Gordon Farkas

[paul edwards]

 
Love a good Aussie movie? l do, This clip is from "The Big Steal" a great Aussie movie. Anyone looking at buying a used car take a look at this absolute classic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzFmeNEiEPc&NR=1

Cheers Paul

[John Hanslow]

I learnt to drive on a Nissan Cedric, which was a prelude to the Nissan 2000 sedan.  They also made a station wagon.  And the road, up and down Arthurs Seat at night to teach me how to use column gears.

It was a cheap car the local Ampol Service station manager had for staff to learn how to drive - and he considered it very simple but reliable motoring.

It was even ahead of its early 60's features including 4 on the tree, extra dial on the dash,  zippered pockets on the doors and a radio.  It may of had carpet but that may have been the mandatory fle de le recycled from some ones lounge room.

Cheers

[bonkfrog]

I, too, am old enough to remember the Nissan Cedric Super Six (to be read with a pronounced lisp). Blistering acceleration: spent a block or so in the city watching a Cedric with auto transmission trying to pass my tram. Wonderful sight!

[John Hanslow]

Compared to an EK Holden , it was luxury motoring. 

The staff (mostly students) used to go to down the coast a bit as it was the end of Year 12 and we had a few places to stay and of course a few cars at our disposal.

Not many cars had 4 gears on the column shift.

[Sheldon McIntosh]

I, too, am old enough to remember the Nissan Cedric Super Six (to be read with a pronounced lisp). Blistering acceleration: spent a block or so in the city watching a Cedric with auto transmission trying to pass my tram. Wonderful sight!

After getting off the plane in Melbourne, I drove around in a $1000 Mitsubishi Scorpion auto for a little while.  I remember thinking  "gee, the trams are fast here.."

The Big Steal is a great film.  I nearly bought an XJ6 as my first car, so glad I didn't.  Ended up with a Mk 1 Cortina, after I just missed out on a Mini.

[AikenDrum105]

The Big Steal is a great film. 

Claudia Karvan!  .. and a bunch of other incidental actors .... 

but does it top BMX Bandits with the Freckly Ranga ?   .. back when pegs and 360 rotors were the hot mods !

[Rocco166]

strangely enough both my grandparents had his'n'hers 1965 Nissan Cedrics right up until the mid-1970's, his was blue hers was green, they were the first cars I remember them owning as a kid - great cars to ride in and very luxurious compared to my parent's VF Valiants  - both my grandparents cars are still in a shed on the family farm in SW WA but have succumbed to the dreaded tin worm...

[philpot]

On an aside about 'The big Steal'...remember the scene when the main characters parents (the cedric owners) say about their son Daniel: "is that Daniel the Lion Tamer or Daniel Our Son" as a little joke between them? Well, Guess how our first born got to be named Daniel??   Yes, true story  

Gordon Farkas?   Go the Goose!