Random Photos Thread

[Steve Holmes]

This wild Nagari was built by Bolwell for a customer to use for drag racing....what a weapon[ATTACH=CONFIG]10414[/ATTACH]

That is wicked! Does it still exist Pete?

[Steve Holmes]

Ray Mitchell's Ford V8 Jeep Special - Hell Corner, Bathurst Australian Grand Prix 1947. He finished 4th
pic courtesy Byron Gunther

Love this photo. Check out the cars in the background. Looks like a Chrysler Airflow in amongst the Fords etc.

[mid-year]

Hi Steve,the car does survive- but not in it,s original format.After the drag racing career was over it was converted to road car configuration which included fitting wind up windows and it now runs a modified Windsor. Apparently Bolwell built the body and chassis specifically to take the Elephant engine and the rear body and chassis sections were tubbed for the huge drag slicks.Quite a wild machine in it,s day !

[mid-year]

Thats not Mike Nesmith from the Monkeys is it.

Hi Rod,that guy is scratching his head wondering who is crazy enoigh to drive it !

[Steve Holmes]

Hi Steve,the car does survive- but not in it,s original format.After the drag racing career was over it was converted to road car configuration which included fitting wind up windows and it now runs a modified Windsor. Apparently Bolwell built the body and chassis specifically to take the Elephant engine and the rear body and chassis sections were tubbed for the huge drag slicks.Quite a wild machine in it,s day ![ATTACH=CONFIG]10449[/ATTACH]

Yeah I'll bet it was! Thats a short wheelbase.

[Rod Grimwood]

got these from a mate, maybe should be on models thread. neat

[Imp Wagon]

Thought you might appreciate this, it's a 2 cylinder BDA (the remains of a blown-up 4 cylinder BDA) powered Fiat 500.

[mid-year]

An early Sunday morning meet before taking our PH3,s to a Surfers Street Meet.

[mid-year]

Early Sunday morning cruising down a major road heading south.This was long before the advent of Freeways in Brisbane but the lack of traffic is a revelation[ATTACH=CONFIG]10553[/ATTACH

[mid-year]

A bunch of the boys posing in front of my old Phase 2.

[Rod Grimwood]

Mid-year, where are the cars now

[mid-year]

Hi Rod,all of our GTHO,s from that era ended up in Melbourne. The White GTS 350 has been treated to a full resto and is still located in Brisbane .Back then they were relatively affordable as second hand cars and a savvy buyer would frequent the several Finance Company repossession sales as many slightly used and abused Falcon GT,s and Monaros were put up for tender by sealed envelope bid and sometimes a great buy could be had if you turned out to be the highest bidder.

My Track-Red Phase 3 was in the Ford Discovery Centre( Geelong ) a few years back and the Mediterraneanne -Blue HG GTS-350 ( attached ) was in the Harndorf Museum in Adelaide for a while. Collectively they would all be worth a small fortune today

Regards Pete.

[mid-year]

Hi Rod , found a couple more snaps with the HO,s on the front lawn

[bry3500]

Things Aero

[bry3500]

Linda Vaughn

[bry3500]

1965 Mustang concept by Bertone.

[bry3500]

1956 Oldsmobile Golden Rocket

[bry3500]

The 1964 Ford Cougar II concept
1959 Cadillac Cyclone

[Steve Holmes]

got these from a mate, maybe should be on models thread. neat

OK, I give up. How the hell did they build this? It looks like a perfect 8/10th replica. There must have been so much work go into this thing. Its actually really impressive.

[Steve Holmes]

Hi Rod,all of our GTHO,s from that era ended up in Melbourne. The White GTS 350 has been treated to a full resto and is still located in Brisbane .Back then they were relatively affordable as second hand cars and a savvy buyer would frequent the several Finance Company repossession sales as many slightly used and abused Falcon GT,s and Monaros were put up for tender by sealed envelope bid and sometimes a great buy could be had if you turned out to be the highest bidder.

My Track-Red Phase 3 was in the Ford Discovery Centre( Geelong ) a few years back and the Mediterraneanne -Blue HG GTS-350 ( attached ) was in the Harndorf Museum in Adelaide for a while. Collectively they would all be worth a small fortune today

Regards Pete.[ATTACH=CONFIG]10558[/ATTACH]

Pete, I really love all these old photos. Glad you had the foresight to have taken them. Many young guys with fast cars don't ever think at the time of photographing them. They're usually too busy racing through life, and moving on to the next thing that takes their fancy.