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How early did you start your interest in cars?
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Fri, 01 April 2005 22:31
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I went back to NZ recently when one of my family members was not well and happened to find a whole lot of photos that my grandfather took as an amatuer photographer including this one of me on my Dads 1600 datsun rally car, this was the car I later raced at about 16 in motorkhana's
ok so its slightly embarassing but it got me wondering how old you were when you first became interested in cars.
I can remeber even earlier than this photo learning to reverse my grandads new RX3 out the driveway sitting on his lap  , guess it was always in the blood 
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Fri, 01 April 2005 22:43
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Hi,
Hehehehe... nice pic.
I think I was a sperm when I started liking old cars. My dad was never into old cars but he was an old biker and had a Sunbeam, Norton 500cc single cylinder, something called an Indian (?) and a Harley 1200cc with side-car. He's got all these old pics of him when he was younger and his bikes.
He got rid of them after he got us kids, but he had an old car with a dickie seat in the back. But he sold it when I was a wee lad. When I was learning to drive he owned a Valiant Charger 770. That was a big and pretty fast car to learn on, but gee I had some fun with it.
He sold that for an Escort RS2000, then he went mental and bought a LiteAce, and now he owns a Nissan Pulsar. 
seeyuzz
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Fri, 01 April 2005 22:46
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I bought my first car when I was 12... thats about it... I couldn't tell you when I first became interested in them though...
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c'town, NSW
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Re: How early did you start your interest in cars?
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Fri, 01 April 2005 22:59
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dad was a mechanic for the early part of my life, before school and on school holidays i spent my time at his service station.
the only notible car he had was an orange valiant pacer but that was before i was born, i remember tho i used to drive home the last 5 minutes from school on his lap in our grey MS57 crown wagon we called the "big bear".
then when he did auto transmissions at home i used to operate the jack for him. By then i was regularly watching carlos sainz in the ST185 celica battle it out against the lancia deltas, and i used to build leggo rally cars and service crews. And also remember watching nines wild world of sports for a run of saturday mornings they used to play climb dance, shame this was before i could masturbate.
i wanted a SS torana as my 1st car but my old man said that if i got anything other than a toyota, nissan, honda, BMW or mercedes that he wouldnt fix it.
i didnt really start playing with the RA40 until after a few years the engine started to die, i found toymods and it was all down hill from there. 
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Re: How early did you start your interest in cars?
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Fri, 01 April 2005 23:21
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Been interested in cars aslong as i can remember motorsport in the blood, my mum had a lj gtr torana, ford xa fairmont that we put a 429 big block in, turbo sigma, mazda rx4, my step dad had xc coupe show car nuts 351, xb gt, vs 5ltr, several ex cop cars(v8 persuit)etc. my first car at 14, 11 yrs ago... and ive had a simular list of cars 
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Sun, 03 April 2005 09:36
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dad took me for a rap around oran park in a (group N?) ae86 levin in 1988, i was 4, loved it  (got a pic of me in it but no scanner  ) and i used to get carted around the east coast to rallies, racing was always on tv, dad was always working on cars at home, didnt really have a hope in hell of not getting into cars really.
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Liverpool
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Sun, 03 April 2005 10:11
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My interest certainly wasn't inherited from my father. His thoughts on cars were that they were just a means of getting from point A to point B. He wouldn't even wash his cars.
What did spark my lifelong interest is in the late 60's when I was about 8 or 9 my cousin took me for a drive in his 64 Vette. It made quite an impression on a very young Gregory.
Cheers, Greg.
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Melbourne
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Sun, 03 April 2005 10:18
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I blame my brother, he was a mechanic he had a few warm v8's and I remember doing 200+ kph in that gold ute and i remember because i was too small to see over the dash all i could see was the speedo other early memorys include siting in the back of that ute helping re-build the 351 with "goodies", shame (lucky) he didnt keep that car long enough for me to drive it. due to most of the local police knowing it VERY well.
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sydney
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Sun, 03 April 2005 10:24
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only 3 years ago 
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Sun, 03 April 2005 10:47
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my interest started about a week ago...
look at what i can do already
nar, only joking thats my mate, ive been into cars since i was about 10 and im about 18 now.
here's my new ride
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Cabramatta, NSW
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Sun, 03 April 2005 12:04
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I grew up driving Camrys and Corollas so I never had much interest in cars.
Then I bought the Celica when I turned 21... Found that cars can be fun to drive! Drove it like a maniac. Killed the engine. Ripped it apart, fixed it, put it back together (with no prior knowledge of working on cars and using the Haynes manual as a guide). It later developed a major oil leak so I ripped it out and put a twin turbo six in so that I could make the most from the chassis, then met up with Luke and formed one of the small group of people who later on became known as Toymods.
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Wollongong
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I Supported Toymods
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Re: How early did you start your interest in cars?
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Sun, 03 April 2005 22:14
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| Allan wrote on Sun, 03 April 2005 20:18 |
I blame my brother, he was a mechanic he had a few warm v8's and I remember doing 200+ kph in that gold ute and i remember because i was too small to see over the dash all i could see was the speedo other early memorys include siting in the back of that ute helping re-build the 351 with "goodies", shame (lucky) he didnt keep that car long enough for me to drive it. due to most of the local police knowing it VERY well.
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Damn Allan, I never knew you looked that good with only your jocks on
I've been interested in cars since I was around 13 or 14? There were always car races on TV and uncle that was into cars. But the one that really turned me was setting my eyes on the (then) new JZA80. I fell in love and knew I needed to get a Supra. Heh, I own one now, just too bad its not a '94 but an '84 model.
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Sun, 03 April 2005 22:42
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i always liked cars but when i was in year 2 around 8 years old i broke my leg and also had bad asthma and to give me something to do one of my dads work mates gave me a collection of all his old car mags, i had nothing else to do so i read them and pretty much from then on i was a car freak.
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I Supported Toymods
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Sun, 03 April 2005 23:04
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Always had cars on the brain, from before I can remember. My fascination for Toyotas started in 1990 (I was 6) when Dad bought a copy of Motor magazine, with the Celica SX vs. Holden Calibra test. I read the article (i.e. looked at the pics) so many times that the magazine fell apart, and Dad had to go buy another copy
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Melbourne
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Mon, 04 April 2005 01:15
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| Yian wrote on Mon, 04 April 2005 08:14 |
Damn Allan, I never knew you looked that good with only your jocks on
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what you forgot about last week? ohh my heart is broken
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I Supported Toymods
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Re: How early did you start your interest in cars?
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Mon, 04 April 2005 01:49
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| Allan wrote on Mon, 04 April 2005 11:15 |
| Yian wrote on Mon, 04 April 2005 08:14 |
Damn Allan, I never knew you looked that good with only your jocks on
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what you forgot about last week? ohh my heart is broken
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Ah haha... Shhh.... Not everyone needs to know 
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Mon, 04 April 2005 02:06
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I was about 15.. Not real sure why suddenly got the urge to get into cars as my dad hates cars/mechanic work. But yeah wanted something old that I could get my hands on and learn about the workings of it all. Didn't actually want to purchase a running car, but more something broken that I could learn to fix.
Had a foundness for the style of the early Celica's but knew nothing about them.
So sold heaps of stuff to friends and raised $800 to by the RA28. Almost got dis-owned by my parents.
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Mon, 04 April 2005 02:21
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i used to watch the group A touring cars from the age of about 5 with my dad and started following Skaife when he drove the GTR's. I still remember when they had his car on display at my local mall.
I was really good at picking race winners. I remember one round at Simmons Plains, when my dad said so who is gonna win the next race i go number 30, which was Glenn Seton at the time drving the peter jackson ford and sure enough he won i mean wtf.
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Mon, 04 April 2005 13:07
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Went to my first rally at 16 days old. Always interested in cars. Dad & uncle were mechanics so it just went from there. Never did it all for me though. Had to do it myself but would always help with answers and occasionally a hand. Wouldn't have half the knowledge, experiences or memories without it.
First car I restored was a Renault 10 (River would know, he's old too). drove that around while I restored (and I mean every rivet, nut and bolt) a 1966 Land Rover. Drove that while doing a Range Rover. Then the Crown.
Now, no license, debating and anticipatng the next project.
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Madrid - Spain
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Tue, 05 April 2005 03:36
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Hereditary for me, My dads a valiant loving mechanic (3 RT chargers and 4 S series) My grandfather was a taxi driver and only drove valiants. My first car was a tripple carbed valiant charger. If I could only afford to keep petrol up to a hemi 6 Bah the celica goes harder than any valiant i've driven 
I have some pics of me at home working on dads trailer at about 18 months old.
I also have photos of my son at about 10 months old on the creeper under the celica.
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Adelaide, South Australia
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March 2005
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Tue, 05 April 2005 04:23
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I think most who own GT4's can relate to this image in their earlier years. I know I can.
Jordan
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I supported Toymods
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Tue, 05 April 2005 05:32
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were streaking through the quad!...everybodys doin it! go al go
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Central Coast, NSW
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February 2005
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Tue, 05 April 2005 05:36
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| JFAllen wrote on Tue, 05 April 2005 14:23 |
I think most who own GT4's can relate to this image in their earlier years. I know I can.
Jordan
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easy right!
easy left!
jump!
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townsville NQLD
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February 2004
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Tue, 05 April 2005 10:57
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i have been into cars for as long as i could remember. i used to wait at the gate at the front of my yard (200m driveway) after skool for dad to come home just so i could drive his car up the driveway. when i was very young i would just steer, but as i got older i would drive up my driveway. then when i was even older i would drive 500m down the road or 500m to my house (i live in a rural area).
then i got hooked on motorbikes for a while (i still work at a motorbike shop partime), and after hurting myself repeatedly and seeing my mate laying on the road with a broken feema (spelling?).
anyway i started chasing around for scrub bashers and the first one i got was a RT40 corona  (69 model) . we thrashed that thing and it would not die...no matter what. then, after searching for another scrub basher, i found an RA40 coupe (1977 model). i took it home and got it going, and couldnt belive the power (18RC with extractors ....i was only 14yr. old). that celica was far from repair, so i kept the gearbox and motor as a spare and told myself i would get another.
a few weeks passed and i was told of one for sale by my brother. we went and checked it out and it was a excellent project car (yes, the one i done up  ). it was advertised for $500 but i talked him down to $200 .
so i got that home and thought i would just give it a "quick" paintjob and get it registered...... ...well 12months passed and i painted it(subaru WRX blue), had put a 18rg in it (i rebuilt it myself), and registered it!!.
i done all the work myself with minimum help from others (guidance of spray painter). i think i am one of those people that look at something and just see how it goes together. my dad hasnt helped me at all; he is one of those people that think they just to get you from A to B, so he dont care of washing or making his car look presentable.....he fixes rust with pop riveting a piece of an old road sign over the hole, then painting it with a brush
i just turned 17 the other week....so im only a youngen
see my sig for pics of my car
brett
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Tue, 05 April 2005 10:59
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| Merudo wrote on Tue, 05 April 2005 15:36 |
| JFAllen wrote on Tue, 05 April 2005 14:23 |
I think most who own GT4's can relate to this image in their earlier years. I know I can.
Jordan
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easy right!
easy left!
jump!
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I alwaye played the Lancia Delta HF Integrale.
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Sydney
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Wed, 06 April 2005 11:43
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i cant remember a time wen i wasnt interested in them, its strange since my dads a surfy from way back and has never even thought about modifying a car, and my mums the same.
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Wed, 06 April 2005 12:34
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I remember being about 3 and having my favourite hat,it was a porsche cap white with black emblem,by 5 i had completly rebuilt my dads celica while he went down the shop to pick up some siggs, not happy with the power I did my first engine conversion later that afternoon 351 into 76 celica,
Well the cap bit is true and I remember being able to name most cars by the age of 6 as they went past in traffic ,surprisingly i didnt follow a career in cars and have only just done my first restoration at the age of 25 
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Wed, 06 April 2005 22:47
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| riceburna73 wrote on Wed, 06 April 2005 22:34 |
I remember being about 3 and having my favourite hat,it was a porsche cap white with black emblem,by 5 i had completly rebuilt my dads celica while he went down the shop to pick up some siggs, not happy with the power I did my first engine conversion later that afternoon 351 into 76 celica,
Well the cap bit is true and I remember being able to name most cars by the age of 6 as they went past in traffic ,surprisingly i didnt follow a career in cars and have only just done my first restoration at the age of 25
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I was pretty much the same i could name all the cars by around 5 and when started reading the mags around 7-8 the main thing i looked at were pics and stats. I think at one stage i could pretty much state the power output engine size of any car that was listed and if listed there acceleration figures.
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Thu, 07 April 2005 00:53
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my dad has been watching all forms of motorsport for as long as i can remember, actually being a kid i used to get pissed off cause dad was always watching in and there was a time when i hated it. i soon came around
dad and his brother used to novice rally in a mk1 cortina and had been doing road closures and checkpoints out in the bush. then nothing happened for ages, i got into it and joined my local car club, and it has come full circle now cause dad just did his first autocross, and first motorsport in about 20 years, in his recently roadworthied sprinter, with me in my celica just last weekend.
can you feel the bonding
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Thu, 07 April 2005 00:57
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as far back as i can remember...
remember playing street rod 1 n 2, stunts and then there the gt series....
thenoldest bro got his car n when ever he did ne thing on that i was there learning and braking it lol....
dad use to b into cars... he had an awesome corona with an 18rg in it he said it could do 0 -100 n about 7sec if not less. he mad eup his own extrators calc everything...
know he gone stiff n doesnt wana do nething to cars.....
but yeah ive been into them since about shit ahh 6 or so.... when ever stunts n all them came out, considering i was born in 87!
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Thu, 07 April 2005 01:39
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| h3ff44 wrote on Thu, 07 April 2005 10:57 |
as far back as i can remember...
remember playing street rod 1 n 2, stunts and then there the gt series....
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as funny as it sounds i learnt heaps as a kid playing street rod 1 and 2
manifold goes on block, carbie goes on manifold, transmission goes on back of block, little kid, simple stuff, good foundation.
man i love those games i still have them on my oldskool gamer PC.
"You just dropped your transmission, KLUTZ!" haha funny.
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Thu, 07 April 2005 01:56
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that game and stunts were mad, you can now race the king, they were'nt to bad in sense of reality, the cars slowly came out of tune, you could blow the gearboxes damn codes to get into the game though, i borrowed then game off a mate and then wrote down the codes but we lost the sheet so we couldn't play it any more.
Only prob with that game was once you got the corvette no one wanted to race you. Was always fun to rip out the corvette engine and throw a six in and put triple two barrel carbs on and throw the corvette engine into that shit car just fo kicks. If you strip everything off that heap of shit car the worst in the game you can then sell it for 28000 or something good or cheats whats sadder is that I remember this not having played the game for over 8 years or so.
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Thu, 07 April 2005 02:09
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I remember seeing the ST18X series celica's in a dealership when I was about 10 years old and always wanted one.
When was 17 and looking for a new car I looked back and thought WTF was I thinking.
Then a few years later I saw the ST185 GT4's and knew I had to have one!
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Thu, 07 April 2005 05:49
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Some nice storys there
I found the pic of me in my Grandads RX3 .. I diddnt realise I was so young when i was backing that baby down the drive hahaha
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Thu, 07 April 2005 06:35
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i always wanted an RA28.
So i bought one, then things broke so i had to fix them. Then i bought another RA28... then it just ballooned.
Ahh the fun.
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Thu, 07 April 2005 06:43
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| THE WITZL wrote on Thu, 07 April 2005 16:35 |
i always wanted an RA28.
So i bought one, then things broke so i had to fix them. Then i bought another RA28... then it just ballooned.
Ahh the fun.
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And then came the UZS131 crown! (Witzl wanted a boat)
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Thu, 07 April 2005 07:54
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(Witzl wanted a boat)
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and so he got one with a V8 anchor
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Thu, 07 April 2005 08:49
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Crashed first car at about 3. I remember cruisin around the farm that i grew up on in my bro's Torry with a worked 8, and doin doughnuts in it. Its all been down hill from there .
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Thu, 07 April 2005 09:32
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Me and the apprentice
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Thu, 07 April 2005 14:29
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I remember being about 10 years old and seeing a near new celica st205 I think? My dad used to have hotted up fords when he was younger and called it a "sillycar". I got a little offended at this as I rather liked it Then not too long after that I spotted a similar looking car but much tougher looking. My first JZA80 supra sighting From then on, I always looked around for them. Wasn't interested in much else though.
Then in grade 11 when my friend's were buying car magz I would read them. Just crappy Hot4's etc. so I was bread into a riceboy. When I bought my first car, I didn't car how it looked or how fast it went, just how loud the stereo was
I still have a good stereo today in my daily driver but thank god I am not a riceboy anymore I shouldn't say this, but I once bought a copy of "best bodykits" There were 2 JZA80's in there though.
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