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Old 05-09-2007, 09:37 PM   #31
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okay, perhaps it is not an Aussie Muscle Car but maybe you could call it an Armchair Muscle Car :o)
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Old 05-09-2007, 09:39 PM   #32
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P6 = cruiser, definatly not a muscle car. But agreed with Barry above, you NEED the wheelbase for carting "stock" to "clients"
performance > carting skanks.

unless you enjoy spending your mornings wiping down your back seat after the business conducted the evening prior.
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Old 05-09-2007, 09:40 PM   #33
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performance > carting skanks.

unless you enjoy spending your mornings wiping down your back seat after the business conducted the evening prior.
stock are like dogs. "Business" is conducted outside
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Old 05-09-2007, 09:43 PM   #34
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stock are like dogs. "Business" is conducted outside
WHERE MAH MONEY AT??!! WHERE MAH MONEY AT??!!!
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Old 05-09-2007, 09:44 PM   #35
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its the snail trail they leave during trips from client to client...



apparently...
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Old 05-09-2007, 09:45 PM   #36
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its the snail trail they leave during trips from client to client...



apparently...
Explains the choice for Black Vinyl interior in the coupe.....past experence?
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Old 05-09-2007, 09:46 PM   #37
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no room for hoes back there, its a musclecar, remember?
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Old 05-09-2007, 09:48 PM   #38
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no room for hoes back there, its a musclecar, remember?
you're not thinnking this through..

performance = fast
fast = get to locations quicker
get to locations quicker = set up a "pizza hut" style "business"

"Delivered to your door in 30minutes or she's free"
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Old 06-09-2007, 03:36 PM   #39
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ok then i'll settle on a tuff cruiser then.is that ok....

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Old 06-09-2007, 03:42 PM   #40
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ok then i'll settle on a tuff cruiser then.is that ok....
Fine by me :
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Old 07-09-2007, 05:19 PM   #41
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Not a muscle car. I would call it a BOGAN LIMO :
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Old 07-09-2007, 06:16 PM   #42
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A tough cruiser it is, and its definately an attention getting car. First night I had mine, I was marauded at the BP by teenagers and their girlfriends asking me what it was and telling me how awesome it looked. And that story continued right until I drove it into the garage to start its rebuild.

Plus it hauled some in its tenure of cool cruiser. Many a Civic and Commie driver were blown away in straight line traffic light drags. As long as you dont need to turn any corners its a saint; squats down nicely (most likely due to its sky high cottage cheese suspension) and the 351 breathing through the throaty sounding thermoquad... good times.

Its not hard to turn up the performance, and its greater in strength and durability too, having the stronger engine from the GT, not just a standard 351.

There are plenty faster and more powerful 'muscle cars' on the road, but none as comfy and stylish as the LTD. Its a keeper.
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Old 07-09-2007, 07:59 PM   #43
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Not a muscle car. I would call it a BOGAN LIMO :
At least no one questions your sexuality when you drive a P6. mind you, with your focus i suspect nobody does either, they just assume you're homosexual.
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Old 07-09-2007, 08:04 PM   #44
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having the stronger engine from the GT, not just a standard 351..
eh??

edit: apparently "eh??" is too short a message to post (minimum 5 characters), so i shall change that to:

wtf??
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Old 07-09-2007, 08:06 PM   #45
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At least no one questions your sexuality when you drive a P6.
Yeah, they just wonder what you're compensating for :P
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Old 07-09-2007, 08:13 PM   #46
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Its a cruiser...definitely not a muscle car
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Old 07-09-2007, 08:22 PM   #47
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Yeah, they just wonder what you're compensating for :P
its not about compensating, its about representing.
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Old 07-09-2007, 08:27 PM   #48
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its not about compensating, its about representing.
Representing what? Big Body with a small driveline?:P
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Old 07-09-2007, 08:29 PM   #49
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Wrecking a P6 has been the cheapest way of getting a 9 inch for years, unless you have a '79 model which only has a Borg Warner..
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my tailshaft is longer than yours. but thats ok, poor XR5Turbo doesnt even have one.
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my tailshaft is longer than yours. but thats ok, poor XR5Turbo doesnt even have one.
Bet you mine's thicker :P
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Wrecking a P6 has been the cheapest way of getting a 9 inch for years, unless you have a '79 model which only has a Borg Warner..
if you could stop editing your post for a moment Id be able to respond, I thought you'd be more composed with your words being a metrosexual.
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my tailshaft is longer than yours. but thats ok, poor XR5Turbo doesnt even have one.
Nobody is going to shaft my tail
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Bet you mine's thicker :P
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It's not the diameter that counts its the WALL THICKNESS
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Where is all this sexuality crap coming from? I don't even own a bloody XR5 OK! I just came up with the bogan limo idea as there is a P6 getting around my crappy suburb with about 3 diffent colours of body panels on it and looking really bad and we call it the bogan limo.
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It's not the diameter that counts its the WALL THICKNESS
Clearly your grasp on basic engineering concepts such as the stiffness of a tubular member are feeble, as to be expected from the driver of an electric razor...
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its ok, you dont need to be ashamed, we wont think less of you because your preference.

EDIT: stop editing your posts ffs
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Wrecking a P6 has been the cheapest way of getting a 9 inch for years..
my 9"cost $500... please tell me where I could get a P6 for that? I'd be very keen
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Clearly your grasp on basic engineering concepts such as the stiffness of a tubular member are feeble, as to be expected from the driver of an electric razor...
FFS, I own a V8, C10 9inch FALCON OK!!! and I paid $500 for my custom tailshaft, are you saying they bullshitted me?
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my 9"cost $500... please tell me where I could get a P6 for that? I'd be very keen
Try the Trading Post. My 9inch cost me $300 and the guy I bought it off got a whole ZH Marquis for $500.
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