goodbye to my toy(not fishing...cars)
hi guys
for those who know me, know i love my cars,
but i had to make a choice on keeping my car i built from scratch or buying a new tow car for my tub, well the new tow car won!!
sold my t bucket (to a good mate) and in the proccess of buying a v8 cruiser for a tow car, dont worry its not the end!
i now have a vk commodore i am playing with and have a 510h/p 355 stoker to go in, so i can still cruz when fishen wether is shit.
a pic of my beast in its glory and a video (3.30min) of a cruz me and a couple of mates went on.
video is a bit shaky but my son did his best! (watch for the camera jolt back when i give it a bit out of the roundabout)
sorry to bore you but just having some memorys.
R.I.P to bill in the white VK
cheers ron
p.s. click on the blue ute and the video should play!
davidbland50
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Date Joined: 24/07/11
You arent the first and you
You arent the first and you wont be the last. Glad to see you still have another project on the boil though. I got out of my car restoration itch a few years ago, some days I miss it but then I turn at look at the DC sitting in my driveway and looking forward to getting out there. Commiserations, though
Wherever you go, there you are
crushed
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Date Joined: 20/06/10
Sad day mate,but will this
Sad day mate,
but will this new cruiser pull a fully laden Prowler? or is that what the VK is for?
P.S. i have another video from our blast you might want too. Too big to email though.
fisho-ron
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Date Joined: 26/09/09
yer mate, prob would pull the
yer mate, prob would pull the prowler. 3.5ton towing cap.
what was the prowler?
crushed
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Date Joined: 20/06/10
think it was around the 3.5
think it was around the 3.5 mark, without too much fuel onboard should be ok.
Lamby
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Stunning mate, bet you're sad
Stunning mate, bet you're sad to see her go but rip into the new project whilst the ban is on
bod
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purple beast
what's the story on driving that purple beast? Is it like a vintage car where you can only drive it one sunday a month or are you able to drive it anytime. Looks awesome btw.
fisho-ron
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Date Joined: 26/09/09
thanks bodits on a b class
thanks bod
its on a b class rego, which means i can drive it anywhere, anytime but it has to have a yearly inspection.
other than that, what you see in the pic is how it was rego'd, cant do that with me crappydore, gotta hide everthing under the bonnet.
stilly
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Date Joined: 10/08/09
very nice
not a good feeling selling a car you have spent hours on, the vk, belt drives or had a charger there?
fisho-ron
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Date Joined: 26/09/09
thanks mate.the vk in the
thanks mate.
the vk in the video was a 355 stroker, about 400hp and yer was just running gilmor drive.
we meet bill on one of our runs, nice bloke, 6 mths later he passed away from cancer.
his daughter now has the car and says she will keep it forever.
r.i.p bill
cheers ron
Tony Halliday
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No!!!!! sell a kid or pimp
No!!!!! sell a kid or pimp the family, never sell your ride
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It takes a strong fish to swim against the current. Even a dead one can float with it
"It is always in season for old men to learn." Aeschylus (525-456 BC)
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fisho-ron
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yer im hearing you tony!!but
yer im hearing you tony!!
but my old hilux is struggling towing my tub, so had to do it mate.(which by the way will be for sale)
but as said, the new toy is coming together nicely.
cheers mate
fisho-ron
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Date Joined: 26/09/09
well,its a sad day for me
well,
its a sad day for me today(2/11/11), my mate just came, handed me a bank cheq a drove away in his new toy now
, so thats the end of my hot rod!!
gotta get the new tow car for the tub and spend some $$$$ on the crappydore.
its gunna be hard to see the rod getting around with someone else at the wheel as he only lives 3 streets away.
oh well, life must go on!!!
cheers
ron
Dizzy
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Date Joined: 21/02/11
Shit mate - that'll be
Shit mate - that'll be hard.
Will be easier if he looks after it though .
I had a mate sell his XD ESP to a bloke who only lived a few minutes away (in Forry too) - and he saw the dramatic deterioration
..... absolutely trashed it, and it eventually ended up sitting in a paddock !
Adam Gallash
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spewing
Spewing alright! Used to love cruising down to Freo and back to Scarbs every couple of Sundays. Only had a 3l VL coz of the cost of insurance, but it was dumped on its arse and had very nice mags, black as tint and custom burgundy paint - sad day when it sold. Looking to get an 8 one of these days, might offend my missus's sensitive hearing though, LoL.
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