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My grandfather was in Tobruk and El-Alamein, then ended up on operations behind enemy lines. Details on that part of his service are still...
Sorry, folks, a stupid question: what's static drop?
Can't beat a dressed W-block for mine! ("four speed, dual quad, posi-traction.....")
What we call here in Australia VFO: Very Fucking Ordinary.
What's he building in there? What the hell is he building in there? I bet he spent a little time in jail...he has subscriptions to those...
Ohhh lovely! A bit of lateral thinking! Very nice!
Don't approach the guy, either politely or otherwise. He's already indicated he's "going to sue, and you should lawyer up", so any compromise is...
Struck an old bloke who noticed the warbirds mag I was carrying. He starts talking about De Havilland Mosquitos, getting into a bit of detail. So...
I can't say this car is haunted, but I'll relate the tale. John Godfrey Parry-Thomas was the first driver to be killed in pursuit of the LSR....
Lordairgtr, that sounds a lot like a tale Telly Savalas swore occurred to him when he was a teenager. Ran out of gas, a guy in a Caddy picked him...
I like the yellow idea, a good bright canary yellow, a real primary colour. Satin black is fast leaving me cold I'm afraid......
I found this in a little town in the South Island of New Zealand (can't remember which one). I was there with my Kiwi wife doing the visiting...
Dear God Almighty what shocking news. My best thoughts to you mate, Matt
FC Holden!!!
I just spoke to Dennis by ouija board and he said he hasn't been consulted, so if it becomes a reality he's going to sue. He also wanted to know...
Mine came from a Tom Waits live album bootleg. He was talking about how 'it rained all day the day Elvis Presley died, and only a legend can make...
And no helicopters either............
Yeah, but does he know anything about progressive linkage??
We won't see the likes of those young men again.
I reckon it's 'yards'. The word 'large' here in Aussie means a thousand, as in "that knucklehead paid 10 large for that pile of shit".
I don't think the film was ever set up as a 'car movie'. I always saw it as a low-budget avant-garde style of surrealism, much along the lines of...
Paint it with a brush, write 'beater is neater' down the side, put on a pair of flamed shorts and an Elmer Fudd cap, then sit in your lawn chair...
I like the wires and the pinstripe whitewalls, especially since you've gone for that 60's look. There's enough cars with wide whites on to satisfy...
It's one of my all-time favourite movies, period. Only partially to do with the cars and racing; largely it was the fun to be had under the...
After watching a pass by two funny cars at the now-defunct Calder dragstrip, I heard one bloke scoff at his mate for asking if they ran a Turbo...
Did the same to my '53 many moons ago (HG front, Commodore R&P), after listening to and taking the advice of street rodders (a fatal mistake in...
I think you'll find it's Fatty Arbuckle making a getaway after his Virginia Rappe faux pas..........
Nostalgia is a seductive liar.
A workmate was talking about the new car he just bought for his missus. He told me the engine's rated at XXX kilowatts. I said what is it, a...
"Old school" is a term that annoys the shit out of me. Or worse than that: "old skool".
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