well we made it

[Dot]

Poor Charlie having to shelter under a ford They are nice puppies all the same

[bob r]

Yes he's safe under there.....If it was one of those cars that you like any thing could happen..

Bob

[T1 Terry]

Yes he's safe under there.....If it was one of those cars that you like any thing could happen..

Bob

What, as in barely Holden together? Or Heaps Of Loud Destructive Engine Noises.... Kingswood country, where on a quiet day you can hear the Holdens rusting

[supersparky]

Don't want anyone to think that I am biased or anything but the poor dog obviously hasn't heard of Fix Or Repair Daily, or Found On Rubbissh Dump.
The whole thing is rhetorical anyway. There won't be any BIG Bangers soon, doesn't matter who you support. Maybe turbo V6's or some Hiroshima Screamer buzzing past. Just something else that progress has stuffed. Even Harleys don't sound the same anymore.

[bob r]

You sure got that rite Terry... .... You sure got that wrong David....

Bob

[T1 Terry]

Don't want anyone to think that I am biased or anything but the poor dog obviously hasn't heard of Fix Or Repair Daily, or Found On Rubbissh Dump.
The whole thing is rhetorical anyway. There won't be any BIG Bangers soon, doesn't matter who you support. Maybe turbo V6's or some Hiroshima Screamer buzzing past. Just something else that progress has stuffed. Even Harleys don't sound the same anymore.

You missed the proper acronym David, First On Race Day

[Dot]

Terry that should have read
F= failed
O= on
R=race
D=day

[Greynomad]

Remember in the 1980s (?) when the ARDC split the Oz Big Bangers from the little'uns & tried Euro Championship at Bathurst?
Sounded like a bunch of turbocharged sewing machines with hernias!
First year the crowd was "down on our expectations", then second year they had to pull the plug a week before the event 'cause people were staying away in droves. Ticket sales were described in the press as "abysmal".
(We still haven't got our October long weekend back! )
Looks like the screamers might be the only choice soon.

[bob r]

Afraid you're right there Ray turbo six's next year ( well most will be) just won't sound the same.

Bob

[T1 Terry]

Don't want anyone to think that I am biased or anything but the poor dog obviously hasn't heard of Fix Or Repair Daily, or Found On Rubbissh Dump.
The whole thing is rhetorical anyway. There won't be any BIG Bangers soon, doesn't matter who you support. Maybe turbo V6's or some Hiroshima Screamer buzzing past. Just something else that progress has stuffed. Even Harleys don't sound the same anymore.

The big bangers will be always Keith Black engines running on Nitro, but battery/electric will soon be the race power of choice, the instant off the mark torque and regen braking will change the whole race scene the same way as turbo chargers did early on..... who would have thought a 1500cc Honda engine could make a 3000cc engine look so shabby in the F1 class, but rather than banning the electric power plant they embraced it with a formula all of its own. Once battery technology catches up and the car can do a full race on the one battery pack with a fast charge while the tyres are changed they might even compete together, then maybe a similar thing to street drags when the electric vehicles hit the scene. Watch a few White Zombie You Tube videos to see the early days of the sports rapid change https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtrpBJbLT9M, then Zombie 222 and the attack on the Texas Mile speed record in a Mustang set by Carroll Shelby. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjQtrysPzVI

T1 Terry