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Old 05-04-2021, 02:55 PM   #31
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Yes, Peter Wherett used to " dress up ".
Its sad though how that because of someones eccentricity that this particular part of his personal life is what people will bring up on mention of his name rather than his significant contributions to automotive 'journalism'.

I use the quotation marks because of what automotive journalism has become in the past 15 years.
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Old 05-04-2021, 03:18 PM   #32
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Its sad though how that because of someones eccentricity that this particular part of his personal life is what people will bring up on mention of his name rather than his significant contributions to automotive 'journalism'.

I use the quotation marks because of what automotive journalism has become in the past 15 years.
Agreed, Peter Wherrett was an excellent presenter on Torque and one of the few journo's to walk the talk, being a Rally Driver as well as competing in a few Bathurst's.
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The taillights and grille are fine but god damn those wheels with the 4 circles are terrible!!!

RIP Carla btw.
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Old 05-04-2021, 03:57 PM   #34
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The taillights and grille are fine but god damn those wheels with the 4 circles are terrible!!!

RIP Carla btw.
Reminds me of the ugly wheels on the Lamborghini Diablo



Or the Alfa Romeo 4C:



Carla Zampatti Laser up there with the exotics - truly ahead of her time
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Old 05-04-2021, 04:03 PM   #35
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The taillights and grille are fine but god damn those wheels with the 4 circles are terrible!!!

RIP Carla btw.

She didn’t even design the wheels, they were factory ford just painted different. (They clearly haven’t forgotten that trick)

My god Ford has had some terrible wheels over the years haha.
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My god Ford has had some terrible wheels over the years haha.
This is true, but then they gave us the 5 and 12 slotters and adopted the Globe as their own pretty much, all fantastic looking wheels.
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I actually don't mind the Pepperpot alloys.
Theres still one that gets around Mums suburb, maybe time to track it down and make an offer.
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I actually don't mind the Pepperpot alloys.
Theres still one that gets around Mums suburb, maybe time to track it down and make an offer.
That they can't refuse!

Carla Zampatti Laser, or you leave this room rolled up in carpet.
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I knew of the Zampatti Laser, used to see one on the walk to school in the 90's. Never knew they did a Meteor version though.
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Yeah, early 80s BMW like that e24 and also some e28s had a metric wheel (trx).
The original 'low profile' tyre and being french, and thinking they don't want anyone else to run their 'low profile' tyres, they made them odd metric sizing.
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A Quarter Pounder is.
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What'd they call it?
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They call it Royale with Cheese.
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If thats the case then they should make the show 'Mullets and Mowhawks' to allow for younger gens I reckon.
Good ol Kurri Kurri.
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