Dick Johnson / Ford Fans

[skins]

I didn't even know this place existed. If you are a fan of DJR or a ford fan you should check it out. Free entry into the museum and if you want to tour the workshop it costs $15 but you have to book for that. Also they currently have a sale on DJR merchandise. $10 for Jim Beam racing jackets and Norton Racing jackets.

http://www.djr.com.au/Default.aspx?PageID=5735955&A=WebApp&CCID=16092&Page=2&Items=1#museum

Here are some of the cars that where there on the weekend.

http://imgur.com/a/dVlyx#0

The crashed paul morris car and the Jack Brabham F1 nose cone was at the holden driving centre.

http://www.thedrivingcentre.com.au/

Here is the holden driving track with skid pan

https://www.google.com.au/mapmaker?ll=-27.74733,153.293754&spn=0.004154,0.006866&t=h&z=18&vpsrc=6&q=Norwell+Road,+Norwell,+Queensland&hl=en&utm_medium=website&utm_campaign=relatedproducts_maps&utm_source=mapseditbutton_normal

Xtreme Karting is around that way too.

Two seater Yamaha R6 go kart 150km/h. Crikey

https://maps.google.com.au/maps?q=Norwell+Road,+Norwell,+Queensland&hl=en&ll=-27.790183,153.311393&spn=0.004152,0.004823&sll=-27.40739,153.002859&sspn=2.133423,2.469177&oq=norwell&t=h&hnear=Norwell+Rd,+Norwell+Queensland&z=18

Sorry about the crapy links. I don't know how to google maps properly.

[Captain Natro]

Have been down to yatla before, was good. Greens tuff xe is awesome

[djr81]

Any race car with sheep skin seat covers is good. One in Kermit green, with flares and a 351 is quite obviously the shit.

Not sure how old the place is now. Would guess near on 20 years?

[warps]

Sweet.

I saw the greenstuff falcon (or a great replica) driving along Bells Line of Road the week before Bathurst last year. Maybe they were taking it out for a shakedown before the race (only couple of hours drive from Bathurst)

I was booked for an IEAust tour of the facility a couple of years ago, but was working interstate at the time so missed out. Must pull finger out and go there, given it's only 15 min from home.

I thought that the one liner about the dog was actually "Working harder than a dog trying to bury a bone in marble floor". That's how I remember it, anyway, and as we all know, human memory is perfectly infallible. Sadly I remember hearing nearly all of those quotes from Dick while he was racing.

Have to love the sheepskin seat covers. They have other great Grp A and Grp C race cars at the Bowdens museum at Buderim - definitely another on the "To do" list.

Edited May 8, 2014 by warps