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Re: SIMPLY, BECAUSE OLD CARS ARE VERY COOL.
« Reply #475 on: July 30, 2017, 11:07:23 AM »
Quote from: edz on July 30, 2017, 11:00:42 AM
Surfers Raceway with a metalic green #17 Dicky J Falcon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6It1gqlyEc
Is john smales the dumbest **** on earth.. he always asks the dumbest Shit..
Johnson out of the race
"You must be very disappointed?"

What the **** does he expect him to say?

love the safety gear on the spanner blokes... shorts, tshirts and cheap sandshoes :D
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Re: SIMPLY, BECAUSE OLD CARS ARE VERY COOL.
« Reply #476 on: July 30, 2017, 02:19:53 PM »
Latest issue of Australian Muscle Car Magazine.  Great write up on the Can-Am series of the late 60's / early 70's and all the Aussies and Kiwis that competed.

Then just watched this new release doco on Bruce Mclaren.  Some brilliant original racing footage.

https://youtu.be/NkcqA7AoqZo



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Re: SIMPLY, BECAUSE OLD CARS ARE VERY COOL.
« Reply #477 on: July 30, 2017, 02:55:14 PM »
Quote from: edz on July 30, 2017, 11:00:42 AM
Surfers Raceway with a metalic green #17 Dicky J Falcon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6It1gqlyEc
And for some bike action https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8ENWO_1PdM  I was in the crowd somewhere there on this day . Wish they would invent a bloody time machine sometime soon ..
How's the triple cylinder two stroke 750.  Brought a tear to my eye. Had one back in the day. Scary in a straight line.  Downright  dangerous in a corner
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Re: SIMPLY, BECAUSE OLD CARS ARE VERY COOL.
« Reply #478 on: July 30, 2017, 03:06:05 PM »
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How's the triple cylinder two stroke 750.  Brought a tear to my eye. Had one back in the day. Scary in a straight line.  Downright  dangerous in a corner
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« Reply #479 on: July 30, 2017, 03:31:35 PM »
Yeah.  That's it. Single solid disc on the front.  Made it look like it could stop but it told lies. Vicious power band. Nothing till about 4500 rpm then all hell would break loose
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Re: SIMPLY, BECAUSE OLD CARS ARE VERY COOL.
« Reply #480 on: July 31, 2017, 01:53:17 PM »
We'll be going to Cleveland this Sunday for Greazefest 2017. http://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwidj8i-z7LVAhWJy7wKHcxCBy8QFggnMAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.greazefest.com%2F&usg=AFQjCNFjUpXvXx9j5umfWqaD_vHpr1TNTw

Cool cars, very cool music and after a couple of lessons, i'm gunna hit the dance floor....bah ha ha ha ha.

Can't wait to see how many toes I can tread on during that. (picture a slightly retarded elephant with a club foot.)
The ol girl thinks we're gunna burn up floor..... i'm just likely to lightly burn my underwear.
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Re: SIMPLY, BECAUSE OLD CARS ARE VERY COOL.
« Reply #481 on: August 03, 2017, 12:44:54 PM »
http://www.ferraris-online.com/pages/article.php?reqart=FOC_201707_SS2

Our story begins in 2003 when the Australian government issued a zero-tolerance ban on any and all asbestos products, aimed mainly at imported Chinese drywall, a problem America also faced at the time.

Fast forward to March 6, 2017 when, without prior warning to Shipping and Customs agents, let alone to owners, the Australian Border Force (ABF) began randomly testing all imported collector cars for asbestos, without any industry consultation, procedures or practices in place. One of our clients had two cars already en-route to Australia and so had no choice but to comply.

One was a 1966 Shelby Mustang 350 GT and the second a stock 1966 Mustang donor-car, found together as “barn finds” and imported into Australia for restoration.
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« Reply #482 on: August 04, 2017, 03:53:07 AM »
Now this is way too cool and a very complete style of package. Lots of retro gear here.

https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/cars-for-sale/oldsmobile/76/1971350.html
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« Reply #483 on: August 05, 2017, 05:33:44 AM »
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« Reply #484 on: August 05, 2017, 08:21:14 AM »
Pretty cool stuff for its day Huh Kev . 8)
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« Reply #485 on: August 05, 2017, 04:26:22 PM »
Quote from: edz on August 05, 2017, 08:21:14 AM
Pretty cool stuff for its day Huh Kev . 8)

Should be some cooool stuff at Greazefest tomorrow too.
Oh baby, we've gone the whole 9 yards for this one, we'll be dressed very 60's and i'm gunna hit the dance floor baby.  :-[

Meeting up with friends with a VERY ANGRY 460 cuber in a 1960 Tank Fairlane.
Cam rolls in at 750 thou lift, 12:5 to 1...... poor ol Doug's sh!ttin himself I think.
Lucky for him, its about a 10klm round trip..... us, about 485klm round trip.

Can't wait, cars washed, whitewalls cleaned...... 6am leave.  8)
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Re: SIMPLY, BECAUSE OLD CARS ARE VERY COOL.
« Reply #486 on: August 06, 2017, 07:00:01 PM »
Picture this.... you're doing 90 in the fast lane of a 110kph road and this comes up in the mirrors.......  ;D

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« Reply #487 on: August 06, 2017, 07:21:17 PM »
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Picture this.... you're doing 90 in the fast lane of a 110kph road and this comes up in the mirrors.......  ;D

That is awesome my kids would loose there Shit hahaha looks like something outa the movie cars ;)


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« Reply #488 on: August 06, 2017, 11:51:42 PM »
Needs a set of Green or red tinted  LED daytime running lights in the headlights ..with angled shades [ Angry Jeep style headlight shades ]  ..
 Now that is COOL Love it ..
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« Reply #489 on: August 07, 2017, 04:14:28 AM »
Geez, Greazfest was a good thing on Sunday. We left Tin Can @ 6am and didn't get home until 6pm and that was only because we left there a bit early.
Ran the last hour home in the pissing rain....but hey, the Fleetwood ain't made of sugar and the wipers work, so all good in that respect.
We covered 510 klm in comfort (Edz can confirm that) and the old girl never missed a beat, runs nice and cool and going by the thumbs up we got off everyone, looked good doing it.

Hers some more pics from yesterday (all Cadillac's)  ;D with a shot of a bagged 63 next to our 64....made ours look like a 4WD.  ???
Yeah, we sort of dressed for the occasion as well and hell, i even hit the dance floor a couple of times.

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« Reply #490 on: August 07, 2017, 04:22:09 AM »
Some more pics.....

It pays to look beyond the subject car too, there was hundreds of cool old cars, swamp coolers mounted on window, stills mounted on the roof. you name it, it was at Greazfest 2017.

Food is a bit expensive on site, but pretty good quality though. 


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« Reply #491 on: August 07, 2017, 04:25:30 AM »
Its only allowing me 5 pics per post, sorry guys.

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« Reply #492 on: August 07, 2017, 09:45:52 AM »
Yea Zombie has been a fav for a while
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« Reply #493 on: August 09, 2017, 11:52:41 PM »
A bit of Holden racing history up for grabs-
http://www.msn.com/en-au/motoring/news/holden’s-first-factory-race-car-is-up-for-auction/ar-AApJZpL
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« Reply #494 on: August 10, 2017, 08:51:39 PM »
Ok its sacrilege but JEEZ ITS COOL ..At least it still has a Ford Heart..    I'd have one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFSGSL3Nrmc
And the build up pics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFOpsmor6u8
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« Reply #495 on: August 10, 2017, 08:57:54 PM »
Uralla Dust Up this Saturday, will get some pictures for here...

This is the write up from last year's event.
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« Reply #496 on: August 10, 2017, 09:13:31 PM »
Think I just got a little wood.
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« Reply #497 on: August 14, 2017, 08:09:14 PM »
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Important automotive history went up in smoke Tuesday night in southeast Illinois as a five-alarm fire destroyed many vehicles at Country Classic Cars in Staunton.

The fire began around 8 p.m. Approximately 100 firefighters from 13 different departments did everything they could to save the business. Five buildings, one of which housed about 150 vehicles, were a total loss.

“They don’t make them like this anymore,” said Russ Noel, owner of Country Classic Cars. “A lot of those cars in there, I’ll never replace them probably.”

Flames lit up the night sky; the blaze could be seen from miles away. Witnesses said smoke was so thick they had to close nearby roads. About five percent of the cars were owned by folks who put their vehicle under consignment.

The business kept about 600 cars dating from the 1920s to the 1980s on the property. About a quarter of those cars burned.
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« Reply #498 on: August 14, 2017, 08:53:08 PM »
Quote from: Paddler Ed on August 10, 2017, 08:57:54 PM
Uralla Dust Up this Saturday, will get some pictures for here...

This is the write up from last year's event.

Kev would have had palpatations I suspect at the Dust Up... none of this make it shiny and schmick... no, lob it around the centre of the showground ring or up the 200m flat track...

Didn't get a picture of the Torana being punted round, but the Impala went round a few times and made an awesome noise:





Some were a bit more purpose built:


Others just ran what they had:


Even had a "Jeep" in it.... not sure it was 100% Jeep though...


This was pretty quick on the flat track:


Kingy wagon was a Summernats car...


(and yes, the mud did reach the roofline...)

This was also quick on the oval and on the flat track:


It was a bit of everything really though at the end of the day, and if you could get it sideways then it was fair game:


It was only $10/person spectator entry, and I think $30 car entry and $20 passenger. We got there at 11ish and left around 3pm...

There's a few other events that are in the same vein, so we're thinking about a suitable ute...
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« Reply #499 on: August 14, 2017, 09:01:04 PM »
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Kev would have had palpatations I suspect at the Dust Up... none of this make it shiny and schmick... no, lob it around the centre of the showground ring or up the 200m flat track...

Didn't get a picture of the Torana being punted round, but the Impala went round a few times and made an awesome noise:





Some were a bit more purpose built:


Others just ran what they had:


Even had a "Jeep" in it.... not sure it was 100% Jeep though...


This was pretty quick on the flat track:


Kingy wagon was a Summernats car...


(and yes, the mud did reach the roofline...)

This was also quick on the oval and on the flat track:


It was a bit of everything really though at the end of the day, and if you could get it sideways then it was fair game:


It was only $10/person spectator entry, and I think $30 car entry and $20 passenger. We got there at 11ish and left around 3pm...

There's a few other events that are in the same vein, so we're thinking about a suitable ute...
$10/head is  bit better than $150 isn't it ;)
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