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I have this piece of rear Monaro glass, one of my mates spotted it in the shed and he thought it was from an white HT Monaro dragster from the 70s. Can anyone shed some light on what this car was and who drove/owned it. Thanks 
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John Sawka for SA used to run a white monaro back in the 70s and early 80s, but I think it used to run A/S. I remember it had the record for a while.
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honest john ran a white ht, correct, but i dont think it was C/G either. tony buscher ran white ht in A/S held the record for ages, car is now in melb belong to haddad bros with a 440 cube in it. i will go thro all my old records and find out which car th
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Thanks 818 for that, Would be great to find out who’s car it was.
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Race number 317 is John Taverna.
The car was called The Grot.
After the Monaro John had a Torana hatchback which became Ian McCurdy's. After that he had a Commodore which became Rob Tuckers, then to two Camira's before building and driving Peter Kap
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Race number 317 is John Taverna.
The car was called The Grot.
After the Monaro John had a Torana hatchback which became Ian McCurdys. After that he had a Commodore which became Rob Tuckers, then to two Camiras before building and driving Peter Kapri
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correct me if im wrong, but your dad has done a few trans and other stuff for me.
i thort the grot was originally the FJ johnny had, he must have carried it over to the monaro and hatchback. my mate bought the hatchback off ian, then we put
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Sevens with a KB in AA Gas seems incredibly slow, considering Geoff Coombes was running nines (record setter) in B/MS around that time. (naturally aspirated 307 (283) HG Monaro, Turbo400, stock body and interior)
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correct me if im wrong, but your dad has done a few trans and othEdited by user Monday, 12 May 2008 9:14:44 AM(UTC)
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This is it but no better pic. You can just make out the number on the window. http://profile.myspace.c...file&friendID=264746308
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hey Paul Jnr,
yeah you sure are right, raff is my mate, i helped him for years, I know adam and melo well,the car was awesome that day 7.09 straight off the bat, at the time victor was running like 9.8 or something like that..and ya dad is a top bloke!
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[quote]Originally posted by Gasser
Sevens with a KB in AA Gas seems incredibly slow, considering Geoff Coombes was running nines (record setter) in B/MS around that time. (naturally aspirated 307 (283) HG Monaro, Turbo400, stock body and int
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I think you misunderstood me - you already said that pass was under the national record so was obviously quick. I was actually commenting on how quick Luigis car really was as a comparison - AA vs B, gasser vs modified stock etc. The AA/G record has also
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I should have said retired from the quarter. He is still turning out works of art from his head shop. He also donated a NOS XU1 head to the Brock Torana replica fairly recently.
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Hi there, Yes, this is from John Tavernas "The Grot" Monaro. I hope youll see a picture here of the monaro with that glass in the car. If not, go to the grot myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/thegrotmonaro
Along with two mates e own what is left
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Hi there, Yes, this is from John Taverna's "The Grot" Monaro. I hope you'll see a picture here of the monaro with that glass in the car. If not, go to 'the grot' myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/thegrotmonaro
Along with two mates e own what is
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Does anyone Know wh B the original poster of this topic is? I would really like to get in contact with him. I am very interested in that piece of glass ;-)
Thanks,
Jim
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Does anyone Know wh 'B' the original poster of this topic is? I would really like to get in contact with him. I am very interested in that piece of glass ;-)
Thanks,
Jim
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