I just got back from the Summer Nat's in Canberra, and what a shit load of FUN.
Nice cars, Big V8s, Burn outs and lots of action. The perfect weekend for a REV HEAD .
I cant wait till I get a XR 8 Falcon. :bounce

If ya gettin a Falcon, might as well get the GT. Seems like one hell of an awesome engine.

HEY!!!! This is a VeeDub forum, not for FORDS!

Let us know if there were any interesting VWs there though. :bounce

Think out side the Square you live in.

But there was a nice blue V8 Beetle there, the V8 was in the front.

Was it chopped with a grafted split window in the back - If so it might have been the one at the All VW Forum last year.

Probally the drag car from Queensland.

Yeah the summer nats is some fun. We used to take the VW Beetle down for the burn out comp. The pic was on the front of the Saturday Canberra times that year,
People couldnt believe that a VW could burn out til it blew the tyres.

The Beetle was dark blue, I will post a photo when I get them developed.

As for the new Fords, I looked at one with a 5.4 Ltr engine the only thing wrong with it is I cant afford it.

hey
did yoiu see the jet engine powered old F100 (i think) that one best car??????
cant wait for the XR6 turbo !!!!!!!!!!!
cheers
rhys

Fords Fords Fords ... If it wasn't for Henry's anti-semitism and support for Germany we prolly would never have had the VW. What he gave to the German industrial-military complex funded the start of many projects that give us machines and companies we use today.

Personally, the Ford Mercury, when given a healthy chop is one of the most desirable cars around ... or a '32 3 Window ... lol

I heard there was a Ford Mustang with a WW2 Rolls Royce Merlin figher engine in it. V12 Yahoo:thumb

Nope that was a Chev.

3000HP 27 litre twin supercharged Merlin engine out of a Mustang fighter...

Built by Rod Hadfield of Castlemaine Rod Shop. Good feature in Cruzin mag about all that had to be done to get it street registered.

No I must of missed that F 100.

XR6 Turbo sounds cool but for me there is no substitute for a good thumpin V8. :bounce

Oh yeah now I know what you mean.
Yeah it's one mighty beast.

I have heard that there are other activities to keep the non V8 lover interested. Might be worth a look one year!

ssssSSSHH Herbie that other stuff I told you is a secret. Don't tell Wifey hahaha

Dont muck around with 27 ltrs just wack a radial tank engine in your dubbie. Still air cooled
Dean

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2903543965&category=

Is this the V12 http://www.rodshop.com.au/project55.htm 
Was it fast? Its amazing!!!

The bug with the V8 in is that Simon Holgersons?
It used to look like this http://www.kenlowe.com.au/car42.htm 

But now looks like:

http://angelfire.com/nb/2002castrolwinters/nov30/images/125-2593_IMG_jpg.jpg 

Rob.

ahahahahahahahahhaa miss summernats
and all the topless ladies :bounce:bounce
i have been told it gets fairly wild! and one has been told never to take a women to it!or take you car in unless you want to come out with bald tyres!
cheers
rhys

I think the focus now is on topless cars now Rhys. Even a wet t-shirt would be going to far now days.

I didn't think I would but I like the Drag Bug. Not sure if it was better looking before or after. Probably before as the paint job looked heaps better than the blue.

Would have like to have gone to the Nats too. I'll get there one day. Would be a lot of fun. Topless or not.

*amazer laughs his arse off at the thought of someone buying an XR6/8*

All that money for something that a base commodore V8 gives a whooping to and for just over 40K. Hopefully Ford have developed window rubbers that last longer than 4 years like my EF's.

oh ok then about the XR6's they need more boost so ive heard but not really suited to the bigger motors!
nothing wrong with fords chris!
cheers
rhys

I've owned 2 fords and both had serious problems.

First one (even if it was a rebadged mazda) was a telstar that had serious rust problems after just 6 years. Fortunately my sister rolled it down an embankment so I collected insurance money.

2nd one was an EF Falcon. Within 5 years I had to:
replace brake light switch. Cost $75.
replace 2 central locking motors.
replace cracked air con condensor + regas.
paint on wipers began to chip off.
all window rubbers started to perish. The top shiny layer just dissappeared, leaving rough horrible stuff.

I will admit that neither of these cars were garaged, but I strongly believe that an Australian made car should be durable enough to sit under aussie sun for 5 years. If my west coast metric rubbers can last, I expect Ford rubbers to last at least as well.

The engine was very harsh when revving above maybe 3500. It rarely got to rev that high, only when it kicksdown overtaking, but still I think redline was 5500. Scarey!

Its rear suspension was very soggy. You actually steered twice. Once for the front end and then corrected it again once the back end moved over.

Kombi tows a lot better.

It did have a nice cruising ride and sweet auto gearbox though.

Im looking for a falcon front end coupled with a holden rear end with a magna 3.5 V6. You seen one around?

anyome see the holden ute from vic with the chameleon paint ? realy loud exhaust !
anyway he comes to work a lot. all rev heads !
anyhow why buy a ford ?

:bounce

I bought the EF cos I know people who work for holden and they tell me stories of warranty claims! And also because my experience in taxis told me that Falcons were better than Commodores. I've decided now that they are as bad as each other.

And aaanyway... back to summernats... i've only been once. It was the last year of the GOOD summernats with street cruises n stuff. The year the morons ripped out traffic lights and ruined it. You telling me there's not much of a girlie scene at the nats now? I took 2 rolls of film of girls and only 1 of cars when I went. No wonder I dont go there. And I thought it was all about the rednecks.

Ahh yes, I remember going when I was only 17 back in 1990. Went with some mates, one of whom had just got his licence and a TX Gemini Coupe.
We didn't drink much. I had a video camera with me. I looked at the footage the other day, and my wife was shocked to see at least a couple of dozen 'perve shots' with the video camera happening.
Hey I was only 17.
I was in heaven 'Blowers, Burnouts & Boobs.

Peter

street cruisin mmmmm. Driving around with the sliding door open. Its really surprising how many drunk girls you can get in a kombi at one time. Giving them a lift was as far as I achieved but damn it was fun. Bad part was that when guys saw a kombi full of drunk girls they tried getting in too. And police didnt worry cos back then it was all in fun. Might see if I can dig out some pics.

How do we get all these drunk girls to come to the VW Nationals this year?

With V8's and Burnouts

it'd be interesting to go there in a Real bug (with the engine in the back). only cars with V8's can go fast! maybe they should call it boganats