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Aussie Pinball Forums => General Discussion => News & Announcements => Topic started by: GORGAR 1 on December 26, 2012, 04:38:55 PM
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I got this picture been after it for a while oh and socks and jocks lol
(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/12/12/26/de5utagy.jpg)
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Nice. I got the original Wheels magazine with the article. They clicked 140 mph in a GTHO. Phase 3. Must have been a nice straight stretch of road.
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Oh, and I got Celebration Day blue ray for Christmas.
What better way to start Boxing Day than watching Zeppelin at the O2 arena, in the comforts of home and cracking up. the volume.
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I got this and I'm pretty happy with it #*#
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I got this picture been after it for a while oh and socks and jocks lol
(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/12/12/26/de5utagy.jpg)
Heres the real GTHO movie to go with it Pete ! Wait til he gets out of the traffic.....fastest cars start at rear of grid, then its on for young n old !
You better crank up the volume LOUD ! Listen to this thing rev when he can really HO into it....oooooo laaaaaa laaaaaaaa !
Make the screen size the biggest and put ya seat belt on !
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Cheers Brett I've seen that video how awesome is it, gee those things had some grunt. A mate had a XB GT when we where younger and that was fun NO traction control then lol
Peter
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Good topic Pete,
I got a rare Elivra skull plastic for my EATPM pin from my good wife and kids and my parents got me another tin sign for the shed $#$
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Nice. I got the original Wheels magazine with the article. They clicked 140 mph in a GTHO. Phase 3. Must have been a nice straight stretch of road.
I want that mag apparently the mag was changed to read 104 for safety reasons is that true?
Peter
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Good topic Pete,
I got a rare Elivra skull plastic for my EATPM pin from my good wife and kids and my parents got me another tin sign for the shed $#$
Nice what's the sign say? I'd love a Route 66 sign.
Peter
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I will attach a pic of the sign in the next few days Pete.
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Nice. I got the original Wheels magazine with the article. They clicked 140 mph in a GTHO. Phase 3. Must have been a nice straight stretch of road.
I want that mag apparently the mag was changed to read 104 for safety reasons is that true?
Peter
I need to go through some storage and I will see what I find. I was real passionate with all muscle cars from 1967 to 1973. My favouries were all American Hemis, Cudas, Chargers, Challengers and Aussie E49s. The Aussie Fords were also special to me because my Dad worked for Ford between 1970 and 1998.
The photo you have prompted some journos and politicians to clamp down on the supercar race between the big 3. The Monaros then went to Toranas, Chargers went from the mighty E49s to the less inspiring E55s and Ford canned the Phase 4 HOs. Apparently 4 were built and only 2 went out, one of which survives with a private collector in Qld. Funny thing was, about 50 of specially built 351 ci V8s were ready for the HOs so Ford decided to plonk them in some Fairlanes. There must have been some guys out there with some hot Fairlanes scratching their heads wondering why their cars had so much grunt.
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Here's a pic of the retro sign, every shed needs one of these signs imo $&&
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Here's a pic of the retro sign, every shed needs one of these signs imo $&&
That's a cool sign love it I better get one.
Peter
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Nice. I got the original Wheels magazine with the article. They clicked 140 mph in a GTHO. Phase 3. Must have been a nice straight stretch of road.
I want that mag apparently the mag was changed to read 104 for safety reasons is that true?
Peter
I need to go through some storage and I will see what I find. I was real passionate with all muscle cars from 1967 to 1973. My favouries were all American Hemis, Cudas, Chargers, Challengers and Aussie E49s. The Aussie Fords were also special to me because my Dad worked for Ford between 1970 and 1998.
The photo you have prompted some journos and politicians to clamp down on the supercar race between the big 3. The Monaros then went to Toranas, Chargers went from the mighty E49s to the less inspiring E55s and Ford canned the Phase 4 HOs. Apparently 4 were built and only 2 went out, one of which survives with a private collector in Qld. Funny thing was, about 50 of specially built 351 ci V8s were ready for the HOs so Ford decided to plonk them in some Fairlanes. There must have been some guys out there with some hot Fairlanes scratching their heads wondering why their cars had so much grunt.
My mate years ago had a HX 253 ute and that thing was stupidly fast for a 4.2 V8 we always thought it was a proto type or something special cause it would smoke 350 chevs but without pulling the motor down it was a guessing game so similar to your fairlane story awesome hey imagine having a phase 4 fairlane. Did your dad work on the production line how good watching these sick muscle cars coming down the line.
Peter
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Did your dad work on the production line how good watching these sick muscle cars coming down the line.
My dad worked at the local Ford dealer at Hurstville. He and one other guy worked in pre-delivery where all the new cars were inspected, tested and accessory fitted prior to buyer taking deliver. The dealer sold about 4 to 10 new cars each week but on some weeks with fleet or police car deliveries, there could be 30+ in a week. In all his time there for almost 30 years, there were many V8s sold but only 2 shakers (HOs), about 30 GTs (2 & 4 door), 5 John Goss specials and 3 Cobras.
He was aware of the race tuned motor Fairlanes but none of the guys knew what the motor serial numbers were - that was a factory guarded secret. It was like a lucky dip for some buyers.
One interesting point my dad made was that the majority of V8 sales in the early 70's were to men in the 40-60 age bracket. Most younger blokes bought older Holden and Fords as they could not afford new V8s and credit was only known as a free game in the pinball parlour and not a piece of plastic or bank loan. If you look at V8 sales today, I would say that more than half would be in the 20-40 age group. How times have changed.
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Fishing was the big winner for me this Xmas
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I bought myself an ATV lifter from Repco for $149 to use as a pinball trolley .
My wife bought me one of these http://www.rchelicopterselect.com/syma-s105g-rc-helicopter.html
Great fun , but only 7 mins flying time then recharge for 45 mins @.@ , but I am already reading up on mods such as a heavier duty battery etc.
My 1st RC heli ^^^
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Well if you managed to fly that baby you are better than me.. ive killed about 3 so far
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Well if you managed to fly that baby you are better than me.. ive killed about 3 so far
I'm still learning Gav. %.% Lots of crashes so far , but this one seems to be built pretty solidly and lots of spare parts available (and cheap)
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I have a small heli similar to that and I can fly it ok but some I've had where a disaster lol
Peter
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I scored a few mods for my TAF: light mods for the chair and swamps, the bear above the centre ramp and decals for the centre chute and bookcase. Simple to fit and nice subtle enhancements so thanks to the kids, better than more undies
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That's a great picture Peter!!
Among the obligatory jocks and socks and a few new shirts, they managed to sneak in at least one pinball item. ^^^
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That's a great picture Peter!!
Among the obligatory jocks and socks and a few new shirts, they managed to sneak in at least one pinball item. ^^^
That's a good book, I borrowed that from the library awhile back (they didn't have it in Geelong but sourced it from a Melbourne library for me) lots of large photos and some good stories *%*
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For Xmas I recieved a unexpected gift from Stern by way of a Avengers Pro translite signed by George Gomez which I was absolutely blown away to recieve completely out of the blue.
I was also able to purchase some items for my AC/DC Pro from Andy(Rottyguy) which worked out perfectly, guitar mods x 2 and some underplayfield slide rails etc. I bought some excellent mirror blades from Swinksy(Jady) which I highly reccommend adding to any pinball machine. It all adds up to modding a already fantastic AC/DC pinball machine.
Just happy to be part of the best pinball forum in the world. Nick n Nino do a great job and all the members make this place like Xmas everyday so it was great to see the forum alive n well on Xmas day and also New years day. This forum is full of top blokes. Every topic is fun, we all get to add something unique, and even the debates n banter are always respectful which is what makes this forum far from sterile n boring. 2013 is going to be great for the AP forum and all the great members who participate. ^^^
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Peter,
Yeah I know, Christmas is over and so is January. Before I forget, I managed to find article on the HO Down the Hume and have scanned the 3 pages. Boy, you wouldn't get away today with what the Wheels journos got up to back in the 70s. Ah, the good old days.
Anyway, the article is from Muscle Cars No.2 published in 1987. I have scanned the cover with Muscle Cars No.1 published in 1983. I have many books and magazines on American and Aussie Muscle Cars from the 60s and 70s but these 2 magazines are the Old and New Testaments to Aussie Muscle. They have everything and include all the greats from a bygone era.
Anyway, I am sure the scanned article will compliment your Christmas present.
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More scans
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last 1
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Wow cheers for the mag pictures I'll read them on night shift tonight :-)
Peter