Coupe Race Car Pictures

[cob115]

Originally Posted by gcg2503

Thats the one - the bonnet is the clincher for me. Would look awesome in full race livery

PS: That looks like a nice Apollo Blue ZG K code 50th Anniversay Special parked next to it

I AGREE ,LOOKS GREAT BUT I WOULD PUT IT BACK TO RACE SPECK woohoo go the coupes

[montyv8]

apart from stickers there isn't much about James' coupe that isn't race spec..

but it's all modern race spec, not mid-70's stuff.. getting close to what i'd consider my ultimate road car

[Jars]

Here are some of the BRUT 33 Car and a couple I found of someones replica (which looks like it might actually be in the States - those yanks love our Hardtops)

[cob115]

awsome jars ,for me its the aussi flag that does it on the brutt woohoo ,those wheels god dam it !!! I HAD A SET GRRRR have to hunt down some more

[xbrules]

Originally Posted by cob115

awsome jars ,for me its the aussi flag that does it on the brutt woohoo ,those wheels god dam it !!! I HAD A SET GRRRR have to hunt down some more

Just Buy heather a new Set of wheels Pat, maybe some big challenger globes! :

[v8cars]

Originally Posted by Pinkbits

Saw your new coupe yesterday (hush hush) and it's starting to look the goods.
I'm considering getting one done for me as well and i've been told yours will be well & truly finished for Echuca and he may even have another finished to take as well.
Any news on the XA?

Hopefuly both of my ones should be finished by echuca.

Since the XC has no interior and i cant be bothered to try and find everything for it i reckon building a race replicar would be something different. And i reckon the moffat federation falcon would look sweet.

And still no news on the XA.

[cob115]

Originally Posted by homegrown

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i came with in a bees willy of painting my pinelime xc like this : ,was going to do the stickers n all
you can see the citizen car no 2 how gary myers got his idea for his burn out coupe,this is just like looking at porn woohoo love it

[gcg2503]

Simply stunning - love the tinted perspex headlight covers on it Pat

Do it do it! The pinenLime is the one with reg NOS-351 right?

[Jars]

Up close

[gcg2503]

there is nothing like a crown, for picking it up and putting it down....

[gtxb67]

Originally Posted by xbrules

You didn't know about the fire? his transporter caught fire in the adelaide hills on his way to the first round, car burnt to the ground, he still competed at the event borrowing John Goss's XBGT, he built a new car in 6 weeks (i believe) and it was called the phoenix falcon. thats why there are no good photos of Brut 33 and all the work that was done to it in the US by Lee Dykstra. he competed in bathurst in the new car but it broke down after parts from the car in fire were used on the new car and failed :

there was a full issue on the car in aus muscle car magazine issue 26.

Dave

the car that burnt to the ground was already in city ford colours - the blue brut car was not raced many times. i had thought only at bathurst, but there are pictures with a black square around the number in this thread, so it must have raced at least twice. i thought it was green at sandown, he probably wouldn't have raced at phillip island, so the pic may be from surfers
to my knowledge a crank shaft pulley broke when the car was around a lap and a half ahead - i could be wrong, but i seriously doubt moff would have taken a silly chance with parts. the guy was the ultimate professional and one of the main reasons the sport is so professional today

[Pinkbits]

Originally Posted by Jars

Here are some of the BRUT 33 Car and a couple I found of someones replica (which looks like it might actually be in the States - those yanks love our Hardtops)

The BRUT 33 replica has been in Australia for over a year and was at the 2008 Geelong All ford day.
It is owned by a member of these forums.

[XB74GS]

The race replica's built I know of are

* Brutt 33 - XB
* City Ford - XB
* Goss Bathurst winner '74 - XA
* JRS cool car - XC
* Moffat Bathurst Cobra - XC
* Melfords - XB
* Moffat Bathurst winner '73 - XA
* Murray Carter (shell) - XA

That's all I can think of at the moment.
Some good ones have been taken, but there are still a lot waiting to be done.
Cheers
Todd.

[Jars]

Originally Posted by Pinkbits

The BRUT 33 replica has been in Australia for over a year and was at the 2008 Geelong All ford day.
It is owned by a member of these forums.

Was it built here or always been here - I was just basing my comment on what look like US plates and the flags and JCPenney store in the background.

[cob115]

Originally Posted by Jars

Was it built here or always been here - I was just basing my comment on what look like US plates and the flags and JCPenney store in the background.

gday jars ,was built in the states buy a fellow coupe nut,hes also a mad max fan ,loves his coupes nice guy to boot

[Jars]

Never ceases to amaze me how many coupes have ended up in the states (looks like 3 together in that pic) – goes to show the appeal of that classic muscle car shape. Funny (but good) that one ended up coming back though.

[xalent]

Here's a good book to get if you like your racing hardtops



Its available from Phase3posters.com. Its a nice read with many cool pics.

The Bond French car above did start out as the Dickson Big Ears car. It is plated as an XB GT, just had the XC upgrade. I remember my friend buying it after it had been advertised in the trading post for months with no-one wanting it. It was still wearing its worn out livery and he drove it on the road for many years that way.
Now its a completely different beast. Absolutely beautiful to look at, and a complete weapon to drive

[xalent]

Got any other nice close up pics Jars?

[Jars]

Originally Posted by xalent

Got any other nice close up pics Jars?

Front views of XA, B & C

[xbrules]

I've got this DVD, its got swags of racing footage, worth every dollar!!!




Dave

[gtxb67]

Originally Posted by XB74GS

The race replica's built I know of are

* Brutt 33 - XB
* City Ford - XB
* Goss Bathurst winner '74 - XA
* JRS cool car - XC
* Moffat Bathurst Cobra - XC
* Melfords - XB
* Moffat Bathurst winner '73 - XA
* Murray Carter (shell) - XA

That's all I can think of at the moment.
Some good ones have been taken, but there are still a lot waiting to be done.
Cheers
Todd.

there is at least 2 moffat cobra's
at one stage the cobra club had a moffat and bond replica and a replica of the official track car. the bond one has been sold since - i am unsure if the stickers are still on it

[gcg2503]

tricky Dicky....

[fordmfp]

Hi guys, I think the rims on this coupe are the same as mine, Does anyone know much about them??

[cob115]

Originally Posted by fordmfp

Hi guys, I think the rims on this coupe are the same as mine, Does anyone know much about them??

awsome wheels ,from memory they use to make them in elizabeth (adelaide) in the 70s ,i forget the name ,i think its samson?small place long gorn now,they were used a fare bit on coupes in the 70s for racing(could have stamped NOT FOR ROAD USE on the back ),got a buddy with 3 15x10s ,trying to get him sell them to me,he was saving them for his charger project

[fordmfp]

Yeah they say Samson magnums on the back, The one pictured is a 15x10 and i have 2 15x8 also but the 8s are magnum 2s so they are a little bit different but by the time ive polished them up they should look sweet. The 15x10s are a funny offset though im running a xy dif(it came in the car when i bought it) And the widest tyres i can fit are 265s

[brut33]

[QUOTE=Jars]Was it built here or always been here - I was just basing my comment on what look like US plates and the flags and JCPenney store in the background.

This picture was taken when the car was in the US, at this time it was owned by a mate of mine in Florida who has a number of Falcon Coupes over there. I purchased this one and another from him and shipped them back to Australia late 2007. There is a pic of the car in the current issue of AMC when it was at Phillip Island recently, I also had it at the Muscle Car Masters last Sept. Car was made into the Brut33 replica in the USA by another mate over there who took it to the Ford 100th at Dearborne in 2003. There is a full storey on the build up and car in issue 9 of AMC.

It will be at the Hardtop Anniversay this September along with a replica of Moffat's City Ford coupe plus the original French Morley Ford XC and 75 XB Goss coupe. Those that attended the last Echuca event still talk about the laps John Goss did in the XB at Decca, I know it was the highlight of the weekend for me and looking forward to it again this year.

[cob115]

Originally Posted by fordmfp

Hi guys, I think the rims on this coupe are the same as mine, Does anyone know much about them??

hay ya fordmfp re your odd ball of set ,you can machine heaps of meat of the back of these,iv got 3of (2for a ford coupe 1for a charger )there all the same except the back space has been machined down heaps for the xabc coupe and a lot less for the charger ,will be able to larger than 295easy mmmm

[homegrown]

HI Dave. hope you don't mind me filling your thread with my squiggles but if I could do another build and an original idea, I'd do something like this. Have you come up with an idea for your beast yet?

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[montyv8]

Nice work Danny ;)

[motorcycles4eva]

geez the hardtop looks so tuff don't they??