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Fj Holden, Repco Reliability Tour

Started by _Toranaman24_ , Mar 11 2008 02:02 PM

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#1 _Toranaman24_

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Posted 11 March 2008 - 02:02 PM

Hi all,

Was over at a family friends the other afternoon, and he LOVES his FJ's. Whilst showing me around he pulled the covers off this beauty.

Now i cant remember the exact things he said but the Repco Reliability Tour, is ringing a few bells and i think he said it was in the 1970 races all over OZ. He was so excited about it and how it kept up with all the commodores and stuff.

He is just tidying it up a bit, but doesnt want to do too much as most of the original stickers are still on the car. I also have no specs of the running gear but am happy to ask if anyone wants to know.

Anyway heres pics, please correct me if i am wrong because i believe some of this is wrong.

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Enjoy

Matt

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#2 LC69GTR

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Posted 12 March 2008 - 06:19 PM

Great pic's matt thanks for sharing

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Posted 29 March 2008 - 08:30 PM

car no 207.......jim reinders & john lewis.....laz

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Posted 30 March 2008 - 10:14 PM

Not a bad effort, running a 1950s car in the hardest trial ever run in Australia.
I wonder how the Toranas went that entered the '79 Rally.

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#5 Potta

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Posted 22 August 2009 - 02:07 AM

Not a bad effort, running a 1950s car in the hardest trial ever run in Australia.
I wonder how the Toranas went that entered the '79 Rally.

I'm not sure there were any cause HDT ran the new Commodore....and won of course.....

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Posted 22 August 2009 - 12:12 PM

Great pics of the Humpy :spoton:

AND I'm glad he is leaving it as original as possible, I'd even leave the original dings in it if there is some :rockon:

A lot of people don't realise that the FJ was the lightest Holden sedan for quite a while.

It tipped the scales at 19.7 cwt (hundred weight) when most cars were were over the 20 cwt (1 ton) mark and that is why they went very well on the race track.

Thanks for sharing pics :spoton:

Regards .... Barry

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Posted 22 August 2009 - 04:37 PM

Thanks for for posting the photo.

Its amazing it has surivied,

Cheers.

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Posted 25 August 2009 - 12:35 PM

I'm pretty sure there was another FJ from the Repco Reliability Trial in the Motor Museum in Fremantle which has now closed.

No idea what happened to it but it says a lot about how the cars were built back then.

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Posted 25 August 2009 - 04:08 PM

well preserved too !
mmm fj's are sexyy...

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#10 _repco reliability FJ207_

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Posted 03 January 2011 - 09:48 PM

Hi all,

Was over at a family friends the other afternoon, and he LOVES his FJ's. Whilst showing me around he pulled the covers off this beauty.

Now i cant remember the exact things he said but the Repco Reliability Tour, is ringing a few bells and i think he said it was in the 1970 races all over OZ. He was so excited about it and how it kept up with all the commodores and stuff.

He is just tidying it up a bit, but doesnt want to do too much as most of the original stickers are still on the car. I also have no specs of the running gear but am happy to ask if anyone wants to know.

Anyway heres pics, please correct me if i am wrong because i believe some of this is wrong.

Enjoy

Matt

Hi matt, my name is john lewis l was the co driver &navigater of fj207 repco reliability trial,its good to see the old girl again,that rally was no walk in the park,but the old girl did us proud ,jim and l have allready made arangements with the owner of her to meet up soon.thanks for the pics.

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#11 _2ELCS_

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Posted 23 January 2011 - 07:30 PM

Hi John,welcome to the Forum.

just out of curiousity, did you own a BP service station at Hurlstone Park in Sydney ?

Wayne

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#12 _repco reliability FJ207_

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Posted 23 January 2011 - 09:54 PM

Hi Wayne sorry no,I have lived in vic all my life,thanks john

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#13 _2ELCS_

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Posted 24 January 2011 - 04:21 PM

No worries John, enjoy the Forum.

Wayne

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#14 _AGGRSV_

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Posted 15 February 2011 - 09:13 PM

Hi Wayne sorry no,I have lived in vic all my life,thanks john

I bet you wished you owned the servo though John? Lol.

Have you and Jim had a chance to visit the old girl? And i mean the FJ...

Jim was telling me he kept a lot of memorabillia too. Including the map of the tour!

Edited by AGGRSV, 15 February 2011 - 09:15 PM.

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Posted 22 February 2011 - 07:51 PM

HI AGGRSV YES WE HAVE SEEN THE OLD GIRL, EVEN DROVE HER LOTS OF MEMORIES,WE HAVE LOTS OF MEMORABILIA EVEN SUPER8 FILM OF THE RALLY,AMAZING IT ALL SU RVIVED,WE HAVE BEEN INTERVEIWED & PICTURES,MAYBE A TWO PART SERIES,MAG IS... JUST HOLDEN... IM NOT SURE OF WHICH MTHLY EDITION,JIM AND I MAY BE DRIVING INTO EPPING VIC ON SAT 26TH FEB , MAY BE AROUND MIDDAY,IN THE OLD GIRL.THANKS FOR LISTENING.RE JOHN

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#16 _repco reliability FJ207_

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Posted 22 February 2011 - 08:35 PM

hi Rob LoL

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#17 _AGGRSV_

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Posted 23 February 2011 - 10:25 AM

hi Rob LoL

G'day, g'day!

Not sure if you would catch on.

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#18 _repco reliability FJ207_

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Posted 23 February 2011 - 07:56 PM

Hi rob thanks for the feed back,clearly you are my No 1 fan.Looks like fj207 will now hit the road on 6th march.l will keep you informed.Re john

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#19 _AGGRSV_

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Posted 28 February 2011 - 09:30 PM

Sounds good.
Hope the weather holds up for the big outting! I bet it's going to bring back lots of memories?
Is Jim going to be in town for the ride? Regards your No 1 fan!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy birthday Grammy :buttrock: