saleen Big Gun Donating Members 4,170 Member For: 22y 2m 24d Gender: Male Location: NSW Posted 02/03/03 08:49 AM Share Posted 02/03/03 08:49 AM When I walked into the engine assembly area, my eyes nearly fell out of my head seeing all of those engines..................absolutely awesome. I said to my missus, I wonder if they'd mind if I just took 1..................they could part with 1 measly(measly?) engine surely.......hehe. Anyway, 1 question I do have is, I thought all the motors were shipped in as long crate motors then modified. Then I saw pallets of brand new blocks. Am I wrong, do they just import the blocks and all those motors we saw there were assembled here? Just interested to find out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richdave SLOJAM, Gone but not forgotten Lifetime Members 1,841 Member For: 22y 2m 24d Gender: Male Location: Outer east - Melbourne Posted 02/03/03 09:29 AM Share Posted 02/03/03 09:29 AM I've got a "few" pics to share too so watch this space. Even snapped the SIDO of as many cars as possible so hopefully some lucky fellas will have pics of their cars at FPV. Something Ford can't provide :D remember you saw them here first... :lol: Later tonight I promise, just gotta sort them all out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charliewool Member 375 Member For: 21y 11m 13d Location: Melbourne Posted 02/03/03 10:02 AM Author Share Posted 02/03/03 10:02 AM You left a couple of the motor's out Charlie: Hey, Dags, you got the 260's!...mine are the 290's.. how 'bout we count the total of each & see TOTAL kw's?..... ( forget it, I still feel like a "kid in a candy store"...I mean, it's like a dream seeing THAT many QUAD CAM engines in ONE place!!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charliewool Member 375 Member For: 21y 11m 13d Location: Melbourne Posted 02/03/03 10:09 AM Author Share Posted 02/03/03 10:09 AM Dagabonds pic of ALL those "cammers", reminds me of ...( wait for it!)......"ALIEN".. when they discover the nest of of alien eggs?....Imagine the noise if they all "hatched" at the same time?.....( no more crownies for me!...Pursuit dreams!! ) Night all!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charliewool Member 375 Member For: 21y 11m 13d Location: Melbourne Posted 02/03/03 10:46 AM Author Share Posted 02/03/03 10:46 AM Sorry guys, But all a little "overwhelming" for me at the moment.....I've been to the motorshow & saw with my own eyes , the colour.... "Blood Orange".( not in a Pursuit, BUT very similar lines from the drivers doors forward, in a GTP)....I've been to FPV , & saw , once again, with my own eyes, where these wonderous machines are "born"... My new baby is probably there NOW, in the "womb", so to speak!!!....However, It IS a sad night for me!... Because...Tomorrow.. My "baby" gets picked up by her new parents!..... June 2000 I picked her up, so sparkling ,so new smelling,So V8 ish, ( you know the feeling?)..Well , Really, until tonite it hasn't hit home how much that car has meant to me!!......& how much I'll miss her..She has been like my best friend...We have been EVERYWHERE!... We have blown the doors off VT's, VX's, VY, SS 6 speed utes...not to mention numerous "clubbies"!! & those obnoxious "6 inch chrome exhaust missing on 2 cylinders", jap thingos ..( Most of those efforts were not my driving, BUT , Herrod motorsport's engineering) Anyhow, thing is .......After all the effort ........Tomorrow IS the day!.. Ok, A new day will dawn, A brand new 290 ute!!........BUT, WILL it be the same?... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MavSS Guests Posted 02/03/03 11:33 AM Share Posted 02/03/03 11:33 AM /me gives Charlie a manly hug.There there mate. Your baby is going to a good home. She'll be taken good care of.The 290 is not that far away. All those ill feelings will soon be a distant memory./me makes Charlie a hot cup of tea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charliewool Member 375 Member For: 21y 11m 13d Location: Melbourne Posted 02/03/03 09:18 PM Author Share Posted 02/03/03 09:18 PM Thanks MavSS.... Feel much better now!!... 10 am this morning, I wave bye bye!.... But new home is only a stones throw from Northgate drive Thomastown, So almost like going "home" for her! I commented earlier about a Congo Green XR6T parked outside the FPV engine plant, ( think it was a Sth Aust car) Did anyone get a pic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJF077 The Noble Leader Administrator 4,786 Member For: 22y 2m 23d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Australia Posted 02/03/03 09:20 PM Share Posted 02/03/03 09:20 PM haha poor Charlie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cashie Donating Members 663 Member For: 21y 11m 8d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 03/03/03 06:39 AM Share Posted 03/03/03 06:39 AM I've got a "few" pics to share too so watch this space. Even snapped the SIDO of as many cars as possible so hopefully some lucky fellas will have pics of their cars at FPV. Something Ford can't provide :D remember you saw them here first... :lol: Later tonight I promise, just gotta sort them all out. Dave,I'm hanging out to see more photos of the FPV Open Day... Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SA Tickford Guests Posted 03/03/03 08:43 AM Share Posted 03/03/03 08:43 AM Thanks MavSS.... Feel much better now!!... 10 am this morning, I wave bye bye!.... But new home is only a stones throw from Northgate drive Thomastown, So almost like going "home" for her! I commented earlier about a Congo Green XR6T parked outside the FPV engine plant, ( think it was a Sth Aust car) Did anyone get a pic? That would be my car your referring to and yeah I do have some pics, well actually my daughter does but there still on her camera. We only got back from Melbourne about an hour ago so give me some time and I will see what I can do. Thanks for the comments though, glad you like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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