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Old 12-03-2011, 07:16 AM   #3361
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It's getting towed to the tip hopefully..
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Old 12-03-2011, 08:11 AM   #3362
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Monash Freeway, Melbourne (picture by a_mac).
Oh oh! Wait till xbrules sees this!
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Old 12-03-2011, 09:51 AM   #3363
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Monash Freeway, Melbourne (picture by a_mac).
Could be on it's way back to the future.....
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Oh oh! Wait till xbrules sees this!
Maybe thats what his nice new car actually looks like and is fresh off the boat being delivered...

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Old 12-03-2011, 10:11 AM   #3365
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The Delorean is probably going to one of those um... geek fests? There is one being held this weekend in Melb from what i am aware of.
Christopher Lloyd is attending one of these meetings
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Old 12-03-2011, 10:38 AM   #3366
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could be why he hasnt seen this yet.... he's attending
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The BA with a Tickford badge is a fail in my eyes,just like Chev badges on Holdens
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I think it's going to struggle to get to 88mph on a flatbed.
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Roads? We dont need... roads...
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The BA with a Tickford badge is a fail in my eyes,just like Chev badges on Holdens
I'm waiting for Daewoo badges to appear on Cruzes.
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The BA with a Tickford badge is a fail in my eyes,just like Chev badges on Holdens
Not an overly huge fail... Some parts on the BA were designed by tickford and carried over
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Old 12-03-2011, 01:03 PM   #3372
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Not an overly huge fail... Some parts on the BA were designed by tickford and carried over

True..
the first XR6 turbo manifolds have tickford wings cast in them..
I'll get a pic up if anyone wants..!

EDIT: Here's the pic..
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Old 12-03-2011, 04:26 PM   #3373
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I would call this a win

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That's a big win.
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True..
the first XR6 turbo manifolds have tickford wings cast in them..
I'll get a pic up if anyone wants..!

EDIT: Here's the pic..
That's pretty cool

Don't think an XT/Futura has Tickford parts though :P
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That's pretty cool

Don't think an XT/Futura has Tickford parts though :P
Technically mine does... Its an Egas...

Has a Tickford Snorkal too....

Sometimes you see parts numbers listed that are Tickford number tho....
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I think it's going to struggle to get to 88mph on a flatbed.
Just moments later just after the tow truck went down a large hill, the tow truck reached 140.8km/h and BAM..... 1985!!!
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True..
the first XR6 turbo manifolds have tickford wings cast in them..
I'll get a pic up if anyone wants..!

EDIT: Here's the pic..
How did you make that xr6 turbo manifold so clean? All the ones I've seen have turned rust brown.
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It's a display car at the Ford Discovery centre at geelong it's never been driven...
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Gold! Great series of movies!
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Just moments later just after the tow truck went down a large hill, the tow truck reached 140.8km/h and BAM..... 1985!!!
See, speeding kills. Dont speed and you wont spontaneously burst into a fireball...................................
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Just moments later just after the tow truck went down a large hill, the tow truck reached 140.8km/h and BAM..... 1985!!!
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Picture in background for the lawyer.... should add : vehicular flame fail..
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Nice astra...not.
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Found in the local paper. Champagne Gold too...
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Old 13-03-2011, 01:00 PM   #3387
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Its a WRX club spec evo 8. Apart from the spelling, where is the fail?
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Old 13-03-2011, 02:39 PM   #3388
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I see no fail. It probably is a very light gold. Like boosh brus, apart from a y instead of a g in champagne, where's the fail?
Or did you think only Lancers had Evolution series'?
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He might be thinking the only Evos were Mitsubishis...
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