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252mph in 1937 on autobahn

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Created by surferstu > 9 months ago, 19 Apr 2012
surferstu

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19 Apr 2012 11:40AM
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www.discoverychannel.com.au:443/


How good is this thing, still blowing minds today

evlPanda

evlPanda

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19 Apr 2012 3:39PM
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Old cars are the bomb.
























Pugwash

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WA, 7671 posts
19 Apr 2012 1:49PM
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evlPanda said...

Old cars are the bomb.



Beetle is a bomb

doggie

doggie

WA, 15849 posts
19 Apr 2012 2:11PM
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Pugwash said...

evlPanda said...

Old cars are the bomb.



Beetle is a bomb


I knew a guy that a similar one but had a MR2 supercharger on it, faaaarkin quick

Ian K

Ian K

WA, 4049 posts
19 Apr 2012 4:06PM
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"Old cars are the bomb."

Saw a couple of these in the US about 20 yrs ago. All ratty and neglected, should've brought one home. They must have sold like hotcakes over there when they were new.

doggie

doggie

WA, 15849 posts
19 Apr 2012 4:19PM
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356s are wicked, when I worked for Porsche one of our customers had two similar to those shown in that vid.

How much fan did that drive look?!?

cisco

cisco

QLD, 12337 posts
20 Apr 2012 12:37AM
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Pugwash said...

evlPanda said...

Old cars are the bomb.



Beetle is a bomb


That looks like it is a 60s model going by the extra bars on the bumpers and lack of trafficator arms with lights(turn indicators) in the pillar next to the rear of the door.

My first car was a 59 model which was the first with the large rear screen window and black like that one. It was a 9 year old car when I bought it for $250.

With a 1200 cc engine rated at 36 hp the owner's manual stated that it had a top speed of 63 or 67 or 69 miles per hour.

On one of my many trips between Brisbane and Sydney, when I was a Navy apprentice in the late 60s, I had climbed Cunningham's Gap and on the plateau heading towards Warwick, the air was cool and crisp and I got the old bitch up to 85 miles per hour with plenty of throttle left if I wanted to go harder.

She was stock standard, not lowered like the one above, so I did not push my luck.

Yes, old cars are the bomb which is why my daily drive is an 84 XE Fairmont.

After 1987 all cars turned to crap.

surferstu

surferstu

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19 Apr 2012 10:48PM
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^ all that's missing is the 5.8 badge on the front guard

sn

sn

WA, 2775 posts
19 Apr 2012 10:50PM
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talking about "old bombs"

aint no way known the first one ever went more than 130klicks- and if the second goes that fast I will be scared stiff......


cisco

cisco

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20 Apr 2012 1:56AM
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Ian K said...

"Old cars are the bomb."

Saw a couple of these in the US about 20 yrs ago. All ratty and neglected, should've brought one home. They must have sold like hotcakes over there when they were new.



If you can find a 356 for sale these days it will cost you a mint. So much so that replicas will cost you plenty. This one looks to be a bargain but it is a LHD import and needs finishing off.

www.carsales.com.au/?utm_source=carpoint/all-cars/private/details.aspx?Cr=0&R=11994755&keywords=&trecs=1&__Ns=pCar_RankSort_Int32|1||pCar_Price_Decimal|1||pCar_Make_String|0||pCar_Model_String|0&__sid=136CCFD7C017&__Nne=15&__Qpb=1&seot=1&__N=1216%201247%201252%201282%204294776320%204294963765&silo=1011


If you really like Porches you can get to drive them if you have NFS Porche 2000.

The game engine is very good and the cars are very true to the characteristics of each model. Example. The 78 turbo 911 will hang it's rear every time if you gun it whereas the 914 handles like a dream.

My favourite car is the 1967 Porche 911.





EA Games used to run a server for online racing for this game for a couple of years or more and I had a ball with about 200 other dedicated racers with a chat room between races and stats and a hero board to boot.

It was not possible to cheat either. There was a girl in the U.S. by the name of Chey who was legend. She raced real cars too.

Now get this. My computer had a Gigabyte mother board, Celeron 600 CPU, Nvidea TNT2 32 mb AGP graphics card, 128 mb RAM, Soundblaster sound card and a 10 Gb HDD running Windows 98 Second Edition over a dial up connection.

Weekly scan discs and defrags were standard operating procedure.

cisco

cisco

QLD, 12337 posts
20 Apr 2012 2:07AM
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surferstu said...

^ all that's missing is the 5.8 badge on the front guard


No. The Clevelands are too heavy for the XD, XE or XFs. They do terrible things to the weight distribution.

Better with a Windsor or better still with a turbo 250 X Flow. But why bother, it is a beautiful ride as it is. Maximum speed I need for getting around B Doubles is 150 kmh and it is good for that.

petermac33

petermac33

WA, 6415 posts
20 Apr 2012 1:00AM
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You need to update your 84 Falcon cisco for a 7-9k 2003 mk111 Toyota Avalon.

The inside is so plush and roomy,the ride is ultra smooth from the 3litre 6 cylinder engine. Got 600kms last week for the 65 litre fuel tank,more than my old 1993 2.6 Magna.

Feel like a king everytime i drive the thing,need to find a woman as good a ride.

doggie

doggie

WA, 15849 posts
20 Apr 2012 8:58AM
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petermac33 said...

You need to update your 84 Falcon cisco for a 7-9k 2003 mk111 Toyota Avalon.

The inside is so plush and roomy,the ride is ultra smooth from the 3litre 6 cylinder engine. Got 600kms last week for the 65 litre fuel tank,more than my old 1993 2.6 Magna.

Feel like a king everytime i drive the thing,need to find a woman as good a ride.




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