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    #106
    Originally posted by 200sxtc
    In theory the Triumph sounds the goods but it's still a Triumph. :D

    ..................
    Best of the budget Pom cars stock, they had some fairly decent engineering input, for a Pom car
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      #107
      Didn't they actually race the things, in categories where there were also non-British cars?

      Is driving a British car considered cheating; y'know, the whole Dick Dastardly oil-slick thing?
      Soft roaders represent an excellent compromise between the needs of the hardcore 4x4 user and the convenience of a city hatchback. Its clear to see why they have become so popular in todays society.

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        #108
        AFAIK the RX3 has not been made elligible yet.

        I think a Fiat 1500 could be a pretty good thing for NB. ~950kgs at road weight, nice Colloti four speed column (the rules allow you to change it to a 124 floor shift four speed Colloti), 3 pot front calipers, big finned aloy drums, double wishbone front end... Kev Woolich's old 1500 still runs every now and then up here, it is apparently the longest running historic car in Aus.

        Bang for buck I thing the RX2 would be the best bet for Nc.
        Rust is lighter than carbon fibre.

        My Italian 510

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          #109
          vauxhaul viva!
          humber super snipe! *giggle*
          Nissan Cedric!
          Turns out, far too much has been written about great men and not nearly enough about morons


          Originally posted by seedyrom
          my neighbours called the cops...... not because of the sound of me working in the garage was too loud, but because i taped a cardboard box to my back, covered my self in vaseline and pretended i was a snail on their lawn

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            #110
            Ford Anglia? Pretty light, I think one model (Anglia Super 107E, IIRC) ran either the 1200 or 1500 pre crossflow ford kent motor, there are plenty of bits to make those go hard, and most of what applies to cortinas applies to Anglias. Would work for both Nb and Nc categories I think. aha, 737kg.


            I just think a Datto 1200 could be a good option, you're talking a car with 700kg or less to lug around in stock form, that was raced in the Nc period, and I'd imagine between japanese tuners and local speedway people that A12 could be spun to 100-110hp or more which would be reasonable in that weight, particularly on short/tight tracks...The coupe has the front disc brakes too.
            I've seen things you people wouldn't believe, and from this side only! The flight of a half-man, half-bird. Dinosaurs nuzzling their young in pastures where strip-malls should be. Cookies on dowels. All those moments lost in time; gone like eggs off a hooker's stomach. Time to die.
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              #111
              yep anglia would be good....very harry potter too, just need a wizard hat ontop of the helmet!
              I don't care a damn for your loyalty when you think I am right; when I really want it most is when you think I am wrong.
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                #112
                Torana Brabham HB?

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                  #113
                  HB came out in '67-68 I think... Vauxhaul Viva came out around '64-65 I think?


                  Hillman Minx?
                  Turns out, far too much has been written about great men and not nearly enough about morons


                  Originally posted by seedyrom
                  my neighbours called the cops...... not because of the sound of me working in the garage was too loud, but because i taped a cardboard box to my back, covered my self in vaseline and pretended i was a snail on their lawn

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                    #114
                    Austin A30....
                    There's a BRG one with yellow stripes that competes in hillclimbs etc down south that looks really tough.
                    Rust is lighter than carbon fibre.

                    My Italian 510

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                      #115
                      Doesn't an Austin A30 have all of 30hp?
                      Can it actually make it up hills with all of 22kW? :D

                      *edit*
                      Ooh, here's a pikky for a car-for-sale that arose from DCR's Completely-Fscked-Up-XJS thread:


                      You know you want to ... everybody wants to, it's a measure of their self-awareness as to whether they do or not ... :D
                      Soft roaders represent an excellent compromise between the needs of the hardcore 4x4 user and the convenience of a city hatchback. Its clear to see why they have become so popular in todays society.

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                        #116
                        Hillman Minx dammit!

                        they still turn up from time to time and are pretty worthless, but still went ok for the time.

                        Turns out, far too much has been written about great men and not nearly enough about morons


                        Originally posted by seedyrom
                        my neighbours called the cops...... not because of the sound of me working in the garage was too loud, but because i taped a cardboard box to my back, covered my self in vaseline and pretended i was a snail on their lawn

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                          #117
                          My Amazon would rip your Minxes' scrawny Pommy engine out through it's tailpipe & dump it's sump-contents down the gaping hole that resulted ... :D
                          Soft roaders represent an excellent compromise between the needs of the hardcore 4x4 user and the convenience of a city hatchback. Its clear to see why they have become so popular in todays society.

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                            #118
                            is that an oil patch under the front? that's rare!
                            isn't a vauxhal viva the "thing" before the torana...

                            how is an Austin A30 anywhere near competitive, should race a Mercedes if thats the case.

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                              #119
                              vauxhaul viva WAS the first torana. The HB torrie was a facelifted Viva, and the LC/LJ based on the subsequent Viva model.

                              Forg, my Minx would never get caught by your lumbering bulldozer-esque amazon! :p
                              Turns out, far too much has been written about great men and not nearly enough about morons


                              Originally posted by seedyrom
                              my neighbours called the cops...... not because of the sound of me working in the garage was too loud, but because i taped a cardboard box to my back, covered my self in vaseline and pretended i was a snail on their lawn

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                                #120
                                Triumph 2000 wouldnt be too bad, the 2 litre crank doesnt have the 6200rpm imbalance that the 2.5 cranks have and theyre lighter than mk2's. Handling and brakes arent too bad either and as Nero said, the works rally cars were running 160+hp. But really they might be a tad heavy and underpowered.

                                MG Magnette or Volvo Amazon would be nice
                                WWPBD

                                Originally posted by InsaneAsylum
                                first time i was in sydney, i asked the cabbie to tell a bit about the place. he said "this here oxford st, you see 2 man, they are poofter"
                                Fuckwits Incorporated

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