Reply #30 on: July 20, 2012, 09:29:45 AM »
If this is going to go backwards and forwards.

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Re: this would make you cry
« Reply #31 on: July 20, 2012, 09:53:14 AM »
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Re: this would make you cry
« Reply #32 on: July 20, 2012, 09:55:39 AM »

I'm not into the whole Ford / Holden thing ... I just thing that whatever happened ... it's a tragic day for GTHO fans (and having driven one, I'm going to say it was probably something to do with the ****ty steering they have ... Arm Power Steering!). 

Prefer the first photo myself.  I like the colour.

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Re: this would make you cry
« Reply #33 on: July 20, 2012, 11:55:50 AM »
If this is going to go backwards and forwards.

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In addition to that they are just HOLDEN together.  ;D

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« Reply #34 on: July 20, 2012, 12:44:47 PM »
Jason  108hp as an atmo is not bad.
mate had a GL that got built with a turbo, got a SS/CC record for 11.56 in 1987 I think. it later ran 11.2 with a fuel injection hookup.
This was a pretty big deal in those days.  and the Moroso calculator said 360 horses.

I suppose we can let the cat out of the bag in that we used a sierra cosworth block with the SOHC head on top. Put plenty of trick engineering into the head to make it hold together and that's why it could also rev to 8000 as well! . The rolling chassis is sold but I think the motor still exists

off topic I know... still hurts to see that trashed falcon
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Re: this would make you cry
« Reply #35 on: July 20, 2012, 01:29:57 PM »
Jason  108hp as an atmo is not bad.
mate had a GL that got built with a turbo, got a SS/CC record for 11.56 in 1987 I think. it later ran 11.2 with a fuel injection hookup.
This was a pretty big deal in those days.  and the Moroso calculator said 360 horses.

I suppose we can let the cat out of the bag in that we used a sierra cosworth block with the SOHC head on top. Put plenty of trick engineering into the head to make it hold together and that's why it could also rev to 8000 as well! . The rolling chassis is sold but I think the motor still exists

off topic I know... still hurts to see that trashed falcon


Mate I remember those days well, plenty of mates had turbo pinto's runing methonol and water injection etc. I was restricted to particular manifolds etc so 180hp from an atmo pinto was a good effort, my engine was built by Kevin Bartlett and it was as strong as an ox.

11 sec quarters out of an escort would have been mind blowing. I had a Sierra Cosworth with 320kw (as far as I was prepared to go for reliability for a road car) and it was an awesome bit of gear. Mine was the latter 4wd model. One of the guys on the RS forum has a RS with 450hp cosworth in it as a circuit car. Wow.

Aaron Hodges turbo escort lakeside raceway november 2009 - run 4.wmv Small | Large


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PS. They are NISSAN skyline track cars that he is lapping  ;D
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Re: this would make you cry
« Reply #36 on: July 20, 2012, 02:20:05 PM »
Is seems that Toyota drivers like Fords and Datsun(sorry Nissan) drivers like Holdens. Would I be right in saying that?
Love the old Escorts. My first car was an Escort.
I definitely would have cried if that was my Falcon!

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Re: this would make you cry
« Reply #37 on: July 20, 2012, 02:23:53 PM »
Love the old Escorts. My first car was an Escort.
I'm glad you clarified that with the use of the word CAR.
I thought for a moment you had the wrong forum.
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Re: this would make you cry
« Reply #38 on: July 20, 2012, 02:37:08 PM »
Is seems that Toyota drivers like Fords and Datsun(sorry Nissan) drivers like Holdens. Would I be right in saying that?

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Re: this would make you cry
« Reply #39 on: July 20, 2012, 08:14:31 PM »
Is seems that Toyota drivers like Fords and Datsun(sorry Nissan) drivers like Holdens. Would I be right in saying that?
Love the old Escorts. My first car was an Escort.
I definitely would have cried if that was my Falcon!

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Re: this would make you cry
« Reply #40 on: July 22, 2012, 06:35:07 PM »
Is seems that Toyota drivers like Fords and Datsun(sorry Nissan) drivers like Holdens. Would I be right in saying that?

We have a Pathfinder and a Navara, my toys are a MkI and a MkII Escort. So I guess I don't fit the mould.  :D

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« Reply #41 on: July 24, 2012, 08:28:31 PM »
Mate I remember those days well, plenty of mates had turbo pinto's runing methonol and water injection etc. I was restricted to particular manifolds etc so 180hp from an atmo pinto was a good effort, my engine was built by Kevin Bartlett and it was as strong as an ox.

11 sec quarters out of an escort would have been mind blowing. I had a Sierra Cosworth with 320kw (as far as I was prepared to go for reliability for a road car) and it was an awesome bit of gear. Mine was the latter 4wd model. One of the guys on the RS forum has a RS with 450hp cosworth in it as a circuit car. Wow.

Aaron Hodges turbo escort lakeside raceway november 2009 - run 4.wmv

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Re: this would make you cry
« Reply #42 on: July 25, 2012, 05:31:24 AM »
I don't find it sad at all that the Falcon got hurt. It died on duty. It was built to race, and race it did. Lakeside is a very unforgiving track.

What would have been sad, is if this poor old girl died in the hands of a thief, joy rider or idiot street racer. It passed away on a race track, in the loving hands of its driver and in front of fans who loved and adored her. Now it's an organ donor and will help others needing transplants to return to racing duties. The old girl has just moved on.

Anyhow, great to see there's heaps of motorsport and classic car fans here.

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Re: this would make you cry
« Reply #43 on: July 25, 2012, 06:09:00 AM »
3-6 roll overs- sounds like an infamous rollover crash along the armco at bathurst, also a Falcon . I always liked the way the camera man taking shots at the armco stays unil almost too late and gets smothered in dust as he bolts for the car park!

 I wouldnt be surprised if that car is ressurected, but it is likely to have been a 'grandpa's axe' job anyway. Still, it was a very well presented car.

 I am a Ford man ( and did own a  XW GT - # 458)  that was written off due to a spin down an embankment due to black ice on the GT Western Hwy on the way to Bathurst! Again, no one hurt after 3.5 rolls,  the chassis was a banana, but we still had to turn the engine off ( ticking over even as the rockers filled with oil)I never found the steering to be an issue, getting the thing to stop if the brakes got warm was always my issue! Amaroo was a bitch! (any one remember stop/go???) I could never place there, the Toranas and Escorts would smother  me in the corners and the GT could never regain on teh straight what it lost on the corners. Mind you, the Monaros and Kingswoods were no better for the same reason. I found the Chargerss to be the worst, plenty of go, lots of torque down low meant less gear changes, which meant you could gain places due to the fact you didn't interupt the drive as often. But corners killed them. Couldn't stop, couldn't turn. And if you did get them to turn the under steer snapping to over steer as your speed changed was vicious.

But I dont car what it is, any of the 70's cars are nice to look at, except the P76!
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