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« Reply #580 on: December 18, 2014, 11:34:55 AM »
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Kings X Sydney  .....(Sorry if  it has been posted befor)
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« Reply #581 on: December 18, 2014, 02:13:40 PM »
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Napier street underpass Footscray 1960, Aug 1963

Perth WA
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« Reply #582 on: December 18, 2014, 02:27:16 PM »
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Alex, the servo with the mountain to the side is New Zealand.
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« Reply #583 on: December 23, 2014, 11:02:00 PM »
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Elizabeth SA 1960.

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« Reply #584 on: December 27, 2014, 11:43:49 PM »
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« Reply #585 on: December 30, 2014, 11:30:22 AM »
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That last pic is Doug Whiteford's garage, and looks like his Talbot-Lago T26C monoposto in the foreground (which he took to 8th place in the 1956 AGP).

Doug won the AGP in 1950 (Eldred Norman's Double Eight entered but DNF), 1952 (Eldred's Maserati entered but DNF) and 1953 (Eldred didn't race but McKinnon took Eldred's Maserati to 15th place).

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« Reply #586 on: January 03, 2015, 09:36:42 AM »
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Same story Mt Isa

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« Reply #587 on: January 03, 2015, 09:06:16 PM »
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Nice pic Wayne. Cool FE van.

Here's a cracker I just came across on FB, courtesy of Simon Barnfield.

Goodall's Garage, Princes Highway Terang in 1959.

Unfortunately the billboard is not there today.  Wink


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« Reply #588 on: January 03, 2015, 09:55:50 PM »
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Ingleburn N S W ........
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« Reply #589 on: January 04, 2015, 01:08:16 AM »
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Some more speedway pics out of Perth.




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« Reply #590 on: January 04, 2015, 09:37:00 AM »
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Have a look at the way the rear springs have been shackled to lower/stiffen the rear of the car up. This must have been common practice? Lots or rust in the rear floor of that sedan.
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« Reply #591 on: January 04, 2015, 09:48:31 AM »
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...... Lots or rust in the rear floor of that sedan.

that would explain the look on the faces of the spectators

What a great action shot, captures the moment.
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« Reply #592 on: January 04, 2015, 02:37:17 PM »
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A couple of FE FC photobombs from the 60's drag racing era.



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« Reply #593 on: January 04, 2015, 03:27:28 PM »
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111 sports a grille badge
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« Reply #594 on: January 05, 2015, 10:30:19 AM »
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Have a look at the way the rear springs have been shackled to lower/stiffen the rear of the car up. This must have been common practice? Lots or rust in the rear floor of that sedan.
Ken

VERY common practice by low-budget (read poor) racers was to just heat the rear springs with oxy to lower the car.
Also common was to take a few spring leaves out.
The softer springs helped keep both rear wheels on the ground as well, with axle tramp being a rare problem.
It was also common to heat the front springs or cut part of the coils out.
Usually we cut more out of the left, sometimes leaving the right side whole.
Very scientific, hey?

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« Reply #595 on: January 06, 2015, 12:16:10 PM »
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1972 Australian Drag Racing Nationals: http://youtu.be/YBhduLGhR7U
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« Reply #596 on: January 07, 2015, 11:26:10 AM »
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Hi All ... Remove this if off topic ( back of FE / FC only) ..but It just gos to show how different life was when our cars were young. Here we have, at Bendego a tramways truck and crew working on the tram line .....proberly welding .... using the tramway overhead, 600 V DC for power. How different life was in 1957 to 1959.    Who would had thought so many of our FEs &  FCs would still be running around well in to the 2000s.     
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« Reply #597 on: January 07, 2015, 09:30:55 PM »
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Back to the 224s roll over photo, the motor appears to have broken off its mounts, judging by the gear box to tail shaft angle anyway (we have to chain our engine mounts these days for that reason) and are those rear floor pans rusted out??? What year was that photo taken?
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« Reply #598 on: January 10, 2015, 01:51:20 AM »
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Nelligen punt.

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« Reply #599 on: January 10, 2015, 10:49:10 AM »
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Coool stuff

Keep it coming

Cheers 2brite  Smiley
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