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Oldies JB

Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 7:34 am
by OLD FART
After nominating Kits megga $$$$$$$ JA for a story/feature in the Courier mail last year I emailed my details to the motoring writer Mark Hinchcliffe after seeing he wanted cars to write about, Was suprised to get a phone call within a couple of hours and an interview and photo shoot the next day/ yesterday,
They even took pics of the "man cave" as well as engine bay etc as well as asking heaps of questions about the build and specs.
I hope I didn't tell any fibs when I told them that there were app only 250 JB's sold here and only app 20 known roadworthy/Registered remaining.
Mark H is a syndicated writer so you will have to look out for it in your local papers as Kit's story appeared in the southern newspapers before the Brisbane papers.

Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 9:07 am
by redzone
Awesome Rad, they would have loved your age & horsepower combination!

Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 10:20 am
by Lunacy
Congrats Rad very much deserved if you ask me :)

Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 1:55 pm
by JDSTAZ45
Rad,
You are not far from the truth in relation to JB numbers...although I have not seen or heard of a JB past #224...but I think there are 230 something.
It's great that they are featuring your car and it's also significant that the Starion will hit 30 years of age in Feb 2012!

:beer

Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 2:50 pm
by OLD FART
redzone wrote:Awesome Rad, they would have loved your age & horsepower combination!
Dave you will find as you grow older you need more power to keep up with younger drivers as you will brake earlier and not be as quick/brave/fast around the corners :( LOL

Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 7:43 pm
by redzone
sounds like a good excuse to me!

ps it looks like i'm crewing at the AGP instead of Gatton this year unfortunately.. Bad timing! But it'll be a good weekend anyways..

Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2012 7:18 am
by OLD FART
redzone wrote:sounds like a good excuse to me!
Dave suggest you file it away for when you are 70 + :)

Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2012 4:38 pm
by hoongirl
Saw this article in the Daily Telegraph today. Nice one Rad.

Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2012 5:27 pm
by 1320ft
Here it is

Image

Rad

Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2012 6:21 pm
by 4gpwr
Rad your better looking than I thought lol

Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2012 7:58 pm
by g_u_r_u
Media tart....!

Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2012 8:17 pm
by jk
Solid Gold :D

For all the time you spend on here it takes a newspaper article to finally see a photo of the famous donk.

Well done Rad, nicely sorted unit you've got. I'm sure it's a tonne of fun. :twisted:

Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2012 5:57 pm
by OLD FART
g_u_r_u wrote:Media tart....!
I think of it as increasing the value of "your inheritance" as you call it.

Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2012 7:38 pm
by Lunacy
Great writeup Rad, and a great photo :beer

Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2012 10:26 pm
by enthuzed
Nice one Rad. What's the readership of the Daily Telegraph?

Yeah, don't listen to the others, you're a handsome young bloke.

So you have more info about the brake conversion. Evo 4 rotors, didn't they need redrilling for four stud? And Nissan 'what' calipers?