Some of my old toys

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Some of my old toys

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Been cleaning out the photo cupboard , found a few pics that some of you might be interested in .

These were taken in the workshop where we maintained the cars for Running On Empty - in the background is the green Veedub that the yellow Monaro ran up and over the back of , the rear of the dub was cut off and a ramp was fitted to enable the Monaro to go up and over it , in the foreground is one of the GT's , and on the far left is the FB that was painted red and used in the rollover scene.

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My mate Pete (driving) and I taking the GT for a squirt around Sydney one afternoon

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Stating the 2 door EK build - 12 years ago :oops:

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nice photos mate... glad you've been going 12 years on that one makes me feel better!

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My HR ute , was the first car I built from a bare shell , bought a real tidy Prem wagon for $400 as a donor car , drove the wagon around while I got the bodywork and paint done then swapped all the bits over .

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Fixing a bit of rust underneath - what is this worksafe you speak of ?????

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My beloved Overlander , I bought this car in QLD when I was about 20 , owned it for 14 years , was the longest I had ever owned a car , it was red when I got it , gave it a rebuild in 1986 or thereabouts and painted it white then 10 years later gave it another birthday and painted it blue. Sold it to pay for our wedding , it was on Ebay in Qld ( gone full circle) a couple of years ago - was REAL tempted to buy it back

This pic was taken at the 1986 or 7 StreetMachine nationals at Natex in Canberra , the year before it became the Summernats. We were in the paddock next door to Natex knocking off a load of firewood , even in summer its cold in bloody Canberra :shock:


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Painted white , on one of our regular skiing weekends

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This is the only pic I have of it painted blue , stolen off the Ebay ad , has been woggied up a bit :esad:

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A yard full of Holdens , happy days :D the Tonner was my bush hack for working away , the van had a worked 308 and 4 speed in it and was LOTS of fun :twisted: :twisted:

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started playing speedway , theres a handy way of getting rid of any spare money you may have lying around ........ :shock:

Fixed the first one up , blew a right rear tyre at the end of the back straight just as i chucked it into the corner , the rim dug into the track and spun me straight into the wall :thumbsdown:

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We can rebuild it :wink: its only money

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You gotta hold your tongue the right way when you are dealing with head studs ...........

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Built this Tonner out of a cab and chassis I bought for $150 and a HJ Caprice I bought for $400

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Then I bought this ute , had a bit of rust so I fixed it up , put a prem front on it and repainted it

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had a 327 and a 4 speed - went like a scalded cat :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:
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I built this Tonner for a bet - my mates told me there was no way I could repair this rusted out heap of shit - I was REALLY rusty. I cut and shut it through the pillars and under the seats then remade the rest of the sills and the back of it.

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Had this thing too - but did it the easy way and bought it already converted , this was the wifes daily driver. Was lots of fun blowing off boy racers in their Fowlcans and Thugsports :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

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This is what the Monaro looked like when I bought it , had been done up previously - all the bits were either bright pink or chromed , I unbolted th efront subframe and took the whole bloody lot out ot the tip .....
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and now

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Looks like you've had some fun with cars over the years blackly. Thanks for sharing the pics. :thumbs up:
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You've had some fun mate :thumbsup: .
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Blacky theres a lotta work gone into those cars over the years mate ..And I bet you loved every minute and wouldnt change a thing .......thanks for the sharing mate ...Fingers
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