Sandown Historic 2009 pics. “Warning large files”

**Full Noise** · 07-11-2009, 10:29 PM

Here’s a few pics from Saturday at Sandown. I spent most of the day at the Roaring Forties stand and the cars on display attracted a great deal of interest. My engine was on display in an RF chassis that was assembled for the show to give people who don’t usually see what these things look like as a bare chassis.

It was a great privilege to have Sir Jack Brabham come over and check the car out. He was more than pleased with what we had on display and how the latest technology was put into these cars.

John Bowe was driving Iain Pretty’s RF GT 40 race car that was brought down from Sydney for the event. This car is a mega dollar build up and is very quick. I’ll have more pics of it tomorrow.

Enjoy the pics.

Cheers

**Full Noise** · 07-11-2009, 10:34 PM

LTDHO · 07-11-2009, 10:37 PM

Very nice cars... Drools....

**Full Noise** · 07-11-2009, 10:38 PM

**Full Noise** · 07-11-2009, 10:41 PM

DoreSlamR · 07-11-2009, 10:44 PM

Love the GT40!

Thanks for the pics, some great cars there.

**Full Noise** · 07-11-2009, 10:45 PM

outback_ute · 09-11-2009, 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Full Noise

I went yesterday, a pretty good day although some bad crashes. This car went into the wall at/near Dandy Rd corner & caught fire - a real mess, saw it on a tilt-tray after recovery.

Haven't uploaded my pics yet but I think you have covered everything I have anyway!

**Full Noise** · 07-11-2009, 10:49 PM

Kamshaaft · 07-11-2009, 10:50 PM

Some very nice machinery there, even an extra bonus of the trailered Alfa GTA.. No, am I blind? It's a GTV in the background of one of the shots of a pewter 'GT40'.

EDIT: Oh beaut, there's more comin. Fair bit of history gathering there, got any words to accompany?

**Full Noise** · 08-11-2009, 09:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Kamshaaft

Some very nice machinery there, even an extra bonus of the trailered Alfa GTA.. No, am I blind? It's a GTV in the background of one of the shots of a pewter 'GT40'.

I’ll try and get a few shots of it today.

If anyone wants hi res pics, just shoot me a PM with the pic in it and your e-mail address and I’ll do my best to get them out in a timely fashion.

Cheers

**Full Noise** · 07-11-2009, 10:54 PM

**Full Noise** · 07-11-2009, 11:00 PM

Some quick gear in the car park too.

I’ll have a few more pics to post up when it’s all finished tomorrow.

Cheers

Go baby Go · 09-11-2009, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Full Noise

Some quick gear in the car park too.

Hey Danny,

That belong to a well known tarmac rally driver who steers an R32 in targa and the like....

I only went Friday. Took some shots of yours, but you'd already have them and then some..
Here's a few but you can tell what i was watching......

I heard that a couple of cars caught fire - no one badly hurt?

FPV70 · 08-11-2009, 07:50 AM

Great shots so far. Keep em commin.

It's cool to see all th oldies and I can't believe the Everlast Commodore is still around.

Great work and good job to all the guy's that own these cars and keep em going for all of us to enjoy and remember the glory days of motor racing.

CAMS290 · 08-11-2009, 08:05 AM

Great shots there Danny, the GT40's are a work of art and I love the HDT A9X too, some tough cars there.

**Whoosha** · 08-11-2009, 08:21 AM

Sweet....Real cars with real races thanks Danny .. the crowd looks bigger than what is at the Island

Quasi · 08-11-2009, 08:26 AM

Fantastic stuff....love these cars. Thanks for posting.

GTJOHN · 08-11-2009, 08:31 AM

Shots are fantastic, thanks makes me feel like im there
...WELLDONE

**Full Noise** · 08-11-2009, 08:31 AM

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Originally Posted by CAMS290

Great shots there Danny, the GT40's are a work of art and I love the HDT A9X too, some tough cars there.

G’day Cam,
Some of those Toranas are a work of art. It still puts a chill down your spine when you see these things revved in anger.

I’ll have more pics of Iain Pretty’s RF GT 40 today and hopefully get a few of it when John Bowe gets it out on the track.

I’ll also try and get more pics of the cars that I missed yesterday.

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Originally Posted by Whoosha

Sweet....Real cars with real races thanks Danny .. the crowd looks bigger than what is at the Island

You should have been down there. I’m sure a few of the blokes could use a man of your talent.

Cheers

Jason[98.EL] · 08-11-2009, 09:45 AM

great pics Full Noise thanks for sharing

Jason

Mr Hardware · 08-11-2009, 11:36 AM

Ahaha i love the Grice/Percy VL V8 - 1990 Bathurst Winner
this, remember, is 2 full years after the last VL was produced. What a legendary car.

gtxb67 · 09-11-2009, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr Hardware

Ahaha i love the Grice/Percy VL V8 - 1990 Bathurst Winner
this, remember, is 2 full years after the last VL was produced. What a legendary car.

if the sierra's were not forced to carry an extra 80kgs in that race, the ****ingshaw would not have got near them. even with the extra weight (the equivalent of an extra passenger for 6 hours), a sierra still finished with 15 seconds of it

i am sorry but i have no time for the ****inshaw - it had mega dollars spent on it to win one race and failed miserably at that - even the illegal ones were too slow. it only had success because the other cars were penalised for beating it

Bossxr8 · 09-11-2009, 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by gtxb67

if the sierra's were not forced to carry an extra 80kgs in that race, the ****ingshaw would not have got near them. even with the extra weight (the equivalent of an extra passenger for 6 hours), a sierra still finished with 15 seconds of it

i am sorry but i have no time for the ****inshaw - it had mega dollars spent on it to win one race and failed miserably at that - even the illegal ones were too slow. it only had success because the other cars were penalised for beating it

That pretty much sums up much of Holdens race history doesn't it, get wins when there's little or no competition or had the competition nobbled ie. AU, A9X era.

MethodX · 10-11-2009, 01:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Bossxr8

That pretty much sums up much of Holdens race history doesn't it, get wins when there's little or no competition or had the competition nobbled ie. AU, A9X era.

And whats fords?
pulling out when it gets tough and using Euro cars that people cant relate too?

Good on that VL, was a happy day.

gtxb67 · 10-11-2009, 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by MethodX

And whats fords?
pulling out when it gets tough and using Euro cars that people cant relate too?

Good on that VL, was a happy day.

that vl only won because the sierra's were penalised for being too good. perhaps one of the reasons ford keep reassessing it motorsport option is because they, like the majority of their fans are sick of having the rules changed to allow holden to win

but seeing how you thought it was a good day, you must think that penalising the best is good for the sport. i assume you think it is correct in f1 too

Spanrz · 08-11-2009, 12:08 PM

Awesome. Just Awesome.
BTW, Full Noise, are you a Diesel Mech by trade?
I met a fella a few years ago that owned a GT40 and was a Diesel Mech.

xalent · 08-11-2009, 02:13 PM

How nice do these pipes look?? Some great shots there, love the GT40's

KPOJ · 08-11-2009, 08:15 PM

It should have nice pipes since its a repco brabham.

**Full Noise** · 08-11-2009, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by KPOJ

It should have nice pipes since its a repco brabham.

Here’s a few details of the car.

I have plenty of pics from today, it’s just going to take me a while to upload them.

Cheers