4 January 2007

Summernats is here

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In case you weren’t aware, the Summernats chaps and chappettes are in town this weekend.

Today I took some photos from the balcony, a prize at the next bicycle bar crawl to whoever can identify them all.

But in the spirit of fairness I’m, going to declare that tomorrow at 2pm is RiotACT summernats photography time, if you’ve got a car that you think deserves to be noticed then drive it down Northbourne (stick to the left lane and drive slow is best) between 2pm and 3pm, do a few laps to make sure I’ve got you. If you know someone with a hot car email them to let them know this is their big chance.

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The Monaro has a HG grill

Definte bias… no Jap cars 🙁

Me-thinks JB has a Holden bias here, I count 8 Holdens and only 5 Fords.

Damn, I just checked & it was April 1982, that makes 2 now!

Early knock off Thumper?

Thumper, I still think it’s a ’66 the coke bottle hip came out on the ’66 and from memory the ’67 had sharper lines on the front guard and the hip. Also the ’67 was a much rarer car in Aus.

I could be wrong though. I was once before, I believe it was May 1982.

JB

Missed the opportunity in my own car today, but if you hang around the same place sometime between 5 and 6 you can take a happy snappy of me in the work car (Commodore station wagon)

Comment of the day! Heheheh….

wave to the guy with the tripod

Now you’re just boasting JB!

The grey Holden ute is not a VP, it is either a VR or VS (they look the same apart from the badges). I think that particular grey was only available on the VR so VR would be my opinion.

between the rex and the ABC building.. aren’t they on opposite corners, on the braddon side, as opposed to the lyneham/turner side ?

btw the rex and the ABC building gives an indication of distance, even though they are on the other side of Northbourne.
It made perfect sense to me, anyway.

I’m tempted to do a few laps on my pushie :p

thanks guys, the main reason I’m doing what I’m doing is because I’ve got a pretty narrow field of view where trees aren’t getting in the way.

JB: Danman’s advice on the panning shot is good – makes for great ‘action’ shots. But remember you have to pre-focus on something at the point/distance that you intend firing the shot off. Keep your shutter button half pressed to lock that focus in then do the pan. Swivel from the hips and you’ll get a nice smooth motion and sharp shots of the car.
Alternative for fun if there’s an interesting background too is to set a slow shutter speed, and fire off a still shot (no panning) when the car moves through the frame – blurry car – with speed conveyed – great for racetrack shots.

OK, the Monaro is an HT, check the tail lights.

Bonfire you were right it is definitly a 66 Impala, you can see the Chev badge in front of the wheel and the Impala badge behind the wheel. It’s the 66 pillarless which is quite rare in Aus.

Other then that it all looks correct to me, so the list is

Holden WB one tonner
Triumph herald
Model A on a 32 chassis
VH commodore
67 mustang fastback
FB holden
VB commodore, HJ one tonner
CL charger, T Model roadster
XY GT
WB ne tonner
XC falcon
HT monaro
HR holden
VP commodore ute
66′ Chevy Impala Pillarless
Morris Minor tray utility

top darts (very good !)

If Im free and you ever want photos taken – I would be happy to oblige – all I would ask is due credit (which I have always gotten on previous postings (thanks heaps!!))

In sayin so – I am off to melb after work today for 2 weeks of taking photos (both touristy/archetectural and abandonments/subterranean environs)

What you could doo too is put teh camera on sports mode – take it off the tripod and take the photos free hand – but move the camera in teh direction of the vehicle when taking the photo – that way teh car will appear clear but the scenery will blurr – giving a dynamic image of movement – rather than freezing the whole scene with a high shutter speed.

ok ok ill stfu now.

That was sports mode, and with the anti-shake turned off as i was using a tripod.

will try a more powerful camera this afternoon.

Set it on sports mode JB – those images could easily be sharper.

We’re not sexist, man-boobs get full points too.

Half bonus points for man-boobs?

I recommend you just cut a few laps of the length of the avenue and wave to the guy with the tripod.

bonus points if breasts get waved.

between the rex and the ABC building.. aren’t they on opposite corners, on the braddon side, as opposed to the lyneham/turner side ?

the side heading to Dickson,
hmm btw the Rex and the ABC building
hope that’s helpful enough without giving away too much info for JB’s sake

Pandy – Explains why I had a 1.3L then.

Seriously though – size is a non-issue – unless your in grade school.

Which side of Northbourne, and how far up/down?

i drove my nissan past at about quarter to six.

Size of donk = prick size.

seepi’s right – a clever ‘ol magpie hitching a lift on the yellow/black number. Must have been stuck on with glue.
Love the Triumph Herald – always thought they were a ladies’ car.

I like seepi’s take…

Can’t claim a 15, but I did have a 69 beetle that could do well over the old ton. Hold onnnn….

I had a white 1.3l suzuki swift 2 door with dual cannons and 17’s – was pretty quick after 5k spent on the engine and 2 on drivetrain. Would love to have done a drive by JB but it lives in weston now.

I got the slip around here somewhere for 15.1 quarter at WSID

I will be driving my martini olive unmodified (well, a new steering wheel) 1974 VW Beetle in the prescibed area at the prescribed time.

Keep an eye out for me

Snahon is right – no shaker and if you look closely you can just see the back end of the scoop on the far half of the bonnet, plus the tail-light is the 3-piece of the XW rather than the 2-piece of the XY.
As to whether it’s genuine, who’d know. But then mine wasn’t a GT but it was still a gorgeous big black beast until a bloody big cow walked in front of me one night…

a red one
a small one
an orange one
an 80s blue one
an old blue one
another one
a cute green one!
some grey ones
a yellow one (with added magpie)
more grey ones
a shiny red one
a heritage one.

true – need to check the plates, engine and chassis number for verification.

Keep your eye out tomorrow then JB for my Forester…

may not even be a GT…

whilst the GT may be XY it is too difficult to tell. It could well be XW but we don’t know unless you see the front grill or rear tail lights better.

However upon closer inspection the bonnet doesn’t appear to have the classic ‘Shaker’ hence I defer to XWGT and not XYGT.

i defer to thumper – i reckon its a galaxie as well.

i mean fb not fc…

holden wb one tonner
triumph herald
28 roadster on a 32 chassis
vh commodore
67 mustang fastback
fc holden
vb commodore/hj one tonner
cl charger/t bucket
xy gt
hq-wb series one tonner with wb statesman nose
xc falcon
hg monaro
hr holden
vp commodore ute
chevy impala pillarless sedan 66ish id say.
morris minor tray utility

Has the ban on washing cars been lifted for Summernats?

If not, there’ll be some very pissed off revheads at EPIC.

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