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Old 24-11-2009, 05:40 PM   #31
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Old 24-11-2009, 05:47 PM   #32
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Good spotting Peauty, betting it's Djr.
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Old 24-11-2009, 06:16 PM   #33
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Yep, DJR it is.
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Old 24-11-2009, 06:20 PM   #34
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It also looks like it has brembos from the rear side shot.
Nope, no Brembos, just standard sliding calipers.
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Old 24-11-2009, 06:48 PM   #35
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This front bar was very close to production before it was changed. Tooling was already done.

Due to that I would not be suprised if Ford ended up using it considering it would cost next to nothing to implement.
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Old 24-11-2009, 07:15 PM   #36
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That front bar looks like rubbish, they sure made the right decision to change it.
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Shocker.

Good rival for the new HSVs...
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Old 24-11-2009, 08:13 PM   #38
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Could DJR be working on a range of modded falcons?
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Could DJR be working on a range of modded falcons?
Would be nice if they had a more sensible crack at the market and aimed for GT/HSV R8 Territory.
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If they were, they should be at Herrods, not DJR I'd say.
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If they were, they should be at Herrods, not DJR I'd say.
Sadly i feel you are correct, why didn't you just knock on the door and say "Hey Fellas, whats up with that?"
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I did. They didn't want to tell me.......

Spoke to Kelly and everything.
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Good rival for the new HSVs...
Nothing could rival them for ugliness. have seen a couple on the road and they are just butt ugly. The DRL's are in the wrong place and really look it when it is on the road.

But I suppose they got rid of all the stuff the yanks didn't want.
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I'm yet to see an E2 on the road, funny that. Seen a fair few (3) GSes already though!
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Nothing could rival them for ugliness. have seen a couple on the road and they are just butt ugly. The DRL's are in the wrong place and really look it when it is on the road.

But I suppose they got rid of all the stuff the yanks didn't want.
Yeah I saw one of them the other day driving behind me. People say they look better in the flesh but it actually shows you how misplaced the lights are when you see them working.

Should probably keep this on topic.
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[QUOTE='Jason[98.EL]']that thing looks like it is smileing at you with it nostrels flared out

who is the team

i am not to sure what teams are located where

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Old 24-11-2009, 09:03 PM   #47
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i like the look of the front bar... looks like theres more there then the one they went with
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This one has XT Tailights, XT Sode Skirts, XT boot. but an F6 Badge, F6 Rear bar, BA GTP wheels painted black?

weird
They look like BA Xr8 mags to me. Perhaps it was a ex test car from Ford...hence the thrashing.
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I think that front bar looks tougher than what they decided to go with, too understated and blends in with the rest of the cars on the road
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The F6, like this CGI has both mirror and side indicators.Wonder why?

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Well it would be a welcome return for DJR to the I6T. See avatar <---
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Could it be the way the FG FPV was supposed to look?
Didn't they have to change the design at the last minute because it looked to similar to the XR's?
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Old 25-11-2009, 10:38 AM   #53
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Could it be the way the FG FPV was supposed to look?
Didn't they have to change the design at the last minute because it looked to similar to the XR's?
Nope. FPV's designs were found in a Tip in mid 2007. It was only the XR designs that were changed, as the dealers did not think they were aggressive enough. It is strange, because I think the EL GT is one of the most interesting Ford designs of the Modern (EA-BF) era, and it is obvious where this Orion mule is getting its design cues from.
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doesnt explain why it is siting there with no plates.

Has the car been sitting there long or is it moved daily
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There was talk of another XR design that was canned before the FG release.
Maybe just as well.
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Those CDT Grand Prix specials might have had Dick Johnson's name on them but they weren't developed by DJR. They were built by a company in Melbourne.
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doesnt explain why it is siting there with no plates.

Has the car been sitting there long or is it moved daily
Don;t know about being moved daily, but they certainly weren't there a month or so back
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Those CDT Grand Prix specials might have had Dick Johnson's name on them but they weren't developed by DJR. They were built by a company in Melbourne.
Are you referring to AIT? Those in the know understand that but to the general public its a DJR car of sorts.
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Are you referring to AIT? Those in the know understand that but to the general public its a DJR car of sorts.
Sorry, I don't mean to change the subject of this thread but David Inall who once worked for AIT did a re-release on the Blue Turbo car out of Qld but the original ones were done by a company in Dandenong called CDT (Country Dealer Team who also ran Gemini's at Bathurst) they started with some Turbo Commodores and then a run of turbo / non turbo Falcons.
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Those CDT Grand Prix specials might have had Dick Johnson's name on them but they weren't developed by DJR. They were built by a company in Melbourne.
It doesn't really matter, just like the DJR 320, built and developed by Herrod's.
But they are referred to as the DJR 320.
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