List your past rides !!!

[Golf Houso]

Even your mighty 302 XC would have been roasted by that ugly Delorean matey!

Was just about to say, respect for the starion mate. It would proabably still toast 95% of the cars on here as well

Oh and here are mine

Previous:
1998 Golf GL, money pit
1975 TS Passat, sold it after a week

Current:
1997 VR6 with 75,000k on the odo...

[Preen59]

Even your mighty 302 XC would have been roasted by that ugly Delorean matey!

Dude.. I reckon my sister's Honda Civic could roast it.

I didn't say that thing wouldn't be fast, i just said it was ugly.

[cme2c]

VE Valiant and Bedford Van stood out for me.. Noice!

Thanks for that. The bedford is s l o w l y being done. Mechanicals good, just body and interior to go.


The Valiant was a great car. Note. Do not pick a dyslexic best man.



The child bride had the answer to the overheating problem. Apologies for the picture. this was 1981.



New radiator and we were off again. Looking for a place to stay



Remember toughened windscreens?



That was fixed too. Just had to clean the bugs off when we got back





We took the Valiant, 2 extra people and a boot so full 2 of us had to jump on it Sydney -Bundaberg and back Christamas 81 -Jan 82. All we needed was a float for the carby at Bundaberg Chrysler.

The Valiant was traded on a 180B, 13 x7 Hotwires, vinyl roof and all.



We moved to Clare SA. It was cold



About 2 years later , a bolt holding the rear suspension crossmember broke at 100km/hr. This put the handbrake on.



Then the cable broke. The car ended on its side in a ditch, with all wheels pointing in different directions.



Here's the corona. The driver is now 23 and has a Hyundai.




Thanks, Preen59 I had fun going through the old photos

[cme2c]

two cars that wouldn't fit in my previous post

Here's the Volvo 740GL manual



And here's my current Peugeot

[yowie]

OK, I have a little time to play, and will prolly forget some cars and numbers, but...

*1959 Holden Blue FC wagon, manual, license car for me and siblings; in the family from new, died late '70's without rusting. Amazing.
* 1967 122S Volvo 4 door 1.8L,Ice Blue (that is dull grey til it got overcast, think Canberra, then looked blue) died when I t-boned a tree at around 70mph in the bush.
* 1967 Holden HR Ute hillclimb special. Bucket seats, 3 on the tree, tacho (was flash in them days), chrome on lots of the motor, 161 bored to 192 cubes, solid lifters which were noisy-as, lightened fly-wheel, with a ported and polished 149 head, 20-80 cam (from memory all sorts of tricks, had better hill-times than GTHO's (previous owner). Totally unhappy at less than 2000 rpm, ie dont take your foot off the clutch. Low-ratio diff, so topped out at 105mph. Awesome.
* 1968-70 Volvo 144s. Slug with P1800 motor and drive-train but looked cool blue metallic with Bolwell Nagari magnesium mags that weighed nothing. Sold the car for under 3 grand. (should never have sold the wheels!).
* 1972 (?) Holden wagon, tow-car (ex-Dad's). 5.0L Cleveland V8, 2-speed (!) auto, LSD. Forgot it was auto and managed to select reverse at around 30k's once. No apparent damage except to the rear tyres.
* (? year)white Mazda 1500 manual, really nice ride, Pininfarina styled. Gave away.
*Valiant Fireball slant six, delicately brushed with house blue. The original sleeper. Gave away. Became the Airlie Beach Y.C. club car, key under the floormat; until a policeman sunk his size nine into the front guard in the mains street one day and suggested retirement. The motor went into another Valiant and is still running AFAIK.
* 1978 or so Datsun 200B green dual control driving instructor car. Fist new car, total disappointment. Wouldnt do more than 160ks flat out. Lost 3 hubcaps one morning trying. Roof-topped a 12 foot boat Sydney to innisfail and back and teh rear springs were shot, warranty as good.
*1970 Ford XW, green. Rubbish six, floaty and heavy, sick-making.
* Datsun 180B, brown with vinyl roof (urg), AKA, "The Tip". No idea why it wouldnt die
* 1975-ish Ducati 860 GTS, blue metallic; motor and bike built and tuned from left-overs by some guy who raced them in Sydney. The other thing I should never have sold. Scary acceleration. Wouldnt sit in top gear til 105kph.
* (admission time) 1970-odd Honda CB 100, commuter special. Two dollar a week fuel type of thing. Last of them, fun.
* 1979 Suzuki 425 road bike. Did a few long trips with g/f pillions. Very nice under brakes,especially with a little armourall on the seat.
* Mazda 323, 1979 RWD. Became the tow-car and Bris-Sydney trip car for a decade. Cheap and unbreakable, rust got it due to being left under a tree.
Holden '65 HD, bought and sold unregistered, unstarted project.
* SAAB 99, 1978 3-door Kombi auto, cream, also a project car. Bought off a farm for $800, carpet and roof liner full of hay which had to be hand picked out straw by straw. Totalled by a drunk aiming his Holden 1-tonner at the B-pillar. It was the first time I parked it on the street, and came home to find it on top of next-door's fence. Written off.
*1988 Camira JE 2.0 EFI wagon, white manual. Last of a run is supposed to be the best, right? Wrong. Enough said. Sold to a mechanic who must have needed a challenge. Dropped a newly-fitted throw-out bearing half-way to Sydney Xmas eve with us and the grand-parents on board and a boat in tow. Nice one. Only car I ever bought at auction.
*1994 Corolla 4WD wagon. Nice car, reliable as, but not terribly fuel efficient for a 1.6L five-speed manual.
* 1987 Corona 2.4 EFI wagon, O/D auto. In family since new, paid $3,000 for it around 15 years ago and still the daily drive.
* 2008 Golf 2.0 diesel DSG. Its busy making up for a lot of the above, and doing nicely thank you very much.
Phew, think that's all.