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Old 14-01-2021, 04:46 AM   #31
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Bugger the car, I'd be buying a Powerball ticket
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Old 14-01-2021, 08:54 AM   #32
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Bugger the car, I'd be buying a Powerball ticket
Or a sports almanac.
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and could go back in time to buy your 1 dream car to tuck away...

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It'd be a toss up between a Datsun burnt orange 180B SSS and and Mazda RX7 Series 1 in green.

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I use to have a 73 burnt orange SSS back in 87. I resprayed it in Chrysler Flame orange.

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I’d order an XA ute in Wild Plum.
GS pack, buckets, air, steer, 351 4 speed.
And an XA GT sedan in Aluminium.
Air, steer, glass, auto. Definitely no sunroof.
Maybe white vinyl roof.
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wild plum, oh yeah
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Back when I was still in high school, the neighbors daughter had a boyfriend who had a bright yellow HQ Sandman van with a set of polished fat Cheviot Triden wheels. It had a 308 4sp and had been fitted with twin fuel tanks with fillers on both sides for double the range when traveling, and had chromed wind deflectors fitted at each back corner. The thing gave me a woody the first time I laid eyes on it, that's the one I'd go back for.




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My uncle had a green Sandman.
I was pretty envious but couldn't show it because I was born in the Ford corner.


The one thing that stood out from the other Sandmans was a previous owner had changed out the round headlights to a rectangular pair, almost certainly from an LH Torana but I was pretty young and might be mistaken. Didnt look bad, but didnt look right either.
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Old 22-01-2021, 03:40 PM   #40
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Old 22-01-2021, 03:49 PM   #41
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My uncle had a green Sandman.
I was pretty envious but couldn't show it because I was born in the Ford corner.


The one thing that stood out from the other Sandmans was a previous owner had changed out the round headlights to a rectangular pair, almost certainly from an LH Torana but I was pretty young and might be mistaken. Didnt look bad, but didnt look right either.
yeah Mad Max style eh. agree thought they never looked right, sorta like sticking square headlights in the Kenworth K100E.

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Old 22-01-2021, 04:19 PM   #42
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yeah Mad Max style eh. agree thought they never looked right, sorta like sticking square headlights in the Kenworth K100E.

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Yep, very much like that.
From memory the rectangular lights were a bit smaller than this pic but yes, same deal.
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If I had access to my younger self I would have bought an XB GT Sedan in burnt orange for $8500 in the late 90's.. also selling a VK Director for 18k in 2008

I would have convinced him to buy a new FGII F6 in 2014

Would still love a Phase 3 or XA GT RPO Sedan, will always be up there on the lotto list
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Old 22-01-2021, 05:21 PM   #44
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Yep, very much like that.
From memory the rectangular lights were a bit smaller than this pic but yes, same deal.
at the time XC Falcon ones were a popular conversion, little did they know WB's were on the horizon.

On WB's I would go back and steal the Sandman prototype they built but never released.

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yeah Mad Max style eh. agree thought they never looked right, sorta like sticking square headlights in the Kenworth K100E.

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Maybe not that style but i loved the WB Statesman front makeover on the vans and utes, looked real smart and classy...



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It'd be a toss up between a Datsun burnt orange 180B SSS and and Mazda RX7 Series 1 in green.

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I'd be standing on the Parramatta Rd lot with a fist full of readies waiting for them to open

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Agree, mine was a pre WB.
HX, Full fibreglass tilt front, Statesman with the full cut HZ Caprice grille.

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Geeze, if we only we knew.
The amount of times I wondered up and down Parramatta Rd looking at this stuff.
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I have access to a Delorean... just say'in
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i knew a bloke that had a hq van ( i think it was ) he had a fiberglass trans-am front nose on it. it looked good.
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Maybe not that style but i loved the WB Statesman front makeover on the vans and utes, looked real smart and classy...

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When i was on my P's id daily my brothers wb ute. He was on a monster driving ban. That thing had the wb caprice front, mirrors, lower ally side trim and caprice interior. It was a cool car in the early 2000s. It was midnight blue and had been swapped for an efi 304 and 4 speed auto. It didnt handle the greatest, and compared to modern cars now, it wouldnt be considered quick, but it was at the time. It did look the part though.
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HX, Full fibreglass tilt front, Statesman with the full cut HZ Caprice grille.

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Awesome.
Was going to mention the custom mod of doubling up on the front grille. Looked tough.
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I wont need to travel too far back in time for my choice/s. Keeping with the fantasy theme of the thread, I'm going to assume I going to be able to afford the three below -

Aston Martin DB9 -

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Or a Jaguar F-Type R -

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If affordability was a factor, then a FG MKII XR6T ute in Octane or Mars red would be at the top of my list.

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EVERYTIME I see or hear one of these, I can't help but just WANTING one!

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