Photo of Monaro trying to be a Falcon GT

[-jjM-]

Originally Posted by Dauphin

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

poor little fella, he wants to be a ford so so bad :nutsycuck

[Venomous]

Just spotted this on boostcruising. I think the other one posted looks better lol.

[MrSparkle]

Originally Posted by M14A-Mclaren

Rofl @ post #1! Why would you do that? You wanted a Monaro, you can't have stripes!

I disagree - stripes are there to be enjoyed by ALL tasteless peoples, irrespective of make or model! :

[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:

[UNR8D]

yea that black VX clubby dosnet look half bad, the one that gets me is the new monaro CV8Z with the blacked out bonnet scoops AKA XB/XC style and its factory... worst thing is they are just for show!!!

[PULLY6]

I'm a fan of the Black VX... but still... do we paint our lower air dams champagne?

[OzJavelin]

I'd *love* to put orange GT stripes down the sides of my silver SV8 .. I just couldn't stand the laughing ..

(says he who drives around in his Commodore with his FPV hat .. and in his Falcon with his HSV hat ??)

[NIGHTHAWK]

Originally Posted by FPVGT

That looks quite good.

It sucks- its ugly and its a holden!

[Bucknaked]

Originally Posted by EF_Dave

its hidious, yet i cant look away

I think the bulge looks good on anything. Especially this!!

[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.

[my gt]

ive seen that green thing around the west side

[Danny]

I saw a black one with white stripes In Thomastown last week. Same as the green one but black with white stripes