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 OZ Towdster
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| posted on July 30th, 2008 at 07:12 PM |
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Another Towdster just found / bought in QLD
Well , they are just comming out of the woodwork this year as another Towdster has just been found on ebay today and snapped up by a fellow buggy nut
out ipswich way .
For further details check out the posts here
http://dunebuggyandbajaadventures.freeforums.org/holy-shit-is-this-a-real-man...
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| posted on July 30th, 2008 at 07:36 PM |
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WOW.... lucky bugger
did people make copies of these?
they dont seem to have a MANX badge on the nose - so how do you confirm it is a Towd??
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OZ Towdster
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| posted on July 30th, 2008 at 07:43 PM |
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The Towds & Towdsters never had a badge of anykind , just decals .
The ones made in Oz were under licence from Bruce Meyers , but have quite a few little differences from my American built car.
As for how do you tell its an original , well lets just say they are not an easy thing to copy
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| posted on July 31st, 2008 at 08:35 AM |
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Andrew, i remember years & years ago at Autocross meetings there were heaps of them racing, i wish we were rich enough back then to afford a movie
camera.
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OZ Towdster
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| posted on July 31st, 2008 at 11:48 AM |
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Hey Matt i would be happy just to see some still 24mm shots if you have any , please
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| posted on July 31st, 2008 at 02:05 PM |
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thats in great cond considering ,great find
show us your gates
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| posted on July 31st, 2008 at 02:21 PM |
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He seems to be moving along quite quickley on his car dear
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| posted on July 31st, 2008 at 04:56 PM |
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As one who follows fleebay, what was it listed as, I didn't see it. Looks good ULB.
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| posted on July 31st, 2008 at 08:22 PM |
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silly question but those first pictures, are they taken in the same place as the ones a while back of a subaru powered towd sort of thing ?
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| posted on July 31st, 2008 at 08:30 PM |
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Don't think so Brad, the subaru powered one was in Newcastle. The owner of this new one is in Ipswich and it came from Bribie Is
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OZ Towdster
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| posted on July 31st, 2008 at 08:49 PM |
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No definetley two different cars as mentioned above the Subie powered car was in newcastle and was quite different to this car.
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| posted on August 1st, 2008 at 09:34 PM |
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I'll take it LOL!
A POSSE AD ESSE.
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| posted on August 2nd, 2008 at 12:56 AM |
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are they portal hubs on the rear
proper preparation prevents piss poor performance
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| posted on August 2nd, 2008 at 02:28 AM |
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I wish i had some picks Andrew, we were so poor that we couldn`t afford a pair of shoes for me let alone a camera, i was literally racing motorkhanas
& autocross meetings in bare feet... true story.
I think maybe Russel Worthington may have some early footage of those days but he`s pissed off around Australia caravaning like a grey nomad :-) Maybe
some of the old guys from Ipswich west moreton car club could help you ?
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OZ Towdster
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| posted on August 2nd, 2008 at 07:32 AM |
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I have just had a confirmation from a reliable source that this car is definetly John Richardsons (Volksworld Bris ) old Towdster.
John sold this car 10+ years ago and has regreted it ever since , and recently has been searching for it to no avail , with last i spoke with his son
they had all but given up and were starting to wonder whether it had been destroyed as a back yard hack somewhere.
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