XA Falcon Coupe. Shortened 3" was used for perspective shots in Mad Max.
We put it against a wall at school.
HotRodMatt If it\'s old or rare - cut it!
3,616 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·
What was your first car?
phatratpat Fahrvergnugen
958 posts · joined Mar 2005 ·
😁 BIG BAD 74 HQ shaggin wagon thrashed that sucker
till I dropped a sump plug on the highway at 100k
she go boom ! !:cry
till I dropped a sump plug on the highway at 100k
she go boom ! !:cry
Hertz www.melburgluft.com
1,080 posts · joined Nov 2005 ·
A sudden lack of oil will often do that!phatratpat wrote:😁 BIG BAD 74 HQ shaggin wagon thrashed that sucker
till I dropped a sump plug on the highway at 100k
she go boom ! !:cry
Click the Beetle
0 posts · joined Feb 2004 ·
:bounce whOoOt wHoOoT pete.. go the poobox galant...
😵💫 hasn't this thread been done before???
oh well..........
mine had an L300 engine in it and used to do 140kph,,,
so kewl, mine was lined with grafitti (er 'arty farty' poetry from passengers), vb labels and vomit. The boot housed a 10ltr cask of goon (stolen from an exhibition opening) for over six months, no one was ever game, I mean drunk, enough to give it a go once it turned a really weird dark yellow colour.....................
*wipes tear from eye* memories..... man that car ened up in some weird places, covered in weird stuff (both inside and out)....:puke
[ Edited on 17-7-06 by $2.63 homebrand baja ]
😵💫 hasn't this thread been done before???
oh well..........
mine had an L300 engine in it and used to do 140kph,,,
so kewl, mine was lined with grafitti (er 'arty farty' poetry from passengers), vb labels and vomit. The boot housed a 10ltr cask of goon (stolen from an exhibition opening) for over six months, no one was ever game, I mean drunk, enough to give it a go once it turned a really weird dark yellow colour.....................
*wipes tear from eye* memories..... man that car ened up in some weird places, covered in weird stuff (both inside and out)....:puke
[ Edited on 17-7-06 by $2.63 homebrand baja ]
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tassupervee That really hurts doesnt it!
1,171 posts · joined Sep 2003 ·
A V6 GT Capri. A red one of course. Bought it off my mother in 1976
I built 4 engines of varying performance for that thing. The last one would pull 6800 in top (4th) gear. Very close to 140mph in the old money.
Forged mahle pistons, BRC roller rockers, celica 5 speed and so-on blah.
In the end i sold the V6 to a M8 and turbocharged a 1600 Kent pushrod engine. Balanced 711m bottom end (F-Ford) Hepolite Low-compression forged pistons, a custom cam ground by Peter Watson from Watsons Racing Cams. Jim Berry of Italia Spares built me a Fitchel and Sachs clutch pressure plate originally from a BMW M3. It clamped something like 1800 or 1900Lb and was lighter than a stock clutch.
15 relentless years out of that 1600 at 10 to 12psi and I never had the head off once!
The engine saw 2 turbo rebuilds and lunched 3 turbo manifolds before i built one myself that lasted.
Selby/Whiteline/Pedders V6 suspension package and V6 brakes. A 4.1:1 Esky panelvan diff center.
13 x 7" Chrome wheels shod with 205/60x13's
Damn that was a good car. It went ok (I should have built a 2 litre SOHC engine rather than the 1600) but it stopped and turned like nothing else. It was so balanced!The harder you went the better it liked it. All the wheels went away at the same time when really pushed in the dry but it was lethally taily in the wet....dangerously so depending on the rubber on it. I never let anybody drive it in a spirited fashion in the wet. Put the arse out in it and it did NOT come back! A very nasty trait.
I built it with circuit racing in mind but in the end, it never saw the track.
I only unloaded that car 3 or so years ago............ gave it away for 500 bucks to a young dude that was desperate to build a Capri drag car. The fucking clutch setup was worth more than that!
But, Id grown tired of it by then. I hardly ever drove it and it was just rotting away sitting uncovered in the weather.
That freakin 1600 is still running to this day altho the car has been seriously abused now and is pretty much now a rusty bush basher.
Very sad day to see it run down the drive tho. My wife actually cried when it left.........................🙁
L8tr
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I built 4 engines of varying performance for that thing. The last one would pull 6800 in top (4th) gear. Very close to 140mph in the old money.
Forged mahle pistons, BRC roller rockers, celica 5 speed and so-on blah.
In the end i sold the V6 to a M8 and turbocharged a 1600 Kent pushrod engine. Balanced 711m bottom end (F-Ford) Hepolite Low-compression forged pistons, a custom cam ground by Peter Watson from Watsons Racing Cams. Jim Berry of Italia Spares built me a Fitchel and Sachs clutch pressure plate originally from a BMW M3. It clamped something like 1800 or 1900Lb and was lighter than a stock clutch.
15 relentless years out of that 1600 at 10 to 12psi and I never had the head off once!
The engine saw 2 turbo rebuilds and lunched 3 turbo manifolds before i built one myself that lasted.
Selby/Whiteline/Pedders V6 suspension package and V6 brakes. A 4.1:1 Esky panelvan diff center.
13 x 7" Chrome wheels shod with 205/60x13's
Damn that was a good car. It went ok (I should have built a 2 litre SOHC engine rather than the 1600) but it stopped and turned like nothing else. It was so balanced!The harder you went the better it liked it. All the wheels went away at the same time when really pushed in the dry but it was lethally taily in the wet....dangerously so depending on the rubber on it. I never let anybody drive it in a spirited fashion in the wet. Put the arse out in it and it did NOT come back! A very nasty trait.
I built it with circuit racing in mind but in the end, it never saw the track.
I only unloaded that car 3 or so years ago............ gave it away for 500 bucks to a young dude that was desperate to build a Capri drag car. The fucking clutch setup was worth more than that!
But, Id grown tired of it by then. I hardly ever drove it and it was just rotting away sitting uncovered in the weather.
That freakin 1600 is still running to this day altho the car has been seriously abused now and is pretty much now a rusty bush basher.
Very sad day to see it run down the drive tho. My wife actually cried when it left.........................🙁
L8tr
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Im not a complete idiot, quite a few parts are missing....
pete wood 23 Windows of Awesome
6,828 posts · joined Jan 2004 ·
Well yeah, they were certainly poxboxes.$2.63 homebrand baja wrote::bounce whOoOt wHoOoT pete.. go the poobox galant...
😵💫 hasn't this thread been done before???
oh well..........
mine had an L300 engine in it and used to do 140kph,,,
so kewl, mine was lined with grafitti (er 'arty farty' poetry from passengers), vb labels and vomit. The boot housed a 10ltr cask of goon (stolen from an exhibition opening) for over six months, no one was ever game, I mean drunk, enough to give it a go once it turned a really weird dark yellow colour.....................
*wipes tear from eye* memories..... man that car ened up in some weird places, covered in weird stuff (both inside and out)....:puke
I once did over 180km/h in mine. Lucky I didn't blow a retread. Quite stupid really.
Let's just say I learnt my lesson. I never touched Mitsubishis again. I hate the damn things. At least with dattos you can swap the parts easily. Mitsubishi changed component designs with their underpants. You had to know the year model + the month of manufacture to get the right part. The only good thing about the car was....no actually, there wasn't anything good about it. It was a shocker. If I'd had half a brain I'd have bought a squareback like I'd planned to begin with. Can you believe it? they were too expensive at the time. Never was good at saving up for anything. :o
"stoopid is stronger than axles"
http://drivingnotpolishing.blogspot.com.au/
http://drivingnotpolishing.blogspot.com.au/
Oasis Going alone...
1,806 posts · joined Jul 2003 ·
KE10 Corolla. toyoglide 2 speed automatic
"Tell him 'We've already got one'"
jo_tas Custom Title Time!
1,547 posts · joined Aug 2004 ·
'69 Beetle... Hand-me-down from my sister... it had a good engine, but the body was full of rust! And dents!!
It was good offroad though! :duh
It was good offroad though! :duh
bus914 Custom Title Time!
1,230 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
HD Holden 2 speed powerglide (column shift auto), and 179HP motor. white and rust coloured. immaculate green bench seat interior.
[img]https://i4.ytimg.com/vi/KOKlJpsfCyk/default.jpg[/img] Click the thumbnail for video👍
weapon Wolfsburg Wizard
439 posts · joined Sep 2005 ·
renault 16ts in 1992. light blue(very similar to vw powder blue). 4speed column shift. went alright had a single weber and bucket loads of body roll when cornering.
Oasis Going alone...
1,806 posts · joined Jul 2003 ·
Had 2 of these. LOVE EM :thumbweapon wrote:renault 16ts in 1992. light blue(very similar to vw powder blue). 4speed column shift. went alright had a single weber and bucket loads of body roll when cornering.
"Tell him 'We've already got one'"
Muzza72 Officially Full-On Dubber
214 posts · joined Feb 2004 ·
xm 2 door falcon it was 2 years old when i got it within 3 months the 6 cylindres had made way for a 308 and was resprayed metalic purple and tricked up had it for 4 years untill my brother borrowed it and put it through a guard rail and brick wall i still miss that car
murray
murray
jnr356 Wolfsburg Wizard
603 posts · joined Jan 2004 ·
a datsun 1200 heavily smashed in the front,bought to make a fortune,yeah right!
tle fastback
then 58 ragtop,bought to australia by the german consulate(traded the datsun for it )cal looked it welded up the dash ,fat chick front guards,rear apron &decklid
hey,it was the 80's!
tle fastback
then 58 ragtop,bought to australia by the german consulate(traded the datsun for it )cal looked it welded up the dash ,fat chick front guards,rear apron &decklid
hey,it was the 80's!
blutopless2 DAMSLO
2,457 posts · joined Jan 2004 ·
first car was a 1978 LX Torana with flared guards, front and rear spoilers and a bonnet scoop... 4.2L V8 4 speed. Red with black bonnet.
went like a rocket... eventually ditched that for a VC SLE Commodore maaaaaaate. 😂
went like a rocket... eventually ditched that for a VC SLE Commodore maaaaaaate. 😂
see.... air and water do mix 😉
1974 1300
1997 MK3 Golf GL
2003 NB Cabrio
2012 Golf VI GTI
2014 Audi A4 Quattro
1974 1300
1997 MK3 Golf GL
2003 NB Cabrio
2012 Golf VI GTI
2014 Audi A4 Quattro
VWMA Editor Custom Title Time!
1,086 posts · joined Jan 2004 ·
My first car was a 1962 Beetle. Loved it to death. Sold it to my brother, who promptly had an engine fire. Fixed it all up, but never quite the same.
Aside from the Beetle, one of my favourites was a 1978 Chrysler Regal Valiant. Sweet Hemi engine, plenty of room and you could slam it to the ground with a twist of the torsion adjusters. Had as many creature comforts then as some modern cars have today!
Aside from the Beetle, one of my favourites was a 1978 Chrysler Regal Valiant. Sweet Hemi engine, plenty of room and you could slam it to the ground with a twist of the torsion adjusters. Had as many creature comforts then as some modern cars have today!
pete wood 23 Windows of Awesome
6,828 posts · joined Jan 2004 ·
308!?! Sounds like it committed suicide coz u put a holden motor in it. Are you sure it wasn't a 302?Muzza72 wrote:xm 2 door falcon it was 2 years old when i got it within 3 months the 6 cylindres had made way for a 308 and was resprayed metalic purple and tricked up had it for 4 years untill my brother borrowed it and put it through a guard rail and brick wall i still miss that car
murray
"stoopid is stronger than axles"
http://drivingnotpolishing.blogspot.com.au/
http://drivingnotpolishing.blogspot.com.au/