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i dont know if i agree or disagree but byron is correct about the tags & spending top dollar if you are retaging a car to be something its not would take a lot of money parts & work & at the end of the day you cant fake a monaro coupe & if it has all the
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quote: Originally posted by Byron Rich
There are only 2 x potential buyers here (broad brush I know):
Those like me thatd b |
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quote: Originally posted by Byron Rich
There are only 2 x potential buyers here (broad brush I know):
Those like me that'd |
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The thing is, for HK they wouldn't even know. Whilst it's OK for them to make huff anf puff statements like that, they wouldn't have a clue what body those tags are meant to be on. And nor should they even care, as long as the body they are going on hasn' |
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The thing is, for HK they wouldnt even know. Whilst its OK for them to make huff anf puff statements like that, they wouldnt have a clue what body those tags are meant to be on. And nor should they even care, as long as the body they are going on hasnt be |
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Hi hazzard county,
At no time have I had a go or bad mouthed the seller of this car and I wish him all the best in the sale. Yes if some stupid person is willing to give him $10,000+ for it that is great for him and I wish I could find some on farms to |
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it aint rocket science but i reckon that some how the buyer of this car would be happy to pick up the little shiny tags & leave the rest to rot you could say a loop hole so thats probably why your getting not much info hk premier 1968
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I'd say that is exactly what is going to happen...post the tags and forget the rest. Now up to $5000, I wish I could afford to be that stupid with my money. It is absolutely illegal to mount those tags on a different body, I don't agree with it but I don'
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Id say that is exactly what is going to happen...post the tags and forget the rest. Now up to $5000, I wish I could afford to be that stupid with my money. It is absolutely illegal to mount those tags on a different body, I dont agree with it but I dont k
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Firstly the Monaro register was set up to gather info on Monaro cars for research, not as a register of dead cars. ie we collected info from many sources, including old owner manuals, tag collectors etc. So there are already many "dead" cars in the regist
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quote: Originally posted by Waren Turnbull
Finally both of these actions will not be much good as the car is NOT a GTS 327 |
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Hi to all, have you seen its up to $7000!
Not bad for a set of tags and a peace of firewall.
Cheers.
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Hi to all, have you seen it's up to $7000!
Not bad for a set of tags and a peace of firewall.
Cheers.
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As far as tags etc go, and im slightly off topic here, but I have had 2 LX/LH toranas that I have tried to get info on and the only thing that vicroads give 2 hoots about is the chassis number and engine number. As for the 3 comp tags they almost dont nee
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When i registered my HJ Coupe at vicroads about 3 years ago,the bloke i had was switched on.He commented that the tags had been off the vehicle and the chassis No didnt match the tag. He was looking for more "signs" and pointed to the body No stamped on
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When i registered my HJ Coupe at vicroads about 3 years ago,the bloke i had was switched on.He commented that the tags had been off the vehicle and the chassis No didn't match the tag. He was looking for more "signs" and pointed to the body No stamped on
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With the huff and puff the guys at the police inspection cant do anything about the tags on another body, is making it harder for a person out there restoring a car honestly.
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the LX I have has a police chassis number and since I bought it ive changed the engine to a 253 so ill be keeping the rego sticker on the windscreen so they can see the old details. Im hoping its not gunna be too complicated....
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Hi to all, have you seen the car was removed by ebay? Cheers. http://cgi.ebay.com.au/h...DVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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ha ha, you blokes are all taking the fun out of owning these kinds of cars... let them do what they want, get over it and enjoy what you have, be it a 81837, or a T coded xy falcon
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