SummerNats 2013 pics

[andy351]

Originally Posted by auIILTD

Happy SummerNats 2013.

My temperature gauge in direct sunlight in Gungahlin - 10 mins up the road from the Nats. And it is predicted to be hotter tomorrow.

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Stu

I was there on Friday and it was stinking hot just had to keep up the fluids

[Whoosha]

Pinched a couple from Greg (XALANT) and Phil (Monty)

[AndyXR6T]

Went for a nice little drive down to the nats today. Left at 5am this morning from Penrith. Some very awesome cars down there
Not sure who was there on the forums other than FRINEM in his BA XR8 ute and KILLERJOOLZ in her FG XR8.

Awesome day but bloody hot!!!

[XR6_661]

That poor poor VL.

I want to cry and it's not even my car.

[SM1DY]

Originally Posted by XR6_661

That poor poor VL.

I want to cry and it's not even my car.

I know what you mean, the only work I have done on my car is topping off the oil and changing rotors and pads. Yet I'd be gutted to lose it, let alone something I'd crafted from the ground up.

[JC]

Originally Posted by neptune blue

Wow a BA falcon and a couple of late model HSV's , now thats something you dont see every day !

There was a nice rod at 0:06 and the BA GT had Boss 1021 or 1071 on the bulge and made a very loud whining noise, so I'm assuming that may have been power in HP? But I won't bother posting any more since it is not good enough for you, rick.

[WILDB]

Something is odd about that picture of the rear ended VL and it's intrigued me every time I've seen the pics - obviously it's well and truly folded up, however if you look at the Territory you can clearly see that the front guards don't appear distorted or damaged in any way which I would definitely have expected if it was travelling at a decent speed.

I wonder if there is another reason the VL folded up like that?

[Mechan1k]

Impact absorbance and crumple zone design from today is vastly superior to what it was in the 1980's ... that's what I would put it down to more than anything.

Still a big hit. And i feel for the owner of the VL ... so much time/energy/money has been put into it. And lucky the rear seat passegers got out just prior as well. Could have been much worse.

Anyway .... back to the pics ... always enjoy seeing what turns up to the Nats.

[AndyXR6T]

A few from the top 60 show n shines

[phat_stak_tipa]

Noice pics thanks mate! I was planning on doing the early run with mates to the nats but life got in the way lol, mates and i used to go the nats each year for about 6 years but we got sick of seeing the same cars so gave it a rest for the last few, looks like there is some really nice rides about now, maybe next year!

[XBROO]

I feel also for the fella in the VL, but I also fear that he won't get payed out. As with a blower hanging out of the bonnet and the rest that has to go with a package like that. I can't see it being road worthy or passing a machinery. I know you can say his got a mod plate for this or that, but when the other insurance company think they can get out of it they will. Still feel for the fella and by the sounds of it hasn't had a good run lately.

Anyway fellas great pics and keep them coming.

[BadMax]

Don't speculate on insurance, the other parties insurer has assumed the risk and entered a contract which cover thier client. Thier client hasnow damaged another vehicle, he will get paid out.

[XBROO]

I had an accident a few years back, where a car came onto my side of the road and we almost had a head on. I turned to miss him but he still hit me in the drivers side guard and door. Anyway a insurance assessor came out and check that the tyres and other things were alright on our car. It's just like being unlicenced if your car is unroadworthy then it shouldn't be on the road. If it wasn't on the road the accident wouldn't happen. Look I hope there is no hassle and he gets payed out, but I know how they can be and have been through it myself.

[EDManual]

I saw that VL driving around on Friday on Northbourne Ave, and thought VL's can actually look pretty good and tough! Poor bloke!

[Bossxr8]

Was is the Territory drivers fault or did the VL rearend the Magna first?

[Sprint]

Originally Posted by Bossxr8

Was is the Territory drivers fault or did the VL rearend the Magna first?

Terratory is high speed , magna is low speed. I would say it was pushed into the magna at time of collision.

At least he didnt have one of those silly woofah boxes in the boot of that VL.

[GasoLane]

Originally Posted by Bossxr8

Was is the Territory drivers fault or did the VL rearend the Magna first?

Either way the poor owner of the Commodore will cop a fine and insurance claim for rear ending it.

[neptune blue]

Getting back to the thread topic how good does that XB sedan look
Wants to make me go and buy one
Great colour , looks similar to a colour released by Holden on their CV8 monaro called purple haze
Looks great

[auIILTD]

Home and pics uploaded. Another great day at SummerNats. It was hot, but at least we had out club maquees. The Pics




























One for CAT600



Enjoy.

Cheers
Stu

[auIILTD]

And some more:

















Stu

[Ovakil460]

Originally Posted by andy351

I was there on Friday and it was stinking hot just had to keep up the fluids

When I went,I remember it being stinking hot during the day,but when sun went down mate & I froze our asses off.
We didn't have any warm clothes.

[SportsmanV8]

Great pictures guys, thanks.

I just need to figure out how to get hold of an XC coupe or an XE ESP Ghia... Maybe I'll have both hey, dream dollars are free aren't they?

[Sorted]

Wooo Hoooo - who has pics of this car?

The 2013 Grand Champion Award, which went to Mick Fabar for his 1967 XR Falcon sedan, offered an interesting insight into how petrol-heads might cope in a post peak-oil environment. Mr Fabar's vehicle is claimed to be the world's first eco-friendly Super Elite muscle car, a 447-kilowatt turbocharged biodiesel V8 rated as having a carbon footprint of zero, according to Bond University experts.

[auIILTD]

Google it. I found images of it straight away as well as a lot of good stories about it. Google: Mick Fabar 1967 XR Falcon sedan

Stu

[Sorted]

Wow its this car - Street Machine actually called that it could be Grand Champion on their facebook page http://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php...type=1&theater





see here http://www.caradvice.com.au/190941/1...ly-muscle-car/

[OffRoadFalcon]

Loads of fantastic cars!!

I'm going to have to come along someday! Maybe I'll drive over in a year or two!

[EL.50]

[Falcman0o7]

I can't get over how damaged that VL was! I hate VL's but geez.....It was so clean and well built! The time, effort and dollars put into that to only have it turned into a total wreck is a real real shame :( I feel so sorry for the poor bugger that built this.....And right on summernats.
Lucky they got out of that back seat! Very sorry for your loss mate.

[ltd]

Was there on Saturday, great day although Kranky's burnout was ruined by fire. First Kandos now Summernats.

Saw that accident on the way too, luckily no one was in the back of the commodore and the territory for they surely would have been killed.
Don't know what precipitated the accident, but it was on the roadway (not the shoulder) and the red car (Audi) had no front end damage to it but substantial rear damage.
What I do recall is that there was no skid-marks from the territory (ABS only works above 5km/h) and the trailer was straight as in not jack-knifed. Sorry to all those involved, thankfully no one was seriously hurt.

As for the day, it seemed to take a very long time between events, and the p-plater on the skid pad with the SV6 commodore was hilarious.
Does anyone know what happened to the XR6T black ute on the pad? Why did it need towing?
Anyway, it was a great day although severely hot and extremely hard to keep cool, so much so that when clouds shadowed the sun it seemed to drop 10 degrees or more.

Was great when the storm broke, nice and cool finally. Lightning show was spectacular too.
EVILXA was an absolute monster, I believe he won on Sunday.
Does anyone know how ULEGAL went?

[beardo]

Saw that black xr6t cruising around later so it mustn't have been too serious.
Pretty sure ULEGAL hit the wall and didn't do too well