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What to do with a falcon

Started by _BlownUC202_ , Jul 27 2010 12:30 AM

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#1 _BlownUC202_

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Posted 27 July 2010 - 12:30 AM

Well just thought i would post some pics of what me and my mate do with falcons we have done one season of demo derbys now and cant wait til november for it to start up again.

this is when we built the cage
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giving the cage some paint
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roof sitting back on
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All finished and ready to go
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After about 20 mins of smashing around
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#2 dirtbag

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Posted 27 July 2010 - 12:50 AM

That's awesome. XF's are one of the worst cars ever, and you fixed it perfectly. Posted Image

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#3 _Viper_

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Posted 27 July 2010 - 07:52 AM

Haha top job! best use of a falcon ive seen yet

actually looked better in the end.

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#4 _BlownUC202_

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Posted 27 July 2010 - 10:54 AM

Well that was the first one my mate drove that time and we got 7th out of 32 it went pretty good for a ford 6.

This is the second one we got a bit more creative with this one the gun turrent had a working smoke machine and red globe wired to a flasher relay so it looked like it was firing. All the kids loved it.

Some before shots

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Now this one survived for another derby due to the front brakes locking on and the welds in the diff snapping i just got bogged.

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#5 _BlownUC202_

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Posted 27 July 2010 - 11:03 AM

Now with the front brakes removed, diff rewelded and a vn commodore radiator cable tied in it was ready to go again.

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This time i got 8th out of 31 which is not bad because the first lap i yank down hard left on the steering wheel to ram someone into the wall and snapped the steering shaft so i hit the wall and had my wheels half left for the rest of it but that didnt stop me with no front breaks it was like pulling the hand break when i used the pedal so i steered buy that.

Here it is back home after.

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And that was it from last season we had a small car derby i had a pulsar but it wasnt that great.

I will post pics of the zl fairlane we are using next time when its ready/

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#6 Neils LX

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Posted 27 July 2010 - 04:55 PM

Have you got anymore speedway photos of the oposition. Any smashed up commodores
Chears Neil

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#7 _rob350hatch_

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Posted 27 July 2010 - 09:22 PM

awesome are these cars limited in any way or if you can get a clear run you can really take someone out with a big hit.dumb question time does anyone ever get hurt badly

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#8 _BlownUC202_

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Posted 28 July 2010 - 08:35 AM

I havent got any other pics of the rest of the cars im too busy bringing the trailer onto the track and waving down the forklift after the race.

Theres no limits on them just need a roll cages helmets and neck braces your not supposed to run into the driver and passanger doors but it still happens the pic from the inside of the first car shows the 2 bars bent from where we got hit a valliant reversed into us from half track.

Noone i know of has been seriously hurt but you get pretty soar for a few days after.

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#9 _Quagmire_

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Posted 28 July 2010 - 10:28 PM

did you see the na fairlane limo running around there the last time you where there?

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#10 _BlownUC202_

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Posted 29 July 2010 - 08:30 AM

Yeah i did it didnt get very far though ha ha just got stuck apparently i couldnt see much i was kinda stuck over the other side with no steering lol.

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#11 _mumstaxi_

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Posted 29 July 2010 - 12:14 PM

Have been racing (not demolition) @ Archerfield in same type of cars, heaps of fun and takes a lot more skill than uou may think !

A guy i worked with i Sydney 20yrs ago used to do Demo Derby, one day he told me about all the "cheats" some people did (not what he called them as i think he invented most of them), but things like putting railway line inside the front chassis rails.

A real sneaky one was cutting off about 2 inches of the wheel arch/gaurds, then re-attaching with mostly bog, this way when you got hit, the bit just broke off instead of restricting tyre movement.

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#12 _Quagmire_

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Posted 29 July 2010 - 06:45 PM

Yeah i did it didnt get very far though ha ha just got stuck apparently i couldnt see much i was kinda stuck over the other side with no steering lol.

lol that's my mate from down the road
half of his next one is one of my old parts cars lol
anyway i picked up one of these things for bits for my ute/van projects
so if you need some bits pm me

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#13 _BlownUC202_

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Posted 30 July 2010 - 08:25 AM

Im just after the cars i got plenty of parts as long as the engine runs and has all the panels.

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#14 _Quagmire_

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Posted 30 July 2010 - 06:52 PM

well we might be able to do a deal motor's fine and won't fit mine(there xg's)
i just wanted the front panels/tyres and a few fiddly bits
and i'm just down the road in kelmscott

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#15 _BlownUC202_

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Posted 31 July 2010 - 08:17 AM

Fair enough is it an xf? you got any front panels for it at all?

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#16 _Quagmire_

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Posted 31 July 2010 - 11:57 AM

Fair enough is it an xf? you got any front panels for it at all?

depends on how much you want to pay
have a spare dented bonnet/bumper(s)/lights the guards are for sale
pm me and come have a look
and we can go from there
oh and you got spamed