Fantasy Garage

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Originally posted by Rasher:
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Mick Parry?

Always, when there is nothing more to be said - someone has to go and say it.
Poor Mick.

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Originally posted by Rasher:
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That puzzled the hell out of the boys in the factory. We were told it was fleets, mainly.

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Originally posted by Bhoyo:

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Originally posted by Rasher:
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That puzzled the hell out of the boys in the factory. We were told it was fleets, mainly.

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Or perhaps it was people trading up from an Allegro or Marina?

Oh, I almost forgot - Bye, bye Henrik - blubber, blubber... If there is one thing I enjoy it's seeing a Septic fan crying...

Rico,



As shown milliseconds before fishtailing out of control

The Roadrunner is nice indeed

• Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
• Bond's DB5
• FAB 1 complete with Parker
• Scooby Doo's Mystery Machine
• The Batmobile

Failing that a DB9, Merc ML500, Merc SL600, Caterham 7 and the Rolling Stones tourbus c/w all the illegality it possessed in terms of sex, drugs and rock'n'roll !

Err Mike - <mock serious tone> you must understand, that the oz muscle-cars had reasonable handling </mock serious tone> - I recall a particularly entertaining hitch-hiking trip circa 1989 where I caught a ride in an XB Coupe "GS" (basically a 351 GT but with some luxo-bits); by the time we were in the central north island of NZ, on the "Desert Road" and surrounding environs (I was heading north to Tauranga, my ride would drop me at Taupo) we were screaming along at up to 195kmh, and by the time we approached lake taupo were opposite-locking through the corners. It amounted to a rather exhilerating drive with an excellent driver, and highlighted the handling potential of a largely stock car.
The "oversteer and slide off the road" in the photo would really only happen in the hands of a particularly inexperienced driver. Cast your mind back to the first two mad max movies, the Interceptor is based on the Falcon coupe. I found these disturbing site ... site
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The 1973 Roadrunner I had in mind is nearer this:

Is your pic a Superbird?

cheers

Rico - SM/Mullet Audio

Hi Rico

Oz muscle cars are great - my cousin raced a ? torano ? and gave me a shot of his road version which was nearly identical.

A 454 Chevy under the hood and it was like driving a firework !

It stuck to the road like glue - probably because it weighted so much.

Muchos fun !

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Oh, I almost forgot - Bye, bye Henrik

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P5W5D0L0

Ahhh, that'd be Torana. There were effectively 2 styles - LC/LJ which had beginnings in the HB Viva, and the later LX/UC series which would more likely be able to carry a big block.

Toranas weren't particularly large

- the XU-1 model LC and LJ were well campaigned at Mt Panorama. I had a friend who had a very well sorted LJ back in the early-mid 80's, with Garrett turbo on the 186ci (3.0 litre) straight six holden red motor, water injection, sorted suspension all based on XU1. Went like a bloody rocket, hair exciting fishtails under boost (used to run 15psi), like sitting in the cab of a locomotive.

Even the LX series were a mid-size car, yet a smallblock V8 would go in there ok - there were a couple of variants - the A9X liftback 2 door, and the SLR 5000.



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Rico - SM/Mullet Audio

That other piccy is indeed a Plymouth super bird, Dodge made the Daytona very similar. They were designed for NASCAR racing and the road ones were for homologation purposes. I think they managed to lap Talledaga at over 220 mph, not bad for a 2ton car. Needless to say they were banned pretty (should that be Petty) quick.
Google "NASCAR superbirds" for several sites about them.

Howard

[This message was edited by BigH47 on Fri 28 May 2004 at 9:17.]

They above photos shown just how poor car design is outside europe. I struggle to think of one handsome/pretty car made in america. (Icount the Cobra as British)

Japan- for all it's sins- has actually given us the Toyota 2000GT/Honda S800/NSX etc. but any positives they had accrued are instantly wiped by the widespread prevelance of the Almera.

I can think of quite a few Handsome/pretty cars made in America;
Cord 810
Studebaker Avanti
Oldsmobile Tornado
All of the above were not only pretty, but also influential on European design.

BLT sorry to be a pedant did you mean an Oldsmoblile Toranado? circa 1966? A great big mother 7liter front wheel drive. Used the body on one of my slot car club cars, it was one of the biggest cars about at the time and therefore allowed a bigger chassis therefore better handling.

Howard

Yep Howard, the big MF 7 litre FWD job

Mmmmm - landcruiser. mud. comfort. safety. dependability.



Rico - SM/Mullet Audio

Rico not so sure about the safty. In the UK 4x4 were deemed agricultural vehicles and not subject to crash testing. So just besause they look big and strong they may not be so safe. This may have changed here and probably in the US were subject to crash tests. Of course it would be illegal over here to have that knowledge.
I with Ken LIvingstone over these things a waste of resourses and should be bannished to the farm land.

Howard

My five:

Porsche 911 GT3
Ford Cortina Mk1 GT coupe
Range Rover (latest model one)
Sunbeam Tiger
M1A3 Abrams Main Battle Tank (gotta keep my children safe on the raods out there)

BTW I've actually stood on the turret of one. Quite an amazing device if you forget its a destroyer of life...

Hey BigH

indeed, perhaps I should clarify - the cruiser appears in my list for getting muddy - I have no requirement for a cafe tractor. Safety refers to offroad safety, per the photy. I see no need for most of the 4x4's one sees dribbling around on the roads, particularly in places where access to the wild green yonder is particularly limited.

Right, how many Naim forum-goers are in to green-laning?

Rico - SM/Mullet Audio