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Topic: Muscle Cars:::Street Machines:::Hot Rides
DarCWQ Joined Wed 07/02/14 Posts: 179	Sat 04/25/15 12:00 AM Edited by DarCWQ on Sat 04/25/15 12:01 AM
To be one of the cool guys you had to have a spoiler..... One of my cars was Ford XC four door...302 as well....nice car...emerald green.... Yeah that's true, as well as the spoiler there was the manditory sun-roof and the stone flectors. Lol remember the stone flectors that used to go along under the sil panel? Looked cool but got snagged on every driveway speed bump etc. etc. they were taken over. EDIT: fixed typo

messi_is_a_tim_1888 Joined Fri 11/28/14 Posts: 3309	Sat 04/25/15 12:06 AM
These Ford coupes ran for several years with only cosmetic changes..... The one in the middle looks like an old Ford Capri, Mikey? Had one of those in the early 90's then got a Ford Escort RS Turbo!

DarCWQ Joined Wed 07/02/14 Posts: 179	Sat 04/25/15 12:14 AM
Just tried to find the pics of the other cars I've had but can't, looks like the ex might have scored them. Had a Holden HT Monaro for a while, 253 under the hood. And a Holden HX wagon, also 253.

mikey5360 Joined Wed 04/23/14 Posts: 26096	Sat 04/25/15 12:24 AM
These Ford coupes ran for several years with only cosmetic changes..... The one in the middle looks like an old Ford Capri, Mikey? Had one of those in the early 90's then got a Ford Escort RS Turbo! hmmm, except the Ford Falcon is about 3 times bigger... I saw one the other day and I couldnt believe how big it was, I had forgotten over the years.... Growing up in New Zealand we had tons of English cars....Cortinas, Capris, Vauxhalls, Zephyrs... hmmmm, I remember a mark 3 Zephyr that was......well lets just say the cops couldnt catch us...hahaha

SitkaRains Joined Thu 10/09/08 Posts: 17228	Sat 04/25/15 12:40 AM
This was my dream car and we rebuilt this one to be my baby... GAWd I loved this car... We painte ours a brandy wine colour.. Then In In 94 I fell in love at a car show in Detriot.. Had one of these painted a hunter green pearl essence.. I still haven't found any car that gave me the same feeling as this..yummm

messi_is_a_tim_1888 Joined Fri 11/28/14 Posts: 3309	Sat 04/25/15 12:48 AM
These Ford coupes ran for several years with only cosmetic changes..... The one in the middle looks like an old Ford Capri, Mikey? Had one of those in the early 90's then got a Ford Escort RS Turbo! hmmm, except the Ford Falcon is about 3 times bigger... I saw one the other day and I couldnt believe how big it was, I had forgotten over the years.... Growing up in New Zealand we had tons of English cars....Cortinas, Capris, Vauxhalls, Zephyrs... hmmmm, I remember a mark 3 Zephyr that was......well lets just say the cops couldnt catch us...hahaha Ha ha, that reminds me of the Ford Sierra RS Cosworth, that I used to have! Wow, could that car shift!! My dad had a couple of cortinas and Ford Granada's also! The best car he had though was the Jaguar XJS! Loved that car, so I did!

mikey5360 Joined Wed 04/23/14 Posts: 26096	Sat 04/25/15 12:50 AM
This was my dream car and we rebuilt this one to be my baby... GAWd I loved this car... We painte ours a brandy wine colour.. Then In In 94 I fell in love at a car show in Detriot.. Had one of these painted a hunter green pearl essence.. I still haven't found any car that gave me the same feeling as this..yummm Sweeeeet ride....must have been hard to let it go...

mikey5360 Joined Wed 04/23/14 Posts: 26096	Sat 04/25/15 02:04 AM
By 1973 the Monaro had been modernised....from this..... To this..... One of my all time favs...

mikey5360 Joined Wed 04/23/14 Posts: 26096	Sat 04/25/15 02:05 AM
Dream on.....

mikey5360 Joined Wed 04/23/14 Posts: 26096	Sat 04/25/15 02:06 AM Edited by mikey5360 on Sat 04/25/15 02:07 AM


mikey5360 Joined Wed 04/23/14 Posts: 26096	Sat 04/25/15 02:53 AM
Awwww...doesnt this just spin ya wheels.....

mikey5360 Joined Wed 04/23/14 Posts: 26096	Sat 04/25/15 03:37 AM
If you dont look back at your car after you have parked it.....you have bought the wrong car...

mikey5360 Joined Wed 04/23/14 Posts: 26096	Sat 04/25/15 04:25 AM
I've heard of evolution..... so, this must be revolution....

DarCWQ Joined Wed 07/02/14 Posts: 179	Sat 04/25/15 04:38 AM
Got a spare million dollars? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkHSm0gBZLc Here's a good one of the "shaker" in action... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p89I7pQSMjA

messi_is_a_tim_1888 Joined Fri 11/28/14 Posts: 3309	Sat 04/25/15 04:44 AM
One day hopefully, I would love to get a Bugatti Veyron! I'll settle for the Audi R8 for now though!

mikey5360 Joined Wed 04/23/14 Posts: 26096	Sat 04/25/15 04:58 AM
One day hopefully, I would love to get a Bugatti Veyron! I'll settle for the Audi R8 for now though! In the meantime.....drool.....

eric22t Joined Wed 08/13/14 Posts: 27928	Sat 04/25/15 04:58 AM
In Australia in the 70s the big three car manufacturers had huge battle for sales...... Chysler or Valiant as we knew them came up with the Charger....The 1972 E49 Charger came with a 265cu in engine...I know a 6 cylinder!!!... but it had the quickest acceleration of any Australian production car - 14.4 seconds in the quarter mile..... respectable even when compared to American big-blocks or 1990s sport compacts. mikey was that still a slant six? they never grew them bigger than 225 cubic inches state side

mikey5360 Joined Wed 04/23/14 Posts: 26096	Sat 04/25/15 05:18 AM
No Eric...check this baby out...

mikey5360 Joined Wed 04/23/14 Posts: 26096	Sat 04/25/15 05:21 AM
No Eric...check this baby out... Like the Ford and the Holden only several hundred were made of each...designed to go from road to race track...by the mid 70s the government had banned them all due to fears the young guys were going to street race and kill themselves....

eric22t Joined Wed 08/13/14 Posts: 27928	Sat 04/25/15 05:22 AM
i remember reading somewhere the you guys did grow the slant motor pretty big though didn't you?