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Shenanigans..............
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Footscrazy
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Just a little poem...
Oh why oh why did I like that 120Y? 120 reasons, thats why. Oh why oh why did I buy that 120Y? 120 Reasons, thats why. Why oh why did I sell that 120Y? 120 reasons, thats why! |
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Join Date: Apr 2012
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I loved the car actually.
i remember at a time i got a speeding ticket in it and the copper said "you don't see these old girls around anymore" while he was handing me a ticket with a smirk on his face. *******. to think of it i haven't seen an old datsun in ages. there all in junkyards or turned into metal flakes now days. |
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Shenanigans..............
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Footscrazy
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All things japanese from early 70s to mid 80s were pretty bullet proof.
Had a 84 corolla,well looked after by me but thrashed within a mm of its life and didnt bat an eyelid. Still daily driving 79 scorpion, again bullet proof, apart from usual rust, never a problem. Will not part with it EVER! |
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: May 2006
Location: In my happy place
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Pariahs C.C. What could possibly go wrong I post images with postimg.cc (so I don’t forget) |
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: eastern suburbs Melb Vic
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I’ve got 2 early 70’s Buicks their land yachts and judgment of how big and ancient they are to my FG makes you wonder how women in the 60 & 70’s drove these cars. But they are reliable and least have some comfort and disc brakes on the front for a modern touch which makes cars of the 70’s my favourites as an old car I like to drive on weekends..
My 1st car a FB Holden was a death trap and somewhat a collectable nowadays but vacuum wipers that when overtaking in wet conditions the wiper would stop had to take foot of accelerator to make them work, poor brakes, no synromesh in 1st gear and bad handling with kingpin front ends and rust prone an AU falcon is not old and unsafe compared to the cars of the 50’s & 60’s
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Fear & loathing in Shoal Vegas
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A few pics of my old cars. Funny they weren't that old when I owned them.
Private road burnout circa 1989. ![]() Every drive was an adventure in the old XD. It actually tried to kill me more than the KX on the back. About 1999. ![]() My old Muzzie. 351C 4V Hi Stall. 1995. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
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Mercury Silver 03 BA GT-P Tremec TR3650 Number 534 Herrod 4 into ones, Manta Exhaust, CAI, K&N Filter, Mellings oil pump, 19" FPV alloys, Bilsteins, Kings, tuned by Autotech, 272rwkw ![]() RIP Fish 15/1/73 - 9/2/19
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Fear & loathing in Shoal Vegas
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And my first ever car LJ 4 cyl 1986. I saw the blue oval light shine not long after. The XD in the background was my Dads, 5.8 auto.
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Mercury Silver 03 BA GT-P Tremec TR3650 Number 534 Herrod 4 into ones, Manta Exhaust, CAI, K&N Filter, Mellings oil pump, 19" FPV alloys, Bilsteins, Kings, tuned by Autotech, 272rwkw ![]() RIP Fish 15/1/73 - 9/2/19
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Occasional V8 user...
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Canberra, A.C.T
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Interesting choice of modern car for comparison...My personal preference would be a Lexus, buts that's just me... I have a "modern" car (a 2010 VE International Dual-fuel). Has most of the (basic) mod-cons you'd need, and I'm in no way inclined to "mod" it. On the other hand, I also have an AUII XLS V8 ute that has a bit of an "identity crisis" (in that it thinks it's some kind of Fairlane), which I quite enjoy driving. It's noisy, thirsty and - relatively - slow (unless you really get under it, which I don't), but it has that V8 aural experience I was looking for, with a bit of actual (load-carrying/towing) practicality, which can come in handy...Replicating what that old bus does in something modern would be - whilst not un-affordable - unjustifiable...
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Is it an AU Ute that thinks it's a Fairlane, or an AU Fairlane that thinks it's a Ute? |
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