Offroad 'Classic' cars. top 10 list.

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RE: Offroad 'Classic' cars. top 10 list.

Dusteater · In rehab

datto 510 wrote:
name that car

The second pic is the start grid in the Blue Dot Speedway af one of the AORC Griffith Events

Dusteater · In rehab

Blacky wrote:
heyu wrote:
I agree Allan and I don't think Kieth Poole ever had a Funco.
I think the funco they were thinking of was the Reg Owens one and its cousin with the corvair motor in it. dam! I should know the name?
Tom Poots ??

I think Keith Poole had a Scorpion when he was running with the Old Man Emu Team

Stingray 2212 · Rehab Dropout...

Kieth Poole did start off in a southern cross. Then he started building his own cars, the scorpions. I think Tom Poots car was an American frame but not a Funco. It was very flash for its time, it had hilborn injection on it. I'm pretty sure he ended up been part of the Denver car care products team. Glenn Ingram did have a Funco, it had an autocraft VW engine in it. Very neat, & for its time, a very big dollar car.

kingshocksjnr · Newbie

-- Edited by kingshocksjnr on Saturday 28th of January 2012 04:40:43 PM

simpson · Rehab Dropout...

My first introduction to off road was 40 years ago as a boy i spotted a magazine in a newsagent with a buggy in action of Tom Poots i was hooked i must have looked at it for hours because i had no money to buy a copy . Does anyone have any photos of his cars .

Blacky · In rehab

Wasn't Bushdriver Magazine was it. I think thats where I got my 1st interest in the sport.

Dusteater · In rehab

This is Neville Boyes at big Kempsey

simpson · Rehab Dropout...

Could have been Bushdriver i am not even sure how long ago it was but seems like a life time ago now. I built my first buggy when i was Nineteen out of an old beetle floor pan and some water pipe the start of the obsession.

Stingray 2212 · Rehab Dropout...

There was bushdriver & off road Australia mags in those days. Both were 4x4 mags that also covered off road racing. In those days if you were just a fan of the sport, the mags were the only way of finding out who won the races. I can remember as a kid going to the newsagent up the road every day waiting to find out who won events like Hattah probably two months after the race. Something else funny about those days we raced "loops" of a course, not "laps".

bug308 · Forum Junkie

simpson wrote:
My first introduction to off road was 40 years ago as a boy i spotted a magazine in a newsagent with a buggy in action of Tom Poots i was hooked i must have looked at it for hours because i had no money to buy a copy . Does anyone have any photos of his cars .

I still have the story and photos out of the Bushdriver mag of Tom Poots Sore special and the Funco

bug308 · Forum Junkie

Stingray 2212 wrote:
Kieth Poole did start off in a southern cross. Then he started building his own cars, the scorpions. I think Tom Poots car was an American frame but not a Funco. It was very flash for its time, it had hilborn injection on it. I'm pretty sure he ended up been part of the Denver car care products team. Glenn Ingram did have a Funco, it had an autocraft VW engine in it. Very neat, & for its time, a very big dollar car.

Tom poots had a southern cross MK2. Then the SORE buggy from SA. That was the denver sponsored buggy then the funco which was Glen Ingrams and Glen bought the SORE BUGGY

hall63 · Regular Poster

russell hartnet has neville boyes old rivmaster, it has been restored and looks immaculate

datto 510 · Forum Addict

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Blacky · In rehab

bug308 wrote:
I still have the story and photos out of the Bushdriver mag of Tom Poots Sore special and the Funco

You cant copy it on here can you ??

Blacky · In rehab

hall63 wrote:
russell hartnet has neville boyes old rivmaster, it has been restored and looks immaculate

Still charges pretty hard too.

Stingray 2212 · Rehab Dropout...

Another name I was thinking of today that had a unique car, Chuck Willcox. It was I think a southern cross but it had a huge wing on the back of it. It was the cause of "aerofoils" been put into our regs.

bug308 · Forum Junkie

Blacky wrote:
bug308 wrote:
I still have the story and photos out of the Bushdriver mag of Tom Poots Sore special and the Funco
You cant copy it on here can you ??

I will try too

bug308 · Forum Junkie

tine wrote:
does anyone remember the buggy that had the fj20 engine that howard ford bought(engine that is)i think he was a farmer on the east coast,that thing was awesome,he went past me at parramatta speedway on the rear wheels and held it on the rear wheels the entire rear straight,,,,anyone?

Was it Col Jobo. he had Chenowth with a fj20 turbo and he was from Tamworth

-- Edited by bug308 on Sunday 29th of January 2012 11:13:15 AM

TravisRobinson13 · Newbie

These are my all time favourites, Probably the most winningest cars also.

Mark Burrows Jimco (changed the game)

Mark Burrows Cougar

Terry Roses Raceco

Shannon Rentsch original Chenowth

Paul Simpsons Jimco

Dave Fellows PKMS current Jimco (the thing has like a 80% win rate)

Keith Pools (forgot the name of the chassis, the one with the big rear shocks)

Craig Martins VW powered Rivmaster

Les Sivours 4.8 ltr Patrol (hard to pick an exact one, but those things where killer)

and probably the most badass car was Fabios latest Pajero (that thing would still put most class 8's to shame)

BAJAs RULE · Forum Addict

the Taxi

and that ferrari in bug308's avatar

mk5 luva · Forum Junkie

Owen Andersons rotary powered rivy is one that has been missed. Loved the Hedly trucks and the Kharman Ghia.

tine · Rehab Dropout...

does anyone remember the buggy that had the fj20 engine that howard ford bought(engine that is)i think he was a farmer on the east coast,that thing was awesome,he went past me at parramatta speedway on the rear wheels and held it on the rear wheels the entire rear straight,,,,anyone?

tine · Rehab Dropout...

darren wells rivvy i thought took over when craig stepped a side,i think it was a replica,same engine,same shocks,and same great handling(the same mob must have done his shocks)great buggy

kingshocksjnr · Newbie

tony quinn has fabios pajero.... it got a full make over about 2 years ago... running a v8 instead of the turbo now

heyu · Rehab Dropout...

He ran it at Condo 750 for a shakedown run that year

Tony Quinn

-- Edited by heyu on Monday 30th of January 2012 08:24:06 PM

Dusteater · In rehab

Wolf wrote:
VP wrote:
Wolf wrote:
VP wrote:
the Taxi

and that ferrari in bug308's avatar
the Taxi?

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That is sex.

That was Barry Coopers FC Holden Taxi. It was originally a well known Rallycross car from Catalina Park. Originally owned by Tom Rabold from Orange then Barry Cooper bought it and was very successful in Rallycross. When Rallycross died Barry took it Off Roading. Ran a mid mounted 202 with triples and in its final form had the diff out of Bob Stansfields OME Ute in it as seen in the picture. Barry moved to Kempsey and retired from racing. I think he still lives there. The FC was retired with terminal rustosis. A nice piece of NSW history though.

-- Edited by Dusteater on Sunday 29th of January 2012 09:40:36 PM

Wolf · Rehab Dropout...

VP wrote:
the Taxi

and that ferrari in bug308's avatar

the Taxi?

BAJAs RULE · Forum Addict

Wolf wrote:
VP wrote:
the Taxi

and that ferrari in bug308's avatar
the Taxi?

bug308 · Forum Junkie

Mark Manns Holden rodeo dominated class 5 in early 90s