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Subject: cars we have owned.
gf0012-aust    8/17/2006 9:09:33 PM
in light of the other thread about cars and capability, I'm curious as to what cars have been favourites and owned by us... for me there are a few, and I've always tinkered with them a bit. start to finish my favourite cars (in no partic order) owned were as follows:
  • mini, '66. dumped suspension, worked motor and honda 650 megaphones for a split system
  • HK Monaro. Worked 186. yella terra head, saginaw GB.
  • HJ Sandman (errrgh) 253V8
  • Falcon XA Panel Van. Leyland P-76 Alloy V8, Offenhauser intake off a Buick, Holley 650 dbls.
  • Falcon XT. Worked 302, dumped suspension
  • Falcon XW GT. Worked 351 2 barrel
  • Falcon XY GTHO.
  • XY Wagon. 351 4bl. Modified Geelong Block (the best of all the Ford small block V8's)
  • Falcon XA 2 door. Orig motor replaced with a worked 221. Cast exhaust manifold cut and replaced with a ported and rippled mod. Holley 650 dbl pumper. custom XU-1 grind on the cam, solids. it was almost undriveable at idle. the cam used to make it bump and grind a bit at the lights. never ran official times on it, but I once cleaned up a mates Transit that had a modified 406 and FMX installed.
  • Toyota Dyna twin cab. mid mounted 351, ZF gear box from a busted Pantera. I used to run it at the Darwin Drags out at McDonnel Air Strip. Ran low 13's.
  • 76 Range Rover. 351 windsor 4bl. C6 with a shift kit. Dual fuel. Currently sitting in shed in the middle of a rebuild.
  • 2000 Mercedes Vito. Chipped and lowered 3" by factory. AFAIK its the only factory lowered Vito registered. It handles like a big fat mini cooper S - and will out corner quite a few of the rice burner boy racer pretenders. I had a couple of show cars in my early 20's during my brain fart stage. I've had 2 bikes. A Honda 300 Dream (weighed as much as a BSA 650 Thunderbolt!) and a Suzuki GTR Ramair. The Sook is in the mangroves off of Nightcliff as a legacy of exuberant but totally skill-less riding during a "Hungi". ;)
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    SteveJH       6/13/2010 5:59:37 PM

    Well my bosses has 400,000k on the clock and his hasn't broken yet. Mine has 160,000k and I only average about 10,000k a year. I figure that gives me at least another 24 years with this car, perhaps not quite a lifetime but it should at least get me to the Winnibago stage ;-).
    Unless you hit something big and hairy on the highway somewhere and write it off. Or something along those lines. http://www.strategypage.com/CuteSoft_Client/CuteEditor/Images/emsmilep.gif" alt="" />
    Last tank on my falcon I somehow managed to get 16L/100km.....with a 6 cylinder engine and just normal driving....

     
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    Aussiegunneragain       6/13/2010 8:45:22 PM



    Well my bosses has 400,000k on the clock and his hasn't broken yet. Mine has 160,000k and I only average about 10,000k a year. I figure that gives me at least another 24 years with this car, perhaps not quite a lifetime but it should at least get me to the Winnibago stage ;-).


    Unless you hit something big and hairy on the highway somewhere and write it off. Or something along those lines. http://www.strategypage.com/CuteSoft_Client/CuteEditor/Images/emsmilep.gif" align="absMiddle" border="0" />


    Last tank on my falcon I somehow managed to get 16L/100km.....with a 6 cylinder engine and just normal driving....





    Its going to have to be pretty big and hairy to write this thing off, most normal cars would lose their roof if they went under the bull bar http://www.strategypage.com/CuteSoft_Client/CuteEditor/Images/emteeth.gif" align="absMiddle" border="0" alt="" />.
    As for fuel consumption my first fill up after the Mirage will undoubtedly be a shock but that is why it runs on diesel. I believe they get about 9L/100km.
     
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    SteveJH       6/14/2010 3:53:15 PM
    Given where i'd been driving, including the km's from Singleton back to newcastle, I was expecting much better fuel economy.
     
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    gf0012-aust       6/14/2010 10:08:45 PM
    geezx, I get 6-8mpg out of the Range Rover...  a 351 and 2 tons is not that fuel friendly a combo...
     
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    SteveJH       6/15/2010 2:53:34 AM

    geezx, I get 6-8mpg out of the Range Rover...  a 351 and 2 tons is not that fuel friendly a combo...


    So 2 to 2.5 times more fuel usage then I got.....
     
    But you arent paying for it on a University student's budget. http://www.strategypage.com/CuteSoft_Client/CuteEditor/Images/emsmilep.gif" alt="" />
     
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    Aussiegunneragain       6/15/2010 8:46:02 AM



    geezx, I get 6-8mpg out of the Range Rover...  a 351 and 2 tons is not that fuel friendly a combo...






    So 2 to 2.5 times more fuel usage then I got.....

     

    But you arent paying for it on a University student's budget. http://www.strategypage.com/CuteSoft_Client/CuteEditor/Images/emsmilep.gif" align="absMiddle" border="0" />


    We will do these things to ourselves, my poo brown Gemini did me just fine when I was at Uni.
     
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    SteveJH       6/15/2010 9:32:18 AM

    We will do these things to ourselves, my poo brown Gemini did me just fine when I was at Uni.

    I ditched my Lancer for the falcon when I was in Armidale. My parents upgraded to a newer falcon, and my Lancer didn't like the hills between Coffs and Armidale, plus the heater didn't work. I lived on campus so I wasnt driving it much anyway.
    The Lancer has since been sold off and i'm at the University of Newcastle now and live 30 minutes drive from the university and I have to go out there four times a week.....
     
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    gf0012-aust       11/11/2010 4:52:20 AM

    I wrote off the merc about 4 weeks ago and have been bumming around in an EB falcon.  It was a bargain though as it had a Tickford EFI in it so went like stink.

    Unfort the accident in the merc must have bumped my brain as I ended up buying 2 patrols within a week.

    No 1 is a LWB basically stock but a nice solid tourer

    No 2 is a shorty, 32 inchers, 3" Dobson lift kit, rebuilt motor EFI, dual fuel, 9000lb winch

    I'm happy and the dog is ecstatic at being able to get in something with a motor again.



     
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    Volkodav       11/11/2010 5:48:30 AM
    Cool Tonka Toys!
     
    Thought you'd be hanging out for a G-wagen or Eagle IV......
     
    Hope you're ok after the prang.
     
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    gf0012-aust       11/11/2010 6:29:37 AM

    Cool Tonka Toys!
     
    Thought you'd be hanging out for a G-wagen or Eagle IV......
     
    Hope you're ok after the prang.


    busted my pride more than anything. :)  still have my second rangie (351 clevo, C10) but thats sitting in adelaide...
     
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