Photo of Monaro trying to be a Falcon GT

[Dauphin]

I took this shot on the weekend - not the usual paint job that I know of.

LOL ohhhhh my, fist a VL with a BA bonnet bulge now a monaro with GT stripes

[Charliewool]

Originally Posted by damo351

LOL ohhhhh my, fist a VL with a BA bonnet bulge now a monaro with GT stripes

AND.... With a Blue light!! (must be a cop monaro?)

[Trevor 57]

It is great to ba leader isn't it? Everyone wan'ts to copy you!

[ZC-Cruiser]

Originally Posted by Big_Trev

It is great to ba leader isn't it? Everyone wan'ts to copy you!

Yep

When Steve Kinser was winning 15 World of Outlaws series in a row with his uncle Karl Kinser building the Sprintcars for him, it was commented that if Karl showed up to a race meet with a big ol' turd sitting on the bonnet, it wouldn't be long before a lot of the other cars would have one - GOLD!

Interestingly, Karl said in an interview that the cars he was building then (early 90's) were about the same weight as the ones he was building 15 and 20 years earlier - the rest of the field was just getting down to the same weight as they realised how important car weight is - I guess it's good when there is no weight rule and no-one knows what your car weighs...

[Ryan]

I dont see how its trying to be a Ford GT.

Heaps of cars have stripes.

[VZKOOP]

worst thing is they are just for show!!!

They are not just for show. They allow a small amount of air into the engine bay via holes in the rubber moulds. The amount of air isn't huge but as most people know the LS1 suffers from heat soak so any amount of cooler air in the engine bay is useful. How much usefulness they provide I couldn't tell you but they do serve a purpose other than looking good.
As to the stripes - they are hideous on both the Monaro shown and the Yellow one at Booran Holden and also the GT (maybe the Blue with silver looks ok). Why mess up the clean lines of car with stripes other than to say 'hey look at me'. Give me the look of the F6 over the GT any day.

[12]

There was a Monaro at the Holden dealer in Dandenong a few weeks back. It was yellow and had the exact same stripes as the GT's in black. Couldn't help but laugh.

[Dezza]

Originally Posted by 012

There was a Monaro at the Holden dealer in Dandenong a few weeks back. It was yellow and had the exact same stripes as the GT's in black. Couldn't help but laugh.

I saw one like that as well. Maybe it's the same car. Not very original. Imagine if someone stuck a set of XW or XY GT stripes (complete with SuperRoo logos) on an old-school Monaro. This is basically the equivalent.

[ProjectXR]

Originally Posted by 012

There was a Monaro at the Holden dealer in Dandenong a few weeks back. It was yellow and had the exact same stripes as the GT's in black. Couldn't help but laugh.

yeah my mates dad bought it!

[ratter]

Is that a MK2 monaro ;)

[paul7v7]

Originally Posted by 012

There was a Monaro at the Holden dealer in Dandenong a few weeks back. It was yellow and had the exact same stripes as the GT's in black. Couldn't help but laugh.

was that at booran holden on the highway? cause i saw that as well.

honestly the yellow and black doesn't look tooo bad. but i don't like stripes at all. oh and i think that black VX clubby with the bulge looks ok :yeees:

[big_pete]

haha, it actually looks alright.

but still.................

[Mike Gayner]

I think it looks bloody good. Bravo.

[DJM83]

nope doesnt do much for me but sayin that i dont like any strips

[Psycho Chicken]

Monaros had stripes down there long before Falcons did.

[Kingsley]

Actually Physcochicken, the XRGT had stripes down there before the first Monaro was released. Look ok though.

[BA V8 5.4Ltr]

even when they own a HSV ther still trying to be like the blue oval
hahaha

[Psycho Chicken]

Oh yeah, forgot the XR had 2 years on the Monaro. Don't I look silly!

[HEMI POWER]

Originally Posted by Dauphin

I took this shot on the weekend - not the usual paint job that I know of.

That looks quite good.

[MITCHAY]

Um how could anyone confuse that with a GT. Fords arent the only cars with stripes.

[NIGHTHAWK]

Originally Posted by FPVGT

That looks quite good.

It sucks- its ugly and its a holden!

[Falcon Coupe]

Ok, so who is going to post the wannabe thread on LS1.com :evil_laug

[WASP]

lol, the LS1 crowd will hang him!

[Supa R00]

ruins the clean smooth monaro lines, having said that i have seen twice now a VN commodore with a territory lower front bar..... WTF :S

[Steffo]

Lots of Holdens seem to be catching on to superior Ford styling elements :

There's a VX Clubsport replica near me, V8, painted Blueprint! And it definitley is Blueprint, I've seen it next to a BA XR6 in Blueprint.. and the colours looked identicle.

[b2tf]

Originally Posted by Steffo

Lots of Holdens seem to be catching on to superior Ford styling elements :

There's a VX Clubsport replica near me, V8, painted Blueprint! And it definitley is Blueprint, I've seen it next to a BA XR6 in Blueprint.. and the colours looked identicle.

Heheh, theres a VX S here in Wagga that is Blood Orange in Colour.

[Dauphin]

It's got the FPV option pack.

[SunDrifter]

wheres this pic of the vl with the ba bulge? This is all i could find.

[ProjectXR]

Originally Posted by SunDrifter

wheres this pic of the vl with the ba bulge? This is all i could find.

ha ha ha :

actually its not too bad.......(puts on flame proof suit)