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Old 18-03-2007, 01:20 PM   #1
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Hey guys I have been doing a bit of thinking lately about other cars to build outside my normal X-series falcons that I like and something with more avail and cheap parts and have been looking at things such as a Vk brock rep .

I would love to hear about other cars you guys would concider for a build and why .I would love to also hear about cars that you think are underated as a project car as most cars that are built up are quite common cars to be built

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Old 18-03-2007, 01:22 PM   #2
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My dream cars would be dodge charger and challanger done in moden pro street .Big engines big wheels classy interiors very straight and unusual colours
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Old 18-03-2007, 01:25 PM   #3
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An old Studebaker or something. There was one in street machine a few years back, had a 10L V8 in it.

I'd do one of those just to be different, and it'd definatly stand out!

but if I could do up any ford, I'd do up an old Ford Crown Victoria.
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Old 18-03-2007, 01:36 PM   #4
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I would love a HK Premier Wagon. Something about bucket seats and steering wheels bigger than the wheels on the car that appeals to me.
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Old 18-03-2007, 01:47 PM   #5
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69 camaro 63 corvette 49 mercury anything old school muscle
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Old 18-03-2007, 01:48 PM   #6
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Theres quite a few i would like to build outside of Fords such as a Buick GNX, Turbo 301ci Pontiac Trans-AM, Vauxhall Lotus Carlton, Plymouth Roadrunner and Barracuda, Chevelle SS all kinds of cars really.
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Old 18-03-2007, 01:54 PM   #7
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68 or 69 Camaro.

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Old 18-03-2007, 01:56 PM   #8
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de soto or a crysler royal or chevy biscane used to have two of them boo hoo there at the bottom of the old clifton hill tip in melbourne now
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Old 18-03-2007, 02:18 PM   #9
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Thinking about that my next project/toy will be outside Ford and outside Car, will be building a custom chopper.
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Old 18-03-2007, 02:21 PM   #10
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Shortwheel base Landcruiser troopy, an old school one with an injected windsor. Just think of the wheelstands!
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Old 18-03-2007, 03:23 PM   #11
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For me it would be a charger,or a 260z datsun with a tough v8 in it as a track car...
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Old 18-03-2007, 03:25 PM   #12
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Old 18-03-2007, 03:59 PM   #13
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Some great cars coming up in this theard .I have thought about bikes as well lately as the build time seems less as long as the money is avail .I like choppers as do most but I realy like the hot rod bobber look if that makes sense (50s hot rod turned bike).

Anyone have underated cars that once done look great .
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Old 18-03-2007, 04:10 PM   #14
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I would do another Charger, but this time I would finnish it !

This is my last Charger , but I sold ot before I finnished it . I am now KICKING myself every day !



Ahhh well , the things we do when were short of money !
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Old 18-03-2007, 04:14 PM   #15
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I would do another Charger, but this time I would finnish it !

This is my last Charger , but I sold ot before I finnished it . I am now KICKING myself every day !



Ahhh well , the things we do when were short of money !
may i say your a silly boy that car is beatiful you should of finished it you would of had something speacial any more pic,s
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Old 18-03-2007, 04:18 PM   #16
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yeh prob an e49 charger or a vg val coup
or a vc val with a rad 440 magnum
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Old 18-03-2007, 04:22 PM   #17
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i have a datsun 720 ute in the shed that i'm doing. has late model injected DOHC v6, IRS, huge wheels and brakes, custom interior. really out there. just have to finish it
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Old 18-03-2007, 04:50 PM   #18
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I am 80% through building a HZ one tonner, few more things left to do, but looks like i Wont make it to EasterNats. :
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Old 18-03-2007, 04:50 PM   #19
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oh, and I would love to also do up a charger! that would be nice.
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Old 18-03-2007, 05:47 PM   #20
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Only other car would be an American Hemi (cuda or simular) or a P76. Thats about it really! To many I want from the Ford shed though before they happen. Chev or Holden? Never.



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Old 18-03-2007, 05:53 PM   #21
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A Charger (i was looking for them same time as my GT) or Centura possibly an old Imapala.

Blue Oval Mopar Man that Charger is stunning, do you still see it around finished ?
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Old 18-03-2007, 05:55 PM   #22
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Old 18-03-2007, 06:00 PM   #23
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Got to be a 69 camaro, in yellow with big black stripes and the monster 454!
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Old 18-03-2007, 06:05 PM   #24
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Old 18-03-2007, 06:13 PM   #25
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um, i'd prob go american, maybe a 57 buick coupe, they look real nice, or maybe a turbro datto 1600
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Old 18-03-2007, 06:17 PM   #26
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How bout a Kombi. i've got one but i gotta do it up yet. MMM thinkin EJ20tt
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I would do another Charger, but this time I would finnish it !

This is my last Charger , but I sold ot before I finnished it . I am now KICKING myself every day !



Ahhh well , the things we do when were short of money !
You could have sold it to me...:
If your ever in Sydney get in touch and ill kick you too :P

Seriously though,it looks unreal,shame you had to let it go...
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Old 18-03-2007, 09:53 PM   #28
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I think I'd go a rotor.I guy at work has an genuine rx3,looks stock as a rock,white,13's with hubbys the lot.It's got some selectmaz engine in it and goes off it's head,sounds awsome too.

I will build one before I die.
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Old 18-03-2007, 09:58 PM   #29
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I have always had a soft spot for the r32 skyline but we had a 4 dr r32 in our shop last week and that looked so much better than the 2 dr which is wierd as 2drs appeal more to me .
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Old 18-03-2007, 10:01 PM   #30
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A 68/69 Dodge charger with a 440, or a 70/71 Dodge challenger with a 440. Just about any old muscle car is cool, but the big block mopars have real street cred.
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