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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.



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

Stating the 2 door EK build - 12 years ago

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

Cheers
Nathan

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 .







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

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




Painted white , on one of our regular skiing weekends

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



A yard full of Holdens , happy days 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

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

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



We can rebuild it its only money

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



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

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






had a 327 and a 4 speed - went like a scalded cat

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.

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

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 .....


and now

Looks like you've had some fun with cars over the years blackly. Thanks for sharing the pics. :thumbs up:

You've had some fun mate .

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