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74HJLS		#81 Posted : Tuesday, 11 November 2008 3:52:14 AM(UTC)
Rank: Member Reputation: Groups: Registered Joined: 20/03/2005(UTC) Posts: 316		hqgts, This was my first nationals. My wife and I did over 6000km in my Monaro to get from Emerald in Qld to Ballarat and back and loved it. I totaly agree with everything you said, I built mine to drive and thats just what we did. See you at the next on
		Cheers, Pete. Old Holdens never die, they just go faster.
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hqgts		#82 Posted : Tuesday, 11 November 2008 5:11:13 AM(UTC)
Rank: Member Reputation: Groups: Registered Joined: 2/05/2008(UTC) Posts: 417		wow emerald.... idrove through emerald a few months back on my way to townsville.... thats some drive... i spotted a hg monaro under a carport there.... looked like it had been there a while.... no room on the truck otherwise i would have knocked on the g
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Guest		#83 Posted : Tuesday, 11 November 2008 9:29:12 PM(UTC)
Rank: Guest Groups: Guests Joined: 2/09/2015(UTC) Posts: 43,977 Was thanked: 5 time(s) in 5 post(s)		I own a HQ GTS Coupe and a HX LE.

Guest		#84 Posted : Tuesday, 11 November 2008 11:17:00 PM(UTC)
Rank: Guest Groups: Guests Joined: 2/09/2015(UTC) Posts: 43,977 Was thanked: 5 time(s) in 5 post(s)		to agreed my wife thinks you must be under the thumb and this is the only place you can say stuff like this

Guest		#85 Posted : Wednesday, 12 November 2008 12:07:30 AM(UTC)
Rank: Guest Groups: Guests Joined: 2/09/2015(UTC) Posts: 43,977 Was thanked: 5 time(s) in 5 post(s)		Sadly, all this confusion about classes and judging will only lead to Monaros being de-valued. It takes a long time to establish a reputation for high quality vehicles but only a moment to lose it. After reading through all this, it would appear that owne

Guest		#86 Posted : Wednesday, 12 November 2008 1:13:13 AM(UTC)
Rank: Guest Groups: Guests Joined: 2/09/2015(UTC) Posts: 43,977 Was thanked: 5 time(s) in 5 post(s)		I disagree with the value of the GTS 327 in relation to the XT GT. In my observation over the last 20 years is a good GTS 327 was always worth more that the same XT GT. It is the phase III and XY that everyone holds value against, to the point that a good

Guest		#87 Posted : Wednesday, 12 November 2008 8:28:14 AM(UTC)
Rank: Guest Groups: Guests Joined: 2/09/2015(UTC) Posts: 43,977 Was thanked: 5 time(s) in 5 post(s)		If Warren has a system of judging cars. As we all know he is one of the recognised and respected authorities in all things Monaro. Was he not there ?. If not why not. Where you even invited to attend this years event Warren ? Surly this would have s

Jim5.0		#88 Posted : Wednesday, 12 November 2008 8:21:12 PM(UTC)
Rank: Veteran Reputation: Groups: Moderator, Registered, Veteran Joined: 2/03/2005(UTC) Posts: 2,898 Was thanked: 2 time(s) in 2 post(s)		quote: Originally posted by Warren Turnbull To show this even more with the later models, I just sold my mothers one owner
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befitw		#89 Posted : Wednesday, 12 November 2008 9:53:43 PM(UTC)
Rank: Member Reputation: Groups: Registered Joined: 13/06/2008(UTC) Posts: 58		Holden Muscle Car Fan, I agree After spending well over 60k on the ground up resto alone on my 80837 HT, and sourcing as many NOS and original parts (at great expence I might add) to complete the restoration to factory authentic concorse condition, I n
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Guest		#90 Posted : Wednesday, 12 November 2008 11:16:05 PM(UTC)
Rank: Guest Groups: Guests Joined: 2/09/2015(UTC) Posts: 43,977 Was thanked: 5 time(s) in 5 post(s)		Hey ed. can I firstly say, great site. I have been a former member of the M.C.oV. for 9 years and an M.S.E.C. member for the past 3 events that were held in Melbourne. And I gotta say it surprises me to all the cyber chatter that this event has been gat

Guest		#91 Posted : Thursday, 13 November 2008 12:51:24 AM(UTC)
Rank: Guest Groups: Guests Joined: 2/09/2015(UTC) Posts: 43,977 Was thanked: 5 time(s) in 5 post(s)		When i went to collect my goodie bag on the Friday I asked how many entrants there were. I was informed that due to the size of the oval (the cricket wicket in the middle didnt help) they had to cut the numbers to about 260. We had a Perth member regi

Guest		#92 Posted : Thursday, 13 November 2008 2:22:10 AM(UTC)
Rank: Guest Groups: Guests Joined: 2/09/2015(UTC) Posts: 43,977 Was thanked: 5 time(s) in 5 post(s)		WOW all this because someone didnt get to be president for this years nationals.

Guest		#93 Posted : Thursday, 13 November 2008 2:33:00 AM(UTC)
Rank: Guest Groups: Guests Joined: 2/09/2015(UTC) Posts: 43,977 Was thanked: 5 time(s) in 5 post(s)		The Americans are having similar problems now that the sport has become bigger.Some clubs have a surivor or barn class for cars that are not restored so therefore the shiny paint does not become a factor.Do we have a barn class? Do we have enough cars for

Guest		#94 Posted : Thursday, 13 November 2008 3:11:02 AM(UTC)
Rank: Guest Groups: Guests Joined: 2/09/2015(UTC) Posts: 43,977 Was thanked: 5 time(s) in 5 post(s)		well said Rick! The members that left to form another club may have been better to stay at the MCOV that they obviously still love (otherwise all this would not be happening) and try to change things for the better. It would have happened in the end. Ho

Guest		#95 Posted : Thursday, 13 November 2008 3:43:10 AM(UTC)
Rank: Guest Groups: Guests Joined: 2/09/2015(UTC) Posts: 43,977 Was thanked: 5 time(s) in 5 post(s)		Jim, the XC GXL is the GT model(Ford got rid of the GT name, but the GXL shares the GT code in its id and was the "official" GT replacment) so should be compared to the HZ GTS. And when you do this comparison, the HZ beats it hands down. Warren

74HJLS		#96 Posted : Thursday, 13 November 2008 4:42:19 AM(UTC)
Rank: Member Reputation: Groups: Registered Joined: 20/03/2005(UTC) Posts: 316		John Branagan, Dont know where you got your facts from, but Jimmy drove 2 cars down from Mackay, his 327 HK and his CV8. Both were at the show and shine. I drove down as well. Get your fact right before you start the *******. Cheers, Pete. Old Holden
		Cheers, Pete. Old Holdens never die, they just go faster.
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bullitljv8		#97 Posted : Thursday, 13 November 2008 4:54:34 AM(UTC)
Rank: Member Reputation: Groups: Registered Joined: 8/11/2008(UTC) Posts: 401		quote: Originally posted by 74HJLS John Branagan, Dont know where you got your facts from, but Jimmy drove 2 cars down from Ma
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Guest		#98 Posted : Thursday, 13 November 2008 5:24:16 AM(UTC)
Rank: Guest Groups: Guests Joined: 2/09/2015(UTC) Posts: 43,977 Was thanked: 5 time(s) in 5 post(s)		who cares really now?? build a bridge and get over it

HK1837		#99 Posted : Thursday, 13 November 2008 5:35:33 AM(UTC)
Rank: Veteran Reputation: Groups: Moderator, Registered, Veteran Joined: 1/03/2005(UTC) Posts: 14,897 Thanks: 1 times Was thanked: 555 time(s) in 530 post(s)		Geez guys. Regardless of who is right or wrong and without predjudice or taking sides, this is well on the way to sounding (smelling, looking etc) like a Netball committee disagreement, or an argument over the running of the church fete between Gladys who
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hqgts		#100 Posted : Thursday, 13 November 2008 6:31:36 AM(UTC)
Rank: Member Reputation: Groups: Registered Joined: 2/05/2008(UTC) Posts: 417		i think its about time that this thread was locked.... i dont see any value by denegrating the nationals reputation any further
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