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I have just worked out who HK1837 is! So, Im a bit slow... The vehicles you inEdited by user Monday, 25 August 2008 4:22:51 PM(UTC)
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Yes I agree that the list of real muscle cars is very low, and if you add 4 doors the list is still so small as to even worry about using the term here in Australia. The reason behind the creation of the muscle car in the US was vastly different to the re
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Enough info here to create a head spin. So Ben Stewart makes an appearance. I worship the ground you walk on oh great Australian Muscle Car man. The magazine and the handbook are just THE best as far as many of us are concerned. And not before time I must
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Almost forgot. Hey HK1837, where is the new list I asked for days ago? I even got the list started for you. Hop to it sonny.
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Hmm. I'll try to answer the cristism: I've already created my list of "Iconic Australian performance vehicles" which I made the mistake of mentioning "muscle cars" in the title, and the two you tried to add don't fit. The Brabham and RS2000 were add Edited by user Monday, 25 August 2008 10:00:31 PM(UTC)
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Hmm. Ill try to answer the cristism: Ive already created my list of "Iconic Australian performance vehicles" which I made the mistake of mentioning "muscle cars" in the title, and the two you tried to add dont fit. The Brabham and RS2000 were added Edited by user Monday, 25 August 2008 10:00:31 PM(UTC)
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Australian Muscle Cars (keeping them to 2 doors for now):
HK 1837;
HT 1837M;
HG 1837M;
LC GTR XU-1;
LJ GTR XU-1;
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There you go, apart from being an auto the VH/J E55 fits! I asked the same question in an earlier post about the engines in the US Chryslers ie does a 426 Hemi miss out because a 440 was available?
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There you go, apart from being an auto the VH/J E55 fits! I asked the same question in an earlier post about the engines in the US Chryslers ie does a 426 Hemi miss out because a 440 was available?
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What a great debate here. I could talk for hours on this subject but cant at present. I must share some insight though on the XU-1 Torana. In a nutshell, they do not go, period. They stop and handle great but they dont go and as such cannot be incuded in
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What a great debate here. I could talk for hours on this subject but can't at present. I must share some insight though on the XU-1 Torana. In a nutshell, they do not go, period. They stop and handle great but they don't go and as such cannot be incuded i
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Out of interest did you ever get to try a 1973 Bathurst spec XU-1? Ive tried one of those and they really do go well. I cant comment on the LC version as ive never been in one. The last time my mates 1973 Bathurst was taken out for a run it was o |
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Out of interest did you ever get to try a 1973 Bathurst spec XU-1? I've tried one of those and they really do go well. I can't comment on the LC version as i've never been in one. The last time my mate's 1973 Bathurst was taken out for a run it w |
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I did think about including the RS3100 but deleted what I had written because it was fully imported and not Australian in any way.
Werent Chrysler working on a manual 6 pack equipped 340 E55? That would have been good in a straight line.
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I did think about including the RS3100 but deleted what I had written because it was fully imported and not Australian in any way.
Weren't Chrysler working on a manual 6 pack equipped 340 E55? That would have been good in a straight line.
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Hi Jim.
Youre probably correct about the RS3100, it isnt Australian. However, unlike many imports it was sold thru the genuine Ford dealers. I suppose its the same as the Nissan R32 GTR, it too was sold here by Nissan Aust, unlike all the other Grey Im |
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Hi Jim.
You're probably correct about the RS3100, it isn't Australian. However, unlike many imports it was sold thru the genuine Ford dealers. I suppose it's the same as the Nissan R32 GTR, it too was sold here by Nissan Aust, unlike all the other Grey |
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