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#76 mr5000

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Posted 16 November 2009 - 07:57 PM

i reckon if we got an inter forum day going could really take off and be a fun rivalry bit of a fun take on a us vs them
i reckon rodomo the local forum trophy make couldcome up with a few ideas trophy wise i dont mind knocking a few things up just need to find some one with a router
if we did an interforum thing would need a few guys from other side of the fence to help orginise

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Posted 17 November 2009 - 07:52 AM

What other forums are out there, that would be keen on a Rivalry?

Is there are 60-70's era Falcon Website out there? I don't really want to make it just ford... Because it will just turn into a BA XR6 Turbo day...

I'd love to race old XY's and stuff, that would be sweet! Typical Bathurst/70's rivalry!

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Posted 17 November 2009 - 02:19 PM

theres a forum called x-falcon i reckon they would prob be a good rival alot of xr-xe on there and we can laugh when people turn up in xfs

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Posted 17 November 2009 - 03:14 PM

I thought X-Falcon were mainly XEs and XFs. I don't necessarily mind that but it's not really that appropriate IMO

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Posted 17 November 2009 - 03:17 PM

Heath, is your friend with the XB-XC in a car club at all?

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Posted 17 November 2009 - 03:53 PM

dunno i thought they were as name says x falcons

went on there site your right heath xe-d-f

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Posted 17 November 2009 - 06:28 PM

I agree with mr5000 with the inter forum drag day, if there going to be more than 50 cars why not approach
calder park to see if its cost effective to hire the track instead of going all the way out to heathcote.
I dare say more peoople would attend.

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Posted 17 November 2009 - 06:51 PM

Yeah that's the GT club mate... they hire out DECA by themselves for god's sake! I don't know if they have a drag day, feel free to make some enquiries but remember they are a GT Club, not a Falcon club - lotsa XU-1 owners/240Z owners/Jaguar owners if you know what I mean :tease:

Still lots of nice cars though! haha

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Posted 17 November 2009 - 07:08 PM

http://www.falcongtclub.org/ ? :huh:

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Posted 17 November 2009 - 09:00 PM

Tha hatch is NOT making the trip i am bringing a nother car up so the slow-Lo-Lux will still be there to run MR RANGR ROVER ges u won that 1 all ready lol .

And it may be a torana u all have to wait and see.

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Posted 18 November 2009 - 06:42 AM

another ford club:- XA superbird
they might be interested.

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Posted 18 November 2009 - 07:35 AM

As i said earlier, someone else will have to take the reigns of organising... I've done it the last few years, and Tiny organised it the few years b4 that. Maybe our Victorian Moderator/Admin can look after this... *looks around*

So someone else will need to contact Russell at Heathcote, or someone @ Calder to find out about hiring the track. Also start the networking to find a rival forum/club.

I'm happy to help making up a flyer and stuff to help promote us, and also try and maybe get something into a magazine, but that's all I really have the time to do.

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Posted 18 November 2009 - 12:09 PM

I personally think head down the ESC path! Brett why do u say it will be canned early? Surely numbers will help them?


Nah Ed, I think it would probably be alright - I just said that it "may" get canned early - depending on how the committee view it. Some people really like trying to keep club events as club events, and not always open them up to other groups and stuff. In the past that's how they've always been run - a tight-knit group of mates, where everyone knows everyone else, and no strangers.

Like you said though - opening up and branching out will increase numbers - so if they need numbers, it'd be perfect.

The inter-forum method would be great, but would definitely involve a fair bit of work to get it up and running. Someone really needs a mate involved in the other forum to be a point of contact.

Either way - it's always a lot of work. This is why I love being off committee's these days, retirement is a beautiful thing :)

Edited by LXCHEV, 18 November 2009 - 12:14 PM.


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Posted 19 November 2009 - 07:12 AM

is there a vic mod or admin?

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Posted 03 December 2009 - 12:54 PM

Hey all,

i'm Heath's mate with the XB's little brother, been doing some lurking on here and came across this. He's in the Ford Performance Car Club in addition to the GT club, and my take on it is they might be more keen on a drag day as they have a stronger focus on track events and the like, although they also have a more broad range of cars (including some x-d-e-f and possibly some newer stuff, but probably mostly old cars). On the other hand the only real racing sort of event the GT club does is DECA once a year so maybe they might be keen to do some more, particularly against toranas.

If you're keen let me/heath know some rough details and i'll bust my brothers balls to talk to some people and see if there's some interest from one/both clubs.

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Posted 03 December 2009 - 02:03 PM

Hey Ross, is the Ford Performance Club the ones that do the Morwell days? I always thought the range of cars down there was pretty cool.

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Posted 03 December 2009 - 02:20 PM

Hey Ross, is the Ford Performance Club the ones that do the Morwell days? I always thought the range of cars down there was pretty cool.


Yeah, them and i think sometimes they invite a couple of other clubs including the Falcon Coupe Club and the XR-XY ZA-ZD Falcon Fairlane Club sometimes.

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Posted 03 December 2009 - 05:21 PM

Yep cool, get Stew making inquiries :P

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Posted 03 December 2009 - 05:28 PM

Hmmmm. any word on date or anything yet?

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Posted 18 December 2009 - 09:34 AM

any news an an inter forum or club thingo happening?

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Posted 05 January 2010 - 09:17 AM

will be a bit of a race to get my torry there is any body elses interested in drag day for this year

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Posted 05 January 2010 - 10:06 AM

Well I will race mine at some point in the next 6 months, if we don't have a forum day then I'll enter something else. Probably ESC

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Posted 05 January 2010 - 10:31 AM

yeah emmas itching to get hers out on the track at some point to and i wanna see how fast i can go with the new goodies instore i reckon i might be able to get a high 13 if all goes to plan

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Posted 05 January 2010 - 12:12 PM

Maybe it might be easier rather than organising an offical day, just pick a test and tune to go to and try and get some member along? That way its no stress chasing numbers and those who are free and are keen will come.

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Posted 05 January 2010 - 12:24 PM

I think we should combine it with other clubs. It's so impersonal if we just go to a Test & Tune day




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