View Full Version : Eastern Creek Classics 2006
1740 cars on display but I didn't get to see them all. I only took a bit over 100 photos and my best are here.
I was also joined by motorsportnerd and nota who will hopefull chip in as well.
Pic 1: Following a Stratos, Beta and Morgan in
Pics 2 & 3: Bolwells fibreglass bodies on a chassis I'm not sure of
Pic 4: '65 Bonniville
Pics 5&6: More American cars
Pics 1 & 2: More Americn cars
Pic 3, 4 & 5: French stuff no-one cares about :p
Pic 6: I can't remember
Pics 1 & 2: Excel (not Hyundi)
Pic 3: Grouped Lotus' (Lotii?)
Pics 4 & 5: 1 of 2 S1 Elans on the day
Pic 6: Some shots of a lurid S1 Elise
More pics of the Lurid Elise (I'd gotton to the end of the day and realised how few pics I had taken)
Pics 1 & 2: 1 or 2 Morgans
Pics 3-6: some Alfas to make W happy
1: New VE getting passed by a Citroen
2: Sunbeams (iirc)
3 -5: Some of the cars parked around the place
1 - 3: Aston DB6 Vantage
4 - 6: Aston DB4
1 & 2: DB 2/4 Mk III Engine
3 - 6: DBR2 Replica - full factory, apart from the body
1 -3: More DBR2 pics
4 - 6: Benneton F1 car
1: DB6 and XKSS
2: Some more Lotus for those not yet sick of them
3 - 5: Bentley R - Type Continental
Lancia Pics
Heading out, more pics later
charged
08-28-2006, 12:38 AM
Love the Bowell Nagari, one of the best muscle cars from the 70's IMHO, pity thay are so expensive and rare now:(
2ndclasscitizen
08-28-2006, 03:41 AM
Ahhh, damn it Chris, I'm still pissed I missed it! Oh well, at least I had something worthwhile occupying me. Looks like there was some awesome metal there.
motorsportnerd
08-28-2006, 04:44 AM
OK, here's a few more to add. I'll save some of the Australian cars for Henk's Oddball corner. There's a few cars that will be mostly unknown in Europe for that thread.
Anyway, here goes:
1. Jaguar XJS; 2. Lancia Beta; 3 & 4. Doretti Swallow; 5 Wolseley 15/60; 6 Rover 92
motorsportnerd
08-28-2006, 05:16 AM
Next up, still my personal favourite car 20 years after it was released -
Photos 1, 2, 3, 4 - Ford Sierra RS500; photo 5 - Ford Sapphire Cosworth
motorsportnerd
08-28-2006, 05:26 AM
1. Simca Aronde; 2. Chev Camaro Z28; 3 & 4. Corvette; 5. Corvette Stingray; 6. MG
charged
08-28-2006, 05:34 AM
Gee the corvette in pic 3&4 is um nice:rolleyes:
motorsportnerd
08-28-2006, 05:41 AM
1. Morris Six; 2. Toyota Corona Ute; 3. Toyota Corolla; 4. Toyota Celica; 5. Pontiac Firebird; 6. Daimler SP250 Dart
motorsportnerd
08-28-2006, 05:42 AM
Gee the corvette in pic 3&4 is um nice:rolleyes:
Yeah, just a little OTT.
acemotorsport
08-28-2006, 05:45 AM
any sierra racers there?
motorsportnerd
08-28-2006, 05:50 AM
1 & 2 Ford GT40; 3 Benetton F1; 4 Jaguar E-Type; 5 & 6 Mercedes SL
motorsportnerd
08-28-2006, 05:51 AM
any sierra racers there?
No, there weren't. Should be some at the Aussie Muscle Car Masters next Sunday though.
motorsportnerd
08-28-2006, 06:01 AM
1 & 2 Alfas; 3. Borwald; 4 Citroen 2CV; 5 Citroen CX; 6 Citroen SM
acemotorsport
08-28-2006, 06:02 AM
are you going to that?
motorsportnerd
08-28-2006, 06:05 AM
No, mate, I won't make it unfortunately - I'll be in NZ by then. Watching the Sandown 500 on TV.
1: Under the bonnet of everyones favourite 'vette
2 - 6: GT40
acemotorsport
08-28-2006, 06:09 AM
ill get pics for you then i think they will have a sierra or 2
motorsportnerd
08-28-2006, 06:14 AM
1. Maserati Khamsin; 2. Hillman Hunter; 3. Mercedes 560SEC; 4. Volvo 740T; 5. Peugeot 505; 6 Peugeot 205GTi.
charged
08-28-2006, 06:16 AM
1. Morris Six; 2. Toyota Corona Ute; 3. Toyota Corolla; 4. Toyota Celica; 5. Pontiac Firebird; 6. Daimler SP250 Dart
We Have just bought a Rolla like that in pic 3, going to try and turn it into a race car :rolleyes:
motorsportnerd
08-28-2006, 06:24 AM
Looks like Cyco took more photos of non-Australian cars than I did. Here's my last lot of photos of non-Aussie cars.
1. Porsche 930T; 2. Porsche 944;
And just for the Aussie Holden fans, here's three pictures of the new Holden VE
3 VE Calais; 4 VE Calais & SS; 5 VE Omega.
I have heaps of photos of Aussie cars, but I should probably use them in Henk's Oddball Corner.
motorsportnerd
08-28-2006, 06:27 AM
Two more for luck
1. Porsche 928; 2. MG ZT
1 - 4: Layland P76 Force 7 V
5 & 6: Very early Renault
1 - 3: Lancia Fulvia
4: Fulvia Zagato
5: Delta Integrale
6: Appia Spyder
That is about the end of the pics I have worth posting
Edit to correct names
acemotorsport
08-28-2006, 06:52 AM
off the muscle car masters website
If the first Australian Muscle Car Masters was BIG, then this years event is going to be HUGE! The fully-subscribed grids for the Biante Historic Touring Cars are sure to turn on another great spectacle, but theres also been enormous interest from owners of Series Production, Historic Group C/Group A touring cars, sports sedans etc also wishing to take part in Australias most dynamic muscle car show. Just to wet your appetites, take a look at some of the famous race cars already on the list. And theres many more to come!
Bond LH HDT Bathurst livered ManChamp 75 L-34 Group C
Gough LH Champ Series 76 L-34 Group C
Wigston LX Champ Series livered 78 A9X (S) Group C
Janson / Perkins LX Bathurst livered 77 A9X (H) Group C
Wigston/Hindhaugh LX Bathurst livered 77 A9X (H) Group C
Brock LX HDT Sandown 500 livered 78 A9X (S) Group C
Brabham / Muir LX Bathurst livered 78 A9X (S) Group C
Forbes / Bartlett LX Bathurst livered 78 A9X (H) Group C
Grice / Leffler LX Bathurst livered 78 A9X (H) Group C
Wigston / OBrien LX Bathurst livered 79 A9X (H) Group C
Morris / Quester LX Bathurst livered 79 A9X (H) Group C
Cullen / Jones VC Bathurst livered 82 Cdore - Group C
Janson / Rogers VC Bathurst livered 82 Cdore - Group C
Keogh / Mathieson XD Bathurst livered 80 Falcon - Group C
Seldon / Rowe ZZ Bathurst livered 81Gemini - Group C
Bailey / Land Celica Bathurst livered 81 Toyota - Group C
Muir / Geoghegan XD Bathurst livered 81 Falcon - Group C
Holden / Arnell TC Escort Bathurst livered 81 Ford - Group C
Burges / Brown RX7 Bathurst livered 82 Mazda - Group C
Blanchard LH Champ livered 75 L-34 - Group C
Williamson / Quinn Celica Bathurst livered 76 Toyota - Group C
Harris / Clark Celica Bathurst livered 76 Toyota - Group C
Kay / Power Dolomite Bathurst livered 80 - Truimph - Group C
Finnigan / Wittig Isuzu Bathurst livered 81 - Gemini - Group C
Marshall / Von Rooyen LX Bathurst livered 77 - A9X (S) - Group C
Harvey LX Championship livery 78 - A9X (H) - Group C
Anderson / Anderson Mustang Bathurst livered 85 - Ford - Group A
Longhurst Sierra Champ Car 89 - Ford - Group A
Johnson Bowe Sierra Champ Car 88 - Ford - Group A
Gibbs VL Championship Car 91 - Cdore - Group A
Ritter/Reed E38 Bathurst 71 - Charger
Chivas / Beck E49 Bathurst 72 - Charger
Cooke / Leeds LC Bathurst livered 71 - XU-1
Ian Diffen E49 Sports Sedan 76 - (period) - Charger
Brock LJ HDT Bathurst livered 72/73 - XU-1
Jane / Harvey LJ Champ Series 73 - XU-1
Brock / Morris LC HDT Bathurst livered 70 - XU-1
Devine Champ Pest Control Tasman Series 71- XU-1
Grice / Murray LJ Champ Series 73 - XU-1
Dickson / Stevens HQ GTS Bathurst 73 - Monaro
East LH Period Log Booked Group C 74 - L-34 Brabham / Moss LH Bathurst livered 76 - L-34
Morris / Fitzpatrick LH Bathurst livered 76 - L34
Morris / Fitzpatrick LH/X Bathurst livered 77 - A9X (S)
Rogers LX Rothmans 500 livered 78 - A9X (H)
Rogers / Stevens LX Bathurst livered 79 - A9X (H)
Matthews / Toepher VH Bathurst livered 84 - Cdore
Cullen / Jones VK Bathurst livered 84 - Cdore
Harrop / Harris VH Castrol 500 livered 84 - Cdore
Beck / Rush XY Bathurst livered 71 - HO Phase 3
Goss / Bartlett XB Bathurst livered 75 - GT
French / Leonard XC Bathurst livered 77 - GT
Richards / Hobbs 635 CSi Bathurst livered 82 - BMW
RACE REPLICAS
Sharp XY Brabham livered 71 - GT
Goss / Bartlett XA Bathurst livered 74 - GT
Geoghegan E49 Bathurst 72 - Charger
Beechey / McKeown E38 Bathurst 71 - Charger
Nelson / Naughton E38 Bathurst Replica 71
Geoghegan / Brown E38 Bathurst Replica 71
Brock / Sampson L34 Bathurst livered 75 - Torana
more here http://www.chevron.com.au/musclecar_masters.html
Well I must say it was a pleasure to meet up with these two fellow members :cool:
In a related highlight of the day, your dauntless UCP correspondents also ventured onto an ancient (1930s?) Sydney double-decker bus for a Hot Lap around the Eastern Creek race circuit. So there we were up in the top deck of this old AEC bus that was packed to capacity, and boy did it list alarmingly around the hairpins:eek: which obliged all of the upstairs passengers to lean right in through the corners, just like a motorcyclist, in an attempt of pure self-preservation
This bus ride included a truly 'believe it or not' moment wherein we overtook a string of Falcon GTs up the inside of Turn 4! :D
Unfortunately I arrived quite late after getting lost deep in the sticks of west Sydney, so only a few pics from me .. starting with this rare & pretty Jensen-bodied Austin A40 (import)
For the 'non-Australians' :p here's some unique local variants of Austin A40 Devon, including the Tourer (no side windows) and Utility ..
Plus for good measure this once popular (and also Oz-only factory built) Armstrong Siddeley Hurricane ute from the 1950s
Continuing the ute theme is the befinned Chrysler Royal Wayfarer, this one an AP3 dating from 1960
The 'AP' designation stood for 'Australian Production' with this obviously being the 3rd and final model in its AU-only series. AP Chryslers debuted in 1957 and were a loose evolution of the old pre-1955 Canadian P-25 'Plodge' designs. Mopar lovers may recognise the mishmash of various bits and pieces adapted from later US models, including the grafted front clip and rear quarters that were an attempt to keep the styling ahem 'contemporary' as it struggled right through into 1962
For even higher levels of fin elevation, the earlier AP2 model famously carried an additional towering set of fibreglass fins atop the original steel units ..
[EDIT] note the beautiful and once-common 'Bug Deflector' aftermarket bonnet mascot with its translucent wings that supposedly swept aside insects from splotching onto your windscreen :lovit:
Btw I once owned a black AP3 V8 sedan (313cid polysphere) with the pushbutton auto :cool: they were an exceedingly tough and durable car and perfectly suited to the Ute application seen here
And for a curio this ratty 1968 'VE' Chrysler Valiant Regal with the 160hp Slant Six. Regals were a mid-range model and the VE series featured similar but not identical tail lights to 2nd gen Plymouth Barracudas
Look out :eek: it's our national automotive icon the redoubtable Goggomobile Dart (yes it's THE Dart!) with the 2 Stroke whirring away busily & blowing a customary plume of smoke. Not shown is a large and angry swarm of vintage scooters (Vespas & Lambrettas) which in 2 Stroke sympathy escorted the Goggo as it tootled by :D
Then a well presented Lloyd (Alexander?) wagon, and rear aspect of the tiny but utterly gorgeous Riley Imp
Next up is an immaculate 'HD' Holden Premier with the 3 litre I-6, their topline car from 1965. After Holden's wildly popular EH, the HD model initially sold well but was later deeply spurned by the public, who joked that HD stood for Highly Dangerous .. due to its narrow track-width and rolly polly handling. Further ridicule was provided by the HD's scalloped mudguard projections around the headlights, a style feature that offered little in the way of pedestrian safety - indeed these razor-sharp metal arcs were skeptically nicknamed as 'pedestrian slashers' and 'kidney scoops'
Also shown a green HT Holden Brougham of 1969. Again their most expensive model of the day and debuting Holden's rorty locally-designed 308cid V8 which replaced the lethargic Chev 307. Wheels magazine tested this new 308 Brougham (equipped with the standard Powerglide auto transmission) and reported they were now capable of an impressive 80 mph .. in first gear!
Last Holden shown is an orange second-gen LX-model Torana SS Hatchback. Again motivated by Holden's 5-Litre V8 (metric rename of 308cid) but riding on dinky 13" wheels, the Torana SS was a cheapish, compact & light car of Cortina size that dominated local motorsport and offered scintillating performance value in 1975
Now some Fords, opening with two 1965 Ford 'XP' Hardtops in Falcon, and Falcon Futura (luxury) trim. Quite distinct from early Falcons of the US or Argentina, including its bodywork with those Mercury Comet-sourced front panels and unique high-mounted tail lights - as exhibited by the baby-blue XP sedan visible behind in pic #1
This 1968 'XT' Falcon GT in 'Zircon Green' lacks only the original Lucas Flamethrower driving lights to be fully stock. Like the Torana previously posted, these Falcon XT GTs garnered respect in race and rally - almost winning the Bathurst 500 and best known for coming 3rd, 5th and 8th in the 1968 London-Sydney Marathon
_______________
Finally for me .. what else but the quintessential Aussie Disaster, that being the 1973 Leyland P-76 :rolleyes:
A very sympathetically restored and now super rare example of the hideous baseline Deluxe model with the great 4.4 litre all-alloy V8 (square bore/stroke) and h/d 4 speed manual, shown in 'Country Cream'. A torquey 192hp via a mundane 2-barrel carby might not sound too impressive, yet for perspective this large & clever V8 sedan weighs a mere 1206kg - which btw is lighter than many 4-cyl tiddlers made today, including any Ford Focus or VW Golf eg
dracu777
08-28-2006, 08:10 PM
Very nice guys. Awesome pictures, and excellent commentary where due. I love to hear about the cars I will never see unless I go down under. Keep 'em coming guys. Great work.
2ndclasscitizen
08-28-2006, 10:07 PM
Last Holden shown is an orange second-gen LX-model Torana SS Hatchback. Again motivated by Holden's 5-Litre V8 (metric rename of 308cid) but riding on dinky 13" wheels, the Torana SS was a cheapish, compact & light car of Cortina size that dominated local motorsport and offered scintillating performance value in 1975You ever own or drive an SS nota?
Well I once owned a new SS in Commodore VK Group A form :p along with a very tidy second-hand LC Torana GTR XU-1 ..
But I'm sure you're enquiring about the Torana SS of which I admittedly have little experience - except by coincidence of having the use of a near-new LX SS manual Hatchback (an almost identical Mango unit but with 8" Hotwire mags instead of the aftermarket 7" Hotwires pictured) as a personal car-yard 'gopher' get-around for about 6 weeks in late 1975, when I worked for Dustings the now-defunct Holden dealer in Melbourne. Dustings are remembered as campaigning the L34 Torana which had that HUGE accident on Conrod Straight at Bathurst back in 1974
I've also been for a few terror-laden rides in 2nd-gen Torana V8s, including a repowered Chev 383 @ over 110 mph in a 35 zone ..
But yes the 5-Litre SS's were & still are light, brutally torquey and probably way overpowered, requiring finesse and concentration, lacking the easily accessible precision of earlier-gen XU-1s .. and yes despite this or more probably because of it, the good ones are an absolute gas to drive
Does this answer your Q? :)
2ndclasscitizen
08-29-2006, 02:52 AM
Very well, sounds like fun. Probably why most of the LX Torana's I saw at the Shannon's show all had ~285 rears
Very well, sounds like fun. Probably why most of the LX Torana's I saw at the Shannon's show all had ~285 rears
IIRC the stock Torana SS wore 205x13 on tiddly 6" steel rims :eek:
Those old Holden V8 engines sounded magnificent with their really distinctive & barky exhaust note
ribatejo69
08-29-2006, 03:22 AM
Well I must say it was a pleasure to meet up with these two fellow members :cool:
In a related highlight of the day, your dauntless UCP correspondents also ventured onto an ancient (1930s?) Sydney double-decker bus for a Hot Lap around the Eastern Creek race circuit. So there we were up in the top deck of this old AEC bus that was packed to capacity, and boy did it list alarmingly around the hairpins:eek: which obliged all of the upstairs passengers to lean right in through the corners, just like a motorcyclist, in an attempt of pure self-preservation
This bus ride included a truly 'believe it or not' moment wherein we overtook a string of Falcon GTs up the inside of Turn 4! :D
Unfortunately I arrived quite late after getting lost deep in the sticks of west Sydney, so only a few pics from me .. starting with this rare & pretty Jensen-bodied Austin A40 (import)
why the photos nΊ 3 and 4 don't permit "save a copy"? is a so nice car... :(
ribatejo69
08-29-2006, 03:23 AM
why the photos nΊ 3 and 4 don't permit "save a copy"? is a so nice car... :(
sorry... number 2 and 3...
charged
08-29-2006, 03:25 AM
But yes the 5-Litre SS's were & still are light, brutally torquey and probably way overpowered, requiring finesse and concentration, lacking the easily accessible precision of earlier-gen XU-1s .. and yes despite this or more probably because of it, the good ones are an absolute gas to drive
Does this answer your Q? :)
When I was an apprentice diesel mechanic many years ago, one of the older mechanics has a genuine A9X white hatchback complete with drop tank and 14X10rear and 14X8 front Aunger Hotwires. It was truley sex on wheels. it also has the 2.6:1 moonshot diff. As our gogomobile mate says "it would be worth a pretty penny" now.
motorsportnerd
08-29-2006, 06:13 AM
Well I must say it was a pleasure to meet up with these two fellow members :cool:
Likewise, it was a pleasure meeting you Nota. We'll have to do it again next year. This event will hopefully be an annual excursion for me. Hopefully more of the NSW/ACT (and of course anyone who wants to travel from further afield) members of UCP will be able to join us next year.
From both of you I learnt a lot, lots I would have walked past and not even noticed eg P76 Force 7 V.
Thanks for the great day.
clutch-monkey
08-29-2006, 11:51 PM
wish i was there... :( :mad:
dhealy
01-09-2007, 06:54 PM
I am the proud owner of the SS Hatchback pictured. It's certainly torquey, and great fun to drive (except in the wet!). The steering's a bit heavy though, but I'm told that replacing the steering box with one from a UC is the way to go.
I'm glad that someone thought to photograph it and put it onto this site.
Davo
IWantAnAudiRS6
01-09-2007, 07:17 PM
Huge power and rear wheel drive is never fun in the wet, unless you're a masochist... ;)
Some of the Sierra Cosworths pictured had the same problems, causing some very nasty surprises for would-be ram-raiders nicking the cars and trying to be rally drivers.
Welcome to the site, that's one clean muscle car :) just watched Mad Max, I'm very jealous of some of the muscle cars you have out there... Chris, please can you send me a Mustang in RHD? :(
I am the proud owner of the SS Hatchback pictured. It's certainly torquey, and great fun to drive (except in the wet!). The steering's a bit heavy though, but I'm told that replacing the steering box with one from a UC is the way to go.
I'm glad that someone thought to photograph it and put it onto this site.
Davo
Hi Davo, welcome to UCP and glad you didn't mind my photo of your beastie :cool: And that you might agree with my drive-sentiments?
From memory your car looked to be a tidy & well-loved unit, congratulations & btw I envy you. Even 30 years later I still recall how heavy the tiller was on that dealer-car I had use of. Parking it was OMG, so to paraphrase Maggie Thatcher: 'this car's not for turning'
Power steering was a rare factory option on certain Toranas and could be the way to go imho, even if you had to adapt it from a Commodore
I remember 'my' LX SS (the Mango dealer car mentioned) was one of the transitional-model LXs and unusually equipped with a stalk-mounted headlight flasher, but not the HX/UC multi-function wiper stalk as it still had the usual wiper-switch on the dash. I also remember doing a right-hand turn in that SS from one busy divided hwy onto another (Burwood rd to North rd, Melbourne) and flooring the throttle from a mere rolling-idle, with clutch already engaged. This instantly resulted in major LSD wheelspin and screaming 180+ spinout, virtually within a cars length & blocking the intersection, then being stared down by a bevy of frowning motorists :D
Gee those cars have balls, and BIG ones. I was literally doing under 10mph at the time :o No one can dislike a car that'll do that!
dhealy
01-10-2007, 06:25 PM
I purchased the vehicle just last Easter, from the original owner. It had always been garaged, so was in excellent nick.
And it does have one of the transitional dipper switch/headlight flasher stalks on the steering column.
Maybe you might consider sharing some pics and description of your very cool Torana SS in the Users Rides section? Or perhaps in Classics, with a model history?
It'd be great for UCP to see some genuine Aussie Muscle on show and I'm sure you'd drop a few jaws on this international forum :)