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08-02-2015, 08:40 PM
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LIKE A BOSS 351
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Do you ever get entranced or involved JUST with the look of a car.
Nevermind the fuel economy, features, or finance plan. It's just about the look, the car that you would be happy to leave sitting in the garage just so you could look at it for your lifetime (as hard as it may be). You just fall in love with its proportions, curves, shape, face, quarter-view. Whatever...  The Rolls-Royce Wraith is the most beautiful car I have seen in my life. What's yours? |
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08-02-2015, 09:05 PM
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2016 FGX XR8 Sprint, 6speed manual, Kinetic Blue #170 2004 BA wagon RTV project. 1998 EL XR8, Auto, Hot Chilli Red 1993 ED XR6, 5speed, Polynesian Green. 1 of 329. Retired 1968 XT Falcon 500 wagon, 3 on the tree, 3.6L. Patina project. |
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08-02-2015, 09:28 PM
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The above are hideous?
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08-02-2015, 10:08 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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yes,,this happened to me 22 years ago,,when they 1st posted spy photos of the then new XR8 Sprint,,,,i have been more than happy since driving mine out of the show room,and love it to bits. priceless to me
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08-02-2015, 10:11 PM
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No pic, but I remember walking past and stopping at a copy of the magazine 'Road and track' and seeing a new yellow Lamborghini Murcielago on the cover. Was over ten years ago I think, but it's lines I've always loved.
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08-02-2015, 10:15 PM
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LIKE A BOSS 351
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08-02-2015, 11:35 PM
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Wait, what?
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08-02-2015, 11:40 PM
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There is a few for me, but I can't go past an XB Coupe, seen my first one when I was about 15, a mates older brother had one and he used to pick us up from school, had to have one, a few years later bought my first XB and still own it 30 years later
 Back in the day 351, 4 speed, 9":  Same car as she sits today with a 460 big block, 4 speed, and 4.11 9"Locker 
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09-02-2015, 12:05 AM
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 Pretty much any Merc these days, but this is my all time favourite... |
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09-02-2015, 12:16 AM
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Those mercs are always amazing to me aswell. Particularly the e/c63 models.
My faves are GT Porsches tho. Honourable mention to the Falcon FG tail lights. I think they are the best looking and integrated lights into a car design I've ever seen. 
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09-02-2015, 01:44 AM
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Bentley Continental GT
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09-02-2015, 07:14 AM
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The never made 2014 lotus esprit
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09-02-2015, 11:02 AM
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Again, wont be to everyone's taste...
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2016 FGX XR8 Sprint, 6speed manual, Kinetic Blue #170 2004 BA wagon RTV project. 1998 EL XR8, Auto, Hot Chilli Red 1993 ED XR6, 5speed, Polynesian Green. 1 of 329. Retired 1968 XT Falcon 500 wagon, 3 on the tree, 3.6L. Patina project. |
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09-02-2015, 11:17 AM
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Not of the Sooty variety!
 
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Always found the Jaguar Mk2 a great looking car. Can't put my finger on it, but just draws me to them.
   Above is custom, but the lines and overall shape are spot on for mine.
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09-02-2015, 11:24 AM
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DB9
.Enough said. If you extend that to machines in general then the most beautiful ever designed/built is the Spitfire.
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Falcons I have owned over the years, XB 500, XB V8 Fairmont, XF S pack wagon, AU III, BA 1 XT, 2 x BA 2 XT's, BA 1 XR6, BF 2 XR6 and now a Kinetic FG X XR8.
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09-02-2015, 11:30 AM
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E34 M5....
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09-02-2015, 11:41 AM
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there can be only one !
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When in doubt, GAS IT!!
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09-02-2015, 01:50 PM
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Im probably like most of you, a car whore, so there are multiple cars that have me stopping mid sentence while talking to the missus.
Any of the Gen1 Vipers do it for me, so much muscle but with curves. Other than that a Shelby Cobra or Daytona.
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09-02-2015, 07:29 PM
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I like all of the answers so far.
For me it would be a 1959 Cadillac Coupe.
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09-02-2015, 09:53 PM
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Looking a bit dated now, But I love the 8 series. This is mine of Forza.
Its quirky look is what attracted me to it.  
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09-02-2015, 09:59 PM
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My kids think I'm cool
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Shelby GR1, GT40, Ford GT. Beautiful.
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09-02-2015, 11:10 PM
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E34 5 series still has it for me
 
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10-02-2015, 12:26 AM
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There is something i don't quite understand. The new releases of the american muscle cars are all designed to have the same shape and curves of the origionals, and for new cars i think they are damn sexy.
But... our Australian muscle cars are the same as the bread and butter cars just with a few power mods and stickers ect. I'm not taking the p*ss but i do think the aussies could have come up with something better in the way of looks. |
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The look of a car
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