25 Dec 2019, 22:00 (Ref:3948563)
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Join Date: Feb 2004
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Kingair
The mighty Camira, what a heap of junk!
Working for Coles Myer in the mid 80’s one of there gifted geniuses in the fleet department purchased some of these at a bargain price for lower management to drive. Unfortunately they did not have any air conditioning fitted so that had to be retrofitted, which was great because as soon as you turned that on, you didn’t need to use the brakes to slow down.
Not to mention the usual GMH, build and quality control issues!
Perhaps we could get a special run of those ZZZ Gemini’s!
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Motoring Year 1982/3 is full of praise for the Camira, with only a hint of the disaster about to unfold.
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"Your biggest auto race may one day become a Camaro playground", Chris Economaki, Bathurst 1979
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