Cars you don't see many of anymore - Page 31

Tassie f100 · 07-09-2022, 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Franco Cozzo

Would have had those plates on it around 2010/2011 with that number plate combination too.

Its. 1996 model so you were close Franco

.:4:. · 07-09-2022, 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by roKWiz

4 on the tree ?

I had a 2009 model, so 5 speed.

roKWiz · 07-09-2022, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Franco Cozzo

Would have had those plates on it around 2010/2011 with that number plate combination too.

Plates don't really mean a thing, he could have re registered it in Victoria from somewhere else.
We do have quite a few cross border cars and trucks with various plate combo's from wrong era's to the make.

My panel van has had 4 different plates on it just since I bought it.

Franco Cozzo · 07-09-2022, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Tassie f100

Its. 1996 model so you were close Franco

Thats not what I'm saying - I'm saying it would have been registered again/changed hands around 2010/2011 because of that plate combination

**Charliewool** · 07-09-2022, 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by roKWiz

One for Franco and .:4:. Mitsy on full rego not being a cheap ar*e.
Couple of days ago.

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We will probably see more trade vehicles on club plates.

Ah, Memories!
1980 I was working for a Hawthorn based Hydraulic company, working to and from Barry’s Beach (near Sale) on oil rig supply vessels…
Complained about the old Toyota van (Hiace?) not being up to it. They bought me a brand spanker L300 similar to that pic!
1.6 litres of highway wandering puss!… Was probably the most dangerous pos I’ve ever driven…

Citroënbender · 07-09-2022, 06:46 PM

105E, at Northmead Maccas.

(Also spotted FGX-351, in Victory Gold; clearly a Holden enthusiast from way back…)

**anobserver** · 07-09-2022, 08:03 PM

A windsor-engined v8 xf at lakeside last sunday.

Tonz · 07-09-2022, 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Citroënbender

105E, at Northmead Maccas.

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(Also spotted FGX-351, in Victory Gold; clearly a Holden enthusiast from way back…)

back in the early days I used to race one of those with a 2 litre donk, stopping was always a concern so were the tyre walls.

Franco Cozzo · 08-09-2022, 12:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Citroënbender

105E, at Northmead Maccas.

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(Also spotted FGX-351, in Victory Gold; clearly a Holden enthusiast from way back…)

Looks like it come from the USSR

roKWiz · 08-09-2022, 09:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Franco Cozzo

Thats not what I'm saying - I'm saying it would have been registered again/changed hands around 2010/2011 because of that plate combination

or he could have requested new plates from them fading, being damaged or stolen back then too.

roKWiz · 08-09-2022, 09:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Citroënbender

105E, at Northmead Maccas.

And good to see on full rego.

Vesper Martini · 08-09-2022, 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by anobserver

A windsor-engined v8 xf at lakeside last sunday.

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Actually I do still see a lot of older Falcons on the road, maybe not V8 XFs as they never came with V8s.. so this is like a custom car

(incidentally were they the only model without V8s?)

nice looking car though

rare ss · 08-09-2022, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Vesper Martini

Actually I do still see a lot of older Falcons on the road, maybe not V8 XFs as they never came with V8s.. so this is like a custom car

(incidentally were they the only model without V8s?)

nice looking car though

EA missed out on the V8 also

Tassie f100 · 08-09-2022, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Vesper Martini

Actually I do still see a lot of older Falcons on the road, maybe not V8 XFs as they never came with V8s.. so this is like a custom car

(incidentally were they the only model without V8s?)

nice looking car though

Were there any V8 EA,s

Vesper Martini · 08-09-2022, 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Tassie f100

Were there any V8 EA,s

Of course how could I forget - my parents owned both these models

whitelion65 · 08-09-2022, 12:32 PM

Didn't need the V8....
they had the mighty 3.2!

Bossxr8 · 08-09-2022, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Tassie f100

Were there any V8 EA,s

1.

The EA GT351 prototype.

Bossxr8 · 08-09-2022, 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by whitelion65

Didn't need the V8....
they had the mighty 3.2!

The 3.9 MPI 5 speed was a pretty good thing. 15.8 quarter mile would match an XE ESP 351. My old man wound one off the clock coming back from Broady one day, in a pre-production model.

Nowhere near the desirability though.

The 3.2 was an absolute dead duck. Didn't they only sell like 300 of them? From what I recall the 3.9 was such a cheap option that it made the 3.2 essentially worthless. $50 or something? Maybe $100? It was so cheap that it's surprising anyone got the 3.2.

XR Martin · 08-09-2022, 07:12 PM

800 3.2s, all would have been fleet purchases I suspect.
Only made in 1988.

XR Martin · 08-09-2022, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Bossxr8

The 3.9 MPI 5 speed was a pretty good thing. 15.8 quarter mile would match an XE ESP 351. My old man wound one off the clock coming back from Broady one day, in a pre-production model.

Wheels test from 1988 had a manual wagon doing 15s.
Another test had the MPI 5 speed Spac sedan quicker than a VL turbo.
Top speed and acceleratation.
I think the VL topped out at 210kmh EA did 225kmh

xkxlxm · 10-09-2022, 04:30 PM

Today: Alfa Romeo 164, Vic green and white plates full reg. starting with an 'E' so it was probably about a 1990 model; Crossfire; Proton Jumbuck ute in car yard, with 206,000 klms for $6,490 (I saw one being driven a few days ago); Triumph TR7 on club plates; 1996-97 Astra hatch the other day; and a Mitsubishi coupe/hardtop in a car port as I drove past - will have to go back and have a closer look to see exactly what it is (the dust layer over it suggests that it doesn't move and will be there when I go back ... )

Citroënbender · 10-09-2022, 06:36 PM

Have you tracked down the elusive Roger Cordia?

**DFB FGXR6** · 10-09-2022, 06:59 PM

Not an older car I know, but with only a couple of dealers across the country, seeing a Genesis on the road is pretty rare. Especially in a small country town two hours away from the closest dealer.

Big_Daz · 10-09-2022, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by XR Martin

Wheels test from 1988 had a manual wagon doing 15s.
Another test had the MPI 5 speed Spac sedan quicker than a VL turbo.
Top speed and acceleratation.
I think the VL topped out at 210kmh EA did 225kmh

Not that surprising, MPI Falcon was 140kw odd, the VL Turbo 150kw so not that much different..

When I was in Primary School my uncle bought a 5 Speed Manual EA S pack with the MPI 3.9 optioned brand new.. I thought it was the ducks guts at the time... He gave it to his son, my cousin, who still has it (as far as I know)....

Franco Cozzo · 10-09-2022, 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by XR Martin

Wheels test from 1988 had a manual wagon doing 15s.
Another test had the MPI 5 speed Spac sedan quicker than a VL turbo.
Top speed and acceleratation.
I think the VL topped out at 210kmh EA did 225kmh

Wouldn't surprise me - RB30ET only has a 7.8:1 compression ratio because of our absolute potato unleaded fuel at the time

ozpacman · 10-09-2022, 09:38 PM

I drove out to Charters Towers (North Qld) yesterday to pick up a motorcycle. The chap I bought it from, also had an original cream coloured Datsun 180B in the carport. The car was on full rego and made for an interesting story.

He was telling me that it belonged to his elderly neighbour. Obviously he and his wife had a close relationship with the neighbour, as tends to be the case in country towns. The elderly man passed away fairly recently and left the car to the couple in his will.

He was telling me that his wife drives it out to the cemetery each weekend and thanks the old gent for his kind gesture. The car is completely as it was when the late owner last drove it. His old hat still sits on the passenger side front seat.

**PG2** · 11-09-2022, 07:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Bossxr8

The 3.9 MPI 5 speed was a pretty good thing. 15.8 quarter mile would match an XE ESP 351. My old man wound one off the clock coming back from Broady one day, in a pre-production model.

Nowhere near the desirability though.

The 3.2 was an absolute dead duck. Didn't they only sell like 300 of them? From what I recall the 3.9 was such a cheap option that it made the 3.2 essentially worthless. $50 or something? Maybe $100? It was so cheap that it's surprising anyone got the 3.2.

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Originally Posted by XR Martin

Wheels test from 1988 had a manual wagon doing 15s.
Another test had the MPI 5 speed Spac sedan quicker than a VL turbo.
Top speed and acceleratation.
I think the VL topped out at 210kmh EA did 225kmh

I had an EA SPI S pac 5 spd sedan. Even it was quite quick back in the day. Once, I even ran out of talent in it.

As most of us know, the EA was a much maligned car, but I gotta say, it would be one of the better cars that we owned.

xkxlxm · 11-09-2022, 09:49 AM

TR7 yesterday, TR8 today (club plates)

roKWiz · 11-09-2022, 12:43 PM

Out finally delivering the stone I had stuck on the truck for days, down a muddy dirt road out the back of Bobbinawarrah and spot a dusty XE S pac sticking out the back of an old farmhouse carport.

Heading back I see a couple of single drive's a Inter Sline and a LN8000 Louisville in Brown Brothers winery loading up.
Finished up having a great brekky at the Cheese factory. Milawa.

PS. so much for having a clean detailed truck yesterday !

Dr Terry · 12-09-2022, 08:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Vesper Martini

Actually I do still see a lot of older Falcons on the road, maybe not V8 XFs as they never came with V8s.. so this is like a custom car

(incidentally were they the only model without V8s?)

nice looking car though

No production V8s in XK, XL, XM, XP, XF, EA or XG

Dr Terry