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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #600 on: February 25, 2009, 05:57:09 PM »
Ute Holden Hedgash?
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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #601 on: February 25, 2009, 07:13:30 PM »
For the record, the family was planned, we just don't have a name.

Any good names anyone can think of for a girl who will grow up to be a Formula One world title holder (if daddy has his way).

Chevrolet von Pomborneit has a nice ring to it...
Elmita Bonnevella Hegdash?   :lol:  Wayno

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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #602 on: February 25, 2009, 07:16:03 PM »
For the record, the family was planned, we just don't have a name.

Any good names anyone can think of for a girl who will grow up to be a Formula One world title holder (if daddy has his way).

Chevrolet von Pomborneit has a nice ring to it...
Elmita Bonnevella Hegdash?   :lol:  Wayno

Bonnie, for short!

I was thinking Ute for the duality aspect - probably the coolest truck we'll never see in the States, and the tribe that Utah was named after, but I think Wayno is on the right track.

Of course, I don't have any kids, so what do I know?
« Last Edit: February 25, 2009, 07:18:57 PM by Milwaukee Midget »
"Problems are almost always a sign of progress."  Harold Bettes
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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #603 on: February 25, 2009, 08:41:25 PM »
 I like both Ute and Bonnevilla!

Sum introduced us to the Ute tribe of Utah and we were impressed.

We have ute racing in Oz, b/w the fords and Holdens. There's a bit more door paint traded than the other races and highly entertaining and pretty cheap to run I imagine. We also have a ute muster where last year over 7000 utes descend upon a designated area...

http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2008/10/06/12721_entertainment-news.html

..hmmm... now to run it by the missuss...


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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #604 on: February 25, 2009, 09:37:00 PM »
[Elmita Bonnevella Hegdash?   :lol:  Wayno
I pretty sure this has been said before but it needs to be said again, ....you're nuts Wayno..

I had some suggestions , none of which were given the slightest heed.....One was Schwayne....no taste those Hedgashes :roll:
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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #605 on: February 25, 2009, 10:20:25 PM »
[Elmita Bonnevella Hegdash?   :lol:  Wayno
I pretty sure this has been said before but it needs to be said again, ....you're nuts Wayno..
Flattery will get you everywhere.  :cheers: Wayno

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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #606 on: February 25, 2009, 10:32:38 PM »
Schwayne Gairdner? If we were in the motorcycle class maybe.

But Schwayne is clearly a boys name and we are having a girl.
A hyphenated boys name like Shane-Wayne already has our attention for the boys.

If we were having twins, one of each, then Arthur and Martha.

But we are having a girl and she needs a winning racing name.

Keke Rosberg, Stirling Moss, Juan Fangio and Jacki Stewart all had winning names. Mark Webber's lack of success surely comes from his unsuitable monica, it simply isn't as world championesque as Lewis Hamilton.

Its a pity that McLaren was a New Zealander, that would make an interesting first name... and the surname Brabham mumbles, just like the man.

While we are at it we mosewell change our surnames too. I do like "von Pomborneit" as our farm is in Pomborneit.

We can be the racing family von Pomborneit.

Bonnevilla von Pomborneit. mmm. Classy.






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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #607 on: February 26, 2009, 03:21:53 AM »
We can be the racing family von Pomborneit.

Bonnevilla von Pomborneit. mmm. Classy.

see everybody?....that's the sort of stuff I have to deal with......

anyway here's a moody sort of shot of the scallops that went on the side of the tank this afternoon......

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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #608 on: February 26, 2009, 05:03:12 AM »
What about shapelle headgash
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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #609 on: February 26, 2009, 09:26:19 AM »
We can be the racing family von Pomborneit.

Bonnevilla von Pomborneit. mmm. Classy.

see everybody?....that's the sort of stuff I have to deal with......

anyway here's a moody sort of shot of the scallops that went on the side of the tank this afternoon......



I like those  :-).  As soon as you get the car outside how about some more shots of it.

c ya,

Sum

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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #610 on: February 26, 2009, 10:03:33 AM »
You could always go with a Latin name - Celeritas in Latin is speed, swift, quick - Celerita might work

Or have DEE somewhere in the name - as in De Hane -- from Henry De Hane Segrave, first person to set a land speed record over 200
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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #611 on: February 26, 2009, 10:32:46 AM »
Not as "contemporarly cool" as some of the other suggestions, however the first woman into the 200 MPH Club: Marcia Holley 1978 229.361

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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #612 on: March 01, 2009, 09:13:24 PM »
Another busy weekend , can't really remember much but we were at it no-stop. We changed some harness mounts, honed the clutch slave, I went right over the steering ....then when we tried to put the front tub on it wouldn't fit because the steering box had tilted slightly...well, there goes my wheel alignment. we added some more retainers for the fire bottles, tidied some wiring, fitted the canopy, took it off again, fitted it , took it off again,mucked around with the steering column washed and mounted the wheels, filled the water tank, got as much dust and swarf as we could out of the cab.

Then Pete brough the race trailer over....last night I slept through the night non-stop for the first time in six months, man I was tired.

still more to go......
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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #613 on: March 01, 2009, 09:30:42 PM »
DrG, everyone... no matter how much time they had and expended on their race vehicle.... has had to do the pre-race thrash  :|  it is like a rite of passage to the salt  :-D
Go get 'em, be safe, have fun, go fast  8-)
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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #614 on: March 01, 2009, 09:42:33 PM »
I thought I was the only one still doing all nighters the week before ... Guess it is endemic to our small fraternity.


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