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Old 25-02-2008, 07:34 PM   #1
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Default Roof Chopped XC Falcon Ute

What do you guys reckon?

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Old 25-02-2008, 07:51 PM   #2
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Well when I saw your thread I thought yuck that wont work, but actualy its not that bad, not my cup of tea but along way form the worst chop Ive seen
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Old 25-02-2008, 08:13 PM   #3
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i like it!!! quite a lot actually, i would have messed around with the rear pillars a bit and layed them down a bit more to give it a bit more slipstream look, but all in all i really like it!!!!
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Old 25-02-2008, 08:20 PM   #4
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Ehh, makes the car look too disproportionate IMO. Rook looks real small and the front end mainly, looks huge.
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Old 25-02-2008, 08:44 PM   #5
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That does work well.
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Old 25-02-2008, 09:06 PM   #6
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Nice ride,

Anyone seen the black falcon wagon with the 6-8 inch chop in Chullora, Sydney? It's a display car at a car yard just up the rd from where they shoot "Fat Pizza" on the Hume Hwy.

I have been meaning to stop and take pics for months....
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Old 25-02-2008, 09:16 PM   #7
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Looks great, there was an XC ute getting around Perth a few years ago very similar in a peach colour, haven't seen it for ages.
This does look good, very neat.
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Old 25-02-2008, 09:37 PM   #8
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Nothing wrong with that, provided you're not so tall as to hit your head on the roof.
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Old 25-02-2008, 09:44 PM   #9
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I don't think that looks too bad. I actually like it.
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Old 25-02-2008, 09:50 PM   #10
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I am thinking of a firing squad at dawn with no blind fold for the person who commited such a heinous crime.

Thats one poor ute rooted.
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Old 25-02-2008, 09:57 PM   #11
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That's one of the things I wanted to do to my dream XB ute if I ever got it. But then I realised I'm too dam tall.
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Old 25-02-2008, 10:08 PM   #12
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not really a car that benifits from a chop but but looks sweet . hope your not tall!
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Old 25-02-2008, 10:22 PM   #13
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i think its cool its not too over the top to make it look silly
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Old 25-02-2008, 10:30 PM   #14
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Geez I reckon it looks awesome. For mine it makes it el camino'esque. Very cool. :
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Old 25-02-2008, 10:36 PM   #15
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That is AWESOME! Wow.....
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Old 25-02-2008, 11:10 PM   #16
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love it
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Old 26-02-2008, 12:21 AM   #17
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Old 26-02-2008, 12:39 AM   #18
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I thought it would look bad but it does look good and it also gives it a american sort of look .
Great way to be individual .
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Old 26-02-2008, 12:51 AM   #19
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It's okay I guess - a little dis-proportionate. How about Kiwi plates though?? They just look like they were painted by the neighbours kids don't they??
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Old 26-02-2008, 04:18 PM   #20
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How about Kiwi plates though?? They just look like they were painted by the neighbours kids don't they??
Tell me about it, the letters are so stupidly huge.
New ones came out early '06 though with a smaller squarer font which are a lot better. I actually thought about getting my current plates re-issued. Lol.

The chop looks quite good I reckon but I'd have no hope in hell of fitting in it.
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Old 26-02-2008, 05:32 PM   #21
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I like this one better....


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Old 26-02-2008, 06:03 PM   #22
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Looks good mate
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Old 26-02-2008, 09:34 PM   #23
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I like it a lot. Almost looks like a El Camino.
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Old 27-02-2008, 12:34 AM   #24
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i think i would hit my head too much
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Old 27-02-2008, 03:44 AM   #25
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What is worse, the Chop or dropping a 302W in it? :
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Old 27-02-2008, 12:40 PM   #26
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Looks awesome. There's a chopped XY ute getting round Hamilton VIC, looks pretty good too.
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Old 27-02-2008, 08:12 PM   #27
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Not digging it, and that doesn't count the fact I would have to remove with my head or my butt to be able to sit in it.
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