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Thrill Seeker - Loves to live Dangerously!
Posted: Sat May 14, 2011 2:03 pm
by EKfanPaul
Saw this good ole beater, parked in the streets of inner city Melbourne, right alongside some Housing commission flats one night last week. Dented grill, rust over eyebrows, rust in doors, ripped seats, badges missing & broken (The classic 1/2 of a 'Special' badge on the front fender where some crook has tried to take it and it has broken off!
2 things interested me.
1 - you don't see dented rusty old Ek beaters being driven as daily drivers much these days! You used to!
2 - Parking the car outside the flats with no steering lock on - well, its living dangerously!
Cheers
Paul K
Re: Thrill Seeker - Loves to live Dangerously!
Posted: Sat May 14, 2011 3:40 pm
by Cal
Unless it's someone wanting parts of it, people aren't interested in stealing these sorts of cars anymore.
Not all houso's are thieves
Re: Thrill Seeker - Loves to live Dangerously!
Posted: Sat May 14, 2011 4:53 pm
by bumper
Re: Thrill Seeker - Loves to live Dangerously!
Posted: Sat May 14, 2011 7:20 pm
by EKfanPaul
Reminds me of many old Holdens that were being driven in this state in the mid-late 80's.
This one actually has a parcel shelf in it!
You'd find maybe one or two rare bits on beaters , occasionally!
Cheers
Paul K
Re: Thrill Seeker - Loves to live Dangerously!
Posted: Sat May 14, 2011 9:24 pm
by Harko
column shifts are interesting fo young hoodlums
Re: Thrill Seeker - Loves to live Dangerously!
Posted: Mon May 16, 2011 6:13 pm
by Stygian
EKfanPaul wrote:Reminds me of many old Holdens that were being driven in this state in the mid-late 80's.
Cheers
Paul K
I was a kid in the 80s and I remember seeing half clapped out GTR, GTR XU1 and SLR/5000 Toranas being driven around the NSW Southern Highlands by the battlers -sometimes the odd beaten up Monaro too and XA-B-C Falcon hardtops...
Re: Thrill Seeker - Loves to live Dangerously!
Posted: Tue May 17, 2011 11:48 am
by thropzed
Man! I drive my beater every day and rarely lock the doors!
Don't have a lot of rust though!
Cheers Theo Z......................
Re: Thrill Seeker - Loves to live Dangerously!
Posted: Thu May 19, 2011 12:07 pm
by EKjimmy
Never used to lock mine around home, no-one would have known how to start mine anyway. That and i could run faster than the car anyway
Re: Thrill Seeker - Loves to live Dangerously!
Posted: Thu May 19, 2011 12:59 pm
by vmx-mxr
Jimmy and I saw a real old dunga getting around when we went to pick up a grey short engine and crapped out gearbox. The guy uses it as his daily and in fact doesn't own anything else and has had this car for YEARS. Rough as guts but still had the original plates and all. His only complaint was it gets 'a bit cold'
in winter
Pretty sure we got some pics so if he can do it maybe we'll download eh Jimmy
Dave Mac