Pics of all my old cars. 25 yrs in cars.

[OzSTi]

So I went through my photo albums and was pleased to find pics of all my old cars (bar some not worth knowing).

1974 Ford TC Cortina



My first car. Look at those balloon tyres! How easy was it to smoke those up with the torque of a 250 ci (4.1ltr) and 4 speed! We'd also added the rare 2V head with larger valves and separate inlet manifold. Would not go around corners.

1972 Ford XA GT






Bought this as a rolling shell. An original GJ 33 GT but we then used the running gear from an LTD. 351 4V, FMX auto and 9" disc rear end. So the numbers never matched. Sounded glorious but terrible fuel economy, 15 mpg was the best it could do and even though we were paying about 40c per litre it still hurt!

Next the Mazda years,

[OzSTi]

1981 Mazda RX7 S1



What a revelation after the GT. It was quick and nimble and got twice the fuel economy. Much younger me on the passenger side.

1983 Mazda RX7 S2




Same again but now I was needing more power...

1986 Mazda RX7 turbo S4



Had this one for 12 years and ended up like this,


With a full house S4 13 B REW motor.


Really fun car, still miss the rotor.

[OzSTi]

1987 VL



Everyone's had one of these haven't they? A 5 speed.

1986 BMW 323i



Nice but every service cost $800-! Another 5 speed.

Next some Subies,

[OzSTi]

1998 Liberty RX


Our first new car. 2.5 mtr with 5 speed. Nice set up.


2004 STi



Completely standard except for the pink springs.

2004 Toyota Kluger


Best photo of a Kluger you're going to find! Good family car.

2007 Liberty GT



Probably didn't need a pic of this but here I am with it at the end of a cruise.

[swingn]

Me thinks your a bit of a rev head mate!

Obviously have a passion for cars

I've got to ask, how much did you land up pumping into that 13B?

[hks180]

Great selection of cars !!!

and man u went through a lot of cars !!!


Leo

[OzSTi]

Thanks guys!

That's 26 years of motoring so far... Some cars were 'family cars' my wife mostly drove. These were the VL, BMW, Liberty RX and the Kluger.

The 13B was the most fun car, as I said I had it 12 years. The motor alone was $12K worth. Approx 240kW ATW @12psi. I know it made more with a few tweaks by the next owner whom I still catch up with.

I bought the car for $28K in 1991 and sold it in 2003 for $22.5K. Would have spent over $20+K over all those years but learnt a lot.

Cars not listed were an old 720 Dato ute and a 90's B2600 ute and a mid 70s Corona Mk2.

[Spec B Wgn]

what a fantastic post...

[jdm rsk]

great post...makes me wish i had pictures of all my cars

[Rosso]

Awesome post mate.

Nice selection of cars, i especially like the mazda years, gotta love the rotors.

[senator]

nice...... always had a soft spot for VLs......

btw the gt spec b is looking nice..... do you still think the new 08 sti wheels look better, if you do i would be considering a swap..........

[fatcat67]

Great walk through memory lane and a great collection of cars.
Where's the mullet?

[adam]

Where's the mullet?

they are still fashionable in S.A.

[Tom]

nice collection mate!

the STI rexy, omg, sexxxy! and the S4 RX7 niiice!

Always loved the old school X-series falcons.. the XA, XY, etc