WILD VR CLUBBY
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either the dodge viper or a Lotus Elige both have to be tricked up a bit
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What Is Your Dream Car??
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Wombat
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Where the hell do you start....?
A brand car off the showroom floor...if money was no object (and the money to maintain it was also no object...) I'd have a Mercedes CLK 63 AMG...a mere snip at $213,000 + ORC...:whistling
An old car? Hmm...I guess for pure fun value you can't go past our recent purchase, a 1957 Morris Minor 1000...what a great little car which everybody seems to love.
A "dream car" I could probably build given the inclination and time and cash? Here goes: a 1972 Valiant Charger...bright yellow metallic, E49 6-pack stripes and stickers. Body rustproofed and fitted with all new rubbers. Interior retrimmed, white seats and door trims, black carpet, 770 full-instrument dash, original three spoke wheel. Good stereo with flip-out screen and DVD player. Slapstick auto shifter (the one with the round knob and button on top in a center console). Tinted windows. Whole car fully rewired. modern compact air conditioner unit, similar to those available for hot-rods, which is all hidden away under the dash and comes out the original vents. I think the company is called "Vintage Air", which makes them.
Suspension all rebuilt, nolathane rubbers throughout, new heavier torsion bars in front and reset leaf springs in the rear, sway bars and gas shocks. 9" diff with rear disc brakes, larger front discs and twin diaphram booster. Three inch driveshaft and safety loop. Alloy Desert Cooler radiator. Quite possibly also a power rack-and-pinion setup instead of the steering box, like that which is now available for old Falcons from a company whose name escapes me for the moment...
Wheels would have to be good ole' Simmons B45's, fully polished, 16"...nothing too outrageously big, after all, the original E49 came with 14" ROH mags, and they filled the guards pretty well...16's should look about fine without looking too "modern".
Now the fun bit: Engine and Box...a Holden Alloytec 190 and auto...four or five speed, whatever is available, the shifter modified to be operated by the original Valiant floor shifter...all fitted in and given a cold air intake, extractors, and a twin system, with free-flowing cats. Although I figure such an engine in a car like a Charger, weighing well over half a tonne less than a new Commodore, you wouldn't have to do any performance mods at all to the engine to have it storming along rather nicely...:thumbsup:
...as you can probably tell, I've been thinking about this for some time...:thumbsup: :yeah:
A brand car off the showroom floor...if money was no object (and the money to maintain it was also no object...) I'd have a Mercedes CLK 63 AMG...a mere snip at $213,000 + ORC...:whistling
An old car? Hmm...I guess for pure fun value you can't go past our recent purchase, a 1957 Morris Minor 1000...what a great little car which everybody seems to love.
A "dream car" I could probably build given the inclination and time and cash? Here goes: a 1972 Valiant Charger...bright yellow metallic, E49 6-pack stripes and stickers. Body rustproofed and fitted with all new rubbers. Interior retrimmed, white seats and door trims, black carpet, 770 full-instrument dash, original three spoke wheel. Good stereo with flip-out screen and DVD player. Slapstick auto shifter (the one with the round knob and button on top in a center console). Tinted windows. Whole car fully rewired. modern compact air conditioner unit, similar to those available for hot-rods, which is all hidden away under the dash and comes out the original vents. I think the company is called "Vintage Air", which makes them.
Suspension all rebuilt, nolathane rubbers throughout, new heavier torsion bars in front and reset leaf springs in the rear, sway bars and gas shocks. 9" diff with rear disc brakes, larger front discs and twin diaphram booster. Three inch driveshaft and safety loop. Alloy Desert Cooler radiator. Quite possibly also a power rack-and-pinion setup instead of the steering box, like that which is now available for old Falcons from a company whose name escapes me for the moment...
Wheels would have to be good ole' Simmons B45's, fully polished, 16"...nothing too outrageously big, after all, the original E49 came with 14" ROH mags, and they filled the guards pretty well...16's should look about fine without looking too "modern".
Now the fun bit: Engine and Box...a Holden Alloytec 190 and auto...four or five speed, whatever is available, the shifter modified to be operated by the original Valiant floor shifter...all fitted in and given a cold air intake, extractors, and a twin system, with free-flowing cats. Although I figure such an engine in a car like a Charger, weighing well over half a tonne less than a new Commodore, you wouldn't have to do any performance mods at all to the engine to have it storming along rather nicely...:thumbsup:
...as you can probably tell, I've been thinking about this for some time...:thumbsup: :yeah:
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CommodoreChick
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I have too many... just a couple though:
R/T Valiant Charger
Dodge Charger
XB coupe
LX Torrie hatch
, but that would be so awesome if Holden could re-do old shapes and change all the engine and interior. The new concept Torana was crap... as a Torana fan I took complete offence to that pink bubble. EFIJAY is pretty good but I think they changed the shape a bit too much... They should keep the old body shapes exactly as they are, because thats what people like about old cars, engines and interiors are so easily changeable....
Cheers
Tara
R/T Valiant Charger
Dodge Charger
XB coupe
LX Torrie hatch
vlwalkychick: I would go a VK over a VL
, but that would be so awesome if Holden could re-do old shapes and change all the engine and interior. The new concept Torana was crap... as a Torana fan I took complete offence to that pink bubble. EFIJAY is pretty good but I think they changed the shape a bit too much... They should keep the old body shapes exactly as they are, because thats what people like about old cars, engines and interiors are so easily changeable....Cheers
Tara
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CANYONERO
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im going to have to be modest, subaru brumby ute with wrx engine and running gear. wicked sleeper.
HoldenMad
Have spanner, can fix!
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Would have to be an A9X Torana. Always wanted an SLR 5000, so why not go 4 the best
EXCESSV
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nothing else but a car from the GM stable.
2007 Corvette Z06
any one of these 2 in black with manual and leather.....mmmmmmm :bow: :bow: :bow:
http://www.topspeed.com/cars/car-news/lingenfelter-corvette-c6-ar13513.html
http://www.topspeed.com/cars/chevrolet/chevrolet-corvette-z06-ar11909.html
mate has 2001 Corvette in yellow only one in australia and the most newest and it is absolute SEX on wheels :driving: :coolpimp:
2007 Corvette Z06
any one of these 2 in black with manual and leather.....mmmmmmm :bow: :bow: :bow:
http://www.topspeed.com/cars/car-news/lingenfelter-corvette-c6-ar13513.html
http://www.topspeed.com/cars/chevrolet/chevrolet-corvette-z06-ar11909.html
mate has 2001 Corvette in yellow only one in australia and the most newest and it is absolute SEX on wheels :driving: :coolpimp: