tony gray

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Damn, couldnt find any 1200's Bob...but I've found some 1400's!

I really need to get out more......

Knox off-road are starting a bit of a historic class at the moment. Just a few people so far but I could get interested in that for sure.

AUSSIE BOB

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Ahh yes, the CAT he had at the worlds, chrome wheels, long wheelbase, hand made carbon fibre prototype, greenish body with a Aussie Flag and a nude bird on it, know it well. The Model Shop bought it and i raced it, not the body but, he didnt want to sell that, I went OK with it, then i got the Optima (I think) and the CAT went to a young kid that had a father who was a Millionaire, he raced it in 2 races, didnt like it and threw it in the dam at Rose Cottage, didnt even turn it off. I should have written a book ...............BOB
PS TONY, i forgot about 1400, i can actually recall 1100, they were the first ones i think in 1978

shanemac

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Tony,

You should have a go , it's a heap of fun. We've only raced them once so far (an Ultima and a JRX-2 so far) but we're going to have RC10 aluminium tub cars , Frogs , Hornets.......like I've said it's only fun and not for prestige or points.....

Cheers

Shane

Z00M

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Now these are the good cells for racing today yeah?

ben73

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I have five of these in saddle packs in the attic.... wonder how they would go in the BJ

Z00M

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And should we hold a competition to see how many faces have names in this picture? I think it's from the 84 states at snives. Correct me if I'm wrong.

I'll start - I guess Ray Woods!!

Love the colored flags(even though the photo is B&W) on the antenna so the lap counters can score you - And then they gave you a fraction of lap finished because you had to stop your car when the hooter sounded!! Loved it.

AUSSIE BOB

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Yep, got to be, i found about 10 that i know including myslef and son, and a few others from Canberra as well, found my Optima there too, the bottom right hand is Ian Thorne from Ryde, etc. I can recall at this event i ran the 7 cell class and we did one complete oval first then a little kink for the rest of the race, but some guy threw the piece of wood you see on the left in front of a car as it went down the straight becasue he thought that was the track barrier, a carbon fibre Mugan Bulldog (no original parts, made by RPM of the Northern Beaches) was flat out and smashed it to peices, the car, not the wood.
BOB

Z00M

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In that photo I posted, can someone name the car in the front with the white looking body. I was trying to find it's name in my feeble brain but it escapes me.

I can see the optima on the right, then 3 Bulldogs and then the white thing in the front row of cars. Someone put me out of my mysery...

tony gray

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It's...an RCL Incident!

bender

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I don't think that photo is from 84 - several of the cars in that picture weren't even released until late in 1985.


Those RCL Incidents are so hard to find now - still an awesome looking machine!

vikingen

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check out the dude with the sunglasses on the left !!!

I never knew Borat raced back in those days

mharlow

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I have Greg Collings, Colin Greneger, Peter Philobossian, Phil Kennedy, Winston Bartolo, Jason Sawtell, Mark Anderson, Steven Conroy, Matthew Bolton, Michael Geddes (I had hair), Scott Kennedy, Bob Burbige, Michael Toms, Ian Thorne & of course you Bob

mharlow

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I think this may have been from 86

Z00M

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Yeah it could be, I'm trying to remember the year I won the interclub 'B' 4wd race held at St Ives with my CAT (that I bought off Michael Tombs). I guess that would set the timing.

I found that picture in amongst some from the interclub at Forresters Beach in 1985 (I wrote that down but never wrote on the big photo - go figure!!).

The '85 pictures had Gordon Creed working on his hotshot with Tony Stott walking through the background, a bunch of Hirobo Zerda's with their died red roll cages and an action shot of an RC10 (with wingnuts!!). Seeing those cars, they seem to predate the big B&W picture as I can only see one Zerda so maybe '86 is right.

The Fuhrer

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M Harlow, if that is your real name, did you ever race against M Geddes?