Mark Georgette - Australian Drag Racing

Hi everyone, my name is Simone Georgette, I am Mark Georgette's daughter. Dad raced fiats in Australia in the late 60's - 80's. His infamous street registered black fiat coupe was written off in a crash in 1986. He is currently rebuilding "The Outrage", his original fiat from the 60's. Dad is pretty computer illiterate but has asked me to post this thread for anyone wishing to make contact with him. Cheers. Simone

 

G,day simoneg I,ve got photos of the fiat at mildura nationals cruising the street, tough car, brings back memoirs. Good Captain.............

 

Sorry before your dad says I am a knob, it was albury not mildura. Good Captain......

 

Hey there, thanks for the reply. Would love to see some pics, I was only a kid but remember both Albury and Mildura. Great times. Cheers. Simone

 

I had read articles about your your Dad and his Fiat on the computer and I was really impressed with that little car. There is a guy from Australia that goes by the name Spoggie here on the HAMB. He did a great painting of the Fiat. You should contact him for a copy of it. Welcome to the HAMB.

 

Hey simone,

Welcome.

Ive always loved Marks Fiat.....what a killer racecar. Good to see your Dad is still into it and invloved !!

Post up some pics of the progress on the car's resto !!

Rat

 

Well hello to you and your dad, I remember his Topolino and a few other Topo,s in the 1970,s.

 

Hi I am ,, Big Fan just luv that car was only young then...Good luck with the rebuilt

See-ya Mark jones Fat57 customs

 

Welcome from Ok!

 

G'Day Simone , I knew your dad in the '70's , in fact we terrorised some of the streets of Kirrawee and Sutherland in that awesome little car . For those that dont know , your dad was one of the first ( if not the first ) in Australia to put a GMC blower on a Chevy in his little Model A coupe in the early '60's .

I've always played with big blocks chevy's , but probably because of the Marks Fiat , I've bin savin' couple of blown hemi's and one of them is in my '29 pick up I'm building now

great to hear he is putting the Georgette Bros ..The Outrage ... back together ...loved the early days of Castlereagh ...my mates and I never missed a meeting , coming from the Sutherland Shire there were a lot of drag racers and rodders around that area ...

I'm retired now and up in the country near your old stamping ground and taking it easy

tell him Steve from Ford Bros says Hi

OH and Welcome to the Hamb...Simone Cheers

 

welcome mate....from ohio

 

Hi Simone.. from another newbie downunder..your dads little black fiat was the car that inspired me to become a rodder.. saw it at Valla Park run 25 years back & loved it..fastest hotrod in Aus at the time..an engineering masterpiece..glad he is still roddin...& can't wait to see the Outrage car finished.
cheers

 

Hey all thanks for all these responses, keep em comin, I have p***ed all these onto dad. Cheers, Simone

 

Welcome from Illinois

 

Oh geez nearly missed this post! I have a shot of your dad's car as my avatar... eagerly awaiting some progress photos and reports on 'The Outrage' restoration. It's one of my favourite period Australian drag cars.

 

welcome from ga

 

Howdy
I'm new here and in Aussie as well. Will your Dad sell the mould for his spindle front wheels?
Cheers
Tony

 

Welcome

 

Hi all, Dad has been reading all these responses and I think I have convinced him to post some photo's of the restoration of "The Outrage". Stay tuned. Simone Georgette

 

Progress so far on the restoration of "The Outrage" - Mark Georgette

 

some pretty cool pics.does he plan on running it this year?

 

Hi there,
Many memories of your old man's antics in the car and that little black beast.
I was there unforuntaely on that night at the drags,... Heathrow, near Bendigo, when it was totalled.
I just couldn't believe my eyes, when it flipped so many times, I can still see it like slow motion reply.
It was credit to the workmanship that you ol' man is still here today.
All the best for joning the gang here, you guys will love it..
oz40 (Tom)

 

Welcome from Haarlem, the Netherlands. Keep them pics coming! Looking great.

See ya, from a guy who spent 12 years in Melbourne!

 

I think you mean HeathCOTE, oz40.

To all the non-Aussie HAMBers, this car and Mark Georgette are dead-set legends in Aussie hot rodding and drag racing. Great to see the car being resurrected and fantastic to hear that Mark's still involved with cars.

Will be watching this one closely.

 

Welcome from south Georgia......

 

There is a tribute car of Marks georgette's Fiat Topolino. The car looks great and can't wait to see it finished. Here's a few pictures off the internet.

 

Welcome from Louisville Kentucky. Awesome pic's!

 

Thanks Brootal,
do appreciate you unclogging this old brain of mine.
Must be too much Tequila down south in Mexico way.

Yeah its great to see the beast being resurrected.
oz40

 

hi simone i have a copy of asr when your old man wrote of my alltime dream rod i heard he will be raceing again with my best mates son mister davies the youngfeller is a good pilot of lowflying rockets kev

 

Hey welcome, I too remember your dads car and was at Heathcote on that night ,good luck with the build.....Rod.