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Started by REDA9X , Jul 25 2012 10:28 PM

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#1 REDA9X

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Posted 25 July 2012 - 10:28 PM

For those of you in Melbourne, does anyone have pictures of the buildings HDT used? Do they all still exist? Where are they located?
I went to the old Firth workshops about 15 years ago, but I haven't checked out the ones used after that.

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Posted 25 July 2012 - 10:44 PM

146 Chetwynd St. North melbourne still stands.
http://t0.gstatic.co...08AQB5E-WZYFN7e

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Posted 25 July 2012 - 11:00 PM

This was where John Sheppard ran HDT from?

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Posted 25 July 2012 - 11:03 PM

Dunno?
Have a look at the add at the top of this thread:
http://www.gmh-toran...22-old-a9x-ads/

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Posted 25 July 2012 - 11:59 PM

Pretty sure it is

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Posted 26 July 2012 - 12:02 AM

There was a building in port Melbourne as well
That's still there too

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Posted 26 July 2012 - 08:18 AM

the one in port melbourne was in 35 bertie street and is now a bunnings car park.

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Posted 26 July 2012 - 10:04 AM

The book ' Peter Brock, How good is this ' Has a bit of detail on where the HDT work shops where located . and who was running them at the time .

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Posted 26 July 2012 - 12:09 PM

I have some pics of Harry Firth's HDT HQ, one pic is out the front, Harry was very interested in how and where i got photos of his workshop from, great pics from a great time.

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Posted 26 July 2012 - 12:54 PM

pictures guys, I'd like to see what they look like today.
I have heaps from before Tate sold the old Firth HDT premises back in 1998 when he was restoring the 73 XU1.

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Posted 26 July 2012 - 01:03 PM

My pics were taken in 1972, the outside pic is the boys loaded up and about to head off to Bathurst for the 1972 race weekend, great pic, the others pics are taken just after the bathurst weekend in Harry's HDT Workshop

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Posted 26 July 2012 - 01:30 PM

https://maps.google....=12,98.6,,0,9.3

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Posted 26 July 2012 - 02:11 PM

My pics were taken in 1972, the outside pic is the boys loaded up and about to head off to Bathurst for the 1972 race weekend, great pic, the others pics are taken just after the bathurst weekend in Harry's HDT Workshop

https://maps.google....=12,98.6,,0,9.3


Old School........ has the photo's........New School.......has google maps.......LOL

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Posted 26 July 2012 - 02:55 PM

Red
I just posted the chetwyn st workshop
And the boundary rd workshop on the gmh-torana facebook page
Sorry my photobucket acc is not letting log in
The port melb workshop i will snap later today if i can get out that way :)

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Posted 26 July 2012 - 06:40 PM

You can link from FB to here as well.

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Posted 26 July 2012 - 08:15 PM

You can link from FB to here as well.


thanks bomber


how do i do it mate ?

Edited by YiriSS, 26 July 2012 - 08:15 PM.

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Posted 26 July 2012 - 08:35 PM

Right click, copy image url, then in your little reply box click on the image tag and right click paste.

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Posted 26 July 2012 - 08:43 PM

wont let me :( damn it

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Posted 26 July 2012 - 10:58 PM

What number in Queens avenue was the old HDT workshop, I can pop past tomorrow, I only work down the road from it.

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Posted 27 July 2012 - 06:25 AM

What number in Queens avenue was the old HDT workshop, I can pop past tomorrow, I only work down the road from it.

its 33-35, now a sort of a purple colour. From the train you can still see a large painted Ford logo and "we service Ford" as a legacy of Harry's involvement with Ford before HDT.

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Posted 27 July 2012 - 07:05 AM

Red
I just posted the chetwyn st workshop
And the boundary rd workshop on the gmh-torana facebook page
Sorry my photobucket acc is not letting log in
The port melb workshop i will snap later today if i can get out that way :)


Theres a gmh Torana fb page?

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Posted 27 July 2012 - 07:26 AM

Yep: https://www.facebook...s/114933467783/

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Posted 27 July 2012 - 07:30 AM

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Thanks Joshua

Can u do the same to the other 2 as well
Cheers

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Posted 27 July 2012 - 11:37 AM

Old School........ has the photo's........New School.......has google maps.......LOL


HAHA!

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Posted 27 July 2012 - 06:07 PM

Nice , so that Bunnings is the famous Bertie Street?
What others are there?
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