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[LC69GTR]

Sure is a Beetle Heath I think the one we got is on a 70 beetle and it�s got a 1600 with a Down draft Webber and extractors
Goes alright.
We used to go cruzing in it down Lygon Street doing bunny hops passed all the Commodore boys and you would get plenty of chicks asking you if it was a real Porsche.
We called it the poor mans Porsche

The car we have was the Coke a Cola Rock and Roll Auction car we won it yrs ago from coke.
It�s going on eBay soon as its been sitting for 9 yrs now.
The one in the pic is not the one we got will post some pics if you want some.
Has bluebird seat's and a fancy dash

[LC69GTR]

[Dangerous]

ToranaSS, wasn't it a Ferrino, and they had to change the name to Cerrino, as Ferrari kicked up a fuss?

There was also another mob that were making Ferrari copies - I think it was of an 250GTO??? based on a Datsun 240Z body and a V8. I saw a couple of very well built prototypes at Sandown years ago - a coupe and a convertible. Looked like the pic at the website below (won't let me link it), but probably a slightly later model.

http://www.dennigcar...ari_250_gto.htm

[MONZA1]

Bolwell Mk 7 - the next-best thing to a Torana GTR-X

[piquet]

Another Bolwell sports car was the Ikara
quite a futuristic looking car

Then there was the Nota Fang from sydney, built near the old Amaroo Park raceway

But by far one of the best looking cars was built down here in Melbourne by Tony Farrell of the Farrell clubman race cars of the 70's. for some reason the name Dawes and North ring abeel as being involved in the car. It was knobbled by the lack of available parts from Brog warner in Albury

The sports car that he built was called the Illinga and was quite advanced > I ahve an article somewhere on it. There were either 3 or 4 built. I last saw one in the mistubishi dealership in Kew it was metallic blue.

[Heath]

Thought some of you might be interested... sounds bloody good.

http://s201.photobuc...rent=MX-5V8.flv

[ls2lxhatch]

There is/was a company in Melbourne building a Lotus 7 with a LS2 and T56 manual. Total weight is 800kg.

The link is dead at the moment.
http://www.florini.com.au

List of kit car manufacturers in Australia
http://www.autosourc...nufacturers.php

[torry nut]

Another one that comes to mind is an MX5 based Lexus V8 engined car called the Bullet Roadster. There was also an option of supercharging the engine.


Here is a write up. Bullet review

Looks like a fun drive.

These bullets are made on the gold coast from memory!

powerfull little suckers!

[Heath]

Yeah that did seem like a kinda weak effort, but at least he didn't damage anything. I don't think I'd be doing much better

Edited by Heath, 07 September 2007 - 03:59 PM.

[Litre8]

Yeah, Robnell was (is?) a AC Cobra kit car.

[rodomo]

heath that guy needs some driving lessons lol" yer sound ok

I can't see what went wrong?
He lost it on a staright

[RIM-010]

Elfin, DJ...

I think that's what lxls2hatch was talking about...

Tim