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 darren-h
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| posted on January 28th, 2009 at 07:28 PM |
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1971 super bug, Had the car before i could drive learnt to let the clutch out up the driveway.
67' deluxe
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vwkg
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| posted on January 28th, 2009 at 07:46 PM |
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Bone stock 1969 Beetle for me. Good times.
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Newt
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| posted on January 28th, 2009 at 08:24 PM |
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Gemini.......
First car a 72 Capri with a 2l Cortina motor.
It is as it is - If you didnt enjoy today, you've missed the opportunity.
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pod
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| posted on January 28th, 2009 at 08:36 PM |
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started off in my brothers EH with 3 on the tree ,then when i bought my own car it was a 1964 cortina 4 door 4 on the tree
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OZ Towdster
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| posted on January 28th, 2009 at 08:44 PM |
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MMMMMMMMMM Mini 1100k and a Ford Anglia 105E with a 1500 GT Cortina donk , oh those were the days
Don't let body work get in the way of real suspension travel
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kombibob
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| posted on January 28th, 2009 at 09:16 PM |
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series 1 landrover for me.
many trips up and down the beach nth port maquarie.
1961 swb buggy
1960 karmann ghia
1963 Single Cab: "El Concreto"
1963 bent 23 window " Frieda Samba "
1963 Eriba Faun camper " Cara Van daCamp"
2012 Skoda Octavia scout
Get down low and go,go,go
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ratbug
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| posted on January 28th, 2009 at 09:48 PM |
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1976 Triumph Dolomite - my first car.
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Ahh Nice, I learnt to drive in my dads 1971 Triumph TR6 convertible. It was the only manual we had.
I have big muscles in my left leg thanks to that car!
Hmm that reminds me, gotta go fit some new mechanical fuel injectors to it next week.
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warb
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| posted on January 28th, 2009 at 09:56 PM |
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i had a ford escort to learn in.......... yes, that IS my 1st car..
and i also had a rather large sticker on the back that said " SHIT HAPPENS" .. haha, that got a get laughs at the crash site..
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Andy
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Andy's Adventures
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| posted on January 28th, 2009 at 10:11 PM |
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Started on a '57 Fergi tractor, progressed to am XM ute before I got a licence, then used the GF's L Bug.
I had a string of motorbikes, so did not get my first car (kombi) until I was 30.
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_me_
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| posted on January 28th, 2009 at 10:43 PM |
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Learnt to drive in a Ford Escort - maybe a '76 1600...
Passed my test in a '91 1.1L Ford Focus . meh.
First car i drove on my own? - a '74 1303.
74 > 54
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greasykitchen
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| posted on January 28th, 2009 at 11:00 PM |
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posted by warb
i had a ford escort to learn in.......... yes, that IS my 1st car..
and i also had a rather large sticker on the back that said " SHIT HAPPENS" .. haha, that got a get laughs at the crash site..
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Woah!! What did you do to it??
'76 Golf
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thestu
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| posted on January 28th, 2009 at 11:12 PM |
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1979 green diesel mk1 golf  goods times in 4th up hill at 40kmp/h lol
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squizy
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| posted on January 29th, 2009 at 09:03 AM |
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Found a pic of my Dolomite.
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rob53
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| posted on January 29th, 2009 at 09:09 AM |
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my first and still current '70 1500 beetle. I got in just before those pesky log book things 
Thats not rust, it's ah ... orange primer ... yep that's what it is ...
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vwsteve
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| posted on January 29th, 2009 at 09:25 AM |
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i learnt onmy dads tractor, it had no weights on the front so if you let the clutch up too quick it done a massive wheelstand with a plough on the
back, then got a rusty 1200 bug at 14 and drove it everywhere with just the handbrake(no foot brakes)
1 1963 356b porsche coupe
2 1960 karmann ghia cab
1 1965 karmann ghia cab
1 1966 karmann cab
1 1961 split ute
1 1967 split p/van
1 1952 standard bug
1 1963 ragtop
1 1960 ragtop
2 1954 ovals
1 1956 oval baja project
1 1957 oval flying flea
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donn
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| posted on January 29th, 2009 at 11:10 AM |
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That Dolamite looks just fine, al,ways did like them though never owned one, don't know why people chuck sheet at em, they did in the Bathurst way
back then as I recall.
I dream of a day when a chicken can cross a road without being asked for it's motive!
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ancientbugger
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| posted on January 29th, 2009 at 11:14 AM |
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I learned in my Mk1 Austin Healey Sprite Frogeye, sheer suicide in London.
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thestu
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| posted on January 29th, 2009 at 11:29 AM |
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Here is my first car o got regoed 
[img]http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=18996554&albumID=1887935&imageID=53116918[/img]
and 23 days and 18 hours later...
[img]http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=18996554&albumID=1887935&imageID=53664016[/img]
[img]http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=18996554&albumID=1887935&imageID=53664103[/img]
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squizy
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| posted on January 29th, 2009 at 11:59 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by donn
That Dolamite looks just fine, al,ways did like them though never owned one, don't know why people chuck sheet at em, they did in the Bathurst way
back then as I recall.
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Absolutely. Mine was the povvo pack, with 1850, twin strombergs, hot dog, wood interior and sunroof, plus I added TR7 alloys. The Dolomite Sprint's
that were raced where the 1850, but with the 16 valve head.
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frank2112
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| posted on January 29th, 2009 at 12:08 PM |
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I learnt in my Hillman Hunter and various mates versions of the same(GT's, Royals, etc) before moving to a Ford Cortina(never again). My mother
learnt to drive in a bug.
Spare the Duct tape, spoil the job - Red Green
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stubug
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| posted on January 29th, 2009 at 12:53 PM |
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68 bug
Light Blue
Lots of Rust
6V (no lights)
XXC 921
$250 back in the year 2000
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old bugger
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| posted on January 29th, 2009 at 03:26 PM |
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1973, i was 15, borrowed the old man's charger without telling him, promptly put it into a pole. very sore arse for some time!!!!!!!
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Joel
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| posted on January 29th, 2009 at 03:48 PM |
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the joys of living in the sticks i got chucked on a 660 David brown when i was about 7 and at 9 or so the old man chucked me in his mazda 929 and said
drive...it may save urs or someone elses life oneday....
i could barely see over the dash but i got a good feel for cars as well as various beetles me and my mates have owned
but i guess for legal purposes on my Ls it was my mums Mazda 626
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amazeer
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| posted on January 29th, 2009 at 05:58 PM |
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I was the first person to drive my instructors brand new mitsubishi colt in 1985 or 6.
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phatratpat
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| posted on January 29th, 2009 at 07:51 PM |
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mini minor...great for the reverse park during the test !!!
also the old mans xc falcon....almost t boned a cop car on a round about
once the cops discovered I was a learner they were cool !!
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| posted on January 29th, 2009 at 07:57 PM |
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Wish I'd met that cop, the one that got me wasn't cool about me being a learner, maybe the fact that I had only one L plate on, was speeding and no
licenced driver with me (my mate wasn't going to admit to having a P licence) had something to do with his bad attitude.
I dream of a day when a chicken can cross a road without being asked for it's motive!
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| posted on January 29th, 2009 at 08:24 PM |
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The old mans FC holden with twin strombergs and Lukey exhaust and then bought my 1955 beetle. The FC was a good back up for when we wanted to tow
something or the beetle was under repair.
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Craig Torrens
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| posted on January 29th, 2009 at 08:35 PM |
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VW beetle
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hellbugged
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| posted on January 29th, 2009 at 10:10 PM |
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yeah, like Joel, i don't remember "learning" to drive.............must have been in the blood 
i do think ride-on mowers are great thing to begin on for feel, opposite locks, rear wheel lock turns, closed space manouvering etc........pretty
much everything
but there were lots of vehicles around the whole time I was growing up, from full blown off road buggies,bajas, country buggies, home built VW based
paddock bash buggies, "bushwacker" mini bikes, go-karts..........right through to kenworth aero-dyne (400HP 18 sp road ranger),MACK trucks,
bulldozers, excavators, lots of different buses and coaches.........alll well before i was thinking of getting a licence.
the day i turned 16 at 9.30 am i was booked for my L's........ mummies turbo TX5 telstar copped a beating then for a while (i'm probably lucky to
have survived that period).........till i bought my first regoed beetle..........that i still own today
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 matberry
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| posted on January 29th, 2009 at 10:47 PM |
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Well.......when I was 5 I used to steer (drive?) the Landy on Fraser Island ocean beach, I did get some sort of lesson in my first 'around the
friends farm rally track' in our bush basher (later MY bush basher), wait for it, a 54 beetle with all the roof cut off,not even a screen, welded
doors, roll over bar, baja buggy. Of and no brakes. I would have been about 12.
I, like Daimo, was waiting at the cop shop at opening time for my learners, and 6 weeks to the day passed my first and only driving test.
My dad had a funny driving test, living out west, he fronted to the cop shop for the driving test and the policeman started writing out the licence.
When questioned about the test, the copper said, no need, I've seen ya driving for years !!!
I feel sorry for kids today without any experience getting on the road with a modern car that potentially goes fast enough to kill them and all thier
mates.
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