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Old 09-08-2022, 09:14 AM   #811
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I think the Subaru Brumby could lay claim to that, if not some of those south african bakkies, or south american bantams that were utes based on small cars. Don't know which ones came first though.

I'm assuming it was the bakkies, cause this Cortina Bakkie would be early 70's.

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Old 09-08-2022, 05:11 PM   #812
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Today: 1985 (fwd) Corolla CSX hatch, white, dirty; and a 120Y coupe.
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Today, walking out the shop, parked beside me was a mint bone stock 5L vp commodore executive. Judging by the old bloke getting out of it and the disabled permit, it might be a 1 owner car.
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Today, walking out the shop, parked beside me was a mint bone stock 5L vp commodore executive. Judging by the old bloke getting out of it and the disabled permit, it might be a 1 owner car.
Thats the one you want to keep tabs on, any time you see some old bloke getting around in a mint condition Falcon or Commodore keep an eye on them, when he keels over approach his kids and offer em $500 and they'll probably take it having zero idea what old boys 'old ****box Commodore' is worth

Deceased estate is great for bargain hunting good condition older cars - forget 'barn finds' we're going boomer finds.
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Thats the one you want to keep tabs on, any time you see some old bloke getting around in a mint condition Falcon or Commodore keep an eye on them, when he keels over approach his kids and offer em $500 and they'll probably take it having zero idea what old boys 'old ****box Commodore' is worth

Deceased estate is great for bargain hunting good condition older cars - forget 'barn finds' we're going boomer finds.
Many moons ago, my brother bought 'jim' from a deceased estate. So $1500. A relatively low kay 1980 vc in good shape. Booring as 202 trimatic car but had a vynal roof.
For the past 20 something years he has had shazza. 107 thousand kays, 82 vh, factory 253 car. Bought for a grand as the old owner couldnt afford the mechanic bill. Fun story about shazza, it was actually my first girlfriends mums car.
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Check out this - mint condition ED Falcon with bench seat up front and column shift.

https://www.facebook.com/commerce/li...9037604404390/
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Old 14-08-2022, 05:42 PM   #817
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I might have mentioned it earlier, but I still drive around in my mum's '88 626.
I often play' spot an older car on the road or in the car park'
In Canberra I win most of the time.
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Old 14-08-2022, 05:53 PM   #818
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I might have mentioned it earlier, but I still drive around in my mum's '88 626.
I often play' spot an older car on the road or in the car park'
In Canberra I win most of the time.
The other way to be unique in Canberra is don't jaywalk in the CBD, those pedestrian crossing signals seem more 'recommendation' rather than 'law' over there
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Here's another mint condition 'ex old man' buy of an ED:

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Have not seen an XC GXL V8 in years...


A few ratty XC sixes around online for sale... Imagine owning a six cylinder XC... Lol.
I bet I could moonwalk frontways faster than those things reach 100km/h.
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EL with 80k kms.
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Came across this awhile back

Pic of mates wagon fits in here,havent seen another for many years.
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Old 15-08-2022, 08:39 PM   #823
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get rid of the mags on that Zodiac.
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Old 16-08-2022, 02:07 PM   #824
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Alfa Romeo Brera. Was mint too. A gorgeous blue. I reckon it was the first one i’ve ever seen on the road.
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Alfa Romeo Brera. Was mint too. A gorgeous blue. I reckon it was the first one i’ve ever seen on the road.
The rear end is a bit funny, I reckon the coupe from the 2000's was a bit nicer.

A clean 159 still gets me looking too; timeless design.
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Passed one of these rockets going in the opposite direction this morning, can't remember the last time i saw one.

Hillman Imp GT.....

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Passed one of these rockets going in the opposite direction this morning, can't remember the last time i saw one.

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Wouldn’t have been hard to pass.If it wasn’t broken down it would have been soon after
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Wouldn’t have been hard to pass.If it wasn’t broken down it would have been soon after
Any car that can chuck laps around Mt Panorama and lifts the inside wheel through the Dipper gets a nod from me...

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you do realise they cannot win a race with a 2L Ford Cortina dont ask me how but the Cortina cheated, I still say he used 4th gear. anyway it towed me home.
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Was it still the right way up in the next frame or two?
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interesting number plate there too.
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Was it still the right way up in the next frame or two?
Certainly was, driven by Brian Reed & Lorraine Hill (Husband & Wife) they finished 13th in class.
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Alfa Romeo Brera. Was mint too. A gorgeous blue. I reckon it was the first one i’ve ever seen on the road.
Sandro from CCAD has a nice black one. His exhaust crackle was part of his video intros as well
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Certainly was, driven by Brian Reed & Lorraine Hill (Husband & Wife) they finished 13th in class.
Great pic,what a day out they had eh,awesome.
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Old 17-08-2022, 01:53 PM   #835
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The rear end is a bit funny, I reckon the coupe from the 2000's was a bit nicer.

A clean 159 still gets me looking too; timeless design.
Yeah the rear end looked a little stumpy. But i don't mind it.

The 159 was gorgeous too. When they didn't break down of course.
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Alfa Romeo Brera. Was mint too. A gorgeous blue. I reckon it was the first one i’ve ever seen on the road.
Man i loved those, i haven't seen one for years, just a timeless look IMO.
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In the next suburb I see an Alfa Giulietta, 1980s I guess, parked on the street.
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Nice Zephyr on full rego. Nice ol bloke was like me trying to park away from the crap parkers.

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She's an early one too, 57 Hi-Roof by the looks. I had a 57 Sedan when I first got my licence.
This is the only pic a have of it now.

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house are a bi*ch, I had a mk2 Zepher convertible in white wore pipeskin jeans with cuffs rolled up and a (fake) leopard skin shirt.
2 months after I sold it, one of my Mini Coopers caught fire when no one home and destroyed everything. House was burnt to the ground. 1972
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