Show off your car

[Trevor]

Our holiday car, a 2016 PXII Ford Ranger

[Trevor]

and gone but not forgotten, a 1983 XE Ford Falcon (the complete driveline, suspension and brakes will live on in my sons road going version - see below)

[Trevor]

ha! I don't even remember how to post a pic in here... if I ever knew? if anyone wants to help out I found an online pic, nope, I don't even have any pics of my own car that I can think of but if you've seen one Commie, you've seen them all...

Blue 2009 VE Berlina... over 250,000km on the clock and still purring along nice enough.

Here you are Sonic, one I found on the net, but no chip or pie packets or empty Monster cans - sorry 

[madbugger]

That XP is one nice ride Trev

[Jetpac013]

and gone but not forgotten, a 1983 XE Ford Falcon (the complete driveline, suspension and brakes will live on in my sons road going version - see below)

Love the XE, would absolutely love a red on black XE ESP with the gold snow flake wheels...   

XP is a nice cruiser also.

[Trevor]

That XP is one nice ride Trev

thank you, yes it is.  Lucky we purchased before prices went nuts

[Trevor]

Love the XE, would absolutely love a red on black XE ESP with the gold snow flake wheels...   

That car was basically a one owner, my son bought it about 2 years ago from a 90 yo gent who bought it when it was 18 months old, an ex-company vehicle

It did have rust in all the usual places, the old fella would wash it then park it in the shed, allowing to water to sit where you don't want it - that was the car when my son first got it

My son put a set of rims we used on the race car on it for that photo, it did come with original wheels.  I think it it is a S Pack

It has since been stripped bare, had all the rust repaired and been repainted in the original colour, all the original furniture is going back in, the instrument cluster will be changed to a 6 gauge, not a 4 gauge.  It will be a 4 speed not an auto. My son hunted and was able to purchase an original 'manual' centre console for it

XP is a nice cruiser also.

thank you

[Jetpac013]

Love the XE, would absolutely love a red on black XE ESP with the gold snow flake wheels...   

That car was basically a one owner, my son bought it about 2 years ago from a 90 yo gent who bought it when it was 18 months old, an ex-company vehicle

It did have rust in all the usual places, the old fella would wash it then park it in the shed, allowing to water to sit where you don't want it - that was the car when my son first got it

My son put a set of rims we used on the race car on it for that photo, it did come with original wheels.  I think it it is a S Pack

It has since been stripped bare, had all the rust repaired and been repainted in the original colour, all the original furniture is going back in, the instrument cluster will be changed to a 6 gauge, not a 4 gauge.  It will be a 4 speed not an auto. My son hunted and was able to purchase an original 'manual' centre console for it

Same sort of situation i had when i bought my Mk2 Escort.

This is my current project, 1978 TE Cortina being built for drag racing with a Barra turbo engine. Have done as much as i can myself with my old man but its currently at the fab shop getting some of the major work done.

It was a track car but it had way too much body roll so decided to drag it instead.


Engine and manifolds mocked up and its turbo charger




Dash, roll cage and rear end are being fabricated at the moment.

Roll cage in this photo has since been removed for a IHRA spec cage.





And the image in my signature is what it should look like when done 

[Sonic]

ha! I don't even remember how to post a pic in here... if I ever knew? if anyone wants to help out I found an online pic, nope, I don't even have any pics of my own car that I can think of but if you've seen one Commie, you've seen them all...

Blue 2009 VE Berlina... over 250,000km on the clock and still purring along nice enough.

Here you are Sonic, one I found on the net, but no chip or pie packets or empty Monster cans - sorry 

Perfect pic thanks Trev! Exact colour match and I think the wheels are right too!

[Trevor]

Perfect pic thanks Trev! Exact colour match and I think the wheels are right too!

my pleasure 

[Trevor]

Same sort of situation i had when i bought my Mk2 Escort.

This is my current project, 1978 TE Cortina being built for drag racing with a Barra turbo engine. Have done as much as i can myself with my old man but its currently at the fab shop getting some of the major work done.

It was a track car but it had way too much body roll so decided to drag it instead.

racing is a shed load of fun, obviously we did only circuit racing, and the old girl was using about 65 litres per 100k's 

My son and I said that IF we did it again, it would be a Barra turbo for sure

[mikeamerica84]

Our holiday car, a 2016 PXII Ford Ranger

Right hand drive aside, the one thing that got my attention here, Trev, is which side the awning is on with respect to your trailer.  Like RHD, totally opposite of here in the States. 

I never knew that/noticed that.  Learn something every day.   

[Trevor]

always disembark on the foot-path (pavement) side Mike 

[mikeamerica84]

What a difference a few months make: 

[Trevor]

we have had a bit weather in the high country like that here Mike, my son (who owns the red XE) spent a week seconded with work on top of Mt Buller and got snowed on at the start of November, remember summer here starts December 1

Add to that the record floods we are having here on the east coast - it has been a difficult year