My two money sponges

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These are my two toys that I spend all my money on

This is my dwarf car

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It runs a gsxr1100 engine so It should go alright

This is my Holden Panelvan

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It runs a 253ci v8 but im planing on doing a 454/th400 or somthing stronger/9 inch combo with a tubbed rear end

its not the prettiest car but it turns the tyres ok
 
OK, those are both really cool. I've seen a few Legends-style cars and they look like fun. Not so hard to wrench on, either, since they are smaller, lighter, and disassemble pretty easily.

And that Holden is great. I would get it mechanically sorted but don't paint it. It carries the years well 👍
 
you better call it a "little car"...the vertically challenged might get mad ;)

is that an estate or a ute?
 
That Holden is awesome. Big block sounds aout right for it. And get some real Cragars, mate.
 
Anyone notice this:

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^^^ :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol: It's these little things, that makes cars our own. :lol: 👍

Cheers,

t4
 
Duke
I would get it mechanically sorted but don't paint it. It carries the years well 👍
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Yeah I've been thinking off keeping it a little ratty

I'm gonna keep the crappy wheels on there for now. I'd love to get some cragers or some weld racing wheels but it rather get the engine and drivetrain sorted first. As for the number plate that have been pissing me of for ages but It's just one of those things that never get done.
 
Sniffs
you better call it a "little car"...the vertically challenged might get mad ;)

is that an estate or a ute?
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It's a ute with a "cover"

Though some are done up really well inside. Back in the day (early - mid 80's) my dad had one and it had a double mattress with velvet cabinets and curtins on the windows, pump up shocks, fat tyres 253 v8 with 2.5' twin exhausts etc. Wish he had more photos of it actually :indiff:

Anyway this is what a few can look like
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Small_Fryz
Though some are done up really well inside. Back in the day (early - mid 80's) my dad had one and it had a double mattress with velvet cabinets and curtins on the windows, pump up shocks, fat tyres 253 v8 with 2.5' twin exhausts etc. Wish he had more photos of it actually :indiff:
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He wouldn't have owned it up until about the time you were conceived? :scared:
 
Small_Fryz
It's a ute with a "cover"

Though some are done up really well inside. Back in the day (early - mid 80's) my dad had one and it had a double mattress with velvet cabinets and curtins on the windows, pump up shocks, fat tyres 253 v8 with 2.5' twin exhausts etc. Wish he had more photos of it actually :indiff:

Anyway this is what a few can look like *snip*
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shoulda figured. the way that "cap" (as we call them) is set up, it makes it look like one of our big estate wagons of the same vintage (and, yes, we had some estates actually called that)

it's hard finding caps for modern utes (SUT's) cause the back arches are all custom shaped (and probably tradess). regular caps for pickups kinda died when someone invented the tonneau.

"done up inside"...so, basically, that's the Aussie version of a "Chevy Van"? oy, where's the 8 trak, mate? :P
 
The "cap" on the panelvans are steel and permanently made as part of the car (from the factory) which can't be removed unlike the aftermarket ones you buy for utes.
 
oh, they're Broncos/Blazers/Scouts then. either way, good looking.
 
Not Cragars! That thing needs some grey- or black-spoke Torq Thrusts.
 
Duke
OK, those are both really cool. I've seen a few Legends-style cars and they look like fun. Not so hard to wrench on, either, since they are smaller, lighter, and disassemble pretty easily.

And that Holden is great. I would get it mechanically sorted but don't paint it. It carries the years well 👍
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You have these outside of Australia?


 
Yeah, I don't know where they originated, but here they are most often called "Legends" cars because they look like the circle-track race cars from the '50s and '60s, except they are 1/2 to 5/8 scale and are typically powered by big bike engines. They have been around here in the States for something like 15-20 years. There are a couple of regional series for them.
 
Your little Moto-powered trackday toy is definitely awesome. Heck, with longer springs and shocks, you could do an offroad variant!

The "legends" cars started out 'round the mid '90s out of a concept by some circle track guys for a low-cost way to get into racing, as Late Model stock cars were getting more and more sophisticated and expensive. It turned out they weren't only fast on ovals, but road courses, too (likely in part owing to the motorcycle sequential transmission and their low mass) and soon guys in europe and australia began putting sports car and V8 Supercar bodies on them (respectively) and called them "Aussie Racing Cars" and "Mit-Jets."

I remember seeing some of the first "legends" races on TNN's Saturday Night racing specials.
 

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