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Old 31-07-2010, 07:45 AM   #1
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Looks like proper top gear is going to do an interesting feature, anyone know anything...





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Old 31-07-2010, 08:03 AM   #2
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Now they have a classic australian ford on their show, it would be nice if they had some modern Australian fords. I'd like to see a couple of FPV's and then something else from ford like the GE6T
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Old 31-07-2010, 08:25 AM   #3
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As the steering on the vintage holden remained unresponsive, jeremey was reduced to giving hand signals in a last ditch effort to change direction.
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Old 31-07-2010, 08:30 AM   #4
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As the steering on the vintage holden remained unresponsive, jeremey was reduced to giving hand signals in a last ditch effort to change direction.


Any idea which Top Gear will show it? With the Aussie hosts there I'm thinking our one but who knows? they could be guests for the proper one?
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Old 31-07-2010, 08:32 AM   #5
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Australian cars with English plates?...curious.
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Old 31-07-2010, 08:36 AM   #6
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Ah did not notice that, no way it'll be on our one then.
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Old 31-07-2010, 08:36 AM   #7
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Wasn't that for a Poms vs. Aussies special? similar to the German one they did. Will probably be shown in both series.
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Not really there is quite a lot of Australian and American muscle cars over there. From what I've read in the mags etc there is a large Corvette following there.
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Old 31-07-2010, 09:02 AM   #9
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Thats only because they have long straight motorways now, so you can drive a Seppo 'sports car' fast now without having to worry about cornering.
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Thats only because they have long straight motorways now, so you can drive a Seppo 'sports car' fast now without having to worry about cornering.

Of course how forgetful of me
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Looks like a Victorian rego sticker with a UK tax disc on the windscreen. Don’t know why he’d have both.

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@Full Noise,nostalgia,provenance,history,heritage???? Just a thought.
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Old 31-07-2010, 01:18 PM   #13
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Yeah, she’s cool. It was more thought along the lines of the authorities over these letting him have it on.

It’s a bit like having a USA number plate on a truck over here next to a Federal plate. They make you take them off because it confuses the cameras, lol.
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Gotcha,well we can't have confused cameras now can we. That just would'nt do at all.
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Damn I wish the little weed in the shiny Blunnys and riding pants had been dropped.

Aussie muscle cars will get an absolute bollocking from Clarkeson me thinks, often he fails badly at distinguishing old from modern, and seems to have an expectation that every car should be judged against vehicles available today, which I think is wrong.

I bet he can't hold these things sideways in third though - no computer to make him look like a hero.
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Couldn't agree more. If they ever do a remake of revenge of the nerds this guy will get the gig for sure.
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Couldn't agree more. If they ever do a remake of revenge of the nerds this guy will get the gig for sure.
Who is he and whats his claim to fame??
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It's Steve Pizzati (aka Pi$$ant) off TGA i think....
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Pity they only got the slowest versions of the red and the blue (assuming the monaro is a HJ) as the pollution laws started choking them by then. I predict that charger would leave the other 2 behind.


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even if they got the fastest the charger would still leave the other 2 behind - then if the Charger did lose, we can claim it's just a 6 lol
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hellz yeah... put it against 3 pommy cars of the era... say the Triumph TR6, Jaguar and Jenson Interceptor
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@DJR-351,thanks I'll google him later.

@InfernoSR,now your talking have'nt driven the Triumph but have owned Mk1 and Mk2 Jags and have had the use of a Jensen Interceptor for a few weeks.
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Aha! you would be very familiar with the 'prince of darkness' then -Lucas electrics-


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Aha! you would be very familiar with the 'prince of darkness' then -Lucas electrics-


(I had a '74 V12 and a '78 V12)
Strangely enough the only electrical problem I had was a high tension lead on the dizzy of a Mk2. The wire was broken inside the insulation and would make and break contact,took a while to track that one down.
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Ah yes Lucas, rumor is they invented the short circuit and the only thing they built that didn't suck was a vacuum cleaner.
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Ah yes Lucas, rumor is they invented the short circuit and the only thing they built that didn't suck was a vacuum cleaner.

You know that's why the poms drink warm beer - Lucas builds fridges.....


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Don't forget Aussie Fords were sold in the UK in the 1970's, albeit in very limited numbers. Nice to see some survivors of the road salt, however I reckon these cars are exports from down under in more recent years judging by condition !
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