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Launceston, Tasmania
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Targa Tasmania
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Sun, 11 May 2003 01:46
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Who's coming to see some of the targa stages this year?
does anyone know what interesting toyota's are entered this year? the webpage is set up badly and it is hard to work out what and who is entered. Last year from memory the classic toyotas were an 18RG RA40 and a 4AGE TA22, might have been some more.
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Club Member
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Sydney, NSW
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May 2002
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Re: Targa Tasmania
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Sun, 11 May 2003 04:32
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Don't forget Neal Bates...
He's bound to enter in some sort of Toyota or Lexus...
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I supported Toymods
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Berowra-Sydney
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July 2002
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Re: Targa Tasmania
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Sun, 11 May 2003 11:38
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I Fly down this Friday Morning and come back Sunday Night, should be good, went down last year and going down again this year, love being in Hobart when Targa is on 
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Location:
Canberra
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August 2002
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Re: Targa Tasmania
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Mon, 12 May 2003 00:35
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dropping into the Neil Bates work shop last week to get some pricing done,
i saw a new camry, with targa tasmania written all over it..
so i guess he will be racing that.. altho i dont recal seeing his name written all over it..
also there was a racing AE92 hatch back getting some attention.
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Location:
Launceston, Tasmania
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: Targa Tasmania
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Mon, 12 May 2003 09:01
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I rekon that camry would be the one that Murry Walker is driving. not sure what neil bates is driving. I'm off to have a look at the cars at the launceston casino in a few minutes will update sortly. wshould be good if their is an ae92 hatch in targa 
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Location:
UK at moment
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May 2003
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Re: Targa Tasmania
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Mon, 12 May 2003 11:16
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From a few years ago - I remember reading the rules for Targa Tasmania, and it seemed quite hard to get a car in the race..
from memory it had to be some sort of classic and in close to classic form (ie: no major engine conversions, tube chassis etc.) ..
does anyone konw if this is the case?
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I supported Toymods
Location:
Berowra-Sydney
Registered:
July 2002
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Re: Targa Tasmania
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Mon, 12 May 2003 11:47
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i have the regulations book for this years targa and in short any car can enter as long as it meets the safety requirements and is road legal and registered,
if you mod the crap out of your car then it just means you will be put in a class where you are up against the same cars with the same level of mods although targa tries its best to bring all cars to the same level so depending on the level of mods you may be required to have a certain size inlet restrictor added to reduce engine power output,
classic cars are limited in the way that they must run using technology that was around in the year that model was last built.
so you can't take an early 70's car and put the brand new and latest EFI system on it, as that technology was not around in that day.
you can't take a 70's model celica and ut a honda vtec engine in it as that technology was not around at that time.
understand what i'm saying?
i may be wrong on a couple o points but if i am then sorry its just the book is big and kinda complicated to read. i need a lawyer to read it for me 
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I supported Toymods
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Berowra-Sydney
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July 2002
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Re: Targa Tasmania
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Mon, 12 May 2003 11:52
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you can do whatever you want to the engine as long as it remains the original block.
and mod the engine in any way you want providing you could do those same type of mods in the year the car was built
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Club Member
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Sydney, NSW
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: Targa Tasmania
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Mon, 12 May 2003 12:14
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Cool... Does anyone have any info on this AE92 at all???
Can someone get me specs or pics please!!!
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Location:
Mexico
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November 2002
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Re: Targa Tasmania
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Tue, 13 May 2003 09:14
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| alwaysRA23 wrote on Mon, 12 May 2003 10:35 |
dropping into the Neil Bates work shop last week to get some pricing done,
i saw a new camry, with targa tasmania written all over it..
so i guess he will be racing that.. altho i dont recal seeing his name written all over it..
also there was a racing AE92 hatch back getting some attention.
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Yeah i saw that too didnt look to bad still had a full interior though. But at the same time guys where putting stickers all over 2 new corolla's and there where a few altezza's there so who knows what his gonna race in.
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Location:
Mexico
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November 2002
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Re: Targa Tasmania
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Tue, 13 May 2003 09:47
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| alwaysRA23 wrote on Mon, 12 May 2003 10:35 |
dropping into the Neil Bates work shop last week to get some pricing done,
i saw a new camry, with targa tasmania written all over it..
so i guess he will be racing that.. altho i dont recal seeing his name written all over it..
also there was a racing AE92 hatch back getting some attention.
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Yeah i saw that camry too was quite nice still had a full interior though , at the same time i saw some guys putting stickers all over 2 new corolla's and there where a few lexus's out back so who knows what his gonna use
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Canberra
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August 2002
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Re: Targa Tasmania
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Tue, 13 May 2003 23:48
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yeah, im pretty sure i saw a new mr2 in racing trim as well
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Location:
Mexico
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November 2002
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Re: Targa Tasmania
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Wed, 14 May 2003 01:59
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Your not talking about the black one are you
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Location:
Launceston, Tasmania
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: Targa Tasmania
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Wed, 14 May 2003 07:20
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i had a look at the cars a few days ago, unfortunately there is no AE92, nor is there any classic Toyotas whatsoever  the toyotas in Targa this year are:
New Camry
st185 GT4 group A
Normal st185 gt4
New MR2
New Celica
Neil Bates Lexus whatever it is
2 jza80 supras
only 8 toyotas out of 260 odd cars
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Location:
Launceston, Tasmania
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May 2002
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Club Member
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Sydney, NSW
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May 2002
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Re: Targa Tasmania
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Sat, 17 May 2003 06:12
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Anyone know a website with pictures at all???
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Location:
Sydney
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May 2002
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Re: Targa Tasmania
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Sat, 17 May 2003 21:05
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| Rolla Boy wrote on Sat, 17 May 2003 16:12 |
Anyone know a website with pictures at all???
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www.targa.org.au
On the right, there's a link Photo Gallery.
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Location:
Launceston, Tasmania
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: Targa Tasmania
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Sun, 18 May 2003 01:00
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Both the new monaros ran out of fuel on the same stage and the next day one of the XR8 drivers got disqualified for drink driving, he was more than 3 times the limit.
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Club Member
Location:
Sydney, NSW
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: Targa Tasmania
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Sun, 18 May 2003 06:31
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Thanks for the link matey...
LOL... Bloody Ford drivers still son't know what the hell is going on...
I think the Monaro's had a problem with the fuel level indicator... It was either that they ran out of fuel when the display said 17 lires left or 17 kms to go before fuel runs out...
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Club Member
Location:
Sydney, NSW
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May 2002
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Re: Targa Tasmania
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Sun, 18 May 2003 07:00
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Just found this pic of the Monaro's refuelling station ...
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I supported Toymods
Location:
Berowra-Sydney
Registered:
July 2002
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Re: Targa Tasmania
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Mon, 19 May 2003 10:43
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i have 358 photos i took of targa lots of spins, just have to save up the money to get them developed, "DOH" 
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Club Member
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Sydney, NSW
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: Targa Tasmania
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Wed, 21 May 2003 10:23
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Awesome work Martin... Can't wait to see the pics... Get some money fool...
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Location:
Brisbane
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: Targa Tasmania
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Tue, 27 May 2003 10:11
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Being orignally from Tassy I'm a big Targa fan (my dear old Nan from Devonport cuts the daily newspaper clipping out of the local paper and sends them up to me during Targa.) She doesnt understand Targa has a website.
Ha Ha........ hows that for a petrol head.
Anyway my brother tried to enter his 79 Ford Escort a few years ago. It was knocked back due to the fact it wasn't an RS2000. The fact he's spent a small fortune on it, he had the entry money and it's in immaculate condition didn't mater! Targa is expensive and really a game for the rich and famous. Tasmania has other similar events held each year but without the Targa big bucks and wank.
Here's the mighty Escort in the "Tasmanian Examiner Challenge" a few years ago. An event very similar to Targa and just as much fun.
http://www.bn.quik.com.au/harwoodj/cameron06.jpg
Justin
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