Thread: Non landy favourite cars?

Originally Posted by mike123

HX LE Monaro. The first was stolen :-( . The next one I that I had I had the 308 slightly worked. It was a very comfortable car and made the drive Sydney to Adelaide and back very pleasant. Just purred along.

HX LE Coupe

Originally Posted by pop058

HX LE Coupe

Yep that is the one and only. My first one still had the 8 track in it and I had only one 8 track cassette the got used a fair bit.

My all time favorite car and still have it is my Sigma Turbo. Don't laugh goes hard as ***k and is a blast to drive.

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Second fav was the XJ8 Jag that was my daily but had to go to make room for the 95 RRC.

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Third is the Leyland P76 that is in a thousand bits atm but I'm looking to put the all the running gear from a XJ8 into it over the next few years.

And last is the XJ6 jag I have. Just so pretty to look at.

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Others I've really enjoyed was the P6 Rover, XW Futura, XE Falcon S pac and the 59 VW Beatle.

Couldn't resist another opportunity to post a photo of the G-Wagen and risk banning...

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Originally Posted by solmanic

Couldn't resist another opportunity to post a photo of the G-Wagen and risk banning...

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I thought only Kardashians drove those?

Originally Posted by Bigbjorn

Cummins NTA420.

Thats a new one on me Bigjorn... Dont you mean the NTA320... 400 hp was the KT1150...

The V12 would have been V1710, not sure what rating it was back then but 850 hp is the norm once they change over to the VT28 designation...

Yes I was referring to the bonnetted models, the RAAF had some as well quite a few mining companies... They are part of the so called big boys, Kenworth, Mack, White and there where other brands in that line up...

Autocar's fit quite well... I towed a couple of trailers for a friend while he was having a new engine fitted to one of his, 2 Autocars... I liked the truck, even tho it was getting old... I had a W model Kenworth at the time and he liked my toy, so it was a mutual liking of each others toys...

Originally Posted by Wraithe

Thats a new one on me Bigjorn... Dont you mean the NTA320... 400 hp was the KT1150...

The V12 would have been V1710, not sure what rating it was back then but 850 hp is the norm once they change over to the VT28 designation...

Yes I was referring to the bonnetted models, the RAAF had some as well quite a few mining companies... They are part of the so called big boys, Kenworth, Mack, White and there where other brands in that line up...

Autocar's fit quite well... I towed a couple of trailers for a friend while he was having a new engine fitted to one of his, 2 Autocars... I liked the truck, even tho it was getting old... I had a W model Kenworth at the time and he liked my toy, so it was a mutual liking of each others toys...

NTA420 is correct. 420 hp @ 2300 rpm. A rating supposedly reserved for crane carriers and fire appliances. Yes a V1710 in the biggest Autocars. I don't know what the rating was. RAAF had some with 6-71N, Allison, and scow stern dump bodies. Western Collieries had some 6 x 6 Autocar with mining bodies. I remember the last one we sold. It went to East Kimberley Transport at Wyndham for 6 deck cattle carrying. The 855 Cummins came in ratings up to 475 with twin stage turbos in the 1980's. The few KTA's that went into on-road trucks were mostly KTA525. KTA's were limited in application in road going trucks as they are too damn heavy and overweight on the front axle or nearly so. Autocar were then owned by White. Part of "The Big Four" as White promoted them. White, Autocar, Freightliner, Western Star.

Edit :- In the 1970's Cummins 855 series for on road trucks came in the following ratings to my sure knowledge - NH250, NTC290, NTC335, NTC350. The NTA420 @ 2300 we ordered in Autocars were for crane carriers & fire appliances. We wanted over 400 hp and a little mishandling of the truth was the way to get it. Late 70's came the "Big Cam" series of the 855. rated 300, 350, & 400 hp @ 2100 followed by the "Formula" so called economy engines. Same ratings but at 1900. Cummins wanted these to have 7 speed or 9 speed trans to make the drivers use the full torque curve and not keeping the engine up at the higher rpm range all the time. This was supposedly the path to improved fuel economy. Drivers hated them. Those V12 autocars left the factory at 525 hp. I bet the wick got turned up as those engine could be rated at 800+. At ;east one was repowered by the owners with a KTA turned up to 800 ph. I cant find anything on what trans. were fitted. They did have super singles all around in duals on the drive.

Citroen ID-19 (1958) my first Citroen ... underpowered but SO comfortable on the road, and amazing roadholding (bitumen and dirt) even given the 165x400 Michelin X tyres. Been sitting in a shed since 1985, and now about to be restored by my son.
... re photo ... I will have to scan one as all taken with a real camera.