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| posted on September 4th, 2013 at 08:37 AM |
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Looks great, looking forward to seeing the detailed finish 
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| posted on September 4th, 2013 at 03:13 PM |
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Now on the hunt for an Ascort Sonic!!!! OMG!
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| posted on September 5th, 2013 at 06:17 AM |
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On the subject of Sonics, I received this scan a week or two back and it shows the Ascorts being built in the factory.
Sonics can also be seen being built in the foreground, and there is a complete sonic on a trailer on the rear right.
It would be fantastic to find a sonic, but I have no idea how many were produced. By this photo there seems to have been at least 4 (I am sure that
there is a sonic nose just visible on the right.).
I did hear that there was supposed to have been one in country central NSW area in the 1980s, and was owned by the owner of the red Ascort that was
featured in Great Australian Sportscars publication of that era. I have not been able to find out what happened to the sonic to date.
I was given a copy of a home movie by the Craney family, which shows lots of interesting stuff including the Ascort factory producing silos etc, some
car footage, and the sonic being put through its paces at Rose Bay in 1961. It was quite a performer.
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| posted on September 5th, 2013 at 08:27 AM |
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Would be a cool addition- attending a VW Show with an Ascort towing a Sonic!
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| posted on September 5th, 2013 at 04:17 PM |
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Yeah in the lake at the Jamboree 2014....
Now my new mission to find one
dont hold ya breath peeps!!
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| posted on January 3rd, 2014 at 08:06 PM |
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The Ascort looks like a real interesting fixer-upper. Shame it couldn't hold its place post production - they have a great shape. What engine
configuration powered them?
Michael Derwin
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| posted on January 4th, 2014 at 06:42 AM |
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Hi Michael,
They were powered by a VW 1300 Okrasa engine.
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| posted on March 11th, 2014 at 07:02 PM |
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Hi All,
Now for sale : http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=105387&page=1#pid985689
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Craig
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| posted on March 16th, 2014 at 05:48 AM |
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Sold- staying in Melbourne! 
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| posted on May 5th, 2014 at 05:18 PM |
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Anyone know where this one ended up?
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Yeah its at APVWC in Bayswater
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| posted on May 6th, 2014 at 02:55 PM |
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Great pics inside the Ascort Factory at Tempe Sydney never seen those pics before
I have a pic of the sign still on the outside of the building
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| posted on June 1st, 2014 at 09:15 PM |
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Great pics inside the Ascort Factory at Tempe Sydney never seen those pics before
I have a pic of the sign still on the outside of the building
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I think that I have a copy of this. Brick wall with fading white sign saying "Ascort Corporation" (from memory).
Would it be possible to get a copy for the Ascort records as the copy that I have is quite low resolution.
A box of old photo negatives relating to Ascorts being constructed and tested and also Ascort boats recently surfaced. There were multi hundreds of
photos and they are providing lots of information.
A book is now a consideration if time permits. Obviously it would not sell too many copies, but it would be good to record the history in a format
where it can be shared and preserved a little more securely than the web site.
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| posted on June 2nd, 2014 at 12:18 PM |
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Ooooh!! pics pics pics!!!!
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