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Old 12-02-2014, 12:26 AM   #1
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Default Tru Blu at Lakeside

DJR had there 2 seater cars giving rides to those who wished to pay today.
Bowdens also had the Tru Blu falcon and the Ford Sierra there and did a few laps with Dick driving Tru Blu. Here is a few pics.













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Old 12-02-2014, 12:29 AM   #2
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Dick driving Tru Blu









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Old 12-02-2014, 12:31 AM   #3
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Smiles all round after Dick's run.







All strapped up ready for the trip home.





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Old 12-02-2014, 09:10 AM   #4
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...nice. what is the story with broken tail light on XD?
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Old 12-02-2014, 09:53 AM   #5
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...nice. what is the story with broken tail light on XD?
Not sure about that.Was like it before they took it out on the track. Could have had a mishap loading it to bring it down from their workshop at Buderim.
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Old 12-02-2014, 11:01 AM   #6
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Have heard the sierra at full noise at lakeside sounded awesome.
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Wow!! I can remember seeing Dicky sideways in both "Tru Blu" & "Greens Tuf" at the last corner going onto the straight at full noise,........with Brocky not far behind!! Awesome stuff!! Ahh the good old days when racing was real racing and cars were real cars!!
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Old 12-02-2014, 03:57 PM   #9
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The simplicity of the XD, it truly was a road car.
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Old 12-02-2014, 04:51 PM   #10
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The simplicity of the XD, it truly was a road car.
They sure have changed a lot.

Here's the inside shot of Tru Blu





The Sierra.





The current ones.



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Old 12-02-2014, 08:22 PM   #11
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XD still has the cigarette lighter in place.
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If they said I could take any one of those three racecars .......... I would take TRU-BLU handsdown without a second thought !

I was at Lakeside the day Dick soundly thrashed the King of the Mountain to win his first ATCC title ! I remember it like it were yesterday !
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Congratulations must go to the Bowdens, not only for restoring these irreplaceable cars back to their original racing specs but also getting them out for a thrash so everyone can enjoy seeing them in their natural environment.
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Bring them to Mallala!!!!! PLEEEASE!!!!

A few years ago I was lucky to have a run around Mallala with Wilson Security in their Commodore V8 Supercar. (It was supposed to be D'Alberto's BF but that was destroyed in an accident a few weeks prior) Now that Wilsons are sponsoring DJR - not only will I be trying my hardest to get a ride this year but IF they could bring Tru-Blu or Greens-Tuf then I'd be the happiest bloke on earth!!!!
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Missing only Greens Tuff Falcon and then all three of my fav DJR cars are covered.
The Sierra looks a little tired but still tough. The XD looks mint...
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XD still has the cigarette lighter in place.
So you could spark one up down conrod...
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