This is one of them; http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...highlight=carsQuote:
Originally Posted by katwoman
And this is the other; http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...ighlight=owned
Tony
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This is one of them; http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...highlight=carsQuote:
Originally Posted by katwoman
And this is the other; http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...ighlight=owned
Tony
My first was a 1922 Chev 4 I was looking at it in a driveway on my way home from school and the owner came out and said if I took it away I could have it, so I grabbed a few mates and we pushed it 3 miles to a mates uncles place, he was away for a while and the mate was looking after the garden. After nearly breaking my arm trying to crank start it (someone had swaped the plug leads, we ripped off the guards, doors and bonnet and painted it up with old house paint and brush, the wheels were multi colour witheach wooden spoke painted a different colour. We used th fire it up and take it for quick spins areound the side streets after school (I was the eldest at 14) The law finally caught up with us when one of the guys waged school for the day and was driving all over the place and got caught, the car was conficated and sent to the tip. My first registered and licenced car was a 1939 Willys overland I bought for 39 pound 10 shillings in 1961 and wrote off about 6 months later I replaced that with a 1950 Peugeot 203 which I did a lot of work on and it would beat most of the Holdens and Ford Zephers that were around then.
Keith.
Sorry no photos.
Sounded very cool speedway
1952 Humber Super Snipe. 6 Cylinder 4 litre side valve. Black of course, with a glass partition between the seats and drop down dickie seats in the back facing backwards.
Battery had one cell stuffed, so used to start it with a crank handle. The thing was built to be quiet and even had a muffler between air cleaner and carbeuretter, so after starting it one day and thinking it wasn't running, I put the handle back in and woke up about 20 feet away.
Took about 300 yds to stop it at 60km/h as it also needed brakes, tyres etc.
Looked a treat with surf-racks on the top, 6 or 7 boards on the racks and 6 or 7 of us inside drinking on the way to Aldinga Beach. Loved that car, but after I hit the parent's 2 week old garage, I had to get rid of it.
You should see what those spring steel bumpers do to tin garages even at parking speed.
you forgot high tops lolQuote:
Originally Posted by katwoman
i always been a 4B man, my first car was a 1997 Holden Frontera, i lifted it, put 31's on it and some other slight mods. had to replace the rear wheel bearings once, it worked out cheaper to replace the whole rear diff assy as the individual bearings were about $700ea. i killed it in 2008 when i tried to drive through lake jindabyne... what was i thinking lol
1st Car, Triumph Herald, a bit like this one
http://www.hapico.com/02_24th/AIR/He...200_saloon.gif
1 st 4WD Toyota Bundera 2.4 petrol a bit like this one
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum.../2012/01/6.jpg
My first car was a 1974 RX4 4 door Mazda 13B Rotary with a big 4 barrel ......... Damn that was Fun!
HJ premier 253 v8 trimatic , highway ratio diff , british racing green colour . nice cruiser of a car . very fond memories .
1989 EA Falcon S Pack
http://nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/pb...e/IMG_3681.jpg
(non-painted front bar was from when I hit a wallaby)
It was kinda reliable, only let me down a couple of times and was stuff that you'd expect to go wrong of a car that age. The engine was worked up a fair bit, it went hard as nuts. I really liked that car, but it was just far too expensive to run, it cost $90 to fill up and would get 400kms out of a tank. The Patrol is cheaper to run than that!