[nota]

Originally Posted by 2ndclasscitizen

Damn it nota, first the VK Grp A, now a XU-1. I'm seriously jealous. Is that you in the photo with the hose?

Yes, but I'm just another enthusiast who's been at it for years - made a lot of money out of cars, but lost a helluva lot more. Had some pretty good cars but alas they're all mere memories now

On a Newcastle/Melbourne trip in the XU1 I recall bombing down the Hume near Junee - a pretty rough section in those days. I was really pressing on, cruising on 90-100mph and getting bounced about something terrible, when up behind comes this XA GT Tudor which followed me for maybe 5 miles, then swept past and disappeared serenely into the distance at what must have been a sustained 120+ ... I never saw it again

The thing I liked best about XU1s was their fantastic controllability during slides. No wonder they were such great rallycars. Honestly even on narrow suburban streets in the wet you could get them sideways in a straight line and just hold them there on full oppy-lock - for as long as you liked - then with the merest tweak it'd come back perfectly straight with no dramas at all, and no subsequent fishtail either. It was easy to look good in XU1s

Maybe you'll get a smile from this crap pic of the Torana and my blue Hemi-powered MGB, with mate's old MG Magnette parked between in green. Check out all those parking tickets - we're in the process of burning 'em