Cars ............................ we've owned

Had a UC Sunbird too ( the spud peelers ride). first Holden I ever had that wore a thrust face out on the crankshaft.

Agree the Frog carb was something else, other than that it was NOT that bad.

Cheers Steve

I notice a few of you had FX/FJ Holdens. The only one I had was an ex-PMG ute which I used to drive to school (unlicensed) when I was 16.

Point of the post is, I had a ride in an original one yesterday for the first time in 50 years and I was totally underwhelmed. How they sold so many of them against treasures such as the Austin A40, Morris Oxford, Ford Pilot/Consul and other gems has me beat. Boy, we had low standards! Driving a cheap old car when you are a teenager is one thing but somebody paid good money to buy these things new.

Lang

I overtook one the other day, 110 zone Northern NSW and pouring rain.
I’d forgotten about the woeful vacuum wipers, poor bugger would have been better off with his head out the window.
Can’t agree about the Austin, Morris etc cars though.
Austin A40 brakes??? Now there’s an oxymoron.

Jeffo

The description of the pommy cars as "gems" was tongue in cheek to demonstrate the low standard of competition.

Lang

My FJ had its handbrake cables tie wired to the chassis, not even connected.
Was just as good like that.
Cars of that era.........not the best.
And the A40 with cable rears and hydraulic fronts, what were they thinking.

I'm not that old, but in order mine where:
1964 XM Falcon ute Manual
1980 Honda CB250N (Bike)
1977 Honda Civic Manual
1988 VN Commodore Auto (Company Car)
1982 XE Falcon Ute Manual
1932 BSA 500 sloper (Bike). - I still own this one. Finally finished restoration last year, 25 years after starting.
1991 EA Falcon Manual (Company Car)
1994 ED Fairmont V8 Auto (Company Car)
1980 Ute + 1986 XF Fairmont Ghia sedan = XF Fairmont Ghia Ute
1997 EL Falcon XR6 Manual (Company Car)
2000 AU Series 2 'S' Manual (Company Car)
1965 Mustang Coupe V8 Auto - I still own this after a full resto. Has done 4000 miles in 17 years.
2003 BA XR6 Manual (Company Car)
1979 Falcon ute auto - I still own this as and use it for weekend jobs
2007 BF XR8 Manual (Company Car)
2009 FPV FG F6 310 Manual (Company Car) - Still own it and one of the best cars I have ever had. 95000km in 10 years and immaculate.
2012 AC Cobra Replica kit car. - I am 7 years into the build and not yet finished.........
2016 Mustang GT Coupe V8 (Company Car) - Still own this one. 24,000km in 2 years
1990 NA Mazda MX-5 Limited edition - Still own this one. Has done 130,000km in 29 years

Yeah mate, it started playin' up just after leavin' the yard, but l didn't go back ta get it fixed as l needed ta get home and get ready ta go ta work that night, as it wasn't ready until very late arvo. My dad had ta tune it up the next arvo after he got home from work. When it ran good, it ran good, but could run crap at the drop of a hat and was the reason for much swearin' from my dad over the time as he was the mechanic more than me!

Concrete guarantee - once you're off the concrete you're on your own!
Fun times. Paul.

That's true, mate...There's Honest Ern, who's honest, and then there's Honest Ern, who's a shyster..... I worked for his nephew for 7 years, and his father, who'd been mates with my dad for about 60 or so years, tried to set me up for stealin' money. 5 cent coins that he reckoned he put in vaccum cleaners to find out where they were goin,
'

1950 Holden in 1977

1974 Microbus in 1979


1973 Beetle in 1980, Father had purchased new (which I have now inherited)

1971 Charger (powerful!!) in 1980