The Old Tin Shed

I have intimated in other posts here that I have owned a few, how shall I put it, performance cars in my life.  Over at Flimsy Cups Mr e.f. bartlam, was talking about being a road warrior.  I certainly know how he felt, for over a decade I was on the road constantly visiting customers and suppliers for my own businesses. Traveling on the road has some down sides and some up sides and is an experience to say the least. Anyway I commented on his post about my performance cars I got to drive, so I thought I would post a couple pictures I could find on the web about one of the cars and some specifications for a great piece of Aussie Muscle car. Ford AUIII Tickford TS50 Specifications TE50 / TS50 Base Price, AUSD 57,350 / 66,950 Engine Type OHV 16-valve V8 Powertrain Layout Front engine, RWD Displacement, cc 5602 Horsepower@rpm 335@5250 Torque, lb-ft@rpm ...

Not the most in depth post ever but, considering I try to do this often. I do know quite a bit about it. I have owned a lot of cars in my life but have loved very few of them.  Two cars stand out for me but for two completely different reasons. First of the stand outs was a Ford AUIII TS50 Tickford Falcon.   I got this brand new and in black,  It was an amazing car, so damn quick it make your head snap back and forward as you went from braking to acceleration.  5.7Ltr Injected V8 last of the Windsor engines in Australia.  I loved it, you really had a road presence, overtaking could be terrifying should you plant the right foot to hard.  From 80Kms/hr to 140Kims/hr was done in under a car length.  With the manualised automatic it was something to be feared.  I had owned a HSV before hand and it was a complete bucket of crud in comparison.  The Ford ate it in every important category.  Had quite a few mates who were Holden fans th...