Why we join this community.

[damienengland]

I really enjoyed that part,"never ending Holden loop".


Nice.

Thanks Flamenco

I got a bit of Holden flashback yesterday arvo and was in the Holden mood. I drove a mate to 'The 308 Shop' in Dandenong to pick his car up after a tune. It was my first time there and i marvelled at the concentrations of 308 engine's and Holdens up on the various hoists. As we left, i watched three blokes standing out on the street, around the bonnet of a V8 Torana with an air cleaner poking through. They were sipping on bourbon cans, dirty from the days work in a grungy workshop and were discussing the merits of what bonnet scoop would best fit over the air cleaner. As i walked past in my corporate clothes and climbed into my brand new corporate car and lit up the state of the art electronics to reconnect with all the corporate world, i had a realisation...they were bogan and happy. I used to be that bloke, with my Adidas Romes, flannel shirt, mullet and tinkering with cars! It reminded me of my poor Belmont days living in a run down asbestos house, where your car was everything and made your dreams seem within reach.

Long live the 308, Kingswoods, Monaros, Utes, Sandmans, Toranas and 14 x 7 rims with T/A radials!

[davegmh]

Thanks Flamenco

I got a bit of Holden flashback yesterday arvo and was in the Holden mood. I drove a mate to 'The 308 Shop' in Dandenong to pick his car up after a tune. It was my first time there and i marvelled at the concentrations of 308 engine's and Holdens up on the various hoists. As we left, i watched three blokes standing out on the street, around the bonnet of a V8 Torana with an air cleaner poking through. They were sipping on bourbon cans, dirty from the days work in a grungy workshop and were discussing the merits of what bonnet scoop would best fit over the air cleaner. As i walked past in my corporate clothes and climbed into my brand new corporate car and lit up the state of the art electronics to reconnect with all the corporate world, i had a realisation...they were bogan and happy. I used to be that bloke, with my Adidas Romes, flannel shirt, mullet and tinkering with cars! It reminded me of my poor Belmont days living in a run down asbestos house, where your car was everything and made your dreams seem within reach.

Long live the 308, Kingswoods, Monaros, Utes, Sandmans, Toranas and 14 x 7 rims with T/A radials!

Now you've given me a flashback........Adidas Romes, Flannel shirt, mullet. Those were the days with my brother in his Torana GTR. You forgot the lumber jacket and Levi flares. LOL