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Old 15-02-2024, 09:30 PM   #2131
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We've got 8 of us in the court with loud modified V8s Commodores, and I get the blame for all 8 of us with one of our neighbors, even though my car has moved once in about two years

New neighbor has a nice VZ SS Commodore thats cammed with a straight through exhaust, with a very lumpy idle, that makes 9 of us now.

There's also guy with a loud AF 1960s Impala wagon who gives it to it going past his house to rile him up.
Some people just need someone (or multiple someone's) to hate. Let me guess, he drives a Honda of some sort, is deeply conservative and goes to Church on Sunday's for his weekly gossip session.
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Old 15-02-2024, 09:49 PM   #2132
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Some people just need someone (or multiple someone's) to hate. Let me guess, he drives a Honda of some sort, is deeply conservative and goes to Church on Sunday's for his weekly gossip session.
Got it in one, one time he was in my driveway looking over my 7 series, another time looking through our trailer to see what we were throwing out, he's one of those types who has no life and is too busy getting up in everyone elses business
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I have a similar neighbour. Eventually he discovered I’d run out of warnings and patience. No problems now.
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Old 16-02-2024, 12:17 AM   #2134
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Across the road neighbour left me a note rather than knock on the door.
I used to leave for work about 7am and they didnt. I'll never forget the line.."let me point to your (obviously) faulty muffler".
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Old 17-02-2024, 07:45 PM   #2135
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Never see EB-ED XR6s any more :(
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Old 18-02-2024, 06:34 AM   #2136
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We've got 8 of us in the court with loud modified V8s Commodores, and I get the blame for all 8 of us with one of our neighbors, even though my car has moved once in about two years

New neighbor has a nice VZ SS Commodore thats cammed with a straight through exhaust, with a very lumpy idle, that makes 9 of us now.

There's also guy with a loud AF 1960s Impala wagon who gives it to it going past his house to rile him up.
That's a whole episode of Bogan Hunters right there!
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Old 18-02-2024, 07:30 AM   #2137
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Never see EB-ED XR6s any more :(
ED XR falcons are a fav of mine, agreed never see them anymore.
Other day riding to work, i see in the distance what looked to be an ED XR6. Got closer, was a plain jane model with a bona fide XR front.
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Old 18-02-2024, 09:56 AM   #2138
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On Friday night I saw a XB Falcon 500 sedan 250ci with historic plates. Absolutely stock. Unrestored. But in great condition for it's age.
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Old 19-02-2024, 11:14 PM   #2139
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Stock looking mid-blue Mk 2 Esky, full rego, great condition. Had the small soft foam duck-tail spoiler on the boot, in black. Mowbray Rd westbound, about 1PM today.
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Old 21-02-2024, 05:53 PM   #2141
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I don't know how many orange ones they made but I got a short drive in one in Adelaide on my 21st birthday so it may have been that car.
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I don't know how many orange ones they made but I got a short drive in one in Adelaide on my 21st birthday so it may have been that car.
Cool stuff!.... well if it had a white interior, then it was this one!
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I was working at British Leyland in Zetland when these were released. My job was to grab a piece of ticker tape run it through a computer (?) and it would tell me what number/colour tag to hang in the headlight gap. When the first P76 came through there was no tape thing, production ground to a halt over 4 hours as it had slipped onto the line 2 days early.
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So we're talking about an orange P76 ?
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So we're talking about an orange P76 ?
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Is that the Force 7 ?
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P76 is the sedan
Force 7 coupe.....(2 door)
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XY GS this morning, with all the trim.
Unusual colour, a goldy yellow, might have been Grecian Gold ? but had sunglare to contend with
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Bloke riding a Grom. They’ve all but vanished around here, it’s either scooters or regular bikes.

In Artarmon, fellow driving an older Ferrari convertible. Don’t know which model, it had a flat beaver panel with black infill between dual round taillights and a longer name in joined chrome lettering on the lower right of the beaver.

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Passed thr A Model Hearse on Eastlink in Rowville in Melbourne's Eastern Suburbs.
Wound my window.down the Hearse had a nice note.

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That’s a lovely initiative, and well rendered.
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Red Toyota Celica GT4 on Vic historic plates, wished id stopped to get a pic.
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Saw our local charger 2 door this morning.

In orange, with the number plate 'Hey 340'.

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Spotted this morning on the way to work, driven by an elderly gent, a Rover SD1...............in Vanden Plas trim too.....................

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Volkswagen station wagon in better condition than the ones I used to see around back in the day.



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One of the old blokes i used to work with has a 61 studebaker hawk. I just looked up the rego and yep its still on full rego. He used to take the thing to car shows but apparently people looking at it damaged it, then it only came out 3 times a year. 1 for a trip for fuel, 2nd was for a wash and 3rd was for the rego inspection. So his was an australian delivered 4.2L v8 with the 3 speed auto. He did the swap out the valve body to one from a 6 cylinder hawk thing. With the v8s, as they were a luxury car at the time, in D for go they would always start in 2nd, never kick down to 1st. 1st was only if you selected it with the shifter. The 6 cylinder valve body started in 1st in drive. So that mod gave the v8 models a bit more pep in their step. Another thing nobody cares about is studebaker put their thermostats at the back of the motor, so the hottest part.
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Excellent contributions, those last couple.
Never thought I'd ever appreciate that Rover model.
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VS V8 Executive, complete with factory ABS decal on the rear.

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Yeah, not my shot, just used for reference. I doubt many would even know what a SD1 looks like.
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