Thread: The new flagship

A deceased mate of mine, a professional photographer, took his Torana Sunbird hatchback (with the Starfire engine) up Big Red, for a photo shoot.

Originally Posted by Saitch

Austin 7 rim size 19" x 3.5"

Hillman Minx is apparently 165/80R13.

Ground clearance is 152mm.

Edit: .... which is 2mm more than a Mazda CX5 ....

Originally Posted by SpudHeadTed

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But there is something more awesome and more independent coming…

By 2050 there won’t even be a network of EV charging points because all vehicles will be truly autonomous, self powered, interdisciplinary, variable ride height cyber vehicles. EVs of that time will be the most reliable (few moving parts), capable, versatile and independent vehicles we’ve ever seen.

Umm .... how will they be self-powered? Will they be nuclear?

Originally Posted by Arapiles

Yes - my 90 year old mother has spent most of her life driving on really rough, crap roads in a series of Holdens.

My first trip into the Little Desert was in my Hillman Minx .... also took it to the snow. It had higher profile tyres and more ground clearance than most SUVs these days.

Originally Posted by 3toes

Never told my Holden 1 tonner that it was not a 4x4 and it happily went a lot of places that some more knowledgeable people said were 4x4 only

Friend drive a Valiant Ute to the top of Cape York and back via the telegraph track yet look how people kit out their vehicles today

Originally Posted by scarry

One of my Brothers did that trip in a VW beetle,about 35yrs ago.The roads were shocking in those days.

Originally Posted by Arapiles

A friend took her Datsun 120Y to the Flinders Ranges ....

All noble and brave adventures, but I can top each of them. I once drove a Land Cruiser!

Originally Posted by Arapiles

Umm .... how will they be self-powered? Will they be nuclear?

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Originally Posted by Arapiles

Back in the 80s the tracks in the Little Desert were compacted sand: the leaf litter and rain produced a firm crust that you could safely drive on with road tyres. It was when the 4WDs with overinflated tyres and aggressive treads got in there that the crust got ripped up and the tracks became sandier.

Competent 4WD operators tend not to get much wheelspin when offloading.
The 40psi brigade and the ah crap I forgot to engage 4WD mob tend to do most of the damage.

Originally Posted by V8Ian

All noble and brave adventures, but I can top each of them. I once drove a Land Cruiser!

Someone talked me into going for a spin in one last weekend....

The water was bloody deep on that Condamine track

Originally Posted by V8Ian

All noble and brave adventures, but I can top each of them. I once drove a Land Cruiser!

Yes I drove a 1974 Landcruiser troopie and mate had the Valiant ute which we laughed but it did not break down

Toyota did at least 6 springs, the rear diff and the radiator that I can remember. Became very proficient at changing and jury rigging springs. This was mid eighties

Winch was also a failure when we needed it. Had been serviced before we left. Only after the cable had been run out when we were at the bottom of a creek with a wet grass covered slope did we find out they had not put the pto drive back in when reinstalling it. Ended up wrapping the cable around the bull bar as was too painful to wind it back in manually

Good fun times