Thread: Car show elitists

Originally Posted by Brian Hjelm

The HO variant may have had a doubtful claim to that but not the normal GT.

yep

even the local bog standard triumph 2.5pi 5 speed manual flogged gthos on a regular basis at the local "street meets".

great cars they were for posing but they seemed to have reached mythical status these days..

Originally Posted by Sprint

dont worry ron, just keep a can of spray-on mud in the glovebox and you'll fit right into the toorak tractor set :-P

And be correctly attired. See my advice to Uncle Ho as to correct attire for a Range Rover driver.

Originally Posted by Sprint

Should i point out that the average LC/LJ torana weighs a bit less than a falcon?

And had miles better brakes.

One thing that I want to laugh at everytime I hear it, is when someone who is restoring a series Land Rover, "is restoring it to concorse condition". I just have to say that a Land Rover was never an elegant car, even when new they were purchased out to back of the feed and grain store with the barbed wire and hay bales. Though a great and useful vehicle, they will never be Concours d'Elegance condition in a 100 lifetimes.

If you want to see elitist, just go to the Sydney Concours d'Elegance 10-10-10 website Australia's first Concours d'Elegance 101010.com.au they won't even permit a Ford or GM vehicle to enter the competition.

Diana

tell me about it! how many "concours restorations" have you seen on series landrovers where the panels are perfectly flat and ripple/blemish free????

makes you want to take to them with a ballpein hammer!

In a similar vein to the above, my pet peeve and the reason I go to few car shows is that so many of them are fakes.

Only because I was press ganged by SWMBO on day into going to a large Trash and Treasure market at Rat park at Warriewood about 5 years ago.

There was a display of "RS2000s" there, 6 in all.

Now having been National Distribution Manager of Ford I am pretty familiar with ID plates.
Only one of the cars was an RS2000. ALL of the others were basic Ls or XLs. One was even a 2 door with a four door ID plate!!! And I do not know how that can legally happen.

I am afraid that I cannot see the value in a base model tricked up as a rare model and am always astounded at the asking prices of Falcon 500s tricked up as GTs, and that is declared fakes. Who knows how many are undeclared. And I love the blurb"certified by Ford etc" . A rebirth may have the right numbers but that does not make it genuine.
Regards Philip A

you might be just the person who'd know Phillip,,,

are there any REAL GT40's in OZ?

you might be just the person who'd know Phillip,,,

are there any REAL GT40's in OZ?

Sorry no idea. Except the original GT40 was a racing car and mainly run by major teams like John Wyer racing. If any came to Oz they were imported by collectors.

If you are talking the more recent Ford GT, I think a couple have been privately imported but I have no real knowledge other than what I recall from reading mags like Australian Classics.
It is amazing what turns up.
One of my friends is currently importing an unfinished NZ alloy D Type replica with long nose and drivers stabilizer wing with a view to build into a road warrior. WOW !!!!!

Regards Philip A