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Old 19-12-2011, 09:10 PM   #61
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That diff and suspension is a serious bit of kit!!
That diff has more metal then a Metallica album!
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Old 19-12-2011, 09:53 PM   #62
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Yeah the diff looks very over engineered, strange as you generally try to reduce unsprung weight for improved handling.
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Old 21-12-2011, 01:24 PM   #63
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Hey guys,

How good would it be to get to see The Doco "Rebuilding the Beast"

Way to go mate welcome back to the roads
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Old 21-12-2011, 02:11 PM   #64
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Yeah the diff looks very over engineered, strange as you generally try to reduce unsprung weight for improved handling.
Looks pretty similar to me like alot of other rear ends built to handle high HP, but this ones also built to handle.
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Old 29-12-2011, 01:38 AM   #65
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Well at least they re-built the coupe without reshelling it, but i think he has built the car to handle some serious hp and overdisigned pretty much every part...strenghted chassis would be on the list aswell.
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Old 29-12-2011, 01:12 PM   #66
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why is everyone questioning rego as long as you dont let it lapse you wouldnt have to worry about re-rego and roadworthy thats how 99% of modified cars are rego'd

Good to see its back love that rear end work of art
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Old 29-12-2011, 02:58 PM   #67
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How do you plan on keeping it registered then if it stays off the road for longer than a year?
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Old 29-12-2011, 03:05 PM   #68
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Victoria is not the same as NSW, as in, we don't need yearly inspections on cars.

My understanding is, as long as you pay the rego, doesn't matter if you drive it or not. Happy to be corrected on that though.

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Old 29-12-2011, 03:50 PM   #69
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How do you plan on keeping it registered then if it stays off the road for longer than a year?
Im sure he has mates who can do it for him even if its in bits
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Old 29-12-2011, 04:15 PM   #70
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Victoria is not the same as NSW, as in, we don't need yearly inspections on cars.

My understanding is, as long as you pay the rego, doesn't matter if you drive it or not. Happy to be corrected on that though.

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Thats how it is here, and I hope it doesn't change because of that VACC guy continually campaigning for annual useless inspections to give his members more business. The only way I would accept annual inspections, is to set up independent drive thru vehicle inspection centres where vehicles can run through, who are not connected to any repair workshops.

Regarding the rear end of EB's XB, I would think a bit of weight in the back would be OK, as it would also give a bit more traction and better front-rear weight distribution.
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Old 29-12-2011, 05:29 PM   #71
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How do you plan on keeping it registered then if it stays off the road for longer than a year?
Yeah in Victoria as long as its registered in your name and you keep paying the rego you'll never need to RWC it unless of coarse you get defected or something or wish to sell vehicle or transfer into anothers name. Its good in a way for those of us who look after their cars and have modified vehicles but its also bad as there are some real shitters on the road.
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Old 29-12-2011, 06:49 PM   #72
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No yearly inspections in Queensland, though we are continually told how wonderfully it works in other states, and how it means only "safe" cars are on the road...which doesn't really explain the registered rusty knocked-around crapbuckets we see up here with southern licence plates on them...
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Old 29-12-2011, 07:48 PM   #73
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No yearly inspections in Queensland, though we are continually told how wonderfully it works in other states, and how it means only "safe" cars are on the road...which doesn't really explain the registered rusty knocked-around crapbuckets we see up here with southern licence plates on them...
still less crap box's then queensland. its where our cars go to die
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Old 29-12-2011, 08:55 PM   #74
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That diff and suspension is a serious bit of kit!!
Forgive ignorance.... is that an IRS setup going on?
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Old 05-02-2012, 09:53 AM   #75
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Any links to other photos or videos? I would love to see some more of it.
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Old 05-02-2012, 10:57 AM   #76
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Forgive ignorance.... is that an IRS setup going on?
Nope, still live axle.
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Old 20-02-2012, 08:50 PM   #77
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I remember that car well from the late '80's. It was the reason I got into Ford coupe's. One year later I bought my first coupe, albeit a Landau, and painted it white!
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Old 21-02-2012, 09:42 AM   #78
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In an article on tv recently Bana said that if the car was not a re-shell, it would be rebuilt. Apparently it was not a re-shell. I wonder how much of it is still original Ford? Not much from what I see and hear. Still, very impressive and that's what it's all about I guess. I just remembered the tv show I saw the clip on. Bana did a guest spot on That car show with the Stig. They tried to shame Bana by showing his damaged car. He then told them it would be rebuilt if it did not need a re-shell.

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Old 21-02-2012, 10:47 AM   #79
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Forgive ignorance.... is that an IRS setup going on?
Looks like a 4-bar with long links, full floater with adjustable camber of toe.
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Looks like a 4-bar with long links, full floater with adjustable camber of toe.
And NO leaf springs!
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Old 21-02-2012, 11:53 PM   #81
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That rear end would be worth more than half the cars on this forum lol
For example my BA and my ZJ combined lol
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And how much money did he have to spend on the rest of the car to get it roadworthy again?

I hope they make another documentary about its resurrection.
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Old 22-02-2012, 12:28 AM   #83
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He's clearly not spending money just to make it roadworthy though.
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Oh yeah. I'm sure he's planning to take it back to the Targa Tasmania.
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