WHO DRIVES THEIRRODS/CUSTOMS DAILY

[pilot Dave]

nothing wrong withn an fc Col i raced this one too cant find pis of motor other pic was my work van outside my business next door to ascot vale pub
i machined the centres on a spare set of gen ford 5 slotters for the van bit hard to see in pic also put a set on the xd turbo

[pilot Dave]

didnt like leaving my 5ltr work ute alone either just couldnt help myself made straight bar grille louvred bonnet etc

[pilot Dave]

had a few of these some v8 some 6cyl as dailys same one in pics

[pilot Dave]

i give up with p/bucket cant get my pics i deleted 6 albums with about 2600 pics too hard for an old fart to navigate i still have about 10 albums i cant get the pics back

[pilot Dave]

drove this daily even in rain some days in Melb and Tassie i keep all the cars on full rego 8000 miles a year

[zedman8]

Pilot Dave, love the GT I sold jimmy Richards a GTHO back in 1980 for 30k was working for etheridge ford back then left there and worked in Car city Ringwood used to sell XU1 toranas for 3.5 k hindsight would have been a wonderful thing back then had an xb GT coupe in 1980 that I traded on a nissan skyline sillouhete for 2k still regret that even now then again it gave me the funds to race an rx3 mazda with an illegal 13b in road registered in Victoria
cheers
Mike

[pilot Dave]

Pilot Dave, love the GT I sold jimmy Richards a GTHO back in 1980 for 30k was working for etheridge ford back then left there and worked in Car city Ringwood used to sell XU1 toranas for 3.5 k hindsight would have been a wonderful thing back then had an xb GT coupe in 1980 that I traded on a nissan skyline sillouhete for 2k still regret that even now then again it gave me the funds to race an rx3 mazda with an illegal 13b in road registered in Victoria
cheers
Mike

Mike that was naughty of Jim buying from another dealer when Melford sponsored him i sold the HQ monaro less motor and box but road reg for $1200 my one owner nugget gold XY GT real low mileage for 5k to a chap we built motors for his speedway monaro and a friend recently paid 90k for an XB GT
youare dead right i could go on but its depressing how about a black 35 ford sedan exc cond reg for 15pounds ($30)
that rx3 savana i sold back to Don Holland about 10yrs ago for $9500 hes restored it back to how it won bathurst (class)
yes Mike bloody dills

[Twin Spinner]

Back in 1961 I was a first year apprentice boilermaker/welder in the N.T. with a hardon for hotrodding and wanted a 36 coupe but couldn't find one, settled for a tidy 32 phaeton from a deceased estate and stripped it down but so long ago now I cant recall what became of it. Similar story with a nice running pilot my brother and I got, stripped it down into a shooting buggy and bore runner reminds of a line from a B.T.O. song' Ya dont know what ya got till its gone

[pilot Dave]

NEVER A TRUER WORD
reminds of a line from a B.T.O. song' Ya dont know what ya got till its gone

Pilots were cherished by guys around my area (west suburbs Melb) mainly because of the v8 and twin peashooter tail pipes 1.5" from memory but boyyour32 takes the cake wow

[pilot Dave]

couple of my old rockets parked together the JPS Frank Gardner got for me I lived next to him Gloria and son Steven in jackman cres Keilor
was number 65 of 99 built red one i turboed





commodore pic taken 1979 beside std one raced as sports sedan a bit gen sle 5ltre velour int got lot of looks at circuit bought it dec 1978

[pilot Dave]

some my age would know Alan Caelli sorry about small pic hes racing a ramcharger in this pic was auto too he had a more or less hotrod he raced called the carter corvette i had pics with me in it but cant find them someone may have some here if they are ancient
if i could get in touch with John Bell he may have some pics him and i go way back to the old Marmon rod from 50.s Belly raced rails and a jet car one of caellis ramcharger motors was in Bellys digger

[pilot Dave]

theres a story going around that someone drove this at a rapid rate up west tamar h/way 2am one morning from exeter to bradys lookout wonder who did that

[Chrisso]

HHMMMM I wonder Dave????

[pilot Dave]

HHMMMM I wonder Dave????

no comment Chris

[Greg N Smith]

That DH 069 Rego sure got around a bit ...