What Real Cars Do People Own

[HDT 4 EVER]

Hi all model collectors out there .
i know we all love collecting models i was just wondering what sort of real cars you people have built or are building. i own a 1977 hz premier 308 turbo 400 and a 1954 fj ute 186 muncie 4 speed. i would love to know the sort of real cars people are into.



daryl

[timbo333]

Greetings,

My road car is a Galaxy Blue AUII XR6 VCT. Have the premium brake package, Tickford Body Kit, Tickford 17" wheels, Premium Sound System.

Very Happy with it............but I can't wait to drive the new XR6 Turbo....240kw:D

[Ford Boy]

howdy,

as a young lad of 17, im currently ownign a 1980 ford escort coupe, 2 lt, with a 5 speed sierra box, so its quite the nice car, very clean car, in good condition. HOWEVER! i just found this out today, so im VERY excited/happy! my parent gavce my older sister a fair bit of money to buy her first car, as she had no money at the time coz she had no job..... so the point is, my parent beleive what you do for one chicld, you do for the other! so when i turn 18 i get a nice little sum of money, plus what i have saved myself, to buy myself a car! so im looking at buying a '67 mustang to work on and get roadworthy in time to get off my P- plates! i know this sounds liek bragging, and im sorry, but im pretty pumped about it!

[-Pille-]

I have a 1985 Saab 900 (5 drs, silver grey with wine red interior; turbo, manual gearbox). Not modified though, just straight out of box :)

[HDT 4 EVER]

ford boy a 67 mustang sounds nice i remember my first car it was a 1966 ford mk1 cortina 2 door i replaced the 1500 with a 2 litre 4 speed. as a big holden fan i love the mk 1s.


daryl

[HZ 1 Tunna]

I'm 15 and I have two cars already, a UC Torana 173ci and celica 5 speed, standard bus as first car when I turn 16. The other is a HZ 1 Tunna, in the garage at the moment undergoing resto for when I'm off my P's, plans inlcude an injected 383ci chev with BDS 6/71 huffer, Tremec 5 speed and 9 inch with detr. locker.
Like Ford Boy, not bragging, just pumped about getting my dream car on the road!!

[perry]

HK GTS 400ci (hoping to supercharge)
HQ GTS/4 308ci
HX GTS boot couch
4cyl buzzbox (shall remain nameless, despite 6 years of perfect behaviour)

coming soon if Biante ever stops making me want more models: CV8 Devil

[gk1]

Hi guys,

I own a 1978 HZ Kingswood and I love it! Before this car I had a HQ. My next car will be a HT or HG Monaro and it will be project car. I will keep it original of course.......

gk1

[Esses]

We have an '89 EA Falcon wagon. We had to upsize from our loved XF EFI S-Pack sedan to fit in the baby stuff that 3 kids necessitate, or at least that the 1-month-old does.
The EA is just a GL with the usual fruit: air, auto, steer plus front bench to allow 6 seats. It was originally an 8-seater, but we sold the jump-seat for the room.
She's a 3.9 litre 6 with throttle-body EFI, which puts her below the XF EFI (multi-point) for performance, but above the 4.1 carby 6 XF which preceded that.
The payoff is in economy: 21 mpg around town (treated gently) & 26-27 mpg highway use. Our best is 27.5 mpg on a Canberra-Syd-Cbr day-trip, including 2 hours stuck in a Sydney "Freeway" traffic-jam.

[Bangkok Bob]

In Australia I have an 87 XF Falcon, however, it has not been run for some time so is going to need some attention when I finally get back there.

In Bangkok I drive a Honda City (which is just a little smaller than a Civic). As a small car it is great in Bangkok traffic (when people decide to make a 3 lane road into five lanes due to impatience and pushiness, you don't want anything too wide).

HZ 1 Tunna, have you considered putting a v8 in your UC? I used to have a UC with a V8 and it goes in pretty easy (particularly if you are going from a 6 to an 8, the conversion of a 4 to an 8 can be tricky depending which 4 it has).

[oldxr]

1986 XF Fairmont, Silver, straight gas, super low, the work bus for me.
1967 XR Falcon, Violet metalflake, 250 2V top loader, Full Fairmont trim, low, sits in the garage because i'm to slack to finish it.
1994 EDXR6, Cobolt Blue, 5 speed, dead stock, the boss gets this one to drive.

[ducksguts]

Ive got an 89 EA Falcon, its lowered about 2 inches all round by Pedders and it has a Genie 2.5 inch exhaust from the cat back.
Its in absolute mint condition, one of the better cared for EA's on the road, the bumpers dont even hang off it :). Ive just put in a JVC MP3 player and some decent speakers.
I sold my other car a little while ago, a canary yellow XC GS Panelvan with a 302 and toploader with all the fruit. I miss it, but i dont miss the running costs, anyways a mortgage and one car rego is enuff for me. :)

[Esses]

Right On DG. We actually got our EA 2 years ago for the princely sum of $2450-00 as it had only 1-month rego & a noisy heater-fan-motor. It's still noisy, but the car's good.

[Ford Boy]

ok, kinda off topic here, but seeing as everyone is tlaking about real cars instead of models.... can anyone tell me why it is so hard to find a late model falcon (namely EA-EL), with a manual box??? what the deal with a manual box being so hard to find? i was looking through the traidng post the other day, and they virtually all autos! can anyone explain this to me?

[69Mach1]

HSV Grange 185i No# 10, Cherry Black, Sunroof, leather and climate control . It's not as Bad Ass as my old 69 Mach1 Mustang but it drives great anyway.

[Nick Short]

Classic '94 Suzuki Swift with the legendary 3 cylinder 980cc engine. Hungarian built of course; none of your Japanese rubbish. And in the rare and collectable pale green metallic as well. Not bad!

[dinkles]

I'm living in Canada at the moment and own a 1976 Ford F-250 .It has a 390 ci and auto tranny.She is not a bad old truck ,goes like stink ,and guzzles the juice( about 11/12 mpg).Thank god fuel here is only 75 cents a litre.
Its awesome driving around here ,so different from Oz,just seeing all the great muscle cars and big pickup trucks everywhere.North America sure has a great selection of old and new vehicles to choose from.
But as a diehard Aussie that i am , my true love is a Phase 3 GTHO.I would sure love to own one.(well i do own a few , thing is they are 1:18 and 1:43 scale)Maybe oneday...........
I found an interesting site the other day regarding Americans importing Aussie Holdens and Fords.

www.madmaxcars.com

[Damian]

Hi All
My Daily driver is a 83 TOYOTA COROLLA, but, the
weekend car is a BLACK '77 TRANS AM HARDTOP with 400ci-6.6 litre motor and all the good gear.
Regards
Damian

[V8SS]

Daily drive is an imported red 93 Mazda MX6 2.5 V6. Totally standard.
My toy is a 1990 VN SS - Atlas Grey. Group A bumpers and grille, 17 inch Clubsport 5 spoke alloys, cold air intake, K & N, Momo wheel, white dials, VS SS interior and soon to have new springs, shocks and swaybar to make it handle a bit better. The old FE2 is not up to the task.

[fords_r_us]

EL XR8 185 kw, 4spd auto, tickford body kit & wheels, white, all stock standard so far. Got a great deal on it too. Old guy owned it for a couple of years & must of used it to go to the shop & back, only had 3300 k's on the clock. Picked it up for a steal. Would of loved a 5 spd but I'm not complaining

[Donny05]

I have a 6 speed VU SS ute in Hyper Mica, a white 5 speed HDT VK SS Grp 3 and a black 5 speed HDT VK Calais Director with 98,500 ks on it and all the fruit which is currently for sale if anyone is interested?

Cheers, Jason :D

[VS_SS_304]

I've got a 1995 VS SS with standard 304 ci efi V8. It's Botanica Mica (that metallic green/blue color) with four speed auto and IRS.
As I type this the factory cast iron exhaust manifold is being trashed and its getting a set of extractors and a three inch single system fitted so it should breath (and sound) a bit better.
The only other modifications are cosmetic stuff such as replacing the side repeater lights from those square/orange ones to the clear/oval lenses off a VT/VX and I peeled the original SS stickers off and replaced them with the chrome plastic SS badges from a VX SS.

[mustang1966]

Own a 66 silver frost "A" code Mustang, pretty much original with A/C, P/S, 289 4V, C4, Bench seat, Rally pack and 8 Track/Am Radio.

We also have the 71 XY GS Fairmont, with worked 302w, TL and 9 Inch. Original bronze wine in colour.

Family hack is a Series II EB with tickford wheels.


Have owned a AUII XR6 which was a work lease car.

Also owned a XD Fairmont Ghia with a worked 351, FMX and 9 inch. This was a very tough car, which sat very low and have beefy 12 slots.

[fordfan5]

hi guys mines a 2002 au falcon SR falcon in venom red with
5 speed manual only a six but goes fast enough.
dont really get to drive it much as the misses has
so i stuck with the 85 xf ute colum shift no power steering no air
and now no heaters. but gets me where i need to go (somtimes)

[MONAROMAN]

Got me a 1968 HK GTS Monaro,

spent $50K+ over 6 years (450hp 383 Chev- 5 sp Tremec TKO-9" spooled) full original inside out but runs on 7x18 & 11x18 Simmons.Hope to run it at the Creek soon! (mid 12s ?)
but even if it doesnt run a good # it still does great wheelies!

Can someone tell me how I can get my burnout footage on the net as I have taken videos of it frying the tyres but have limited computer knowledge? (Camera is a Panasonic Digital Video one?)

Thanks

[Tony Rae]

I have two cars, my daily driver, which is a rough EA Falcon, and the one in the garage which is a 74 HQ GTS coupe.
If you'd like to see it check the photos at the link below.
http://www.motorcities.com/contents/00GRE343243266 .html

[diecastdude]

HQ GTS is very nice, I drive a Landcruiser Parado GXL with LPG its my every day car and next year once I complete a garage project I intend to get my self an XA or XB GT Coupe.

[Three_o_seven]

I own a 1958 Chevrolet Biscayne 4dr sedan 307ci V8 TH350 auto, she's white over deep aqua....also a 1973 ZG Fairlane 302/C4 which happens to be for sale:D.
My Mrs drives a 1990 KF laser...and our work vehicle is a 2002 Daewoo Matiz Van...800cc's of rattling wreckage....nah I have to admit its a great lil car.

[GRPIII]

thunderstruck SS ute
just upgraded from blown clubby.
5.7 still no match for the good old holden motor, blown or natro.

[Senator1]

VN SV5000 #165, Holden Racing Green in colour, travelled only 70,000 genuine kms & fitted with VN Group A 17inch rims:cool:

[Dale Robertson]

I own a 220kw series 2 XR8 in Narooma Blue with a H&M exhaust and 18" chrome 5 spoke wheels and then dropped it on the
ground and I just love it. My Mrs reckons there's no hope of me
ever growing up, and who wants to anyway!!!:)

[nitro]

hi there all
well i own a 1969 ht gts 350 monaro
in manaco maroon metillic
which has been stroked to 383.
520+hp which runs a mid 11
and then i have old faithful 1979 vb commodore
been around the clock and still going on the same motor without a rebuild
god bless her soul :D

[BadBilly]

hello people, my cruiser is a 1976 silver monarch on gas, red crushed velvet inside and a sony xplode system for company.
the boss gets a nfll fairlane ghia which so far has run really well

[Esses]

Originally posted by Ford Boy
ok, kinda off topic here, but seeing as everyone is tlaking about real cars instead of models.... can anyone tell me why it is so hard to find a late model falcon (namely EA-EL), with a manual box??? what the deal with a manual box being so hard to find? i was looking through the traidng post the other day, and they virtually all autos! can anyone explain this to me?

Ford Boy, I think it's something to do with the demographic of NEW Falcon buyers - somewhere around the 55 mark, from memory, who obviously go more for autos. You're right, manual late-model Falcs are very hard to come by. In our case, that worked for us, as my wife took a fall in our backyard & dislocated her left knee so badly that she was lucky to escape an operation & just couldn't handle the clutch on our 4-speed XF.

[bernoo]

I own a 1995 EF XR8:D Series 2. 16" tickford wheels, lowewed, 2.5" single exhaust, white instrument cluster which goes black with bright red numbers at night (:D Cool ). Tint windows.stacker. AND I LOVE IT

[7Litre]

I own a Pepper Red GS XB Ute with 429ci w 460 Crank and Rods.
The rest of the motor is pretty stock except for the 750 cfm Holley and Custom Extractors. C6 Transmission w 3.25:1 Nine Inch Differential. Discs alround, P/Steer and Air Con.

LPG is the way to go, because I get better mileage than the wifes Magna does.

Hence Don't Bore it, Big Block it.......

[the_goldie]

Holden HSV Clubsport VT Series II (2000 model) with Gen III 6 speed. Phantom Mica, everything is stock from showroom except for the Alpine HU and Alpine Speakers in the Front and Rear.
I only get to drive it on the weekends and during the week the better half gets to drive it around. Great car with plenty of power and lots in reserve. :D

[perry]

Originally posted by MONAROMAN


Can someone tell me how I can get my burnout footage on the net as I have taken videos of it frying the tyres but have limited computer knowledge? (Camera is a Panasonic Digital Video one?)

Thanks


I can host that footage for you on www.monaro.com.au if you like. My email address is perry@monaro.com.au

[Eliot Meadows]

My daily driver is a 4 cyl' corolla, last of the rear wheel drives, and my weekend thrash is an lx torana with an alloy headed 308, tremec 5 speed, 9 inch detroit locker and 4 wheel discs with 15 inch GTS rims, huge fun.

[chups]

well i own a Black Holden cruze, its not much of a 'dream car' but im still only young (19). i will get my dream car one day, when i narrow it down from about 50 that i want to just one. at the moment i want a cross8 or an SSX. i just love holdens latest concept cars. its like they can read my mind.

[Ford Boy]

steve, i meant no offence or discrimination or anything.. just as a young driver i tend to liek manulas, and its frustrating not being able to get an fairly lately mdoel falcon in manual. its even mad me for from being practical (an EF falcon) to fanciful (67 mustang) for the purchase of the car that ill be driving for the begining of my driving once im off P plates...)not that im complaining about cruising in a 67 stang!).... like i said, it was just a question and i wasnt complaingin or anything, just a curiosity!!!! sorry if i have offended anyone

[Earnhardt-3]

1) VU SS ute, 6 speed in red hot duco....2) HJ Ute, 202 4 speed to knock around in..... 3) and last, but not least, the ultimate toy: Kawasaki ZX6-R of the two wheeled variety....;)

[A9L]

VK Group A no 297.

[AussieCuda]

Currently have a 1971 Falcon XY 500 sedan and a 1965 Plymouth Barracuda.

The list of what I used to own is slowly being replicated in 1/18 diecast and I currently have models of 5 my previous rides with another 3 to be released shortly.

[spoonster05]

Daily driver (company car) is a VX Executive, and my "baby" is a 96 JZA80 Supra SZ-R. This is the non-turbo version but it still has a bit of go in it.

[CXV]

1987 Corvette (Daily Driver) and 1995 Honda VFR750 (Has not moved for 3 years)

[HDT 4 EVER]

a 1987 corvette is one nice car to be driven daily .


daryl

[focus]

my first... mini van.. next was a HK premier 307 chev.then a XD Spak 351 fmx etc...Wb statesman vr calias and a 82 hilux... now as well as my EX ski race boat that i still have ... chev of course.........

[focus]

the motor from the HK is now in my EX race boat...... gee it goes hard

[VANPYRE]

Well my drive car is a hylux surf turbo slightly over done on the interior and engine with wild violet ascents
(ok i might be frustrated)
my lost car is a 1952 wolseley 6/80 Four Door Sedan done in a light blue but somehow somewhere it is lost in tassie (one day ill find the bugga)

[94SS]

I drive a 1994 Chevy Impala SS and my wife drives a 1996 Chevy Tahoe. Love the cars but they sure do suck some petrol down...I am just glad I do not have to pay as much as Austrailians, Europeans and others do.

Cheers,

Jeff

[PhaseIIIFord]

I drive a 1984 XE Fairmont Ghia the first of the fuel injected falcons. I am looking to buy a Phase 3 GT Falcon soon.

[HDT 4 EVER]

phase3ford you want to buy one as well im a holden man but they are a tough car. but last time i seen an original one it had $60.000 on the window. so i hope you have been saving are they really worth that much as i dont follow ford's much.


daryl

[SammyHagar]

Hi
until recently i owned a 1978 Falcon Cobra but i sold that a few weeks ago:( but we still own a 1979 Ford RS2000 Escort and a 1994 ford Telstar.

[TAD64]

Being a holden man I started with
HG(186),HJ(253),HQ 1Tonner(253),VH(4.2),VH Wagon(3.3)
VN Wagon(5L)
My current ride 93 EBII XR6 :eek: (and no I haven't seen the light you ford lovers)I picked it up cheap in ex con ,very low kms.

[paranoid]

My baby is a 1971 LC Torana 4 door. 138ci 6 cyl with column shift. Orange/gold with a white roof, all standard on outside. Interior is custom, wood inserts with custom centre console. New carpets, custom sheepskin covers and clarion/alpine stereo. Was in near perfect condition until someone rear ended me on tuesday :( Not impressed, cant people concentrate when driving. Anyway, im off to get quotes....

[cleveland]

My baby is an XY-GT. She is a Track Red 4-speed with gold stripes. The wheels are 5 slots with redwall tyres. The car is completely standard apart from a few internal engine mods such as forged pistons, motorsport cam, roller rockers and a bit of head work.It still has the original autolite distributor, coil and colour coded vacuum hoses. It also has genuine phase 3 extractors and a buddy-bar manifold along with the a.m. superfringe pushbutton radio.

My first car was a Banana Blush XB falcon. It was a 250 4-speed.It was'nt long before I put on a 2v head, then I wanted a bit more power so in went a 302. The colour was changed to Midnight Blue as well as the engine changed to a 351 and a toploader and 9 inch installed.

Other cars I've owned include an XM ute, ZD Fairlane, XF ute, VR s-pack ute, VN Commodore(my daily driver) and a TE Magna.

cleveland
:cool:

[goxu1]

This is my '73 XU-1. (when the pic comes thru) I've had this one for about 17 years now. I purchased off the original owner. When I got it it had 87000 on the clock and now it has 93000.
Dang...I should drive it more often...

[Road Runner 72]

My ride is a 88 series II VL calais.

some of the work done to it, include a Mark Skaife nice smelling thingy hanging from the rear view mirror.

Walkinshaw wheels lowerd so it looks sleek.

A good alarm system to keep it safe, lost my 95 VK calais while I was out watching a movie, & it never came home, so I thought this was a good idea.

factory fitted sunroof, so I can get sun burn on my forehead.

But I know most of you see these cars on the road.

Cheers

[ducksguts]

My baby is a 1971 LC Torana 4 door. 138ci 6 cyl with column shift. Orange/gold with a white roof, all standard on outside. Interior is custom, wood inserts with custom centre console. New carpets, custom sheepskin covers and clarion/alpine stereo. Was in near perfect condition until someone rear ended me on tuesday Not impressed, cant people concentrate when driving. Anyway, im off to get quotes....

Sorry to hear about your torrie, you must have been hit by something rather heavy, about 10 yrs ago when we were young and silly we rear ended an LC Torrie with a Datsun 180 B ( i wasnt driving) , the datto was a write-off, but the torrie had no damage what so ever, and yeah they laughed at us and told us we shoulda bought a Holden as they drove off :(

[vt2envy]

Guess i am lucky i have 5 cars.
Daily runners are a vs berlina and triton ute for dad.
I have a 36 chev in storage and a 38 coupe which i have been restoring to origional over the past few years.Not having alot of spare time doesn't help.
My pride and joy,only aloud out on weekends if sunny,no other traffic and banned from car parks is my VT GTS.Last of the Aussie v8s and a fantastic car to cruize in.The little lady want drive her,reckons it's way to fast for her and that is a shame.

[toecutter]

Here's a small peice of my old daily driver. Maloo Pic.

[mainforcepatrol]

Originally posted by ducksguts
XC GS Panelvan with a 302 and toploader with all the fruit

oh, the pain i've been through trying to find myself one of these. they all seem to have rusted out around the roof joins now.

[ducksguts]

i live with the pain of selling that car everyday.. and you are right, theres not to many left on the road in any kind of reasonable condition. mine had no rust or dents except on the sundowner tailage, that had a little bit of rust.

[wheels]

well here i am i drive a comadoor vee 8 ,does any one else have one of thees.

regards wheels

[Dutchy]

G'day Wheels,
I've got an ex-police VR V6 with the go-fast chips and trick suspension (which is a real pain in the a--- if you want to insure it because no one wants to insure an ex cop-car for some reason, so I've neglected to tell them now) and a Devil Yellow Monaro CV8 which I got at Easter and had on display with the Vic Monaro Club at Sandown last week-end. Don't laugh but our every-day good-old-reliable shopping car is a Datusn Bluebird. I wouldn't swap it for the world (but maybe a CC NZ Brock).

[Road Runner 72]

Hey Dutchy the yellow CV8 with the game over sticker on the rear bumper??? I seen it, and thought that the sticker was a nice touch

;)

Cheers

[Dutchy]

That's the one Roadrunner. Thanks.

[jamiemann]

I have 3
1. 1972 lj xu1 in march 17th paint(unrestored original)
2. 1972 ford capri 450hp 302 winsdor (very modified)
3. 1990 datsun 1200 ute import ( my daily driver )

[blazer]

Hi all, Over the years i have had a lot of performance cars. When i was 18 my old man said you are not bloody buying a V8. So i thought what can i do. I was wanting something fast so i bought a RX4 (rice burner). After the old man got sick of the noise I decided to sell the rice burner but he still didnt want me to have a V8. So I bought a VL Calais Turbo. Boosted it Lowered it put a roll cage in and then it got pinched. After that i said stuff it and bought a VH SLE 5.0 put simmons on it lowered it worked the motor and then sold it because it didnt go as fast as the VL. I then bought myself a VN Calais 5.0 manual which did go faster than the VH but still not as quick as the VL so i didnt keep it for long. I decided to by a VR SS which was a big mistake cause the bloody thing just wouldnt go (what a **** box). Now i am the happy owner of a VX Clubsport R8 and can honestly say it has been the quickest car that i have had. See pic

[intercooled]

My daily driver is a Ford Mondeo, but it belongs to the company.
My current toy is a 1996 Chevrolet Caprice 9C1 which is the police spec car and is ex Virginia State Police, still got pushbars and pillar spotlamp.
I just sold a 1987 Buick Grand National which I owned for 12 and a half years.

All the best

[SmartyMarty]

Commodore VB 1979.....

[Dowelly]

yeah i have a vn ss commodore with walkie wheels and momo gear. i've had the thing about 6 years....has been a top car.

[bernoo]

Little story. Had trouble with motor on my EF xr8. Air flow meter was playing up. Went to ford dealer to fix. Drove out 4 hours later with new BA XR6. Acid Rush colour. 183kw, tint, cd, 17' wheels. WHAT a car!!! WOOHOO!! Cant park anywhere with out people looking at it. Even HSV boys.

The game is DEFINATELY not over!!!!!

[Dutchy]

Hey Bernoo!
Even I like the new BAs. It's taken a long time for Ford to get their act together but I think they're on a winner with this one.

[GRPIII]

blazer,ever thought of dropping a blower in.
would have made the vn the vr or even the current vx really rocket.