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President Elect, The Mechanic

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Re: Cars that make a statement
Reply #15 - Apr 15^th, 2016 at 9:30pm

Aussie wrote on Apr 15^th, 2016 at 8:59pm:

John Smith wrote on Apr 15^th, 2016 at 8:51pm:

Sprintcyclist wrote on Apr 15^th, 2016 at 8:43pm:

John - that car has my vote.
The colour just works, it's the complete package.

It didn't start off that colour ... I think it was an orangy type when I first bought it. Then a friend who used to build / paint trucks offered to respray it for me after I did some body work on it. For $50, I wasn't going to worry about the colour. It was whatever his boss had around the workshop. When he first started spraying I remember thinking 'what the farrrk' ... but by the time he finished I liked it.

Is it an Escort?

70s Escort Panel van..

for the people who couldn't afford a Sandman... Grin

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John Smith Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 77187 Gender:	Re: Cars that make a statement Reply #16 - Apr 15^th, 2016 at 9:32pm President Elect, The Mechanic wrote on Apr 15^th, 2016 at 9:30pm: 70s Escort Panel van.. yep President Elect, The Mechanic wrote on Apr 15^th, 2016 at 9:30pm: for the people who couldn't afford a Sandman. not quite ... I was ruled over by my old man.
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Reply #17 - Apr 15^th, 2016 at 9:37pm

John Smith wrote on Apr 15^th, 2016 at 9:32pm:

President Elect, The Mechanic wrote on Apr 15^th, 2016 at 9:30pm:

70s Escort Panel van..

yep

President Elect, The Mechanic wrote on Apr 15^th, 2016 at 9:30pm:

for the people who couldn't afford a Sandman.

not quite ... I was ruled over by my old man.

yeah I had one of those..

he made me give back an EH sedan that I purchased...

Heavy Metallic green paint with 5 spoke chrome wheels..

I owned that car for 24 hours.. Grin

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Reply #18 - Apr 15^th, 2016 at 11:07pm

President Elect, The Mechanic wrote on Apr 15^th, 2016 at 9:37pm:

yeah I had one of those..

he made me give back an EH sedan that I purchased...

Heavy Metallic green paint with 5 spoke chrome wheels..

I owned that car for 24 hours.. Grin

he promised us as kids he would match whatever we saved and let us pick our cars. My brother saved nothing, the old man gave him $2500 towards his first car. I saved up $2000k, my old man gave me $500 ... then told me I had to pick the panel van if I wanted the $500 because he needed it for his tools. Cheesy

talk about jibbed.

At the time I wanted a VB commodore or a torana

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Reply #19 - Apr 16^th, 2016 at 5:48pm

John Smith wrote on Apr 15^th, 2016 at 11:07pm:

President Elect, The Mechanic wrote on Apr 15^th, 2016 at 9:37pm:

yeah I had one of those..

he made me give back an EH sedan that I purchased...

Heavy Metallic green paint with 5 spoke chrome wheels..

I owned that car for 24 hours.. Grin

he promised us as kids he would match whatever we saved and let us pick our cars. My brother saved nothing, the old man gave him $2500 towards his first car. I saved up $2000k, my old man gave me $500 ... then told me I had to pick the panel van if I wanted the $500 because he needed it for his tools. Cheesy

talk about jibbed.

gypped?

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Re: Cars that make a statement
Reply #20 - Apr 16^th, 2016 at 5:58pm

GordyL wrote on Apr 16^th, 2016 at 5:48pm:

John Smith wrote on Apr 15^th, 2016 at 11:07pm:

President Elect, The Mechanic wrote on Apr 15^th, 2016 at 9:37pm:

yeah I had one of those..

he made me give back an EH sedan that I purchased...

Heavy Metallic green paint with 5 spoke chrome wheels..

I owned that car for 24 hours.. Grin

he promised us as kids he would match whatever we saved and let us pick our cars. My brother saved nothing, the old man gave him $2500 towards his first car. I saved up $2000k, my old man gave me $500 ... then told me I had to pick the panel van if I wanted the $500 because he needed it for his tools. Cheesy

talk about jibbed.

gypped?

Ok, Gypped ... thanks.

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President Elect, The Mechanic Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 17501 Gender:	Re: Cars that make a statement Reply #21 - Apr 16^th, 2016 at 6:23pm here's another car that I should have ****** kept.. also my Mini Minor and LX Torana Hatch Back.. oh why did I sell them..
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John Smith Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 77187 Gender:	Re: Cars that make a statement Reply #22 - Apr 16^th, 2016 at 6:24pm President Elect, The Mechanic wrote on Apr 16^th, 2016 at 6:23pm: here's another car that I should have ****** kept.. http://i978.photobucket.com/albums/ae269/oldpom/813ebc13-a23b-4021-8225-8a77c41b... also my Mini Minor and LX Torana Hatch Back.. oh why did I sell them.. that's what I wanted.
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Reply #23 - Apr 16^th, 2016 at 6:26pm

John Smith wrote on Apr 16^th, 2016 at 6:24pm:

President Elect, The Mechanic wrote on Apr 16^th, 2016 at 6:23pm:

here's another car that I should have ****** kept.. Cry

http://i978.photobucket.com/albums/ae269/oldpom/813ebc13-a23b-4021-8225-8a77c41b...

also my Mini Minor and LX Torana Hatch Back.. oh why did I sell them.. Cry

that's what I wanted. Sad

which one?

the HX GTS had a 350 Chev in it as well...

man.. what a car.. imagine if I still had it today.. Cry

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Reply #24 - Apr 16^th, 2016 at 8:17pm

President Elect, The Mechanic wrote on Apr 16^th, 2016 at 6:26pm:

John Smith wrote on Apr 16^th, 2016 at 6:24pm:

President Elect, The Mechanic wrote on Apr 16^th, 2016 at 6:23pm:

here's another car that I should have ****** kept.. Cry

http://i978.photobucket.com/albums/ae269/oldpom/813ebc13-a23b-4021-8225-8a77c41b...

also my Mini Minor and LX Torana Hatch Back.. oh why did I sell them.. Cry

that's what I wanted. Sad

which one?

the HX GTS had a 350 Chev in it as well...

man.. what a car.. imagine if I still had it today.. Cry

actually, I wasn't that fussy ... plus at 17, I didn't know that much about them (still don't). I just knew I liked the look of the Torana's.

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GordyL Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 4365 Hate Town Gender:	Re: Cars that make a statement Reply #25 - Apr 18^th, 2016 at 7:28pm While my mates were driving sh!tobx Holdens and Fords, I had one of these. Mine had the 1800cc
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Re: Cars that make a statement
Reply #26 - Apr 18^th, 2016 at 7:39pm

John Smith wrote on Apr 16^th, 2016 at 8:17pm:

President Elect, The Mechanic wrote on Apr 16^th, 2016 at 6:26pm:

John Smith wrote on Apr 16^th, 2016 at 6:24pm:

President Elect, The Mechanic wrote on Apr 16^th, 2016 at 6:23pm:

here's another car that I should have ****** kept.. Cry

http://i978.photobucket.com/albums/ae269/oldpom/813ebc13-a23b-4021-8225-8a77c41b...

also my Mini Minor and LX Torana Hatch Back.. oh why did I sell them.. Cry

that's what I wanted. Sad

which one?

the HX GTS had a 350 Chev in it as well...

man.. what a car.. imagine if I still had it today.. Cry

actually, I wasn't that fussy ... plus at 17, I didn't know that much about them (still don't). I just knew I liked the look of the Torana's.

I owned a Torana for about two weeks, when I was 17.

I think it was called a 'G-Pack' (???)

Lent it to a mate to drive down south, and he wrote it off.

EDIT: Yes, it was a 'G-Pack'.

It was identical to this one (same colour, everything):

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miketrees Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 6490 Gender:	Re: Cars that make a statement Reply #27 - Apr 18^th, 2016 at 8:15pm Not one P76 has been mentioned. The younger ones will not even know what one is.
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greggerypeccary Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 144132 Gender:	Re: Cars that make a statement Reply #28 - Apr 18^th, 2016 at 8:20pm miketrees wrote on Apr 18^th, 2016 at 8:15pm: Not one P76 has been mentioned. The younger ones will not even know what one is. In Perth, many of our taxis were P76s (back in the day).
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GordyL Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 4365 Hate Town Gender:	Re: Cars that make a statement Reply #29 - Apr 18^th, 2016 at 8:22pm miketrees wrote on Apr 18^th, 2016 at 8:15pm: Not one P76 has been mentioned. The younger ones will not even know what one is. Popular in Snowtown apparently
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