Youtube hearted comments of Tim John Un (@timjohnun4297).

  1. Nobody gives truck drivers a thought. Motorists complain about them constantly, when it's the truckies that keep their supermarkets stocked. Places like this rely on them heavily, yet give them a tiny patch of driveway to use. it's a thankless job and the pay is pretty crap too, if you break it down into an hourly rate. Seriously underrated people
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  2. I was lucky (I guess) that when I started school, Australia had recently adopted the metric system, so I was taught mainly metric, but the teachers were still well versed in the imperial system as well, so I was kind of taught both. In high school I used nothing but metric, then when I started my apprenticeship I was told by all the older mechanics "Don't use that metric crap around here", and used mainly imperial measurements (Thou, foot pounds, etc...Even on Japanese cars). As time went on, everything pretty much switched over, but later in life I found myself working on US systems. All the younger techs used to always ask me, is 9/16" bigger or smaller than 5/8", 3/16" and 5/32", etc. It was at that point I realised just how complicated and antiquated the imperial system really is. In saying that though, I can still visually set an 18 thou point gap...Not that I need to anymore ;)
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  3. You really need to watch the movie RUSH, it's about the rivalry between Niki Lauda and James Hunt, during the 1976 season. It's based on reality and shows the true characters of 2 of the most iconic F1 drivers of all time (In my opinion). Niki was almost incinerated in a crash at the Nürburgring and the fact he was racing again, weeks later, is sport's biggest comeback story of all time (Again, in my opinion)
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  4. More fun facts - the car he was driving in that video wasn't the one he started the race in. The 05 car blew an engine early on, Brock jumped into the number 10 car, which was only put together out of spare parts, to fulfil a sponsorship commitment of having 2 cars at Bathurst. It was never expected to even finish the race, let alone win it. I really think you should have a look at Larry Perkins next, Brock was a legend, but LP was just as much so, plus he built a lot of cars, Brock's, his own and a lot of others. There's video of him in the wet around Bathurst, too
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  5. 1984 was the end of the best era of Australian motorsports, at least in my opinion
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  6. Tassie has some of the best roads in the country. I was born and raised there, live in WA now, but I tell all my mates with motorcycles, if you want to go on a good holiday, take your bike to Tassie. A lot have now thanked me for it
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  7. I can relate to the dog one. Every night. Except it's 2 dogs, not one lol. And yes, we use MUM in Australia, and also just about everywhere else in the English speaking world except the US ;)
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  8. Absolute legend! Be sure to check out the Perkins Engineering channel too, a lot of really interesting stuff in there, with Larry’s son Jack doing restorations on some of Larry’s old cars, he gives a lot of good info on all the different cars over the different eras
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  9. I noticed at the start of the race the steering wheel was pointing slightly to the left on the straights. After the crash with that Torana it seemed to be a bit worse, so maybe bent the steering a bit, perhaps even cracked the windscreen then? IDK. Cool video though :)
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  10. Holden. I was introduced to Australian touring car racing by Peter Brock's A9X Torana, been a Holden guy ever since. Have to admit though, that Falcon does sound magical
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  11. Glad you found the Perkins Engineering channel. Hope you’ve checked out all the cars Jack has restored, he’s done an amazing job. Heaps of info on all the different cars and the way they were built, too
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  12. I got hooked on Motorsport back in 1978. The first race I ever went to was at Symmons plains, in Tassie. I went there thinking I was a Moffat fan, came home an unrepentant Brock fan. Not only did that a9x Torana look the goods, it was the best sounding car I’ve ever heard. Brock won and spent about 3 hours afterwards in the pits signing autographs and talking to the fans. He was a true legend
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  13. I would take the scrub python in the kitchen any day over Grizly bears wandering around the back yard 😉
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  14. Oh, and a9x Toranas filled the first 8 positions at Bathurst in 1979. More useless trivia is, there were actually more 4 door a9x’s built than hatchbacks. Contrary to popular belief
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  15. The top of the mountain back in those days wasn't really a place to chill, it was like a war zone up there lol. It's tamed down a lot now these days. They now have a 2 cartons of beer per person per day rule ;)
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  16. I don't have much interest left in the series, after following it closely since the late 1970's - too much politics, no more locally made cars, being a parity series now, and a fan base that's becoming increasingly toxic - but Bathurst is still a very special race. I still enjoy it, and I'm sure you will too. Hope you do get to watch live! I think 7plus stream it live, not sure if you can log into that, but maybe (Cough) VPN (Cough)
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  17. Forget the ratchets, I want whatever brand that socket is :D
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  18. The weather in Perth is supposedly very similar to Southern California. So I'm told...
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  19. You absolutely MUST do the Cougar bourbon ad! "5 Cougars thanks"!! Or the Antz pantz ad, if you're game ;)
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  20. Thanks for the concern, America, but I'm all good here in the western wing of the so-called jail ;)
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  21. I don't think Australia is as hot a climate as it's sometimes made out to be, sure you get places like Port Hedland, Marble Bar, etc, but in the US you also have places like Death Valley, Nevada, etc, where it's probably just as hot. There seems to be a bigger difference in winter though, pretty much none of our capital cities get snow, unless you go up a mountain. I'm in Perth, it's late spring, and so far we've struggled to get over 25 C
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  22. Darwin is every bit as good as that video suggests, maybe better. I just got back from there a couple of months ago, spent 9 days there, went up for the Chariots of Thunder sprint car series, which was awesome, we spent the week in between sightseeing. It's not scorching hot, the north of WA is much hotter, but it is warm year round, humid during the wet season (Southern summer), perfect during the dry season (Southern winter). Most underrated place in the country, for sure. The Supercars race up there too, every year, plus drags, etc
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  23. Spud sheds are everywhere around Perth, they are kind of a market/supermarket hybrid. Some of their stuff is quite cheap, some not so (A good example is sardines, which I buy for my dogs, $2.00 per tin in Spud shed, 85 cents in Coles. Fruit is cheap but you have to eat it pretty quickly, because it tends to go off quite quickly. I split my grocery shopping between Coles and Spud shed. Just my experience.
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  24. What's the bet that the people interviewed were on that cruise ship in the photo of the Opera house construction, in 1961 ;)
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  25. Holden man myself, but have to admit, a lot of fast Holdens ended up with Ford parts in them (9 inch diffs, top loader gearboxes). These days I appreciate any Aussie made cars. The louvre thing in the rear window is Venetian blinds, popular back in the day, along with sun visors - all the things that younger owners would have removed, which would now be sought after again. You should maybe do the Holden Monaro, too
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  26. I wouldn't mind it in my living room. Although first I'd need a bigger house lol BTW, my son bought a VL Commodore as his first car, paid $700 for it, back in 2006
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  27. I can't believe I'm watching a video of people eating fairy bread but there ya go lol
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  28. It's Bathurst - could be 40 degrees in the morning and snowing in the afternoon ;)
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  29. A mate of mine has a green SR/R 5000 Torana and he posted the other day that they used it on a biscuit tin, so I'm fairly certain that's his car! What a small world...
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  30. Try 76...
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  31. I just hope we get a Bathurst race this year.....
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  32. Back when they had the choice of 4 compounds, the way to remember it was Silver - knife, white - bread, yellow - butter, red - jam. All different levels of hardness, from hardest to softest. Now it's just white yellow or red, but it still works. Just some useless trivia to help remember which tyre is which when you're watching the race ;)
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  33. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSBuKOitJdk
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  34. We have late model racing here too, and sprint cars. Sprint cars are the best form of racing in the world I think :)
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  35. $120 is crazy cheap for rego, but I'm curious what you need to pay over there for 3rd party insurance? I believe you have to have your own over there, whereas here it's part of your rego. I bet it still works out way cheaper over there though...
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  36. Correction for the female narrator; Cairns is located on the north EAST corner, not the north WEST ;)
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  37. I remember seeing Legends cars for the first time at Mt Gambier (Dirt oval) speedway, back in the early 90's, I'm pretty sure these cars are based off them. I know when the Aussie racing cars first appeared they had to comply with CAMS rules for circuit racing, which meant they had to have a reverse gear. The engine and gearbox is out of a Yamaha motorcycle, so to get a reverse gear, they put a ring gear on the left rear brake rotor and mounted an electric starter motor next to it, so to reverse the car you had to select neutral, then hit a button to engage the starter motor and drive you backwards. A clever workaround I thought
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  38. Just don't pronounce your R's and you'll do a lot better. That's what makes American accents so immediately recognisable. 5/10 ;)
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  39. I would imagine a lot of the welding would have been done by French dockyard workers, under close watch from the Germans? Although I do know the French used to often sabotage U boats, so they may not have been allowed to weld the pressure hulls? It would be interesting to know
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  40. Larry Perkins sideways in the wet - Bathurst 1994. Check that one out
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  41. Auckland is a lot like Sydney, SOME say, a copy even ;)
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  42. And the most iconic Aussie muscle car would be the XY GTHO Falcon, which is a 4 door
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  43.  @DStead2239  Supercar panels are all composite nowadays, have been for a few years. NASCAR uses original driveline layout, supercars uses a rear mounted transaxle. NASCAR doesn't use a ridiculously high rear wing. All the Commodores, Falcons and now Mustangs have had different wheelbases than their road going counterparts, for years. I think the only thing that makes Supercars LOOK a little bit more relevant is the swinging doors and having badges and lights
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  44. @Iwrocker, it's probably important to know that Australia and America rate the octane ratings of fuel differently. America uses AKI, Europe and Australia use RON. Your 87 is equal to our 91
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  45. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1i4xN0vfpUk here's a good video for you to react to - it's Craig Lowndes getting hit by a wheel, on the approach to the cutting. Saved by the "Larry bar" ;)
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  46. One of our more successful NASCAR drivers here was Max Dumesny. He is still racing sprintcars after 40 years plus, I remember going to the Easter sprintcar trail back in the early 90's and he was racing every night, then I went to the thunderdome and he was racing there too, in NASCAR. We also had Indycars racing here every year, at the gold coast, until the IRL/CART split. I did enjoy NASCAR but preferred sprintcars, still do ;)
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  47. Is it just me, or are most truck/semi combinations in the states still 18 wheelers? Do you get higher mass limits there with extra axles, like we do in Australia?
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