Spotted!

[nota]

Originally Posted by RedVee8

Nota, do you know much on the racing Jags of the late 50s/early 60s?
see a couple of posts above.

Not especially, lol at the UK plates!

But I recognised those Ampol Stripes .. do you remember the Grey P*ssy (<see photo gallery)


same car as above at Gnoo Blas, Feb 1960 L>R: Ron Hodgson, Bill Pitt, David McKay


To one-up your pic: instead of 'Jag towing trailer' here's a Jag towing trailered Jag!
Hodgson & Grey P*ssy into the Princess of Tasmania, en route to Longford, March 1960


from this great thread, you'd like it!
http://forums.autosport.com/index.php?showtopic=93148

[mikmak]

Originally Posted by nota

^^ The "Bullen" plated Cadillac, related to Bullen's Circus / Lion Park?

Afaik that Oz-model Cortina was the first-ever four door sedan anywhere, badged as 'GT'

Don't know about the Lion park but I do know that he was living in Voctoria and used to work near the Shannons dealership. Possibly had his own car dealers?

It was just a brief chat, but he did say that Shannons insures the old Caddy when RACQ wouldn't touch it. He's had one accident with it where he bent a VH era Commodore in half, but could still drive his rig home.

[RedVee8]

thanks Nota, that is the same car.
Don't know how well naming something "The Grey *****" would go down today!

I was correct with David McKay, that was a good guess. Then Ron Hodgson and Geoghan (sp). Famous car, famous drivers. I'm a 1962 model so I never saw it first hand, just know it from books etc.
Funny the hassle over the Ampol stripes, though I remember the strife Moffatt went through over daring to have a verb on the Coke Mustang. Seems petty these days.

[mikmak]

From the Toowoomba Festival of Flowers parade....

Chevy


Olds




Caddy


Something from 1908 (?)

[indica]

[mikmak]

Ah, that'd be the optional diesel wheels for the Cruze. meh. I'd still go for the 17s

[m100]

Originally Posted by bradyholt

I saw an Elan in traffic the other day, too. I can't remember the last time I'd seen one.

My M100 Elan and Elise side by side. Those stains on the ground were there before...I think .

The Elan is getting a donor engine, and should be road going before the end of the year.

To give you an idea how small the Elise is, the Elan is 1" shorter and a couple of inches lower than the MX5 Miata of the same era.

[mikmak]

Nice garage m100. I saw an Elise (though black with a brown leather interior) at a service station the other day. It was amusing watching they guy get out. It was even more amusing watching him take off!

[m100]

Thanks, now that I have the Astra, the Elise spends most of its days exclusively at the area race tracks. I initially wanted to get a Caterham and have the Elan as a daily driver,but as the Elan started having more problems and parts harder to come by , I had to pick up a car that was a tad more practical than a Caterham.

I was really hoping that GM would have brought over the Opel Speedster/Vauxhall 220,as it was much cheaper than the Elise,and has imho a superior engine (Ecotec) vs. the rather mediocre (and rather problematic) Toyota 2zz-ge lump (they have been prone to high speed cam lobe failures on Elises and Exiges).

[mikmak]

Started a new contract last week. Here's the list from the secured car park of interesting stuff:
Porsche Cayenne
Porsche Cayenne Gemballa [x] 600 Twin turbo
Aston Martin V8 (same dude that owns the Gemballa, and also has/had M3 V8 and HSV V-series Clubsport)
Saab 9-3 Turbo X
HSV GTO
Mazda [Speed] 3 MPS

[RedVee8]

On the way home from work I sa a 6 wheeler Rodeo, but not a table top. It had a ute style tray with two wheel arches. I'm guessing a fusing of two trays, one front section to just aft of the wheel & one rear section to just forward of the wheel arch. It was a mid 90s Rodeo. Looked a little funny, we were both in motion so I couldn't get a pic.
Never seen one of these before.

[Uzzy]

Originally Posted by RedVee8

On the way home from work I sa a 6 wheeler Rodeo, but not a table top. It had a ute style tray with two wheel arches.

Wait...I can figure this one out...

OK you saw it at a restaurant, but there were no table tops, just trays and two arches...It was at a McDonald's drive-thru! Did I get it right?

[RedVee8]

Originally Posted by Uzzy

Wait...I can figure this one out...

OK you saw it at a restaurant, but there were no table tops, just trays and two arches...It was at a McDonald's drive-thru! Did I get it right?

Nup, no banana.

Rodeo with a table top tray, but not a 6wheeler

Rodeo_tray.jpg

[Uzzy]

Originally Posted by RedVee8

Nup, no banana.

Rodeo with a table top tray, but not a 6wheeler

Attachment 8256

Seriously, that was my next guess!