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Member Chat + Industry News + Tech Talk + General => AMCCA Members Chat Room => Topic started by: ozpont on March 27, 2017, 06:31:56 PM
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Anybody like these anymore..? I had one once just like it but.. not.. it was a 57 4 door sedan by Holden....same colour basics.. brought it when IT was 19 years old from the original owner's daughter who happened to be helping widow Mum.. by taking it down to the Narwee service station for a monthly service run .. $1,000 was a fair fit of money too for a young worker.
The 4 door Pillarless and 2 doors.. do have nice lines I think.
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Ohh yes.....the shoe box. We all dreamt about them, some of us kept the promise to own one one day, some just moved on to better things like myself. I have a few come through my workshop occassionally, you never stop improving them. They handle like the Manly ferry, you spend ten grand on suspension and.....still handles like the Manly ferry.
Can't beat the classic lines though...... :thumb:
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what's there not to like?
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:he:
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The wheel spats......I reckon they look gay... :bolt:
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I like them but needs some fat rubber on the arse end for me
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Just found this .. 1978... Picture below taken at "Beefies" on Parramatta Road Granville in 1978. Beefies was the place to be for petrol heads in mid western Sydney. The loosely termed "Burger joint"..nestled in the breathtaking fragrant fallout of the nearby Caltex Oil Refinery.... ..such culture & hooligan talent knew no end of stupidity...exhumed at times the highest level of creative risk taking ..where else could you see drongo's in Torana's, Falcon panel vans or the likes of "Sleeper" Simca's..... take on Cattle trucks for room on Parramatta road while exiting the place in clouds of smoke helped by liberal amounts of diesel sprayed across the exit...... or "slap the bull" by doing burn outs in front of unmarked police cars & thinking they'd get away with it.....to the cheers of the next generation of "community leaders".. ...
.. urr.. the days of no political correctness.. no radar... Days when what a copper busted you for .. you wore it.. Memories of being entrapped in the smelly swap lands of Homebush... the venue for heads up drag racing..on the (still existing) concrete surface of Underwood Road late in the Sunday night evenings.. down now where the ferry terminal is.. .. being cut off by coppers who came in .. rounded up the sheep.. and stuck a canary on nearly anything with wheels... meanwhile in the ambiance of yellowing Lucas headlamps..Mr Whippy could be seen in the background doing his best trade of the week...
....yep different times....
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So one could assume that is you in the above pic Mr Ozpont...? Looking very resplendent for the day...! :thumb:
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HAHAHAHAHA The greatest days of Australian history of coarse i was only 4
Just found this .. 1978... Picture below taken at "Beefies" on Parramatta Road Granville in 1978. Beefies was the place to be for petrol heads in mid western Sydney. The loosely termed "Burger joint"..nestled in the breathtaking fragrant fallout of the nearby Caltex Oil Refinery.... ..such culture & hooligan talent knew no end of stupidity...exhumed at times the highest level of creative risk taking ..where else could you see drongo's in Torana's, Falcon panel vans or the likes of "Sleeper" Simca's..... take on Cattle trucks for room on Parramatta road while exiting the place in clouds of smoke helped by liberal amounts of diesel sprayed across the exit...... or "slap the bull" by doing burn outs in front of unmarked police cars & thinking they'd get away with it.....to the cheers of the next generation of "community leaders".. ...
.. urr.. the days of no political correctness.. no radar... Days when what a copper busted you for .. you wore it.. Memories of being entrapped in the smelly swap lands of Homebush... the venue for heads up drag racing..on the (still existing) concrete surface of Underwood Road late in the Sunday night evenings.. down now where the ferry terminal is.. .. being cut off by coppers who came in .. rounded up the sheep.. and stuck a canary on nearly anything with wheels... meanwhile in the ambiance of yellowing Lucas headlamps..Mr Whippy could be seen in the background doing his best trade of the week...
....yep different times....
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never been a great fan of the 57 Chevs my passion for American cars start in 60's mostly ford clearly but love the early Nova's but not impala
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Number plate initials a give away.....hey Dave? You obviously remember the 57 made famous in the aussie cult movie "Running on empty". that 57 was a foor door sedan like yours cut and shut to be a two door for the movie. I was breathing down Ivan Hughes's neck while he was doing the mods on it back in around 1982. Correct me if I am wrong...... :burnout:
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.. and many Aussie movies were all based or highly evolved around cars & hero's....
The FJ Holden Movie (1977). .. another .but at least it captured the sacred time of 70's street racing.. ... Sad what they did to the 64 Pontiac here too.. but thats how many Pontiacs were viewed back then...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmXN_lVjz_E (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmXN_lVjz_E)
Then the world wide hit... Mad Max 1..(1979)
a few years on in 1982 "Running on Empty".... an example if nothing else of how the Australian Film Industry has matured... remember going to see that at an opening night in a Pitt St Sydney Theater.... cost $5 to get in.. .... Did not know Peter Hughes played a supply part in that movie but good on him.... .he's been a behind the scenes member of our US car community forever.... interesting.
Running on Empty.. ...today would be banned probably for anti Social messages..https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXZzHI_e_Dc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXZzHI_e_Dc)
.. maybe in a future movie the villian could be played out for a non-believing greenie who challenges the White line width of the cities bicycle lanes in his hydro Smart Car.. while Clover Moore looks on with her media minders putting it on facebook & it going viral...... ..
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Did u see me in 'Running on empty', I was an extra!
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"Did u see me in 'Running on empty', I was an extra!"
can you send me a selfie please.. :smilies:
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Interesting tidbit... the 57 Chev used in Running on Empty... I remember when the movie was over - it was advertised for sale for $15,000 which was pretty good price back then and many years later, I met one of the people involved in making the film. Apparently they had a hard time selling that car... I guess no one imagined that it would become a cult classic film???
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Hank..you like early Nova's like this...
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another one off the bucket list..... sorta SUV for an old person.. decided your dead a long time..and stuck my neck out.. I know its not a Muscle Car.. but the 57's... I've always liked them.... so..getting it to hell with the bank & practicing being financially conservative..
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Very nice, Dave. :cool: