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Old 26-10-2008, 06:27 PM   #211
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nugget gold xy falcon 500 worked 302w, toploader 3.5diff did it up on my L's with old man and then went to summernats when i was 18 and buy chance got it on the video :

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Old 26-10-2008, 06:43 PM   #212
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mine was a ed xr6 3 years ago
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Old 26-10-2008, 07:05 PM   #213
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Minw was a Blue ford escort 1600 4 speed, fitted colour coded hot wire mags and a 45mm down draught webber and it would crack 98 mph going down the hill at Brooklyn onto the bridge LoL, then had a Sandman Van (dark Blue with Midnight Blue written on the sides) all decked out in the rear with 308 4 speed (wow the times i had in that)
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Old 26-10-2008, 07:07 PM   #214
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1964 XM 2 door hardtop 200ci motor 3 on tree no synchro on 1st. funny wish I still had it.
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Old 26-10-2008, 07:13 PM   #215
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1964 XM 2 door hardtop 200ci motor 3 on tree no synchro on 1st. funny wish I still had it.
Now that is a classic.
Would be worth some coin nowadays!
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Old 26-10-2008, 08:55 PM   #216
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Old 26-10-2008, 08:57 PM   #217
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Wonder how many people on here started their driving in a blue oval car and are still driving one now. Does your first car pre determine yr dna to be blue or red?
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Old 26-10-2008, 09:18 PM   #218
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I had a Datsun 200B - Canary yellow.

Paid $400 bucks for it and i was constantly at the servo - not to put fuel in it though - but to top up the oil which it burnt everyday.

I couldn't wash it too much as the bog would fall out. The doors literally had more bog in it then metal, and I'm not joking.

Usually took 10 mins to start ( 15mins in winter ) and you had to drive with the windows down because of the exhaust fumes you could smell inside.

For some reason the chicks didn't like it and i never got a chick while owning it. :

Except for those ''minor'' things it did the job and got me from A to B.
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Old 26-10-2008, 09:24 PM   #219
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Wonder how many people on here started their driving in a blue oval car and are still driving one now. Does your first car pre determine yr dna to be blue or red?
Well my first car was a Ford, but I drive a Holden now. Though a Ford for a first car wasn't my choice. I was always a Holden fan before I got my licence.

I had no problems with a Ford for a first car, as it was better than nothing, but I always had my heart set on my old man's HR Wagon, or a VL. So I ended up with a VL, because the old man wouldn't let me have the HR. :(

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Old 26-10-2008, 09:39 PM   #220
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1956 Ford Customline, which originally came with the 272ci Y bock, but later fitted with a 292ci and bored to approx 314ci... great car during my student days. Lovely exhaust note.
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Old 26-10-2008, 09:40 PM   #221
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Had a 81 GJ Sigma the only thing that killed it was rust but christ that thing took a floggin
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Old 26-10-2008, 10:04 PM   #222
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ed falcon bought it in 1999, and have owned ford ever since other than one of my cars which was a 92 skyline and i still miss that car
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Old 26-10-2008, 10:54 PM   #223
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1983 GA Ford Meteor twin carb. Still relatively new when I bought it. Had the head shaved and had extractors fitted. Fitted the lower gearing of the 1.3litre laser. Stocko ghia alloys, uprated springs and shocks.

Ran a 16.8 quarter which was quickish for a front driver in its' day.

Bought second hand slicks and had a roll cage built and took it to track days. Eventually swapped the engine for a twin cam E5 with heavily baffled sump. Still ran carbs (twin yamaha carbs) and the compression was around 11:1 after more headwork. New extractors, sound proofing removed, radio and speakers removed. Not much else to remove.

Weighed 883kg and made 80hp at the front wheels. quarter down to 15.9. Didn't sell it until 1999. Got $1800 and bought a magna elante. Worst move ever
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Old 26-10-2008, 11:03 PM   #224
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1978 2L Escort.. Got rid of that one when i had too many cars, but still have another escort.
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Old 26-10-2008, 11:05 PM   #225
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My first car I bourght when I was 15 (I'm a whole YEAR older now!) A 1978 XC Falcon Sedan in which I have a thread here entittled "1978 XC Falcon Restoration". To me its the best car in extstance and I would do ANYTHING for it I shall never sell it because I could never bring myself to do that. At the moment its a 3.3, 3 Speed C4 auto, but it will be a completely worked straight six (4.1) with a 9" diff ("xrglen style"), with a stregnthened T5 manuel and everything else that you can think of... Apart from fluffy dice. And one day after the straight 6, maby something more...

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Old 26-10-2008, 11:16 PM   #226
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i had an hq kingswood, with all of the goodies from the factory, 173 six, bench seat, 3 on the tree, drum brakes, choc brown with a white roof and pink front panels also with the plush pile carpet taken from the local whore house (purple of course). we did a lot of miles in that car and mostly with about 9 or 10 mates aboard. ahh them were the days.
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Old 26-10-2008, 11:36 PM   #227
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Believe it all not my very first car was when i was 16 and it was a 1954 Humber Super Snipe. Big car man. After that i fell in love with Zephyrs had a Mk11 that lead to a MK3 which wa abeast. Holden gemini was a bomb , a HD holden was even worse then i bought a 66 XR fairmont with a sweet 289 V8 kept that car for 11 years before upgrading to a XC V8 Fairmont Wagon with all the GS gear on it. next an EA fairmont then a EB XR8 AU 2 V8 then AU3 XR8 then a BAXR8 man
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Old 26-10-2008, 11:37 PM   #228
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opps forgot i had an ED manual XR8 Sprint
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Old 26-10-2008, 11:54 PM   #229
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Old 27-10-2008, 01:22 AM   #230
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1969 Hillman Hunter hand me down in 1984. What a lemon! Lucas electrics meant I saved $$ on fuel, as most mornings it wouldn't start and I'd have to walk to school.
First car I bought was a '76 TD Cortina 3.3 xflow 4 speed sedan in 1985. It was in mint condition when I got it and I was fanatical about keeping it clean - I even used to Armourall the boot mat....
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Old 28-07-2009, 04:05 PM   #231
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Old 28-07-2009, 05:07 PM   #232
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1970 Fiat 850 Coupe !!!!

What a rust bucket that was. But rear engine, 2 door coupe drove great up twisty mountain roads.
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Old 28-07-2009, 07:00 PM   #233
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93 ed xr6.cobalt blue,18s,full stereo,3.5inch mandrel bent exhaust,pacemaker extractors.love the thing and i refuse to sell it.
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Old 28-07-2009, 07:25 PM   #234
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1966 HR Holden, 3 speed on the tree no syncro in first. Used to smack the shifter into the dash pad when changing to second. mmmmm bring back the good ole days !!!!
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Old 28-07-2009, 07:37 PM   #235
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Red KE20 Corolla, 4K with extractors, 13 inch wheels and a 6 foot CB aerial.
It started my passion for KE20s but that soon ended when i bought a 302 XW Fairmont in Diamond White.
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Old 28-07-2009, 07:40 PM   #236
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First was a 4 door LJ torana done up like XU1, 202 trimatic. Then went to another LJ with a 173 and aussie 4spd, that was a fun car.
THEN I SAW THE LIGHT.
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Old 28-07-2009, 07:41 PM   #237
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Old 28-07-2009, 08:07 PM   #238
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Old 28-07-2009, 08:21 PM   #239
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Old 28-07-2009, 08:43 PM   #240
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1979 Sigma GE SE was the first car and was an 17th bday present for me.

But my first car I paid off myself and which I feel was my 'first' car was a 1992 NXR
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