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ive worked my ass off in heat/sweat and covered in all types of crap over the years,including as recent 6 1/2 years at GMH body shop,some may not get dirty in present job,doesnt mean they dont know other stuff guys,we were born with hands to use them i rekon :D

true that mate. good point.

Blue collar here as well...slowly getting into engineering side of things atm....what company do u work for if u do toolmaking??? Im in plastics myself

I used to do all the tooling for Plastic extrusion...any interest to ya?

Name: carl

Age: 26

Location: sth brighton

Work : in a failure of a job atm with Bigpond, looking for something that lets me have a soul

car/mods: black 32 gts-t

-GTR front-

-FMIC-

-RB25 series 2 turbo-

-Splitfire coilpacks-

-Apexi 3 inch turbo back zorst-

-ORC twin plate clutch-

-Kaaz 2 way-

-TEIN HR coilovers-

-front and rear strut braces-

est price spent on car: nfi close to $17k all told i reckon including purchase price

other interests? my gf, skateboarding (bit too fat now-a-days tho), beer, gardening, beer, reading, talking shit on the intarwebs, beer and reading explosm cartoons

working in a office is awesome, not affected by weather, can usually surf the net at will. can come in after a huge night and sit at ur computer almost asleep lol.

nothing keeps you more awake than crushing shit with a 16 tonne forklift when your bored. lol

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name: mark jantke

age:22

occupation: work for maison, do alot of welding and stone spray finishes.. also heavily involved with sales and stock yard work (forklift)

suburb: highbury

cars/mods: - vl wagon: rb20det, cooler, plugs, walky bar, big sterio, trust guages, isotta swheel pedals and gearknob.

- 1993 gtr: too much to list

total speant on currant cars and mods: 50,000

other interests: fishing, camping, drinking with mates, poker nights (more drinking), snowboarding, skateboarding, motorbikes, computers and gaming, landscaping renovating and gardening, travveling, cruising, music listening and playing.

Name: Nathan

Age: 19

Location: Elizabeth

Occupation: Bridgestone Factory at Salisbury

Car: 98 R33 Series 2 M-Spec

Mods: 18" Koenig rims (Same as AFTDRK). Blitz bov (Changing for a GFB Deceptor Pro) HKS Turbo timer (Taking that out). Exhaust and suspension unknown yet lol, No alarm, Will keep the car fairly stock dont want heat from the police.

Money spent so far: $8929.85 soon to come compliance $3000+ and new 18" tyres $too.much.00

Future mods: First alarm figuring out what i want now, Intercooler, GFB bov, Sweet ass pioneer system.

Interests: Cars, computers, the drive inn i try to go atleast every 2 weeks, drinking and random people.

Name: Chris

Age: 23

Location: Happy Valley

Work: Mechanical Engineer

Car/mods: Cefiro - Manual conversion, Turbo upgrade, FMIC, Bosch 040, Dr Drift ecu, Driftek 17x9 17x8, Whiteline adj stabiliser bars, Bilstein struts, Extreme HD Organic, 3" race pipe, Subframe bushes.

Est price spent on car: 15k

Other interests? Workin on the car, motorsport, music, gettin on the cordial, hangin out with mates, cruises, chicken

why is chicken an interest babe lol

ive never worked at a desk, never will.

i worked at a desk it drove me nuts so i quit, now im my own boss and im on my feet all day at the salon then come home to my second full time job of being a single mum

Name: Nathan

Age: 19

Location: Northern Ghetto (or near there)

Work: Trainee technician for installing car performance and audio products :(

car/mods: HKS 25/30, GTR fuel pump, awesome driver, full hicas removal, S13 cradle and power steer pump, S14 Steering, R33 LCA's, Cusco adjustable arms in the rear (thats on the car a.t.m.) est 210 atw on 17psi

mods to come (sitting at home) --> GTR injectors, Z32 afm, full do luck kit, (not sitting at home) --> half cage, bride fixed back seats, Full drift flutes, carbon bonnet and boot, coilovers. Going for 250 on 17psi daily :D and then will do HKS 2.2L stroker or 2JZ conversion if it blows up

est price spent on car: $more then i can afford

other interests? Bikes, watersport, girls, girls, drinkin, getting drunk, drifting, 2am touge runs

Name: Chris

Age: 23

Location: Happy Valley

Work: Mechanical Engineer

Car/mods: Cefiro - Manual conversion, Turbo upgrade, FMIC, Bosch 040, Dr Drift ecu, Driftek 17x9 17x8, Whiteline adj stabiliser bars, Bilstein struts, Extreme HD Organic, 3" race pipe, Subframe bushes.

Est price spent on car: 15k

Other interests? Workin on the car, motorsport, music, gettin on the cordial, hangin out with mates, cruises, chicken

Happy Valley represents! I've seen one Ceffy I reckon around there which was the other day in front of Maccas... Can't remember what color though.

true that mate. good point.

I used to do all the tooling for Plastic extrusion...any interest to ya?

Plastic extrusion no, i work in custom moulding shop that do autmotive work, hence not at work to much atm!

nothing keeps you more awake than crushing shit with a 16 tonne forklift when your bored. lol

Oh how true!!!!

Name:Glenn

Age:21

Location: N/E

Work: Toolmaker

car/mods: 1984 DR30 RS-X / HR31 slotted brakes, 3" Exhuast, coil-overs, Front Mount cooler (still needs to be fitted), Heavy Duty clutch, VG30 turbo, RS-8 Watanabe's.

AE92 Holden Nova / bog stock

est price spent on car: F$*#all compared to some :)

other interests? cruising, eating, listening to/mixing music, fish

i work in custom moulding shop that do autmotive work, hence not at work to much atm!

Im in the same boat my company does press work for the automotive industry... it sucks...

I want to buy a house next year, Even though I have the deposit money ready I cant financially do anything until Im in a stable job.... hoping I can get in an engineering shop doing work for Defence or Mining so I can have something stable... unlike the Automotive Industy which seems to be on its last legs. :)

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