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Xtreme Auto Show 2005 |
Broadcast
dates : 21st August 2005
27th August 2005 |
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It was show
time on the hour, every hour over the Woman’s Day weekend.
The Castrol Xtreme Auto Show, in association with Futurefin,
the exotic car finance company, was held at the Coca-Cola
Dome in Randburg.
And of course, every gift you could think of for the most
significant other in your life – your motorcar. Custom
steering wheels, car magazines, alloy wheels, sports seats,
it was all a celebration of petrol-hedonism.
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There was
plenty to delight the younger enthusiast, and motorcyclists
were also catered for.
Speedway is almost a forgotten sport in South Africa, but it’s
making a comeback. These bikes have no brakes and weird
steering geometry. When you turn into a corner the rear
wheel skids sideways – as long as you have the throttle
wide open.
Not for the faint-hearted, speedway is being held on tracks
at Glenvista south of Joburg and on the East Rand.
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The car audio
business is booming, just like the massive sub woofers in
this special pick up. This was once a Ford Courier, now it’s
a Hypersound and Vision show cabinet for XTC and JVC
goodies.
It’s equipped with about half a ton and half a million
bucks worth of subs, head units, splitters, DVDs. And, for
mobility, a supercharged Chevy V8.
Big on sound, big on power, and yes, the car business is big
on optics too.
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Believe it or
not, this is a 1991 Isuzu bakkie. Built by a bunch of Cape
enthusiasts, it’s a work in progress, owned by Magadien
Fakir of Mitchell’s Plain.
The interior retains some Isuzuness, but that didn’t stop
the trophies from piling up.
The show brought out the old stagers in the form of many
classic hot rods.
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The old-style
T-buckets are making a big revival in rodding, as they are
cheap to build and relatively easy to assemble. They use
fiberglass body shells and kit-form chassis.
American V8s are the staple of the hot-rodding movement, and
in South Africa there is still a fair supply of genuine
Ford, Dodge and Chevy cars and pick-ups, too far gone for
restoration, but ideal as base bodies for a mouth-watering
street rod.
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Who could
forget the classic Cobra Daytona Coupe, which competed at
places like le Mans.
This is a replica, known as the Le Mans 402 iR.
This car is built by Hi Tech Automotive in Port Elizabeth,
previously only for export.
Now it’s being sold by Lazarus High Performance for the
local market and costs R895 000.
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This is a
beautiful replica of a Ferrari 330 P4, developed by Noble,
the British car company.
It runs a supercharged big-capacity Chevy engine and is good
for over 320 kilometres-per-hour, with 0-100in three seconds
flat!
Real Ferraris were well in attendance, like this one you
could drive yourself, as part of the Scuderia Supercar
Challenge scheme.
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That
was pretty much that for Castrol Xtreme, 2005. Wheels,
chrome, glamour, noise. Extremely satisfying, one might say.
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