What the?????? $@#@$ Flying van?
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What the?????? $@#@$ Flying van?
Spotted at YTDN several nights this week.
Engine is from a Provost Jet / Strikemaster. Rolls Royce Viper.
Top speed unknown at this stage as brakes are experiencing severe fading as the runway is 1,000m.
Allegedly a similar unit on the open road has achieved 200mph, although it was dangerously skipping all over the road.
Pretty easy to set up; just rock up to the runway, remove rear door and fire it up.
I have some more pics if anyone is interested; pm me.
Some would say crazy... but it does have Recaro's and a roll-cage.
Engine is from a Provost Jet / Strikemaster. Rolls Royce Viper.
Top speed unknown at this stage as brakes are experiencing severe fading as the runway is 1,000m.
Allegedly a similar unit on the open road has achieved 200mph, although it was dangerously skipping all over the road.
Pretty easy to set up; just rock up to the runway, remove rear door and fire it up.
I have some more pics if anyone is interested; pm me.
Some would say crazy... but it does have Recaro's and a roll-cage.
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It mightn't be a bad idea to put some rubber on the thing before he attempts to run it at anything over about 100kph unless of course it's only intended to be a mobile testbed for the roll bar.The tyres on it look like they might have been sourced from the local landfill depot.
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I would love to see the Transport Dept inspectors face when you take it in for registering and a road worthy.
Or maybe the SAAA could send a CASA Authorised Person out, it just needs some wings
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Or maybe the SAAA could send a CASA Authorised Person out, it just needs some wings
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Those Holden/Isuzu Shuttle vans were the biggest heap of **** ever bought into Australia 
apart from the Pizza or Piazza (whatever GM rebadged it).
Ironically, they had a predisposition to blowing diffs and cylinder heads
Maybe the bloke blew yet another diff, and when faced with the price of parts decided to repair it this way. He won't need a diff now
Oops, forgot. They had crappy brakes, too
apart from the Pizza or Piazza (whatever GM rebadged it).Ironically, they had a predisposition to blowing diffs and cylinder heads
Maybe the bloke blew yet another diff, and when faced with the price of parts decided to repair it this way. He won't need a diff now
Oops, forgot. They had crappy brakes, too
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The most amusing part was that as he "taxied" onto the apron area and shut down the engine, he turned the key and fired up the little 4 cylinder to get to the refueling truck.
When it "flew" past it was so noisy it sounded like the world was coming to an end.
When it "flew" past it was so noisy it sounded like the world was coming to an end.
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........pooches
.....notice the two little pooches at the rear of the van !.........their probably thinking............."& where supposed to be mans best friend"???.............we shall have to look around for a best friend substitute if mankind keeps these crazy notions comming !
The guy pearing into the side of the suicide van is wearing a flanalette shirt..........that says it all !:-)
capt Wally :-)
p.s..........intersting the colour scheme.....lime green..same colour as what slime would look like after hitting a stationary object at terminal velocity!:-)
The guy pearing into the side of the suicide van is wearing a flanalette shirt..........that says it all !:-)
capt Wally :-)
p.s..........intersting the colour scheme.....lime green..same colour as what slime would look like after hitting a stationary object at terminal velocity!:-)
He should buy some new tires...the spray paint on the trainer wheels just ain't right.
But rest assured he will be in line for a Darwin Award and follow in the steps of the Chevy Impala/JATO bottle scientist
But rest assured he will be in line for a Darwin Award and follow in the steps of the Chevy Impala/JATO bottle scientist
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Actually the guy peering in the window is the pilot? (owner) of this beast. I doubt if his flanalette shirt is fireproof, however he probably feels safe with the roll cage and recaro's.
The most amusing part was that as they were driving / rocketing along the runway sounding like the world was going to come to an end and I did my "prec-search" at 50ft and overtook them, as I approached, the passenger said to the pilot, "Russell, can you hear something?"
The most amusing part was that as they were driving / rocketing along the runway sounding like the world was going to come to an end and I did my "prec-search" at 50ft and overtook them, as I approached, the passenger said to the pilot, "Russell, can you hear something?"
