Thread: If only i'd known.

That was pre plastic car days. She had an eight foot bumper that I jokingly say weighed 800lbs.

Hold my chocolate milk and watch this

...I can spot a couple of potential Health & Safety violations there.

Originally Posted by Headworx

Hold my chocolate milk and watch this

The philippines is a treasure trove for american car enthusiasts. i seem to recall you had a nice old mustang headworx. i bet its still on the road

^Yes mate I had a beautiful 71 Mach 1. When I decided to move to Pattaya I sold it to John Hollis one night for USD $5500 and he sold it to one of his customers at Garfields (an American driller) the following afternoon for $8000 and I was on free drinks at Garfields for the rest of my time as long as I kept my mouth shut!. I was on free lobster in Pattaya when Hollis would come to visit too .

The driller sold it for something like $10,000 to an Aussie who shipped it to Australia where it'd be worth lots today. Everyone was a winner.

So many distractions, it took me more than 20 seconds to spot the kid's head in that photo.

^What's the engine can anyone tell?. I'm no Bow Tie badge expert but it looks like a tree-fiddy maybe?.

Definitely a small block... Maybe 327 or 350

Couple more pics from the same site (Australia's toughest cars).


Was never really a big fan of this model but Jaysus, that paint job is stunning!.


This will give the kid and his V8 powered go-cart a run for his money when it's done, a V10 Viper engine going into a Datsun 1200 Ute. Hold my beer and watch this

Oh snap! I've literally just seen that Dato on a FB group page!

Can't believe they managed to shoe-horn that in there!

Originally Posted by Headworx

a V10 Viper engine going into a Datsun 1200 Ute

Hope they put wings on that thing...

Originally Posted by AntRobertson

Can't believe they managed to shoe-horn that in there!

Money's the answer, what was the question? .

No seriously, that's some completely out-of-the-box engineering going on there. This might be the ultimate sleeper, depending what he does with wheels/paint/etc. They won't let him register this for the road will they?. In any case, if anyone sees the finished car FFS post the link!.

Originally Posted by Headworx

They won't let him register this for the road will they?

It's unlikely though not impossible.

I'm assuming Aust has a similar process to NZ - anything not factory needs to be certified by engineers etc.

Costly and time-consuming process but then again, as you say, money's the answer!

My very first new car.

Originally Posted by Norton

My very first new car.

Nice! But...I liked the older Goat's body style a little more. Think this was a 66. The one in the youtube looks more like a 68...

Followed by.

And my last muscle car.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6QMME1QbK8

Then kids came along. Had one exactly like this.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUtwPn7QF8s

Originally Posted by SKkin

I liked the older Goat's body style a little more

Yep. Great car. My cousin had one.

To the OP, had I only known would have kept all those babies.

Never too late to get another one Norts!

Originally Posted by AntRobertson

Never too late to get another one Norts!

I paid $2,850 for the Camaro. Identical one now about $70,000. Trust me it is way too late.

Haha fair enough.

I'm in the process of buying / collecting the cars of my youthful dreams...






...and they're only going to cost me about x40 what I would've paid back in the day.

But, they'll never be as cheap again as they are today!