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Davo111
 Post subject: bOB jANE sPECIAL
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Last night on SBS a special on Bob Jane, racing minis everywherte and thoroughly entertaining, what a rough life that poor bugger had and fancy wasting 100 Million on the Calder white elephant and now it just sits there rotting away.... :cry: :cry: :cry:

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What channel was that on Davo?

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[quote="Davo111"]Last night on SBS ...........[quote]

I dare say SBS? :lol:
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Hmmm...deceptively obvious... oops :P

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It was on ABC1 - Family Confidential, last night at 7:30 pm. Covered a lot of the troubles in the Jane empire.

You can view it here -

http://www.abc.net.au/tv/familyconfidential/#/the-janes

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It was on ABC1 - Family Confidential, last night at 7:30 pm. Covered a lot of the troubles in the Jane empire.

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http://www.abc.net.au/tv/familyconfidential/#/the-janes


No wonder I couldn't find it on SBS online..

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Takes me back to my days at Moreland High School. Riding my bike on the way home I used to stop at Bob's racing garage at the back of a building in Sydney Road, Brunswick and drool over his cars through an open roller door in the back lane. I think that sparked my life-long interest in motor sport.

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Just watched video; makes me feel sad. :(

Do they use Calder for anything now?

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P plater drag racing and tractor pulls :cry:
such a shame
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I used to drive right across Melbourne to watch the NASCAR and drags all the time. It is a real shame.

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I love it how he says "thats how you drive when you dont have to pay for tyres". classic
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I thought this was one of those super-rare models: the Radford Speedwell Cooper SS Twini Bob Jane Special :shock:

Will have to check it out online - well spotted!

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The final scene summed up his son beautifully - d!ckhead

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You're kidding. His second eldest wants it all just because...
Bob deserves better, but he must have made his own bed in many ways too.

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Mick wrote:
You're kidding. His second eldest wants it all just because...


I was being cryptic - he couldn't handle the power and was all over the place and ended off the track in a cloud of dust

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