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Anyone remember 'THUNDER"?

Started by REDA9X , Oct 06 2008 03:14 PM

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#26 _trna76hb_

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Posted 28 March 2012 - 02:44 AM

Hi
It was on Carsales not long ago for sale.

I told i guy i known it was on there, as he owned it years ago.

He went & had a look at it & purchased it.

I have not seen it or the condition it is in now, but it look ok by the pictures on Carsales.

It is back on the Central coast of NSW.

Ian

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#27 xu2308

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Posted 28 March 2012 - 10:01 AM

I wonder if its the same Steve Courtney that built the Blown Black 1957 Chevy from Running on Empty, his name linked on that mag with the Green Hatch on the front cover

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#28 _stretchlc_

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Posted 28 March 2012 - 05:13 PM

Isnt that Litre8's engine on the cover too???

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#29 Litre8

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Posted 28 March 2012 - 06:38 PM

Yep, that's a picture of L8 engine bay MK1..

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Posted 29 March 2012 - 11:26 AM

I am friends with Steve Courtney on Facebook, the one that built the 1957 Black&Blown Chevy from running on empty, i could ask him did he build thunder the green machine

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Posted 29 March 2012 - 12:56 PM

I am friends with Steve Courtney on Facebook, the one that built the 1957 Black&Blown Chevy from running on empty, i could ask him did he build thunder the green machine

It couldn't hurt Scully........

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#32 _AD_75_

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Posted 29 March 2012 - 04:01 PM

Hi
It was on Carsales not long ago for sale.

I told i guy i known it was on there, as he owned it years ago.

He went & had a look at it & purchased it.

I have not seen it or the condition it is in now, but it look ok by the pictures on Carsales.

It is back on the Central coast of NSW.

Ian

I was just going to mention this when i saw your post! i saw it also when it was on carsales and it didnt look in too bad of a condition.

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#33 _SS Hatchback_

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Posted 29 March 2012 - 04:23 PM

Not sure if this is the same car but it looked pretty much the same back then , first shot was taken early 90's at the nates then the other when it was parked near by clunker 2 years later so
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a few bonnet mods
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#34 xu2308

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Posted 04 April 2012 - 11:32 AM

I asked my Buddy steve courtney (Builder and Owner of the Black 57 Chevy from Running on Empty)
he said its not him that built THUNDER, so its some other Steve Courtney

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Posted 04 April 2012 - 10:09 PM

Looks better in the magazine than it looks these days. Unloved bucket of bog came to mind when I saw it.

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#36 _mattlea1_

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Posted 05 April 2012 - 03:30 PM

I remember that car before the wheels were painted green and the tunnel ram was fitted. A guy by the name of Dave Wilson from the Central Coast owned it. As a boy, i used to sit on the side of the road and wait for him to come past each afternoon on his way home from work. That car sat better on the 345's than any other hatchback ive ever seen. Id love to get hold of it to restore back to its former glory now that i have some money. Some current photos would be awesome. Can anyone help?

My parents used to live in Wyoming on the Central Coast and a guy around the corner sold a really neat Holden ute to buy a tough green Torana hatch back in about 1990-'91 it has to be the same car.

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#37 mitchg

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Posted 29 May 2012 - 08:24 PM

Looking through some old pictures from my dads old car club, Ingleburn Performance Show Off. I came across a couple of pictures of this car. It was a regular at all the car shows run by the club.

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#38 _Greg313662_

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Posted 30 May 2012 - 08:02 PM

I am friends with Steve Courtney on Facebook, the one that built the 1957 Black&Blown Chevy from running on empty, i could ask him did he build thunder the green machine

I still have this magazine too!!!

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#39 _434LX_

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Posted 30 May 2012 - 08:13 PM

Wow, I can't remember the last time I paid $4.95 for a car mag !

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Posted 30 May 2012 - 08:23 PM

It looks a lot better in the pics than it really is

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#41 Litre8

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Posted 30 May 2012 - 08:27 PM

^with respect of course......

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Posted 30 May 2012 - 08:29 PM

By that i just mean it's been unloved for a long time and while the wheels and chrome and things look ok in the pics, they are well in need of attention, as is the paint , trim, .....the list goes on

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#43 Ruts

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Posted 30 May 2012 - 08:31 PM

Would not take that much to bring it back to life by the looks of it. Then again I haven't seen it in the flesh.

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Posted 30 May 2012 - 08:40 PM

So does anyone know what is happening with the car?

trna76hb mentioned on the top of this page someone from the central coast of NSW bought it.

Would be nice to see it restored to its former glory.

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#45 _2doorhatch_

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Posted 31 May 2012 - 05:04 AM

Sweet looking Hatch, looking forward to seeing it on the streets of the Central Coast.

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Posted 31 May 2012 - 06:29 AM

just caught the end of this post,..i know the guy who built this car from scratch back in then..

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Posted 31 May 2012 - 02:29 PM

look back at the first post

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#48 _bradman_

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Posted 31 May 2012 - 06:40 PM

Wasnt it stolen late 90s??? Thats what i thought happen to it??

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Posted 31 May 2012 - 08:13 PM

Great looking car, I am sure with a little bit of elbo grease it can be returned back to it's former glory even if it does look to be in great nik in the recent pictures of the car..........

By the looks of it they loved taking side on pics in the early 90's, here's my old hatch in a Street Machine spread....any similarities...???

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"Cheers"

Alf

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#50 _cjsammut_

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Posted 11 June 2012 - 11:41 AM

Wow, its back on the Coast. I wish i knew it was for sale when it was on Carsales. How much were they asking, if anybody can remember seeing the ad. Perhaps i dont want to know, especially if it went for a song.