The most unusual car you've ever owned...

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Originally Posted by DiscoWeb

Olbod,

In the the late 1950s my father use to race an MG TC 1500, i believe he still held the track record for under 2.0lt "Hill Climb" at the Mt Druitt track as it was torn down.

He had plenty of photos of him racing that MG, he use to love it. !

George

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George, in the early 50's, us kids used to peddle our bikes from Horsley Park to Mt Druit to watch all the bike and car races. Used to sleep in a pumpkin bag when the 24 hour races were held there. The first of those held was won by a Pommy team in a Jag XK120, I think. My favourites were, Jacky Robinson in his Jag and Clive Adams in the Prad.
Used to love watching Jack Brabham in the Redex special, unbeatable.
As we grew older we belonged to a motor cycle club and raced bikes there. I used to race a rigid frame Silver Star BSA. Loved that thing. It used to double as my short circuit bike with a few alterations, like replacing the clipons and seat. My later short circuit bike was a 500 AJS.
Dont have any pics from Mt Druit but I have a couple from Bossley Bush and Arcadia. BSA and Ajay.

My reference to my my TC contained a typo, they claimed 49 models not 48.
Do you have any pics of your Dad and his TC ?

Cheers.

Robert.

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Originally Posted by olbod

My reference to my my TC contained a typo, they claimed 49 models not 48.
Do you have any pics of your Dad and his TC ?

Cheers.

Robert.

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Just did a quick google search and found this article from Lionel Ayres, a name i remember from stories which references Dad.

http://www.mgccq.org.au/nostalgia5/Lionel's%20story.pdf

At the top of page 5 there is a photo (No. 81) of him racing the author in his fiberglass Buchanan bodied MG TC. I have seen photos of him racing at Bathurst and Warwick Farm and others.

Sounded like a very backyard but fun scene, he was not mechanical but could drive !

Sorry to hijack the thread for everyone else, for the record, my most unusual car was a late 1980's Fiat Regatta 100, what a POS, nothing worked was mostly broken down and really did not drive that well when on the road. Happy to get rid of that !!



George.

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Originally Posted by DiscoWeb

Just did a quick google search and found this article from Lionel Ayres, a name i remember from stories which references Dad.

http://www.mgccq.org.au/nostalgia5/Lionel's%20story.pdf

At the top of page 5 there is a photo (No. 81) of him racing the author in his fiberglass Buchanan bodied MG TC. I have seen photos of him racing at Bathurst and Warwick Farm and others.

George.

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Thanks george, that was an interesting read and filled in a few gaps.
The Buchanan body was a beautiful thing.
The mold was taken from Tom Sulmans Aston Martin. Tom was a pioneer of Australian motor sport. He tragically died from a racing accident at Bathurst in 1970 whilst driving a Lotus Climax.
Anyway, the Buchanan body came from a bloke involved in the development, one Nathaniel Buchanan. He was the grandson of my alltime Hero, Nat Buchanan, noted bushman and drover, who died in 1901.

Thanks.

Robert.

72 AMC Hornet - nicknamed the Smurf Mobile due to its lovely blue color.
Still own and in need of restoration - 52 Fargo ute and 74 Satelite Sebring Plus

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Originally Posted by crash

72 AMC Hornet - nicknamed the Smurf Mobile due to its lovely blue color.
Still own and in need of restoration - 52 Fargo ute and 74 Satelite Sebring Plus

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I'd like to see pics of the '72 Hornet... :)

I had a Honda N600G, 45BHP at 7000RPM. It would do about 90Mph and scare the bejeesus out of my passengers.

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Regards Philip A

I notice a few mentions of Lada Niva's . Mine wasn't unusual it was crap!

My unusual car was a 1970 Toyota Crown Wagon with Electric Rear Window and cable pull overdrive. We used to call it the Thunderbird - after the TV show not the T-bird. It used to make this "whine" that sounded like Thunderbird 2 taking off. [until the diff blew up and I learnt they put oil in diffs too:(]

My 101 is unusual except to another Land Rover person;)

umm, where to start.
Mini's x a few
Morris Nomad hatchback.
Nissan Homer van with holden 6cyl and Torana rear diff and big Sunraysia's
several Fiats, 124Sports, 850 Sports, 850 Special Sedan, 600 Multipla are the more unusual, owned a 500c Topolino for a short while and onsold it unfortunately, would like to still have that one. plus several mundane Fiats, 131, 132 etc.
several Lada's, including the obligatory 2ltr Fiat converted.
Hillman Hunter Royal
Toyota Corolla KE25 Coupe
Toyota T18SE Hatchback
AE86 Sprinter :)
Toyota Corsa GP Turbo, 1 of only 6000 ever made and only for the JDM, plus another Corsa that we converted to a turbo with Starlet GT running gear.
Toyota Soarer GT 3ltr Turbo
Toyota MKII
these were before all the import rage and were quite rare back then.
CA Lancer Hatchback - not too many of them around either.
Landrover Discovery TD5 with no oil leaks ( ok, i lied, but that would have made it unusual )

Hey Sleepy I had a 1969 crown ute. Was a 4cyl 2ltr ute that weighed in at over 2 ton. So had the power of a four and the fuel economy of a 5ltr V8. Is the only vehicle that I have known to be tripled paneled. Removed a inner panel to gain access to knock out one of the many many dints it had only to find another panel in the way. Chasis was a massive box section flat X frame unit that would have been more suited under a large truck. Only kept it long enough to realize I was contributing to the world fuel crisis and sold it.
Cheers Hall

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Originally Posted by marko66

Hi All

i have an unrestored 1940 ford coupe ute, a burnt Triumph 2500s 4 spd + electric overdrive - burnt. A burnt 67 f250, an xa falcon with no rust - na just kidding about the rust :D and a series 3 swb trayback, and vw trike that looks evil compared to the nice one at the start of the thread , does a gyrocopter or a hovercraft count

I agree with Brian that the things that were horrible back then havent got a lot better - but thank god for bosch electrics :D


Regards Mark

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A gyrocopter counts if you drive it on the road.
I was forced down one day and decided to drive home with the rotors tied up.
Cars do the strangest things when they see a gyrocopter on the road coming the other way.:D:D:D:D