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Message started by Frances on Apr 1st, 2012 at 7:40am

Title: Old Cars
Post by Frances on Apr 1st, 2012 at 7:40am
It seems we have a few forum members who like old cars, so I thought I might post the occasional photo of one.  Here's one I took of a Rolls-Royce at a car show we went to last year:

Title: Re: Old Cars
Post by Jasignature on Apr 1st, 2012 at 9:00am
I had a large yellow 1967 Dodge slant with a big fibro cabin on the back. Getting parts was pretty hard and I think I got the last steering column in Melbourne. Some old guy knew exactly where it was under an immense pile of parts in a back shed.
It was like a tank to handle and I learned how to drive manual in it without being taught. I learned the value of just using side-vision mirrors and knowing exactly what is around me at all times.
It had rust, it had leaks, it had faults and it didn't have much of a 1st gear ...but it was my home for a good period. The seats in the back would fold down into a large double bed with a TV in the top corner. All my gear was stashed under the seats. My rent was just $126 a month in a carpark near Centra Hotel on the Yarra (occassionally inside the big old hangar) while I worked at a Backpacker Hostel where so-called 'shoe-stringers' would pay $17 a night ;D ...mind you, those places were like drunken/stoned orgies.

I paid about $3,000 for the Dodge and found Victoria pretty good towards old cars - unlike NSW which makes up rules to get the old cars off the roads to keep the Car Industry ticking over by forcing people to buy new ones.

Eventually my Dodge broke down on a Bridge in Sydney between St Clair and St Marys. A modern 4x4 Landcruiser had to tow me down to the servo :-[ and eventually I got it towed back to my oldies where it sat for ages until I sold it to some enthusiast for just $100.

...none, the less - I loved the experience of living in it. Nothing like just driving off and opening the back doors to an endless backyard of fields.

Title: Re: Old Cars
Post by PoliticalPuppet on Apr 1st, 2012 at 10:10am
These count?

Title: Re: Old Cars
Post by Frances on Apr 1st, 2012 at 9:58pm
Spotted in a car park in Pennant Hills a few months back:

Title: Re: Old Cars
Post by perceptions_now on Apr 1st, 2012 at 10:12pm

Frances wrote on Apr 1st, 2012 at 9:58pm:
Spotted in a car park in Pennant Hills a few months back:



Valiant AP6?

Title: Re: Old Cars
Post by Grey on Apr 1st, 2012 at 10:16pm
Issa proper car innit? :)

Title: Re: Old Cars
Post by Frances on Apr 1st, 2012 at 10:19pm
I'm not sure what model it is - maybe someone else can tell us.  While we're waiting, here's a station wagon in Surry Hills - this one was going a bit fast for the camera....

Title: Re: Old Cars
Post by PoliticalPuppet on Apr 2nd, 2012 at 8:43am
Frances,
Early 60's Dodge Valiant Dart
If it was black it would look like a hurse.

EDIT:
sorry thats the wagon,
the first one you posted is an ap6 like perceptions said I think

Title: Re: Old Cars
Post by Kat on Apr 2nd, 2012 at 6:03pm
Love the Match-box, PoliticalPuppet.

Known as the 'Silver Hawk'.

600cc V4, built between 1931 and 1935.

There was a similar V-twin as well.

Title: Re: Old Cars
Post by Kat on Apr 2nd, 2012 at 6:05pm

bobbythefap1 wrote on Apr 2nd, 2012 at 8:43am:
Frances,
Early 60's Dodge Valiant Dart
If it was black it would look like a hurse.

EDIT:
sorry thats the wagon,
the first one you posted is an ap6 like perceptions said I think



Yep, I learned to drive in one in the late 1960s.

Title: Re: Old Cars
Post by PoliticalPuppet on Apr 2nd, 2012 at 6:30pm

Kat wrote on Apr 2nd, 2012 at 6:03pm:
Love the Match-box, PoliticalPuppet.

Known as the 'Silver Hawk'.

600cc V4, built between 1931 and 1935.

There was a similar V-twin as well.

matchless are my favourite bikes

Title: Re: Old Cars
Post by Kat on Apr 2nd, 2012 at 6:48pm

bobbythefap1 wrote on Apr 2nd, 2012 at 6:30pm:

Kat wrote on Apr 2nd, 2012 at 6:03pm:
Love the Match-box, PoliticalPuppet.

Known as the 'Silver Hawk'.

600cc V4, built between 1931 and 1935.

There was a similar V-twin as well.

matchless are my favourite bikes




Yes, they're cool.
I'm an AJS man, myself.....

Got a soft-spot for the 'Big Port' flat-tankers from the late 1920s.

Own a 1927 H9 (in bits). As below, and no, unfortunately it ISN"T mine, but v. similar.
1927-ajs-h6-1-858x570.jpg (180 KB | 53 )

Title: Re: Old Cars
Post by PoliticalPuppet on Apr 2nd, 2012 at 7:14pm

Kat wrote on Apr 2nd, 2012 at 6:48pm:

bobbythefap1 wrote on Apr 2nd, 2012 at 6:30pm:

Kat wrote on Apr 2nd, 2012 at 6:03pm:
Love the Match-box, PoliticalPuppet.

Known as the 'Silver Hawk'.

600cc V4, built between 1931 and 1935.

There was a similar V-twin as well.

matchless are my favourite bikes




Yes, they're cool.
I'm an AJS man, myself.....

Got a soft-spot for the 'Big Port' flat-tankers from the late 1920s.

Own a 1927 H9 (in bits). As below, and no, unfortunately it ISN"T mine, but v. similar.

Yeah nice! best era in my opinion

Lucky you should get that working

I love the R7 as well

Title: Re: Old Cars
Post by Kat on Apr 2nd, 2012 at 7:25pm
1928 K7...
ajs_k7.jpg (58 KB | 54 )

Title: Re: Old Cars
Post by Kat on Apr 2nd, 2012 at 7:30pm
and a 1930 R7......Note the 'new' saddle-tank.....:-)

ajs_r7.jpg (60 KB | 53 )

Title: Re: Old Cars
Post by PoliticalPuppet on Apr 3rd, 2012 at 9:33am
Nice, makes me want one bad

Title: Re: Old Cars
Post by Frances on Apr 3rd, 2012 at 5:55pm
Here's another one from that car show:

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