That was one of the scariest contraptions I've ever seen... but it made for great video which can be seen on the Year of DVD. I remember him saying it was nice and smooth until you backed off the power and it wanted to go all over the place. Poor thing was a F15 with a Holden front end.
The most controversial bit was when he fired it up in the carpark at night.
His other vehicle was a similarly modified motorcycle. As a friend commented: "I wouldn't like to be riding with a time expired Rolls-Royce Viper between my legs when it started throwing turbine blades."
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Originally Posted by lynx42
Tony don't start that one again. We had a jet powered blitz stir up the town a few Corowa's ago. Took a fair bit of talking to get things straightened out. Many of the towns people thought a jet had crashed in the town. The boys in blue came from as far away as Albury to investigate.
Regards Rick.
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