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Old 08-02-2011, 06:59 PM   #3061
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God this keeps getting worse and worse lol...nice pics.
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Old 08-02-2011, 07:09 PM   #3062
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Old 08-02-2011, 07:14 PM   #3063
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Vomit...and i'm a Holden fan too.
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Old 08-02-2011, 07:34 PM   #3064
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Sad to say this but it also looks like someone tried to drop it into the dumpster behind it but found out it wasn't big enough...
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Old 08-02-2011, 07:36 PM   #3065
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Makes sense actually... you seen the back end of some mercs??? look just like an AU
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Old 08-02-2011, 07:40 PM   #3066
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Makes sense actually... you seen the back end of some mercs??? look just like an AU
That's the CLS-Class, to me they look very close to an AUIII Falcon.
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Old 08-02-2011, 07:50 PM   #3067
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That's a rip off of the HG van that was in Street machine. it was actually tasteful, unlike this abomination.
You mean Alan Fleming's Motorvator. And good work with the long memory, that was 1990....
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Old 08-02-2011, 08:31 PM   #3068
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Another ugly AU coupe project. I appreciate the guys effort into modifying the car but the end result = failugly


Hillier (?) bros did this car and it was featured in a car magazine.. think it was called the Arrow?
The AU lends it self well into turning a coupe... and im not a fan of the AU sedan. The merc headlights were a bit of a let down though.
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Old 08-02-2011, 09:05 PM   #3069
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You do realise that the thread is titled Epic Fails. What is epic about another Commodore with a Chev badge.

Grow up. Its getting very tiresome.
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Old 08-02-2011, 09:13 PM   #3070
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other than the colour i reckon that looks all right.
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Old 08-02-2011, 09:46 PM   #3071
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Hillier (?) bros did this car and it was featured in a car magazine.. think it was called the Arrow?
The AU lends it self well into turning a coupe... and im not a fan of the AU sedan. The merc headlights were a bit of a let down though.
yes hiller bro's.. the fist piece of the conversion was awesome, stock falcon chopped to a 2 door.. then they had to ruin it with the front end change
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Old 08-02-2011, 10:03 PM   #3073
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That au coupe with the merc headlights looks like an au xr front end that has melted lol.
Although I'm not a fan of mixing and matching body kits, the green vy looks pretty good apart from the chev badge.
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Old 08-02-2011, 11:32 PM   #3074
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You do realise that the thread is titled Epic Fails. What is epic about another Commodore with a Chev badge.

Grow up. Its getting very tiresome.

The VE lower bar on a VY could be something.

But when the VY, VZ and VE are pretty much looking the same I guess you could miss it. But as we all know Holden make their cars all loook soooooo different.
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Old 08-02-2011, 11:39 PM   #3076
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You do realise that the thread is titled Epic Fails. What is epic about another Commodore with a Chev badge.

Grow up. Its getting very tiresome.
I see your frustration about the constant bagging off about Chev badges in this thread. I'm not the one who's solely responsible for it, nor did I start it, but I know next time to lay off on cars just because they have a Chevrolet badge on them. I did not deicide to post that pic just because of its Chev badge, I thought its incorrect front bumper bar made it look terrible, and the Monaro bonnet certainly help it either. So that's why I just went ahead and posted it, not because it has a Chevrolet badge on it.
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I see your frustration about the constant bagging off about Chev badges in this thread. I'm not the one who's solely responsible for it, nor did I start it, but I know next time to lay off on cars just because they have a Chevrolet badge on them. I did not deicide to post that pic just because of its Chev badge, I thought its incorrect front bumper bar made it look terrible, and the Monaro bonnet certainly help it either. So that's why I just went ahead and posted it, not because it has a Chevrolet badge on it.
Understood. The whole Chev badge thing has gotten so out of hand, and some of things posted in this thread are not really 'epic fails' as such. Half the time, i'm not sure if the car is the fail or the post.

Agreed mismatching panels, bars, lights and bonnets doesn't look good, but maybe check the BA/BF photo thread before bagging other people rides. There is a lot of mixing and matching going on over there too.
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Seen this one around huggiebear??
Gets more air than a well known basketballer used to.
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Seen this one around huggiebear??
Gets more air than a well known basketballer used to.
haha ive seen that, i passed it coming down the gateway a month or three ago,
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Was there a loud whistling noise??
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Yes I have seen it too. Actually I probably see it once a week or so. Must live in Morayfield.
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I`m now hunting for that yellow BA-BF (not sure) GT with purple stripes I saw the other week.
Assuming that it is a rapid BAII 6 spd manual with very dark tint, purple (phantom with a sparkle in the clear) highlights and a modern version of the original GT stripes in purple (close to phantom). Completely unmodified.
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Another ugly AU coupe project. I appreciate the guys effort into modifying the car but the end result = failugly

Hillier (?) bros did this car and it was featured in a car magazine.. think it was called the Arrow?
The AU lends it self well into turning a coupe... and im not a fan of the AU sedan. The merc headlights were a bit of a let down though.
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Assuming that it is a rapid BAII 6 spd manual with very dark tint, purple (phantom with a sparkle in the clear) highlights and a modern version of the original GT stripes in purple (close to phantom). Completely unmodified.
I would suggest not posting it here.
A members car?? Serious?? Yours maybe?

The Phantom as a stripe does not look a good match with Rapid. From a distance (50 metres) it looked horrid and gaudy but up close it may look alright. Each to their own I suppose.
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wasnt the 300+ body built by the hilliers too??
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