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Started by _WhiteKnight_ , Aug 05 2007 08:05 PM

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Poll: Where will you be Meeting us? (25 member(s) have cast votes)

Where will you be Meeting us?

  1. Thornleigh Maccas (16 votes [64.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 64.00%

  2. Twin Servos on F3 Freeway (6 votes [24.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 24.00%

  3. Other (3 votes [12.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 12.00%

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#201 unclefestal34s

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Posted 18 September 2007 - 09:46 PM

thanks again fatlh5000,..yes i did i loose my oil cap,..noticed missing in the servo must have been a little loose,..i probaly didn't helped its cause as i gave a good hard time dicing with jims A9X..thanks

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Posted 18 September 2007 - 09:49 PM

unclefestal34s

It looked like you guys were having a bit of fum amongst yourselves upfront along the way.

I am not sure what the photobucket resolution is like, but if you want a CD burnt of these just let me know- you know eher I live.

Cheers

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Posted 18 September 2007 - 10:01 PM

It was a fantastic day and congrats to the HVTC what an awesome day u put on..

Was a great drive up there with all the toranas even if i was driving a monaro :) i had fun driving it thats for sure (dont get to often)

Cant wait for the next one and hopefully in a few years mine might make it

Simone

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Posted 18 September 2007 - 10:28 PM

Got any more pics of this anyone!
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Posted 19 September 2007 - 12:44 AM

73LJWhiteSL ... I got there real early and it was a very slow drive home so i left at 11 am.....and kicked myself that I didn't meet more forumers....but I had a fairly huge day and went home expecting to tell the family my good news only to find an empty house.

Next time I own a decent torry its in....neither of my UC's fit the bill yet..but my brown sunbird will get there when the 234 turbo fires up.

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Posted 19 September 2007 - 08:37 AM

MRLXSS i have a few photo's which i'd be happy to post up of that torrie. Just gotta make them a bit smaller and put them in photobucket. I'll do it tonight for ya.

Cheers,
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Posted 19 September 2007 - 09:14 AM

Mick, well done, it was a good day. Dust free, nice views, good selection of cars, the gods even put on nice weather.  Hopefully I'll prepare myself better and go up next year.

thanks fatlh5000,..
you took some nice driving shots of my L34 and my friends A9X hatch on the freeway on the drive up,..something we couldn't both do as we were both driving,if you have any other if other nice pics would it be possible to get them..again thank you..

Joe, I am sure tracy has some pictures of your car on the trip as well, I will check with her tonight when we get home, she has 430 plus photos and I am sure she took about 150 going up to Newcastle.. rgds Wayne

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Posted 19 September 2007 - 09:25 AM

What a great day it was.

A few pics of the cruise up from those who met at Thornlieght MACCAS (I mainly took photos of the cars at the front of the convoy- appologies to the guys at the rear)

The Toranafest convoy from Sydney- Tinys mon-rana is in it with BCR4ZY + others
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One HORN looking torana- my favorite car of the day;
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Cheers,
Andrew

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Posted 19 September 2007 - 09:53 AM

MRLXSS i have a few photo's which i'd be happy to post up of that torrie. Just gotta make them a bit smaller and put them in photobucket. I'll do it tonight for ya.

Cheers,
Rhys.

Awesome! Can't Wait! :spoton:

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Posted 19 September 2007 - 12:22 PM

just a few pics, with a over 1000 to follow.will post up photobucket link when i get home tonight
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Posted 19 September 2007 - 12:32 PM

Very nice Graham. Thanks again for everything. Still waiting for one of the front of the 3 5000's. Mine didn't turn out well. Toranafest was Redslur's last big outing..what a great day!!

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Posted 19 September 2007 - 12:41 PM

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Posted 19 September 2007 - 12:45 PM

There's something you don't see every day... Great pics Graham.

Was there any Purr Pull LJ's there? If so, did anyone get any pics?

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Posted 19 September 2007 - 01:20 PM

Sorry rim no Purr-Pull LJ's but was one Stirke-Me-Pink

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Posted 19 September 2007 - 01:25 PM

Lows2 is correct, no purr pull toranas were there.

I tried to get a friend to take my purr pull GTR but he couldn't make it.

Hopefully next year, will get both cars there.

Mick.

P.S. Great photo's Graham of the 3 x SLR 5000's. Will probably never see that again.

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Posted 19 September 2007 - 01:41 PM

I found it hard to take photos of groups of cars unless you wanted the backs of them.as the round formation with the fronts out didn't work for me .I took very few compared to what I normally take .One example, I got none of tuff gong's! But this didn't detract from the great day I had.

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Posted 19 September 2007 - 03:04 PM

Oh, Mick!! sorry mate, only got your message after the fact!!

Would have loved to take PurPul, but too many commitments with the kids school.
(their big fund raising day.)

Looks like a top day, cant wait for G's pics on photobucket.

Next year...

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Posted 19 September 2007 - 06:25 PM

ok here we go, photobucket only lets you have 1000 pics at a time. so there are two links.
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Posted 19 September 2007 - 06:58 PM

Well the trip from BrisVegas took nearly 12 hours (2 breakdowns slowed us up a little!) & we spent $400 in fuel.......but it was completely worth every km & $!

Thanks to the HVTC for a brilliant weekend....fantastic show, awesome location, excellent vibe! We stayed at the "Torana Motel" with many others, it was great to share common ground with everyone & meet new faces!

The only complaint we have is that there was no breakfast available at the show......a bacon & egg burger was much needed after the previous nights fluid consumption!

We are already planning to save the funds for the trip next year & we are hoping to bring more then just 5 QTCC cars!

Dave & Suzi (Mint Julep LX SS)

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Posted 19 September 2007 - 08:01 PM

:D xuidave,

Breakfast mmmmm I think most HVTC people had theirs about 11.00am.

I actually thought that Harry's Cafe De Wheels would be open early in the morning but I guess the only ones open would have been Macca's.

We will talk about breakfast for next year, can you wait that long? LOL

The Fatman, Garry :spoton:

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Posted 19 September 2007 - 08:58 PM

great show, only wish they had best by model instead of pitting us up against the best LH/LX/UC's in oz... thats alot of cars....

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Posted 19 September 2007 - 09:44 PM

congrats to all on a outstanding event. It was heaven on earth for one day! Next year will have to try harder and get at least one of my hatches there. Nice pics Graham, you even got a beauty of me. (the bloke wearing the MR HAPPY t-shirt)
Once again top job bring on "08".

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Posted 20 September 2007 - 12:25 PM

Hey Todd, the torana your old man almost bought wasnt an LJ with a V8 and a locker 9 inch in it was it?? a blue GTR.

parked between a birght orange 4 door and a white XU-1

AHHH OK.

just the bloke parked next to me was spouting 25 as his figure... lets not get into that.


I think I know the car you are referring to here and was wondering why you seem to be questioning $25k as an asking price for an engineered, genuine LJ GTR with a 308/Supra 5 speed/9" combo? What do you not want to get into?

How is your 4 door going? I read you got runner up 4 door, not bad. What are the plans for it now?

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Posted 20 September 2007 - 01:03 PM

wasnt having a go at the figure, more the fact that steve is going to sell a genuine GTR. he goes through cars like undies, and it would be good to see him keep and restore/finish a car to a good level rather then a "shell be right" then sell it off.

I dont doubt he can, just seems like he quits alot.

Four door will take a backseat for a while now, need to do an LX hatch build and finish my old mans. It might cop a charger before next toranafest, it will have the new gauges in it and a few minor things but nothing major.

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Posted 20 September 2007 - 04:56 PM

wasnt having a go at the figure, more the fact that steve is going to sell a genuine GTR. he goes through cars like undies, and it would be good to see him keep and restore/finish a car to a good level rather then a "shell be right" then sell it off.

I dont doubt he can, just seems like he quits alot.

Did you see the black one finished just before he got rid of it? It was pretty smick, a bit better than "she'll be right". The only reason he got rid of it was to swap for the genuine GTR he has now. I don't think he really wants to get rid of the GTR either but everything is for sale for the right price. I get bored with cars too, I've had 30 in only 9 years of driving which I don't consider to be a lot. I'd rather build cars and get rid of them and start with another project than to rebuild the same car over and over like some people do.

I'm pissed I didn't get up to Toranafest this year, from the photos I've seen, it looked like a good turnout. Next year for sure!
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