what happened to the Aussie charger club drag racing project

aussie pete · Post by **aussie pete** » Sun Apr 19, 09 8:51 pm

When i was in the Aussie Charger club, they started to build an Aussie Charger ( for drag racing) and asked members for donated parts and voulentary help...this project started, but does anyone know what happened to it?

Post by **MattH** » Mon Apr 20, 09 9:49 pm

Is it the blue VJ that was at Great leighs hot rod show years ago, it was tubbed and looked race only, very tidy. I have never seen it since.
Can't find a pic at the moment, it was Petty Blue.
It had a Ford engine I think, poss a 460?

Minty · Post by **Minty** » Wed Apr 22, 09 8:20 pm

didnt know if it ever got finished,wasnt a club member when club folded

Post by **MattH** » Fri May 01, 09 10:44 am

Thats the one, UGH8M. 460 powered? Saw it a Gt Leighs in 93 ish, never since. Rumour it is Braintree area.

Gareth · Post by **Gareth** » Fri May 01, 09 11:46 am

That treatment suits that car very well. Did it ever see any strip action ?

AllKiller · Post by **AllKiller** » Mon Jun 15, 09 11:54 am

The Blue Car at Great Leighs is not the Club race car according tio Stuart Cole it never Transpired from this...

Ivor · Post by **Ivor** » Mon Jun 15, 09 12:12 pm

So I wonder who actually owns the car now the club has folded?
It would be great to see a proper race Aussie Mopar, now that Kev's has gone and the Mopar Menace rebuild appears to have stalled...last I heard it was in a garage near Dunstable with a Chevy lump in it and was advertised on Eurodragster some time back...does anyone know what's happened to it?

AllKiller · Post by **AllKiller** » Mon Jun 15, 09 12:45 pm

Ivor, the race car was broken up and scrapped...doors sold off etc

AllKiller · Post by **AllKiller** » Mon Jun 15, 09 12:47 pm

There should be a new one appearing at the Nats this year mate of mine Chris from Hemel with a 360 Valiant

Think it has Kevs front wings and hood

I will try and get him to post up a picture this week nearly done

Anyway here's the front shot,and 460 in the Charger "assumed" the club race car

Dave999 · Post by **Dave999** » Mon Jun 15, 09 1:38 pm

AllKiller wrote:The Blue Car at Great Leighs is not the Club race car according tio Stuart Cole it never Transpired from this...

I think this one (not the blue one) sat outside the Bush Ranger pub on Wells road (Goldhawk road bus depot) (Goldhawk road) on a trailer for at least 6 months in 2000 (when was it scrapped?)

the man who owned it ran a car repair buisness from the basement of his house. closed down....

it was a body and running gear and that was all but those red wheels...can't be missed.

he was going to build a race car

Dave

Post by **MattH** » Mon Jun 15, 09 2:21 pm

Club folded 94-95. I was at Billing with them, parked with my Challenger at the time as I didnt know anything about Aussie Muscle. This must have been the clubs last outing, Kevs Val was there, pre Kev and a few Chargers.

Stuart who ran the club passed the club records on to me a few years later and I also now own the club sign which was donated to me by Ian Spencer in 2004 in appreciation of my getting the Aussie cars back on the map, ( and getting Classic American to do an Aussie special issue).

Hopefully some of these cars are still hiding somewhere in DRY barns.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Mon Jun 15, 09 5:51 pm

What was the year of the accident at Billing ?

AllKiller · Post by **AllKiller** » Mon Jun 15, 09 6:04 pm

Every year Sandy...normally on the same corner by the curry house, in the evening aound 9-11pm

But i also have pictures of that

yeah really...at point of impact

Can post tomorrow