Hot Cam Old beauty
The FJ Holden powered Aussies out of the post-war gloom FIFTY YEARS ago this October, the first FJ Holden drove off the Fishermens Bend assembly line and on down the road to become Australia's most-loved car.It was easy to love the FJ with its broad, toothy grin of a grille, flashy two-tone paint, bright chrome work and perky little tail fins.The FJ was little changed from the first Holden of 1948, but the upbeat styling gave it the edge over its more serious...
Hot Cam SEEN & OVERHEARD
* BARR FONDLY REMEMBERED. Dayton lost one of its nicest guys last week when Bob Barr, former public information director at Sinclair Community College, died after a brief illness. Only three weeks earlier, Barr was in prime form in front of an appreciative audience in the downtown Dayton that he loved. During a Marvin Hamlisch-Dayton Philharmonic Super Pops Concert, Hamlisch announced that he would compose a song impromptu from any phrase given to him from an audience member. Sure enough, from...
Hot Cam Quick squiz: Ford TS50
Bbbbbad to the bbbbone and bluddy beaut is a good way to describe Ford's TS50 muscle car. The third generation T Series cars made huge performance gains with the installation of a ``stroked'' version of the old 5.0L V8 engine. It now displaces 5.6L and kicks out a whopping 250kW of power and an even more inspiring 500Nm of torque. You can tell there's a beast under the bonnet by the rumbling idle that actually rocks the car when stationary. The...
Hutchy says
1 Looks an extremely suitable race for the new addition to the Manning stable MAORI MIST. This horse has good gate speed, should lead and will improve on his first run for new stable when forced to cover too much ground. GOLDEN CAM'S recent form has been consistent and he should sit behind the leader and get the last shot. HOT CAM's effort in the Ouyen Cup was excellent where he was taking on much stronger company than he meets here although he is not as well suited by...
Hot Cam Man and horse are `yes men'
BRIAN Ferguson became known as ``the yes man'' before the horse of the same name put him up in lights as a trainer with a touch of genius. The hobby horseman from New Zealand tipped The Yes Man wouldn't only win first-up -- but without trialling.That happened last Saturday when The Yes Man, making his debut in WA, won at Wagin with a ``leg in the air''.``It was just 11 days short of three years since his last...