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boy racers
Thought Nova’s that age were all dead by now Jayne, people were running around in those when I passed my test :lol1:
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lol you’re showing your age now :lol1:
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to boy racers that was the “start”……now days theve progressed to subaru sti’s & bmw’s M3……me personally iwas an rs2000 kind of guy 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀
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I am not officially old for another 4 years yet 😎
Did you have an RS200 or just fancied one Brian? would have like one of those myself once too. Wouldn’t fancy driving one now though 😀
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quote Brian Little:to boy racers that was the “start”……now days theve progressed to subaru sti’s & bmw’s M3……me personally iwas an rs2000 kind of guy 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀RS2000!! you’re kidding!! :lol1: I used to drag those things off in my 1600cc Golf!. :lol1: I think the rust was a no cost option in them wasn’t it?
…. Sorry Brian…. Hey Hot day here today mate 😉
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no Brian 😳 😳 i was strictly a dreamer ….in reality i had a mark 3 cortina to start with swiftly followed by a vauxhall ferenza and for members that are to young to know what a mark 3 cortina looks like theres one on BBC1s “life on mars” on monday nights {uk only}
Ps sorry mods this should strictly in babble forum but couldnt resist 😳 😳
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[quote="Brian Little"]no Brian 😳 😳 i was strictly a dreamer ….in reality i had a mark 3 cortina quote]
One of these? http://www.markthreeownersclub.com/
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you just cant resist sticking the boot can you shane 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀
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quote Brian Little:you just cant resist sticking the boot can you shane 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀
:lol1: :lol1: Hey I’m from convict stock, what else would you expect? :lol1:
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thats it shane 😀 😀 dont know what im talking about Shane cos i forgot to add that i had one in brisbane aswell !!! except the uk one was a 2.0 ….where as im sure the the brissy one was a V6 it went like s**t write across the gateway arterial !! 😀 😀 😀 😀
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MK3 Cortina can’t have been too bad 😎 better than my 1980 Talbot Horizon! 😳 Woulda whipped Shane’s Golf though :lol1:
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……oh & Shane you still have loads of cars over there that look like them old Cortina’s!! :lol1:
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from what i remmember Shane & Brian …i dont think you need to get an MOT done until you sell the motor ….unless its changed Shane ?
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Blimey that explains why they have so many old bangers on their roads :lol1:
I think 1 or 2 States in the U.S. are the same as far as testing is concerned 😮
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:lol1: :lol1: I took everyone on in my Golf mate. Nothing to lose, If I beat em, I could dine on it for days, but guys in valients and cortinas were hard pressed to go to the pub and rabbit on about whiping a golf at the lights. 😕
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quote Brian Little:from what i remmember Shane & Brian …i dont think you need to get an MOT done until you sell the motor ….unless its changed Shane ?
Unfortunately that is right Brian, here in Queensland anyway. Motoring bodies are trying to get that changed. In sydney, it is every 12 months and/or when you sell it. Here it is only when it is sold. Some real death traps on our roads unfortunately.
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Oh the good old days! I used to drive a capri, and also ride a Kawasaki 750………that was quite quick especially when you only weigh 8 stone :lol1: Blow all you boy racers off the road :lol1:
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Was it a Z750
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paul r
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theres just something about preatty women on motorbikes Jane 😉 😉 ill be upset for the rest of the day with that thought 😀 The fastest thing i ever drove over there Shane was a commodore (beit that aint spelt right!} it belonged to a builder friend of mine it had a V8 in it, with no weight in the back it was a lethol weapon
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Yeah I think so, it was Jeff’s bike that I use to pinch when he’d let me :lol1: Being a typical girl I just remember that it was Sapphire blue and fast 😮 I used to love it, only problem was that I couldnt put it on the centre stand cos it was too heavy for me to lift :lol1:
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Jayne was it a 2.8 capri …another dream car of mine in its day ….weird how performance in cars has change with what the engineers can tweek out of small engined cars nowdays youd probally get 1300s that could give the 2.0s of the late 70s to early 80s a run for there money
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Yeah it was a 2.8 capri, I learnt to drive in it, I still tend to drive nearly lying down, the seats were very laid back :lol1:
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a bit sparce inside tho 😀
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Oooh a 2.8 Capri, lot of fun in the wet….
…..or dangerous 😮
Depending on your outlook :lol1:
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i think the later ones had a limited slip diff Brian …a bit better handling
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quote Jayne Marsh:Yeah it was a 2.8 capri, I learnt to drive in it, I still tend to drive nearly lying down, the seats were very laid back :lol1:😀 😳
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I’ve still got my Capri. 😳
It’s a 1986 Laser – bought new in 1986 and never owned by anyone else. It’s rusting away in my driveway now – Alison want’s me to get rid of it but I’m detemined to put it back on the road one day.
MK3 Cortinas were my favourite though – Automatic 2000Es and the earlier 2000 litre GXLs.
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Jeff’s just put me straight, it was a 3 litre S capri, bored out to 3.1, high lift cam, gas flowed heads etc etc, anyway it was very fast and very expensive to run :lol1:
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Phil ……bodie ,dowle……its the car from the “professionals ” 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 …my cortina mrk 3 was a GT it had the four gauges down on the consul ….thats the trouble nowdays then i could tell every car on the road …now id be struggling …..OH FOR GODS SAKE PASS ME MY PIPE AND SLIPPERS !! 😀 😀 😀 😀
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I just realised I’m associating with people my dad warned me about.
Pretty young things on 750’s, boy racers with GT3’s 😮
:lol1:I always wanted to have a big bike, but in truth when I was younger I had a pretty bad temper and took it out in my driving. I purchased a second hand 2 stroke 250cc Kawasaki? ex police bike, and nearly killed myself in the first month. 🙁
The commodore is out on a 6 litre V8 brian, not sure how guys afford to run em tho.
I learnt to drive in a Kombi, had 3 Golfs, then a string of family cars. Fastest car I had was a road registered fully worked and lowered 1600cc 1970 Beetle that I built for the fast 4’s and Rotary Drag racing competition, but had to sell it before I actually started to race it, due to a business downturn and sever lack of funds 🙁 My son has never forgiven me. It was great turning up to do a quote in it, as it turned a lot of heads, if not for the loud exhaust.
I think the guy that bought it, wrote it off about a month later 👿
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yep some rore from them Shane …a real grunter 😀 😀 😀
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my favourite car i ever owned was a white peugeot 205 1.9….a bit of a collectors item i beleive now….wish id never got rid of it . never seen one in oz Shane apart from an episode of neigbours 😀 😀
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Ok Im having a bit of deja vu here, I think this thread has been given a life of its own! :lol1:
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quote Brian Little:i think the later ones had a limited slip diff Brian …a bit better handlinghad to be a 2.8i special to have the lsd ! found out my uncle sold his last year for £300, i was gutted, the car was immaculate, then saw it sell for over £2k, i wouldnt have sold it !
Jayne, i know what ya mean about laying down in the seats, i found a piccy of me in my capri from way back, ya can only just see my head above the side of the door ! like an old fashioned deck chair position !
i’ve just sold my 71 cuda race car now, but have kept the engine etc, had considered fitting it in a capri ! lots of work though, 600hp+nos would be way to scary in that me thinks ! gorra put it in something though !
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My family has a background in the motor trade so when I was growing up I never actually owned my own car, at least to the extent of having my name in the log book (remember them?) I was about thirty eight years old before that happened. In those days everything with four wheels was stock and could be sold at a moments notice. The upside was that I got to use a lot of different cars of sixties, seventies and eighties vintage.
My favourites were a 1971 Rover P5 3.5 litre coupe and a 1969 Wolseley 18/85S. Both were great babe magnets – I think the leather did something to them! 🙂
A couple of years ago I went to the Haynes Motor Museum where they have a long gallery type hall with the cars lined up in age order from one end to the other. It was sobering to realise that from a point about half way down I had had a car just like every single exhibit. My kids thought it was hilarious – dad strolling down the line muttering, “had one of them, had one of them, had one of them etc” My daughter was getting above herself until I pointed out that if it wasn’t for the Wolseley she probably wouldn’t be here.
Happy days. 🙂
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quote Brian Little:my favourite car i ever owned was a white peugeot 205 1.9….a bit of a collectors item i beleive now….wish id never got rid of it . never seen one in oz Shane apart from an episode of neigbours 😀 😀
Peugeot have only just got popular in oz, but you could pick one up if you wanted to pay a lot of money and have less features than an aussie car.
My dad actually sold peugeot’s back in the early 70’s. We had a 404, rememer them. The fuel tank went thru the tail light from memory
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yep i loved them ….rattled a bit like a tractor ..but very powerful. Can i just point out here shane that i didnt watch neighbours 😀 😀 it was pointed out to me by someone who did….just wanted to make that point quite clear 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀
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quote Brian Little:my favourite car i ever owned was a white peugeot 205 1.9….a bit of a collectors item i beleive now….wish id never got rid of it . never seen one in oz Shane apart from an episode of neigbours 😀 😀Had a baby Pug 1.6 205 gti, when it had a good set of Tyre’s the same all round it was like a Kart, I used to come up to a corner and think well it went round at 60 last time lets go a little faster, trouble was it’s real short and I did nearly spin at 70 when I had to brake for a reversing car going round a right hander.
Kids loved it too as I’d pick them up from school and then on the back lane home I’d stop and hit the rev limiter and dump the clutch.
That car cost near nothing to buy and owed me nothing after 3 years of use, sold it to a mate for the price of the new Tyre’s and tax.
I’d have another no problem, still have Peugeot’s now, as to Ford Cortinas (shiver) always wanted a Mk1 Lotus Cortina.Steve
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quote Brian Little:Can i just point out here shane that i didnt watch neighbours 😀 😀 it was pointed out to me by someone who did….just wanted to make that point quite clear 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀
:rofl: *cough*rubbish*cough* suuurrre Brian 😉 I believe ya… honest…. 😎
One of many aussie exports that makes me cringe 😕
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well i did watch it occasionally …….the only good thing about the program was when Kimberly davies was on it 😀 😀 😀 😀
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Had a baby Pug 1.6 205 gti, when it had a good set of Tyre’s the same all round it was like a Kart, I used to come up to a corner and think well it went round at 60 last time lets go a little faster, trouble was it’s real short and I did nearly spin at 70 when I had to brake for a reversing car going round a right hander.
yeh steve there was something about them ….mines was white with red trim …loved it
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