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Wombles

Cars cost too much.
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'72 LJ Torana, '95 VS Acclaim and V8 wagon
Apprentice Heavy Vehicle Mechanic. 2nd year.
First car: Dads old EF Fairmont. (hammy down). Hit a tree and barbed wire fence.
Second car (First purchased car): VS Acclaim '95.
 

BookMe

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VZ SV6
21 years old
Apprentice 4th year Fitter (and turner, but don't do any machining)

Have owned
'88 VL SL - was nothing special -sold

'05 VZ SV6 - awesome P plater car, front and rear bags, sound system, wheels (ve ssv) -sold

'78 Mercedes 450SEL - 4.5L V8. Everything was electric and everything worked, including the sunroof. Was lowered to <one inch off the ground from the chassis. Got pulled over heaps and the cops never looked twice (it was shaped like a boat underneath, so it looked >100mm from side on) -sold but I want to buy it back soon

'03 VY Calais LS1 - Plenty of money spent, 309RWKW. -still got it.
 

GTS-Replica

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VE Calais V International / VS GTS-R Replica!
15 allmost 16 in 109 days. Getting my ls when the door opens on my birthday :D. I have had a very large amount of cars around 60 yes hard to believe for my age fords and holdens ftw but i love it. Thanks too dad's knoladge and a resonable sized back yard and a hand when i need it. No work atm waiting for a job at supercheap or auto barn.. :)
 

Matt02SS

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Port Pirie, SA
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VY SS + VY exec + Vs wagon
20 Years old
Shift Plant Operator at Nyrstar led smelter.

Have owned: Camira, 94 VR V6 & VY SS
 

VZ_SS

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VZ SS
25, underground fitter, have owned a lot of commodores, recently sold my Ss, just got a daily shitbox now, spending the cash to restore a racing manx norton. Too many projects on the go.
 

c2105026

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2000 VTII Commodore Olympic, 2012 Ford Focus ST
28, Mature aged uni student (studying primary teaching); cars are nothing special; VB was joint project with dad so he helped out financially (amount has been noted on estate so when the 'time'comes i'll be getting less than sibling I imagine). Used to be public service civil engineer before having an 'acute depressive episode'.

Back at uni first time round had a 2000 Toyota corolla as a gift from mum; hated it. When I started as an engineer I got a 2005 corolla - hated it. got a 2008.5 Mazda 3; loved it but thought I needed the money so I sold it for a song. Then I realised I still needed a modern car for uni commuting (was just going to use the VB), got a '98 pug 306, modified it and as a result made huge loss on it for it. It was feeling really old so I changed it for another mazda 3 - that turned out to be in a prang with irreperable body twisting. Hated it. Traded it on the VX. Love it!

VB lineage is shorter - had 'friends' in my former life who enjoyed camping, fishing etc. I got into it a bit too, had some money, so bought a GQ patrol and a small boat. Friendship soured for I realised I was just being used. Sold the items and went looking for a classic car. Choice was down to a '65 Bug available locally or the '79 VB that I found in sydney. I made my choice and I stick by it.

In non-auto things, I help out with certain children's charities when I can, belong to the local runners club and run 70-80km a week currently in preparation for 2012 Canberra Marathon. Do weights as well. Enjoy reading books related to health, fitness, science and philosophy. Used to be 137kg w/44 inch waist; now 81-82 with 32 inch waist. Am 5 feet 9.5 inches. Wear glasses. Have a cat. Am member of local car club.
 
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Jonesy484

OfficialChadyMeetOrganisr
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MY12 VE 2 SSV REDLINE WAGON
20, Produce Assitant and Merchandise Sales Assitant
Studying resorts: water recreation
Owned: 99 Bmw 523i my dads and currently a Vx S pack on 19's
 

DAKSTER

Beam me up Scotty!
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VS Berlina
Oh well, can't blame a man for trying. I love the odd ball stuff.

Its really not that oddball. They were a Cortina sized car, but unlike the Cortina not sure that they ever came in a 4. Stock they came with a 215 or 245 hemi, the e49 being a 265 hemi just bolted straight in. Mine was running low 10s with no other mods at all, used to really piss off the V8 Cortina conversions being stepped on by a 6. Of course the e49 six pack in a Charger had a better 1/4 mile than a GTHO off the factory floor.. (14.0 vs 14.1) and the Centura is a bunch lighter.

This isnt mine obviously, but this shows what a turbo, tubs and a pair of Mickey Thompsons could do for it..

 
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MR_VX

Forced to be Fast
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VX S pac SII Raptorcharged
thats wicked. I would love to build a kit car with some torque factor. Does any one know of a place in Australia that sell fiberglass FJ ute's or a LJ torana's?
 

amos_executive

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VZ Executive
18, 19 this year, I.T desktop support, getting microsoft and cisco certified to move up into the network side of the world

current daily just a vz exec with a bit of work, go the old 67 impala as the weekender/project car, and waiting on the house to be built and vf to come out before stepping into a new daily
 
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