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Post by Rotorua Rebels!!! on May 17, 2011 20:16:01 GMT 12
Yep this rite one!! Lovely old saloon car!!! He is my deaf mate, will show him those of photo, Thanks for help, Hope some more ummm???
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Post by pallmall on May 17, 2011 22:30:09 GMT 12
Yep this rite one!! Lovely old saloon car!!! He is my deaf mate, will show him those of photo, Thanks for help, Hope some more ummm??? I have checked for more, but no luck so far. |
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Post by johnf on May 18, 2011 11:02:36 GMT 12
Thanks Pall Mall, saved me looking. I can't recall any other photos of this car or driver.
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Post by hermo on May 18, 2011 15:54:06 GMT 12
Does anyone have any photos of when saloons started in Palmy? I remember crewing for my cousin, he had an EIP Vauxhall and there were Humber 80s and Austin A30s running. Might be around 1970 ish.
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Post by pallmall on May 21, 2011 17:34:33 GMT 12
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Post by pallmall on May 21, 2011 17:40:38 GMT 12
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Post by pallmall on May 21, 2011 17:45:07 GMT 12
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Post by azza01 on Jul 12, 2011 19:23:50 GMT 12
hi there pall mall , do you no who was the driver of the 76 pan am monza ??
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Post by pallmall on Jul 13, 2011 5:57:55 GMT 12
Tony Vilante
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2011 17:32:05 GMT 12
looks like a cool team in toranas from the waikato sponserered by superoo, who were they?
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Post by pallmall on Jul 31, 2011 20:55:31 GMT 12
looks like a cool team in toranas from the waikato sponserered by superoo, who were they? Take Away Bars, fast food. |
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Post by scotty 911w on Aug 1, 2011 7:11:19 GMT 12
and now with the 20 year rule gone are we likely to see any of these fabulous old body shapes return to the saloon class?
i have heard there is an xa or xc fiberglass mould floating around somewhere ;D
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Post by porry41 on Aug 1, 2011 8:15:10 GMT 12
theres a v8 cortina in the pipeline  |
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Post by brendanlucas on Aug 1, 2011 8:32:09 GMT 12
No reason now that you couldn't use a full bodied Ford Y, that'd open a few eyes. Could start to see some retro hotrods in amoungst it.
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Post by goldcoastsam on Aug 1, 2011 16:29:09 GMT 12
Hey Brendan -Mike Wilson ran a limited saloon as 69k a few years back that had what looked like a full bodied Y. Looked cool but had evil handling from memory. There was a pic of it somewhere on here but i cant find it.
Cheers
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2011 18:07:27 GMT 12
looks like a cool team in toranas from the waikato sponserered by superoo, who were they? Take Away Bars, fast food. actually meant who were the drivers ;D |
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Post by brendanlucas on Aug 1, 2011 18:07:48 GMT 12
Cheers for that Sam, I wasn't aware. I suspect the 20 year rule may have been put in to push out the bent iron & spruce up the class. Now with the bland bodies (mostly), I personally think it smart to allow some of the classic shapes back. I look forward to seeing a glass 41 Willy's coupe (or 65 falcon coupe, or FJ Holden, etc.,) taking on a wedge, & winning. With the trans Tasman thing going on & the possibility of the classics turning up, this might be the class hogging the headlines this year.
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Post by pallmall on Aug 1, 2011 19:19:10 GMT 12
Take Away Bars, fast food. actually meant who were the drivers ;D Peter Martin, and a load of Belk brothers, sure the Mooloo crowd can add a few more names. |
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Post by harold on Aug 1, 2011 19:23:31 GMT 12
On page 18 there was a Triumph Vitesse #34.
Was that running the 2L twin carbs??
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Post by wynna7 on Aug 5, 2011 11:19:37 GMT 12
The chassis was of a space frame design, quite possibly the first spaceframe saloon car at the track at the time. If it wasn't the first I sure as hell can't think which car was. Always handled very well indeed. Chassis design was based on the then current midget (speedcar to you Aussies) technology, just made a bit bigger. When you aren't blessed with a lot of horsepower, you have to make the things go fast round the corners!
At this stage the engine was a 2.5 litre Triumph unit, modified cylinder head and camshaft running 3 x 42 DCOE Sidedraught Webers. Bottom end and rods were balanced but otherwise dead stock.
The last iteration of the engine featured Hilborn injection running on Methanol fuel, higher compression and more modified cylinder head.
Magic little car, used to embarrass a lot of bigger and far more powerful cars that's for sure!
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