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Old 12-03-2008, 07:08 PM   #31
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I think I may have lost my pooch, yes. I see a slight change in colour where the fuel filler should be, but I can't see it...

It must be hiding.
I couldnt see it either.
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Old 12-03-2008, 07:21 PM   #32
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the yellow tarp in the background (thanks to the trees) looks like a crazed monster about to eat the car.. that is certainly different
That looks so strange,but man did it make me laugh
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Old 12-03-2008, 07:37 PM   #33
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it's still registered in 2008. quite an achievement for an old bus like that!
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Old 12-03-2008, 08:46 PM   #34
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Why is it one of 11? Who told you that or was it just something you made up?
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Old 12-03-2008, 09:10 PM   #35
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I wouldn't call that "driving".
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Old 12-03-2008, 10:57 PM   #36
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sooooo.... whats the big deal?
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Old 12-03-2008, 11:27 PM   #37
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sooooo.... whats the big deal?

How often do you see a crazed monster about to eat a car?
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Old 13-03-2008, 12:27 AM   #38
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This thread sucks, I want my 60secs back.
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Old 13-03-2008, 01:50 AM   #39
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Why is it one of 11? Who told you that or was it just something you made up?
thats something i'd like to know also?
is it.. one of 11 cars that have been parked in the driveway inhabited by the crazed 'no really, i'm a tarp' monster, in the past year?
or, one of the 11 XBs that won't end up on ebay with a buy-it-now price of 30k+ because it shares the same guards as a genuine GT, so is therefore, clearly, worth as much?

or did someone just say there were only 11 xb's made with 1/4 vent windows?


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Old 13-03-2008, 09:24 AM   #40
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I would of guessed the main thing different was that there is no rust bubbling out of the doors or along the roof, especially when you say it's an original. I owned an XB and an XC and although they were great cars at the time, they were still rust buckets !!!
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Old 13-03-2008, 09:25 AM   #41
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It was a factory option. My 1975 XB GT even had them.
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Old 13-03-2008, 10:18 AM   #42
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As ive said it is the first one ive seen
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Old 23-03-2008, 12:06 AM   #43
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can you notice somthing different about this car???????
it is one of 11 built its been in the owners faimly since new
What car??????????????????????????? The b1#@$Y picture's been deleted!!! All the QLD cop cars from that era had 1/4 vents...very common.
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