Brookie
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Spotted on SundayNot a Kombi but couldn't resist-think it is post war Singer 4A or later
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shaihulud
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Thanks for the post Brookie. Now I'm all overcome with a bout of nostalgia.
I'm reminded of when I was a callow and beardless youth. I had a holiday job in Kwinana and a friend used to drive me there in one of his family's sports cars.
One was a Singer like that one. It was a great ride, but talk of scuttle shake. The chassis was so flexible that the front end of the car would go in one direction and the rear end in the other on the rough, pot holed and patched, old coast road down to the BHP Rolling Mill.
The other was a low slung sports racing car similar to a Lotus 11. I can't remember its name. It was home made from an Australian made body. My bum was about 4 inches off the road. It had a twin SU carb 4 cylinder engine and it went like stink. It bottomed out by scraping the chassis on the road and throwing sparks. That was just plain exciting.
The other was an NSU Prinz. What a great little car that was. We used to do whizzies (more than 360 degree hand brake turns) in the car park at lunch time, until management stopped it. It was impossible to tip it over.
See? There is nothing new about hooning.
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Brookie
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Brings back memories doesn't it. I can remember big discussions between Singer and MG owners-just like Ford and Holden. 
Owner has been located through Vintage Sports Car Club of WA and I also have been in contact with old mates I haven't heard from in years as a result of photo.
It is a 1949 Singer 4A
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the aussie trimmer
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Re: Spotted on Sunday | Brookie wrote: | Not a Kombi but couldn't resist-think it is post war Singer 4A or later
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I know I’m nit picking, but I hate those number plates on old cars and don’t know why owners don’t cough up $140 to hang nice period plates on their cars.
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Brookie
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Most other States you can apply for original plates if not in use but in W.A. thats not on- You cannot even trace history of car by chassis, engine, or plate no.
Here is another pix of the 1949 Singer 4A
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the aussie trimmer
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| Brookie wrote: | Most other States you can apply for original plates if not in use but in W.A. thats not on- You cannot even trace history of car by chassis, engine, or plate no.
Here is another pix of the 1949 Singer 4A
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You can purchase new period plates, either white on black or black on white lettering and numbers from the licensing department for $140. Either of which looks better on old cars than the new Blue and White plates they issue to all the new cars today. If you have a specific plate you would like (something from you youth eg UFO-007), they will run it through their data base and if it is available you can have it remade for your car or make up something you would like. I have just had XAF-077 (eX Armed Forces and the year of the bus 77) made in black on white for my Kombi and it looks soooo much better that the other ones. Go on line to licensing and check out the plate options.
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Brookie
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Thanks for that post Kev-last time I asked they said they had had applications but no decision had been made. Must have been 5 years ago
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Brookie
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Owner has been located and pix forwarded through courtesy of VSCC of WA
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