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18-12-2020, 05:51 PM | #211 | |||
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Became one of 3 cars the old man had, that I learnt to drive in. Once I got my p’s it kind of became my car. Damm I flogged it with my mates all over Brissie. It certainly taught me how to keep a car running. Remember Points? Nothing like pulling them out, giving them a rough grind on the nearest concrete gutter, eyeballing the gap in the dizzy, and getting ya home. And how bout the 165kph top speed fully loaded on the gateway motorway. Lucky we are still alive
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18-12-2020, 05:51 PM | #212 | ||
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Today I saw a Triumph TR7 (club plates).
(Lasers/Mazda 323s: a mate once owned a sedan; it might have been the Ford version - not sure. I opened the boot and my memory is that I could flex the boot lid easily with my hands.) |
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18-12-2020, 09:06 PM | #213 | ||
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I got my ex to buy an 1982 323 after she wrote off her mk2 escort ghia. Kept it for decades but got rid of it after 330k kms when the rings, valve stem seals, the g/b and clutch got tired and worn, plus the hatch/doors started to get a little rusty.
It was a pain to get parts for in 2002, must be impossible now. Really good cars though, it was a daily driver we'd sometimes take on road trips (localish SW WA) before I got my EL. I'm pretty familiar with them and the E5 but I have no idea what that grey thing next air filter is. The mazda version had nothing like that, just a few vacuum solenoids- (mercifully little compared to slightly other and later models, particular mazda/ford) Yesterday I saw an XB coupe. For some reason every day on or near hepburn ave there's some rare car. Must be the fact it's an old enough area for large house blocks with rear colourbond double garages/workshops, and lots of car guys around the warwick to padbury suburbs. |
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18-12-2020, 10:40 PM | #214 | ||
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Haha my uncle in law and a few of his mates all have sheds in marangaroo with old cars stashed away!!
That laser looks mint! I remember when my sister was looking at them or the astra (was early 1990s) for her first car, she went the astra and what a money put it was... |
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19-12-2020, 07:30 AM | #215 | ||
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On the house site I was working at, apprentices (with a little help from his father) just bought himself a HR Holden, apparently in great drivable condition.
Happy to see a young bloke interested enough in older cars still.
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Spotted a nice ZZ/Z Gemini today, bit of a unicorn or me, can't recall even seeing one back in they're day.
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19-12-2020, 08:03 PM | #217 | ||
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Saw a Nissan Pintara today.
Older bloke but ran well! |
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07-01-2021, 10:31 PM | #219 | ||
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08-01-2021, 12:00 AM | #221 | |||
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Also ... it has been a long time since I have seen a Mitsu Starion out on the road as well.
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08-01-2021, 12:17 AM | #222 | ||
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Going back to barra240t's post.
This is what used to be parked in the garage at home when I was a kid. Wish I could have kept both of them really.
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08-01-2021, 03:17 AM | #224 | ||
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1 day old south australia ad on GumTree, 6cyl 1979 TE ford cortina for sale $5500 https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/cock...ina/1265353448
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08-01-2021, 07:31 AM | #225 | ||
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Been quite a long time since I last saw a Holden Overlander.
Seing one of those dodgy Commodore VF "Sandman" yesterday got me thinking about them.
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08-01-2021, 11:15 AM | #226 | ||
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08-01-2021, 12:06 PM | #227 | ||
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so many memories in it.
Was my Mum's ... and she drove it ... not gently. Used to really get up an go back in the day. was a 6GL XPAC Model ... 4-speed manual. Grey striped cloth interior ... black 4-spoke GHIA wheel ... A/C .. grey vinyl roof ... overriders ... foglights Was a Demo they bought as it was specced by the salesman at the time so had some extras on it. Got traded in in 1990 when my Dad died .... both of them actually ... the KB Laser was a 1.5GL 5-speed manual with brown cloth interior. Ran off the smell of an oily rag ... bullet proof. Was traded in for a new Ford Laser KF GHIA ... 5 -speed manual ... I learnt to drive on that as well ... that thing was bullet proof as well. Top car indeed and nice and comfy velour interior too. Here's a pic of it a little later on in life with alloys instead of the 14" hub caps And then later on after my Mum moved to QLD before changing plates over It was running a full Whiteline lowered suspension setup as the old kit was tired and she wanted it to handle a lot better. My Mum was a bit of a hoon. No autos when I was growing up anywhere. All manual cars Also to add ... another car that others have mentioned that was added to the stable before she moved to QLD as well was this lovely Wasp Yellow manual TJII Magna VRX ... 1 of 3 manuals with sunroof in that colour made. The front Bridgestone G-GridII's used to get a workout. The manual shift throw was really long in it ... but was fun to drive. The KF Laser has a MUCH NICER manual shift/clutch action feel in it. OK ... back on-topic ... I'll stop reminiscing now.
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08-01-2021, 05:35 PM | #228 | ||
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Hi Everyone,
This morning i went for a drive 8/1/21 to Bathurst only 2 hour drive from my place. I stopped at Oberon about 8.30am for some breakfast and what do i see a Leyland P76 it was Yellow. I can't remember the last time i saw a P76? i thought they had all died by now! |
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08-01-2021, 05:59 PM | #229 | |||
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They had some great colour names, I had an N V Green Executive, Dad had an Am I Blue deluxe 6cyl 4 speed. 5 all together in our family, they were great cars in their day. Here's an old pic of my green one. Cheers, |
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08-01-2021, 07:34 PM | #230 | ||
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if only we have fair trading back in those days. P76 were killed off by Ford/Holden crass marketing.
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08-01-2021, 08:28 PM | #231 | ||
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I think you should also kep in mind that this was the first model for them, imagine if the HQ or XA was the first ventures for Holden or Ford, build quality would be much the same. If they had ever got to a series 2, it would have changed many things. From my experience most of the knockers had never even sat in one, let alone drive or own one. There were many reasons why the project failed, strikes that held up parts from suppliers to start with meant they couldn't fulfil a great number of orders. There was a lot of negativity in the press, but ultimately it was Lord somebody or other that bankrupted the parent company and caused a company wide collapse. In hindsight there never was room for 4 players in the Ozie market, and especially one the government took away the market protection, there wasn't even room for 3 really. And without the government protection, what have we got now? Sweet stuff all. Could you imagine the US government not buying US cars? or the Germans, Japanese? Swedes etc? A totally ludicrous situation we now have where we make next to nothing in Australia these days - and we wonder why we have high unemployment?? OK, sorry, rant over now... |
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08-01-2021, 09:32 PM | #233 | |||
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08-01-2021, 10:45 PM | #234 | |||
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Nice interior as well. Cany find a decent one for love not money ... same thing for the Laser. I'd love to get one of either as toy. Won't be far off for the KF Laser to be on Historic Plates soon I think. Strange to think of it that way.
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09-01-2021, 10:47 AM | #236 | ||
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Many many moons ago i bought a P76, only had for a couple of weeks before it was completely wrecked in a *cough* accident *cough* in Claremont Perth, that big boot took out over half a doz others in the *cough* accident *cough* though....
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09-01-2021, 03:15 PM | #237 | ||
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Saw a beaut old Valiant Ranger station wagon today. 245 hemi, three on the tree.
Brought back memories of a brown wagon I briefly had, loading it full of old red brick commons to the inside window sills, floated around corners like and old tugboat.
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09-01-2021, 04:33 PM | #238 | |||
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09-01-2021, 06:59 PM | #239 | ||
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be more enjoyable watching a Holden V Ford demolition derby
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Danzvtil was talking about Mitsubishi Magna's. Before my wife and i brought our Mondeo in 2012 we had a second hand TJ Magna 3.5 litre engine.
The thing was a rocket and shocked some people the way it went. One night about midnight we were coming home from a Wedding and driving along Rookwood Rd where the old Lidcombe Hospital used to be. I got the red lights and next to me a young guy in a Hyundai pulled up next to with his mate in the passenger seat. I could hear his mate saying "its only a Magna blow him off when the lights turn green" and he was revving the engine looking at me. I must say i would not normally do this but after they both started laughing at my car i thought "why not". The light went green and i took off and when i looked in the rear vision mirror he was about 50 meters behind me. I got another set of light he caught up then they went green and i did it again to him. I got another red light and i leaned out the window and said "Magna's not as slow as you think are they"?. He didnt say a word but my wife looked at me and said "are you going to act your age now and slow down"? |
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