Posts relating to early (Pre 1985) Hotrodding History in Australia, including Hotrod and Custom Shows plus early Drag Racing, Speedway, Hillclimbs etc.
Narrandera '73 again.....front car is Colin Jacka's, then Lyndon Piper's Chevy (which I've had since around '78), then Geoff Moffit's 37 Panel, Eames Rugby in it's later shade of Copper , then Hozmec's channeled '33 C-dan.....then Cusworth's '34......then all of us standing in the way obscures the rest until you hit the end and there's the mighty Hearse.....did ya check out the lady with the 2 storey hairdo?........
....most of the rest of the pics in this lot are '73 Nats,except for the '36 towing the '34 and the last pic which is Cusworths '34 under construction......
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Col....
"Works" comes before "looks good", cos "looks good" changes, and "works" works!
....ok....this one is Mt Gambier 2 state rod run in 1970.....Brown '34 is Geoff Costello's 389 powered sedan, next to it is Peter Eames Rugby Tourer , beside that looks like John Bowker from the Thunderbirds , across the way is Keith Jacobs A roadster , beside him is Ross Harding's'37 and you can just see Doug Carters Deuce sedan beside that......
Dean Emmerson's Tourer and Cusworth and car.....
and again.....
.....and back to the other end of the lineup at Narrandera, beside the Chundertaker is Peter Leech's '35 and next to it is Peter Gregory's '34 Sedan....and there's Leechy with that shit stupid hat again.......
and this is Phil Buchanan's Tilted T.......
....there's that multi-story haircut again.......
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Col....
"Works" comes before "looks good", cos "looks good" changes, and "works" works!
Thanks for taking the time to put up the pics Dale and Col for the running commentary. I think the old boy might have a few pics of the first nats at home. ill have a rummage.He wasnt the picture takin type then or now .Got any pics of the old boys coupe from the back guys?
Thanks again
I beleive the Chundertaker is now gone to god. was looking a bit sad but the fires had the final word.
low n loud wrote:Thanks for taking the time to put up the pics Dale and Col for the running commentary. I think the old boy might have a few pics of the first nats at home. ill have a rummage.He wasnt the picture takin type then or now .Got any pics of the old boys coupe from the back guys?
Thanks again
I beleive the Chundertaker is now gone to god. was looking a bit sad but the fires had the final word.
Hi Nick.
If my memory serves me correctly ,your dad always carried a screwdriver for the constant tweaking of the multi carb set up on that coupe. .
Somewhere I am sure that there will be a shot of OldCol or a young Col then ,also with a "Peter Leech" beanie.
A dark blue one.
Frank.