Getting to know other people here

[Cleo642]

I am 30, this is my son Ruben

Have you ever watched Full Metal Jacket? The first forty five minutes of the movie are the best, gets dull after. The drill sergeant says some funny stuff.

 

[Salties Diner]

Awe, he's a cutie! Sweet baby.

He is 2 1/2, I also have a daughter Lacey who is 5 weeks old today.

 

[Cleo642]

He is 2 1/2, I also have a daughter Lacey who is 5 weeks old today.

Awe, congratulations! I don't have any kids, and never married.

 

[Salties Diner]

Have you ever watched Full Metal Jacket? The first forty five minutes of the movie are the best, gets dull after. The drill sergeant says some funny stuff.

Many many years ago, I was 2 when that movie was released.

 

[Cleo642]

Many many years ago, I was 2 when that movie was released.

I wasn't that old when I first saw it, teenager, but it's one you don't forget.

 

[Dtackett]

Australia gets all the good cars. I want a holden ute ssv-redline

we were supposed to get the ute a few years back but then the bailouts happened and we didn't get them. essentially its a modern el camino.

 

[Cleo642]

Australia gets all the good cars. I want a holden ute ssv-redline

we were supposed to get the ute a few years back but then the bailouts happened and we didn't get them. essentially its a modern el camino.

That is cool looking, it's a truck/car hybrid.

 

[Dtackett]

yeah, its a modern el camino. lol gm designed it and holden built it. uses the same 6.0 v8 out of the 2006+ Pontiac gto and same 6 speed manual

 

[Cleo642]

yeah, its a modern el camino. lol gm designed it and holden built it. uses the same 6.0 v8 out of the 2006+ Pontiac gto and same 6 speed manual

Now all they need to do is bring back the Yugo. Lol

 

[Salties Diner]

yeah, its a modern el camino. lol gm designed it and holden built it. uses the same 6.0 v8 out of the 2006+ Pontiac gto and same 6 speed manual

These are also like the Hilux's here, every man and his dog has one! Not all HSV's like the one pictured. It's funny, I think America has all the cool cars!

 

[Cleo642]

These are also like the Hilux's here, every man and his dog has one! Not all HSV's like the one pictured. It's funny, I think America has all the cool cars!

Do they have Camero's and full size trucks like the Dodge ram or the Ford F-150? Or something similar to that?

 

[Salties Diner]

Do they have Camero's and full size trucks like the Dodge ram or the Ford F-150? Or something similar to that?

There are a few Camaro's that have been imported, they are mega $$ here. There is a second hand 2013 at our GM dealer at the moment, its like $122,000!. They are also importing the big trucks now too, not heaps around yet.

 

[Cleo642]

There are a few Camaro's that have been imported, they are mega $$ here. There is a second hand 2013 at our GM dealer at the moment, its like $122,000!. They are also importing the big trucks now too, not heaps around yet.

Really, that's ashame. About $30,000 here. Depend what you get in it though, but at that price you buy a Porsche or a Ferrari.

 

[Salties Diner]

I'm into hotrods and customs, so you guys have an endless supply, we are running out of original cars. Plus the parts are hard to come by and way more expensive!

 

[Cleo642]

You like those souped up Camaro's and all. They have places that sell customs rims and stuff in like every corner.

 

[Dtackett]

yeah, we do have the hot rods lol our car scene dates back to the 30s-40s when people were rodding out their moonshine runners. that's started everything. they founded nascar based on that, the custom car scene started with that. we were already racing cars but they were purpose built race cars, not street cars that have been modified. and it just never stopped. the car scene here in America is like non other. go to UAE and youll see high end cars like the Veyron and la-Ferrari but you come here and youll see every day drivers that could smoke that v16. I mean we hate on civics a lot, but ive seen civics that could drag a Veyron around the block without breaking a sweat.

 

[Dtackett]

this is my baby. 72 dodge demon 340. 629 hp at the wheels. full tub with 29*15.5 street radials.

 

[Salties Diner]

this is my baby. 72 dodge demon 340. 629 hp at the wheels. full tub with 29*15.5 street radials.

That's a nice bus! good stuff. 630 HP at the wheels is impressive for a streeter, must have spent a bit of coin on the donk.

I have a 1942 Ford Truck I built and a 1958 FC Holden, they are both back in my shed in Tasmania :( man I miss them. My father got me hooked on cars from a young age, he has a 1934 Studebaker commander, 1946 Ford roadster pick up, 1948 FX Holden and a 1928 Ford model A pick up. Plus his building a couple more.

 

[Dtackett]

well, I kind of cheated on this car lol my uncle bought it in 74 and pulled the engine the first time in 76 and never stopped building it. then I got it a few years ago. all ive done is a port and polish, bigger cam/valve set, went to a dual plane intake manifold with twin dominator carbs with modified jets (tips are split to provide a more atomized spray for the fuel) and a full tuned exhaust. I probably only added about 60-70 hp to it lol my uncle did the rest.

 

[Salties Diner]

well, I kind of cheated on this car lol my uncle bought it in 74 and pulled the engine the first time in 76 and never stopped building it. then I got it a few years ago. all ive done is a port and polish, bigger cam/valve set, went to a dual plane intake manifold with twin dominator carbs with modified jets (tips are split to provide a more atomized spray for the fuel) and a full tuned exhaust. I probably only added about 60-70 hp to it lol my uncle did the rest.

If the papers are in your name you own it man, good enough for me!