australian street car - issue 29
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8 Billly Shelton’s 1971 HQ GTS Monaro
24 Bruce and Melanie Cole’s
1967 XM Ford Falcon
1969 HT Monaro
30 Nick Hoare’s 1973 XA Ford Sedan
36 Neil Irvine’s 1941 Willys Coupe
50 Tim ‘Rusty’ Downton’s 1977 HQ Holden Ute
62 Russell Devereux’s 1973 Holden LJ Torana
74 Robert Downing’s 1969 VW Beetle
16 Datsun Christmas Cruise - Canberra48 Auto One Browns Plains54 Perth Cars & Coffee56 Torque Time - Queensland Raceway68 Brad Lane’s Memorial Car Show80 MOSC - Melbourne Old School Cruisers
REGULAR STUFF
BUILD PROJECTS & TECH
READER’S RIDES
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82 Brendan Peacock’s 1963 EH Holden
84 Nick Daykin’s VE HDT Holden
86 Gary Stevenson’s 1967 HR Holden Special
FEATURE CARS
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Brendan’s 1963 EH Holden
Nick’s 700hp VE HDT
Brad Lane Memorial Car Show
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StartlineEditorial: Craig Muller
The culture of Modifying cars. Where did it all begin?Itisoftensaidthatthefirstmotorracetookplaceassoon
as the second car rolled off the assembly line!On July 22, 1894, the parisian magazine Le Petit Journal
organizedwhatisconsideredtobetheworld’sfirstmotoringcompetition from Paris to Rouen. Pierre Giffard, the paper’s editor, promoted it as a competition for horseless carriages that were not dangerous, easy to drive, and cheap for the journey. Thus it blurred the distinctions between a reliability trial, a general event, and a race. One hundred and two competitors paid 10 francs entrance fee. Not bad for 1894 and it goes to show that racing and the love for cars has long been in our blood.Sixty-nine cars started the 50 km selection event that would show which entrants would be allowed to start the main event, the 127 km race from Paris to Rouen. The entrants ranged from serious manufacturers like Peugeot, Panhard, or De Dion to amateur owners; only 25 were selected for the main race.The race started from Porte Maillot and went through the BoisdeBoulogne.CountJules-AlbertdeDionwasfirstintoRouen after 6 hours and 48 minutes at an average speed of19km/h.Hefinished3minutesand30secondsaheadof Albert Lemaître who was driving a Peugeot, followed by Auguste Doriot (also in a Peugeot) at +16 min 30 sec, René Panhard (Panhard) at +33 mins 30 secs and Émile Levassor(Panhard)at55mins30secs.Theofficialwinnerswere Peugeot and Panhard as cars were judged on their speed, handling and safety characteristics. De Dion’s steam car needed a stoker to keep it fueled which was forbidden.Fast forward a few decades and backyard engineers were soon taking cars and modifying them to race on the new motor circuits springing up around Britain. From then, and as you go forward in time, you will see the spirit of the pioneer, the great inventor and the skilled or simply enthusiastic home engineer making some innovative steps forward.Much of what is good about motoring heritage has come from backyard tinkerers. MG, Bentley, TVR and Lotus all started as such. Lotus and TVR pioneered the use of new lighter bodies and improved the breed on the racetrack. While superb road holding is good for racing its benefitsare also to be found in surefooted OEM vehicles, a major contribution to road safety.Across the water in America like minded hotrodders had the need for safe places to test their engineering and took to the vast salt lakes. Soon, under the auspices of the Southern California Timing Association and the Russetta Timing Association, the Bonneville Speed Trials (BST) began. This great event continues today and is now populated by enthusiasts from around the world.Many of the earliest competitors successfully involved with the BST began to manufacture the components they tested. The companies they formed are now multi million dollar
concernswithinternationalmarkets.TheBSTsawmanyfirstsincluding the realization that aerodynamics affected their car’s performance. This led to OEM realising the importance to not only speed but economy.Safety devices were pioneered and indeed the use of disc brakes, crash helmets, roll cages, welded unitary construction methods and seat belts were later taken on board by mainstream manufacturers, all designed by these early hotrod pioneers.The hobby had become larger and many could not wait for or afford to travel to Bonneville. Working with local town fathers and police they arranged to use now defunct airstrips as testing grounds for their creations. They would simultaneously testtwocarsoveraquartermilecourseratherthantheflyingmile of Bonneville. This was the start of drag racing, one of the safest motor sports in the world despite the incredibly powerful engines used. Development on engine performance in ‘dragsters’ has given the ability to use superchargers, turbochargers and fuel injection to give increased power from small engines in OEM vehicles.Fast forward to today and us car enthusiasts are still hard at work creating new custom parts for our cars. We still love to modify our cars and the level of maintenance that our vehicles receive is far above the average person. Even motor insurers now realise that we value and cherish our cars more than the normal car driver. As such the level of safety enhancements added on, and pride in driving standards, means that we enthusiasts pose much less risk on the road when compared to your average A to B car that is only serviced when it stops moving, even if the rest of the public tend to disagree.We all modify our cars in different ways that suit our own personality. You only have to visit you local race track or car show to see the wide variety of cars and modifications toeach. As we look back to how things were 10 , 20 or even 50 years ago in the car scene we can only imagine what amazing things will become available to us over the coming decades. Surely fossil fueled engines will start to move over for electric powered cars. Itmay not be like the Jetsonswith flying orhover cars, but you can be sure it will be unlike anything we can possibly imagine. The best part is, it will be our kids who share our passion for cars that will help steer where our car culture evolves to next.On a side note, Project VC 2JZ will be back next issue, we have just had a few delays while we continue to plan and design our fuel system and a few other key parts of the build. Dale’s red VH Wagon will also be back soon with a new article on how it has been progressing.
Craig MullerEditor - Australian Street Car Magazine.