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02-02-2009, 12:45 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Adelaide
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what is one car you had in the past that you NEVER wished you lost. (You may have sold it or smashed it!)
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02-02-2009, 12:50 PM
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Trev
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Was Perth, now country Vic
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Sold my E49, would love to have it now (but nothing to do with value), although it did pay off my first house.
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Trev (FPV FG II GT-E thus the fully loaded burger with the lot as standard +Alpine/Dynamat fitout - 2 of only 4 ever made GT-E factory 9" rear rims - Michelin Pilot Supersports - Shockworks Suspension) |
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02-02-2009, 12:51 PM
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Critical Thinker
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Adelaide
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My EBXR8 , green XC GS fairmont or my green XE. I loved those cars and am still kicking myself for selling them for no reason.
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"the greatest trick the devil pulled, is convincing the world he doesn't exist" 2022 Mazda CX5 GTSP Turbo 2018 Hyundai Santa Fe Highlander 1967 XR FALCON 500 Cars previously owned: 2021 Subaru Outback Sport 2018 Subaru XV-S 2012 Subaru Forester X 2007 Subaru Liberty GT 2001 AU2 75th Anniversary Futura 2001 Subaru GX wagon 1991 EB XR8 1977 XC Fairmont 1990 EA S Pak 1984 XE S Pak 1982 ZJ Fairlane 1983 XE Fairmont 1989 EA Falcon 1984 Datsun Bluebird Wagon 1975 Honda Civic |
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02-02-2009, 12:51 PM
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Regular Member
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: at work
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XF Wagon painted by me (im clearly not a painter) royal blue, lowered, full exhaust system, shaved head, ported and polished, stage 3 cam - few other bits and peices that dad did at the time, manual conversion
It was "MY" car when i turned 18 I went thru 5 diff's and a tail shaft, never had an oil leak and ran like a well oiled machine, lol the metal strip at the top of the windscreen would blow off at any speed above 130 :P I crashed it into a cermetry down near Hazelwood pondage when i was at uni :(
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02-02-2009, 12:54 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Mar 2006
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Only a XB GS 4 door. Gunmetal Grey, only a 302, C4 auto, but gee I wish I still had it.
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02-02-2009, 01:15 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: ACT
Posts: 11,647
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My HX sandman. My old man hated that car and put pressue on me to sell. Still living at home. In the end, I gave in to the constant ranting and raving and traded it in on a Magna. He thought this was a much more sensible car.
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02-02-2009, 01:42 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jan 2009
Posts: 2,146
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my black Escort RS Turbo
Damn I loved that car :-( |
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02-02-2009, 01:46 PM
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Regular Schmuck
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 5,640
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Lost a TD XLE Cortina, dark blue with a 250 in absolute mint condition... until some dropkick thought a recent red light meant really gun it through the lights. XW GT, needed a bit of work but was running out of options to store it after splitting with the gf at the time. It sat in my garage while my daily driver was stolen 3 times in 6 months which put the nail in that coffin. :( |
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02-02-2009, 02:27 PM
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I am Groot
 
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Burnett Heads, Qld
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Same as mcnews above, was 1980 and had a mint E49 which i flogged mercilessly till she was knackered, sold it for $500
 : : : Also had a E38 but thankfully someone bought it of me before i could do the same..... BAD BAD old days, if only i knew then what i know now, ****ing hindsight  :
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02-02-2009, 02:37 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Perth WA
Posts: 1,204
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1968 GT Mustang Fastback. Did most of the resto myself but kids got in the way so had to eventually sell it.
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02-02-2009, 03:22 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 1,078
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I had a silver VR Commodore. It was my first decent car. I had a VC SLE before that.
I bought the VR as stock standard. Over the course of 18 months, it was lowered pro. 2 inches, exhaust, extrators, the SS Cold Air, K&N Filter, a nice set of 16x8.5" ROH wheels.. dark inners with a chrome lip, tints, steering wheel. Stereo, etc. etc.. Sounds like your typical bogan ride, but it was entirely different and much as it was a young guys car, it was very clean, and neat and could blend in without Police picking on it. And for V6 it didnt go to badly either. Bit of a sleeper. Within 18 months it was up to 250,000 + kms.. I traded it in for the falcon. I started to miss it a bit after 6 months. As I saw it cruising around town.. slowly, it became the typical bogan commodore. The owner after me sold it, then a young bogan girl started driving it around.. the exhaust, I dare say they removed part of it, because it sounds like a tractor, the mags went for a set of 2 19" late model Commodore copies on the front, and black stockies on the back, and it was dumped so low in the rear it could barely get up the drive way. That and it was always covered in dirt and dust. Poor thing. 
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02-02-2009, 03:33 PM
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Flairs - Truckers Delight
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Brisbane Northside Likes: Opposite Lock
Posts: 5,731
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I haven't ever sold a car i wished i'd kept, i only ever sell cars when i start to hate them, ie they become a liability not an asset.
But the cars i have been offered that i wished I had bought... Like a mint VN Calais on LPG for next to nothing... And a VL wagon before the VL prices doubled... And a mint XF Fairmont Wagon for next to nothing... And a mint Mazda 929 Fastback for next to nothing... ah, oh well. They probably all would have fell apart in my hands anyway.
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02-02-2009, 09:07 PM
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chuck miller ford texas
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Kalgoorlie
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I had a 1968 model XR Fairmont. 302 Windsor, toploader, 9inch. Mint black vinyl interior, 12 slotters... heaven. Wish i had her now.
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02-02-2009, 03:41 PM
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Punch it baby, punch it.
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Working hard. If you work hard you get the goodies.
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1976 XB GT, walnut glow with white interior & black seat inserts. Last manual XB GT ever made. Had a few "era" extras, hotwire mags and an original John Goss front bib spoiler.
The motor was good for 380hp and 400 ft lb of torque. Sold it for deposit on my first house. Car had less than 150,000kms on it and was in great shape. I still wonder where it is now...
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02-02-2009, 04:57 PM
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SY TS Territory
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Northern Suburbs Melbourne
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1978 P6 LTD.....Never never never will I sell her, so what did I do I sold her and still regret the decision
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02-02-2009, 05:03 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Victoria, The no fun state
Posts: 1,668
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1982 silver over charcoal xe esp 351 c10 auto with grey interior i can't live with myself for selling it and i can't beleive now what i sold it for wish i had kept oh well if i only knew
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02-02-2009, 05:10 PM
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GT
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: SYDNEY
Posts: 9,205
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2 cars io can think of . my 1st car . TC XLE cortina 250 auto . hump in the bonnet , and kicked all my friends cars . and then my TE 250 CORTINA GHIA MANUAL , another stock tyre frier. they mightened be fast by todays standards , but that 4 litre engine had some go and was geared for torque over top speed.
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02-02-2009, 10:16 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Location: Melbourne
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brother had one in a TD Cortina (but BW35 auto), an absolute sleeper |
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02-02-2009, 10:32 PM
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Location: SYDNEY
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02-02-2009, 05:22 PM
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Where to next??
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Sydney
Posts: 8,893
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I sold my 59 Bugeye Sprite on 2005 before I went backpacking for the year.. Not to pay for the trip, just because having 2 cars waiting at home for me was just stupid.
F/B tilt forward bonnet, hot 1330cc engine, 'huge' 14x5 inch steel wheels that I had made and a whole lot of other goodies. |
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02-02-2009, 05:45 PM
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Cane Farmer
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Tom Price, WA
Posts: 4,056
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My red 1988 EA Spac.
My gf of the time (I was 17) decided to be a hoon when she borrowed it. Lost control on a roundabout, jumped a kerb and hit a parked car. Fixed that then the tranny blew. Managed to trade it in for $1000 for a 98 EL. Wish I kept it and stripped it down and started a project. 
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02-02-2009, 05:56 PM
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Falcon RTV - FG G6ET
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: In Da Bush, QLD
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1982 XE ESP 5.8 4 speed.
Put 10,000 k's on it, sold it back to Alto Ford for 2k more than I paid for it. Best car I ever owned.
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 BAII RTV - with Raptor V S/C. RTV Power FG G6ET 50th Anniversary in Sensation. While the basic Ford Six was code named Barra, the Turbo version clearly deserved its very own moniker – again enter Gordon Barfield.
We asked him if the engine had actually been called “Seagull” and how that came about. “Actually it was just call “Gull”, because I named it that. Because we knew it was going to poo on everything”. |
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02-02-2009, 06:37 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Location: Adelaide
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those ESP with the gold snowflake rims were real trick in their day.
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02-02-2009, 06:41 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jun 2008
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I regret not buying a genuine xy gt for $500 it had matching compliance and engine numbers, lots of parts were missing tho, full interior had some cancer but I could have fixed it no gearbox and quite a bits gone under the bonnet, was pretty much a block an intake manifold and the heads, the rest was gone the shaker was in the boot at the time and was going to go with the car, no wheels either and no steering wheel, had grille no headlights if i had of bought it and just sat it in a shed somewhere and done nothing it would be worth shitloads more than $500 now
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02-02-2009, 06:56 PM
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Steve
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Sth East Qld
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EJ Holden Premier ....same age as me !!
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02-02-2009, 07:01 PM
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AWD Assassin
Join Date: Dec 2004
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My XE ESP...........If only I had the cash and the space to have kept the old girl :(
I just loved that thing.  
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02-02-2009, 07:05 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Location: Adelaide
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this machine is a piece of ARTWORK mate.
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02-02-2009, 08:19 PM
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AWD Assassin
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Last of the factory CLEVO and still one of the best Aussie Ford interiors to date. Geez it brings a tear to my eye going through the pics again.        
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02-02-2009, 10:35 PM
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Location: SYDNEY
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SHHHHH IT MATE !!!! i can t believe you sold that , i'm almost shedding a tear thinking about it . |
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Falcon RTV - FG G6ET
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: In Da Bush, QLD
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BAII RTV - with Raptor V S/C. RTV Power FG G6ET 50th Anniversary in Sensation. While the basic Ford Six was code named Barra, the Turbo version clearly deserved its very own moniker – again enter Gordon Barfield.
We asked him if the engine had actually been called “Seagull” and how that came about. “Actually it was just call “Gull”, because I named it that. Because we knew it was going to poo on everything”. |
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regrets?
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