Off the radar again

[Daddles]

The P76 was a good car, but badly produced (rushed into production) and badly timed (didn't see the oil crisis coming). Still, the motors have given new heart to many an MGB, particularly when bored and stroked out to 4.2 or 5 litres

Richard

[Wongo]

So what should we talk about now?

[Felder]

Hot day, huh?

Not as hot as those days we used to have before electricity. Great days, those......used to have a beautiful woman fanning your face and feeding you grapes.

At least that's how I recall it....

[Felder]

Back then a Woodworking Forum was held every four years in the Colloseum, not like these young whipper-snappers that call themselves woodworkers now! There was never any debate about hand tools VS power tools - everyone used the same!

We never discussed the merits / follies of Bunnings, GMC, etc. They didn't exist. Instead we turned our ire upon those damn Romans. They didn't give us anything! Except aqua-ducts. And roads. And.......(bennylaird? a little help needed here!)

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

The only car I know of that would hold a 44 gal drum in the boot.

My '66 Pontiac GTO'd take two. Actually... one was the fuel tank. Still only got 4 servos to the mile but.

[AlexS]

The seventies was such a great decade to grow up in. It really was the golden age in this country. The sight of Denis Lillee pumping down the pitch, hair and gold medallion akimbo. Good old Paul Hogan and Strop. Gough and Mal. Number '96. Aunty Jack. Countdown. I tell ya, the young people don't know what they missed.

...and the rest of us can't remember what we enjoyed.

[Barry_White]

What's a video??:confused::confused: Are they the old things they had before DVD's??:confused:

CD's?:confused: Are they the things that you used to have to carry around with you before MP3 players came out??:confused:

What about one of these 9 CD,s on a postage Stamp running in a PPC playing back through the Stereo car radio. Twelve hours of playing without touching anything.

[Daddles]

My '66 Pontiac GTO'd take two. Actually... one was the fuel tank. Still only got 4 servos to the mile but.

Me old man used to say our first Valiant was like a well trained dog - everytime we went past a bowser it sat up and begged

Richard

[craigb]

Me old man used to say our first Valiant was like a well trained dog -

"S" model, AP5 or AP6?

[fxst]

"S" model, AP5 or AP6?

Yes
Pete

[Daddles]

"S" model, AP5 or AP6?

A VE, the last of the old slant sixes. That old girl lasted us many years and taught us a lot of interesting new ways to fix things that the factory hadn't thought would break

Every changed a set of radial tyres on wheels with safety rims ... using only tyre irons and a crow bar? Including pumping them up with a hand pump (tubeless remember). We did. Gawd knows how, but we did four of the things. Learnt some new words that day I did

Richard

[bennylaird]

What about one of these 9 CD,s on a postage Stamp running in a PPC playing back through the Stereo car radio. Twelve hours of playing without touching anything.

But it's only a 512? Why not get a good sized one?

While the specs do tell us the sound should be better I just love the old distorted output from a big valve amp with heaps of grunt (sorry Grunt).

How does Tim the tool man say? More Power!!!!!! (Can't spell his grunts)

I used to be a ludite but I like the old ways too much!

[bennylaird]

Back then a Woodworking Forum was held every four years in the Colloseum, not like these young whipper-snappers that call themselves woodworkers now! There was never any debate about hand tools VS power tools - everyone used the same!

We never discussed the merits / follies of Bunnings, GMC, etc. They didn't exist. Instead we turned our ire upon those damn Romans. They didn't give us anything! Except aqua-ducts. And roads. And.......(bennylaird? a little help needed here!)

LOL we have been there but you do have the right to have Babies!!!!!!

Write 1000 times on the wall, Romans go Home.

[bennylaird]

Maybe we need thread Marshalls to stop the hijackings?

[Shannon]

My old car had a 354 hemi and 727 torqueflite with the push button auto, think it was out of an AP6 and on some days of big use I thought I could watch the needle go down on the gauge.

As for the P76 being ugly, I reckon it will become an icon of excesses
Sort of like orange and green laminate kitchens, red 30mmX30mm tiles for splashbacks, burnt timber paneling
The 70's was all class man