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Old 03-06-2023, 10:42 AM   #1531
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Beaut SLR5000 this morning being polished in a driveway I was walking the dog past.
Had a great chat about all things
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Excel four door auto this morning, 1995-2000 (?)
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Massive generalisation again there young Bill (Tuckey)!
Had a fair bit to do with the old Bongo/Pregio
Both the 2.5l and 2.7l … They bloody go forever!…
The punishment, combined with lack of maintenance, in really hostile environments that I’ve witnessed with many of these Bongos and still just tick tick tick away.. Amazing!
My uncle had one. (Pregio)
Topping up Smiths vending machines all over Brisbane, he never serviced it, nor looked after it. Went for years with close to 500k kms on it. Pretty bulletproof i thought.

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Tidy S15 Silvia, apart from wheels and exhaust looked totally standard. Timeless design
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Massive generalisation again there young Bill (Tuckey)!
Had a fair bit to do with the old Bongo/Pregio
Both the 2.5l and 2.7l … They bloody go forever!…
The punishment, combined with lack of maintenance, in really hostile environments that I’ve witnessed with many of these Bongos and still just tick tick tick away.. Amazing!
Complete with blue smoke?
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No time to get a pic. But VP Clubsport 5th Anniversary with the turquoise blue and colour matched alloys.
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Old 03-06-2023, 09:19 PM   #1536
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Beaut SLR5000 this morning being polished in a driveway I was walking the dog past.
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I know what you mean. I’m on the Ford owner side of the ledger but I can and am allowed to appreciate anything good. I love the Torana- both the sedans and the hatches. I think they are just such a great car. Would love an LX SS hatch with the flares, reverse scoop, drop tank etc or an SLR/5000
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Much better choices in Corvette then the C4.
Try before you buy.
C5 is an order of magnitude better.
Agreed but also a magnitude better in price, but yes a much better car. Also really hard to find in a manual.
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Magna 380 SX, bright green metallic, has been parked on the street for a long time, tyres flat; elsewhere a VRX, bronze colour, still in use.
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Try before you buy.
C5 is an order of magnitude better.
Issue is the styling. C4 by far the best styling of any generation to my eyes. C5 doesn’t come close.
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Spotted yesterday...still in active use! Least desirable transmission though (floor auto). No gutter or sill rust though!!



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Didn't get a great look at it, and it was only from the 5 o'clock position, but caught sight of an x series Falcon panel van. What got my attention was that it was in the factory red colour. As above, they're rare enough to see, but you don't see many non-white ones around.

Looked to have standard rego, too.
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Spotted yesterday...still in active use! Least desirable transmission though (floor auto). No gutter or sill rust though!!


I can see he's developing the limp barn door handle syndrome.
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Took a lovely picture of a roundabout this morning with a beaut original "silver anniversary" XF Falcon just out of the shot. bummer.
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Took a lovely picture of a roundabout this morning with a beaut original "silver anniversary" XF Falcon just out of the shot. bummer.
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Didn't get a great look at it, and it was only from the 5 o'clock position, but caught sight of an x series Falcon panel van.
Aren't all Falcon Panel Vans "X Series" ?

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Yeah, ok. Late x series. Is that betterer?

Something in the XD to XH range. As I said, I only caught it from the back so hard to tell exactly what model it was.
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Yeah, ok. Late x series. Is that betterer?

Something in the XD to XH range. As I said, I only caught it from the back so hard to tell exactly what model it was.
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There weren’t any official BA-FG Panels though were there?
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There weren’t any official BA-FG Panels though were there?
Or EA, EB, ED, EF, EL & AU.

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I see one of these not far from my work. It seems to be a daily driver and has historic number plates.

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Xf sedan, senior female driver, personalised plates. Too quick to get a shot!
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I always see cars that i cant get pics of.
XHII XR6 ute, on Vic historic reg in white with full kit. Sadly on Simmons.
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Daihatsu Hijet.
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Daihatsu Hijet.
My commiserations.
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Vn Exec with its original bin lid hubcaps, and half hour later I saw a EA GL with its original telephone hubcaps.
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Oh, and an FC Holden.

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Oh, and an FC Holden.

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