Back to the future

robs ss said:

Well, I admit I am a curmudgeon so it's only fitting that I rebel against the modern cars with all their computer chips, cameras and unmaintainability.
So... I have bought a car similar to my first car - and we'll see if bonding works. If it does I will spend money on it (new upholstery, air-con, decent sound system, etc)
For Aussies it's a 1968 HK Holden Premier wagon - 186 & three on the tree (6 cyl about 3 litres and manual trans on the steering column)
It's obviously not perfect but a good starting point.
Something I can maintain myself and not have snooping cameras and problems that only computer diagnosis can solve.
I travelled all over Australia in a similar spec ute between 1979 and 1990.
This is an experiment to see if I can make it a daily driver while I still have a year's warranty on the "new car" beside it - 50 years between them.
Cheers

BTW - that's grandson #1 in the back - he loves it!
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holden It's no wonder why it looks like a 65 Chevy Malibu. Click the link, it explains it all. Nice Car! ❤

Warm up the wallet.

Good choice in your neck of the world. Wagons have an appreciative following in the USA. I wish I'd kept my "56 Chevy Bel Air 4 door wagon. Not a collector's choice, but I could use it as a car camper car now. Sold it in the 70's for $60 to a struggling musician. I wasn't paying enough attention to see the classic car craze coming.

I've got a '65 El Camino. More of a muscle car thing. It likes fuel.

Have fun trying to turn back the clock. It works for a while.

I was with a mate today - he has an immaculate 1978 Ford Falcon Fairmont. It is 6 cylinder and has the optional twin throat carb. It is 3 speed auto. I would prefer it with a 4 speed manual box. The Auto differential could probably still be used. The fuel economy might be OK with that set-up. The problem is, in Australia we have design rules and an engineer's certificate minimum cost is $2000.

robs ss said:

Not quite sure of your question.
If it's "the car" for me, it will replace the white car and become my daily driver - 20,000km per year..
Time will tell, but it's looking good!
Cheers

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There was a movie..
it was quite popular here

concours said:

There was a movie..
it was quite popular here

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Ahh - was that the Mad Max one?

For me, Mad Max is a source of much humour. My sister-in-law has a girlfriend who lives in Albury, New South Wales and has a late model Ford Mustang. She told me she likes to take it out onto the deserted back roads and really gives it a blast. She laughed when I said 'I know why you do that'. Many years ago, a workmate had a V8 Ford Fairmont, which was called that because the insurance was cheaper. It was actually a GT - the real deal. I drove it during one lunch-time - it was very impressive -it was 4-speed manual. The Mustang the girl in Albury has, does not have the 5-speed Tremac gearbox. It is an auto.
In suggest a lot of people do not know how to have fun. My car is a Mazda 6, which has a manual 6 speed close box - it is actually useless, but it can actually be driven. It is relatively fast, but it is not the same as driving a muscle car.
I cannot understand why so many people allow themselves to be indoctrinated into leading mundane lives. If you watch the videos of Eric 'Winkle' Brown, in one of his videos he says 'the happiest days of my life were when I was flying Spitfires with the Canadians over France shooting Germans'. - 'Some things are so bad that they are good' ?

An adrenalin rush can be really lovely, but it can also help you to make mistakes. Because I have a heart condition, the last time I raced, I was taking a prescribed beta-blocker - it stops adrenalin - I rode a lot better. It is possible to psychologically control adrenalin.

Congratulations on that wonderful wagon, had a Kingswood sedan back in the day, great car that never let me down.