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Re: Now THIS is a car built for speed!
« Reply #15 on: March 05, 2015, 12:09:26 PM »



The specs are decent for a V6, but most cashed up bogans aren't going to get within spitting distance of one of these blue bombers, let alone behind the wheel of one.

Even if they did, they would just blame their poor driver handling on the tyres.  &&



PS: Bowden has the biggest PUBLICISED car collection in Australia. Selling car care kits in exchange for entry to his shed speaks for itself.

Most top end car collectors in Australia don't act in this way and tend to stay private and avoid undue publicity.




that is true about cashed up bogans
But there are plenty of guys like J Leno and few others that are apparently fighting over the first one off the line.
It will sell nicely and its nice seeing guys like ford building pure cars designed to be driven hard.

As for Bowden, I personally think its bloody important to keep car History seen and in the open not locked up in some guys Garage.
Im not sure if you have seen his collection in person but its amazing and should be seen not hidden.

He doesn't just have bunch of exotics he has a collection of Race car history which every one can enjoy on the open days and club meetings.
He also has cars sitting all the way around Australia on loan to multiple car museums for every one to enjoy



Maybe they operate on a different set of personal values and morals up there, but most fellow car collectors I have spoken with disagree with the methods he is using. That is not to say our sheds are locked up and the cars never see the light of day. We have loaned cars to places for example like the Birdwood Motor Museum here in SA on several occasions with the only stipulation being that the owner is not mentioned in the des.c.r.i.p.tive plaque accompanying the vehicle as it serves no purpose other than gratuitous self promotion.

As for asking for money in exchange for something as simple as entry to a collection on private property - it wouldn't even be considered.

Imagine if that mindset were adopted by the pinball community and the reaction it would receive!

I said this about my pinball collection and I will say the same about our car collection. The door is always open to AP.

I have no problem with paying a few bucks to visit this collection.
No offence but its not a shed with a few expensive cars in it as you say.
It is a Muesuem and does need upkeep, if he had a personal collection that sat around for just him self then there is no way I would be happy to pay for some yuppy to keep his cars.
What he does is much different, the guy has restored cars he bought off guys like Dick Johnson who had to sell them so he could fund him self and his son to keep Racing .
Some of the most iconic race cars ever raced here In Australia and Bowden then returned those cars to DJR so Dick can keep them on display in his DJR Museum, he also swaps them around with others he owns when ever Dick requests him too.  (no they dont say owned by Bowden)
He also takes massive amounts of cars to Car shows and race meetings all around the country for every one to see which costs massive amounts of money and Risky to carry cars like the GT40's, Moffit race cars, DJR race cars, Brock race cars and many others which I can tell you every one who attends those car shows really appreciate seeing them in the flesh.

so bag him all you want but
you need to understand that Tens of Thousands of people see his cars every year and he travels all the way around Australia letting people see them and that costs a huge amounts of money to do and people need to pay bills.

you also need to understand the type of cars he has are very important to Australians especially those who love car racing and he shares them with people he doesnt act like he owns them.
so No I dont see the problem.

As cool as those Super cars are. Lets put it this way, if you put that Red Ferrari at a car show next to the Rock car or the Brocky Torana no one would even look at that Ferrari
so these are important cars.
unfortunately there is a Brock and a few other important Aussie race cars locked up in a collection in Vic some where that hasnt been seen for over 20 years sadly
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