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Tony Hyde's Top 5 cars in the past 40 years
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Author:  speedy [ Mon Apr 21, 2008 10:57 pm ]
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For those of you haven't heard of him, Tony Hyde is the recently retired Executive Director of Engineering at GMH. Amongst his list of achievements is Zeta global platform (that underpins the VE, the new Camaro, and a Cadillac) and turning the Monaro from a show car to a production car.

In an interview in last month's Wheels magazine they asked him to list the best (and worst) 5 cars from nearly 4 decades working as an automotive engineer across 4 continents. The best 5 were;

-Holden WM Caprice
-HSV E-Series Senator
-Mini Cooper S 1275 :)
-BMW M5
-Mercedes E420 W211

Regarding the odd car out of that lot :wink:, he says;
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A wonderful car - my wife Liz says especially in white because I had one in 1968. The Cooper S could blow off the Valiant V8s in the '60's
Author:  willy [ Mon Apr 21, 2008 11:04 pm ]
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Hmmmm wonder why the top two cars are GM vehicles :roll:
Author:  speedy [ Tue Apr 22, 2008 7:16 am ]
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There were plenty of GM vehicles in his worst 5, however there is no doubting that he'd have a soft spot for the Zeta based cars since he would have had some input into them.
Author:  AEG163job [ Tue Apr 22, 2008 12:34 pm ]
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just outa interest, what WERE the 5 worst?

my money is on the VK as a likely candidate :lol:
Author:  Harley [ Tue Apr 22, 2008 12:42 pm ]
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VN.

Either that, they were the:

Ford XD Falcon
Ford XF Falcon
Ford EA Falcon
Ford EB Falcon
Ford AU Falcon

:D
(Can you tell I'm a Holden man?)
Author:  TK [ Tue Apr 22, 2008 1:56 pm ]
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My five worst (in no order):

JB Camira
P76
late 70's Escort
EA Falcon
Mazda Capella
Author:  frednutz&co [ Tue Apr 22, 2008 7:17 pm ]
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some one is a warped what was wrong with the P76 a car a head of its time :!:
Author:  benoz [ Tue Apr 22, 2008 7:38 pm ]
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p76 was a great car
Author:  speedy [ Tue Apr 22, 2008 8:27 pm ]
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The worst 5 in particular order;

-R-series Gemini "A travesty to replace the iconic Gemini with this mainstream clap-trap. It killed Gemini as Australia's best selling small car"

- JD Camira 1.8 TBI "After Oz went unleaded in '86, we replaced the port fuel injection 1.8 with a throttle body injected 1.8. That engine killed the Camira"

- Chrysler Centura "Could have picked any (Cortina/Marina) of the Torana 6 copies that epitomised the monstrosities of that early-70s era"

- Pontiac Aztek

- Buick Le Sabre

On a side note Harley, I saw a neat XD painted Palmer Tube Mills Blue cruising by yesterday and I must admit it did look very tough. Go the Blackwood!

TK - What have you got against late 70's Escorts :?: 8) Plus you shot the wrong Camira, the JB was heaps better than the later ones (all relative of course)
Author:  AEG163job [ Tue Apr 22, 2008 9:16 pm ]
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Didn't the JB Camira win Wheels Car of the Year back in it's day?

(I think GMH, Chrysler & Ford all took turns :roll: )
Author:  TK [ Wed Apr 23, 2008 9:00 am ]
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yeah Wheels picked The P76 and the JB Camira both won 'car of the year'.
My uncle had a six cylinder and the 8 cylinder P76, got them cheap as another relative owned the Leyland dealership in Bundaberg.
Quality control was non existant at the time. Cars were being often released from the factory with nuts and bolts missing, one car made it to the showroom without any shockies etc etc.
I hate the JB Camira because I had one. It was only a year old back then and used to burn oil like no ones business.
Hate the Escort because dad had a Escort panel van. Unrealible.

anyway as I said these are MY picks for worst cars.
Author:  AEG163job [ Wed Apr 23, 2008 9:09 am ]
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I know what you mean about quality control. A mate of mine worked at Chryslers in Adelaide in the 70's. His first job was to apply the sealant to the front & rear windows to Valiants. He then was "promoted" to door assembly. If they couldn't keep up with the pace of cars moving on the line, they'd simply chuck in the window winder assemblies behind the trim & let the dealers sort it out. :lol:

Maybe that was the origin of the dealer "delivery" fee.
Author:  matt850 [ Wed Apr 23, 2008 11:33 am ]
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I ahd a mate in high school, still a good mate now, he had a V8 P76. Fantastic car. I remember he used to take it to watch the races at Amaroo Park. Set up folding chairs on that enormous bonnet and have our own private grandstand.
Whatever happened to the good old days....
Author:  TK [ Wed Apr 23, 2008 1:35 pm ]
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that big boot could fit a 44 gallon drum inside
Author:  sports850 [ Wed Apr 23, 2008 3:53 pm ]
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TK wrote:
that big boot could fit a 44 gallon drum inside


Or 8 people when sneaking into the drive in , nobody looked in the boot when you left the rear seat empty "what's in the boot , it's riding low?" , "All my tools , I'm a mechanic , you wanna look ?" , "Nahh , go in "... It was funny how the tiny service station a klm from the drive in had about 50 cars parked around it Friday and Saturday nights :lol:
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