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lol I've just spent the last 3 years building a house with a 6 car garage :) It's just a question of leaving some work space. If I remember correctly, you have some brilliant workspace in a couple of different sheds, I'd kill for that :)

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sorry I didn't give an actual update. after a short time sitting around this has kicked along again. 50,000 new hoses ordered from a ST lunatic in japan and the old engine is out. need to assemble new engine, replace heaps and get it rolling again.

unfortunately I have a "too many projects" issue. while this is a cool little car it is not first on the list (3rd, actually, behind finishing the ute, and the race car)

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sorry I didn't give an actual update. after a short time sitting around this has kicked along again. 50,000 new hoses ordered from a ST lunatic in japan and the old engine is out. need to assemble new engine, replace heaps and get it rolling again.

unfortunately I have a "too many projects" issue. while this is a cool little car it is not first on the list (3rd, actually, behind finishing the ute, and the race car)

update?

nah pretty sure there is no update. It would be nice to having it running again one day.

on the upside but only indirectly related, the ute is finished, it's running nicely. now onto the race car

oh, and yeah, the race car never really got a build thread. it was kind of built before the internet was invented. plus there was very little building, just lots of rebuilding HA HA HA.

here it was the day I picked it up

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yeah mate it's the same car, we bought it from Marty. I knew it was rare but didn't realise it was famous until later.

there is one other registered ST I know of up in Brisbane, but it is also off the road for a rebuild at the moment AFAIK.

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