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Old 23-11-2024, 05:19 AM   #2791
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Default Re: Cars you don't see many of anymore

as my Lethal Weapon 3 pinball says when starting a new game 'back in action'.

This weeks effort.

Pic quality is garbage. After having a near miss with the phone detection camera the other week (no ticket! Dodged a bullet there Thank Fsck),
I have been using my GPS when desperate and time poor.

1990's silly car:



Pretty sure these wasn't thick on the ground when new:



Nice old steel bumper merc a des. Old guy driving. (yeah, older than me even!) Looks like it had been hand polished once a week from new. It was a minter:



Split window Combi bus. Now THIS is something I don't see on the road very often (crap pic) but youse get the idea:



last on this list, a Ford Ranchero GT ute 1973 if google is correct:




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Old 23-11-2024, 07:47 AM   #2792
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if you were in regional areas with tourism potential then Kombis are more common, not a lot but they are around
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Old 26-11-2024, 03:43 AM   #2793
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Lots of comments about even newer Fords not being seen, saw this one the other day, totally jealous.. nice colour to.



Next.. HB Torrie with an attitude, didn't hear it, don't know anything about it other than I haven't seen one since, shit... the last time he he he



Autobarn had a ridiculously cheap oil special on the weekend (24/11/2024) for 10w /40 Full synth 5 litre bottles for $16.99. Hell yeah, fried the tyres trying to get there before they were all gone... and watched this roll up as I was walking in..





The guy tells me it's a rare green colour.. and goes on to say it's the only one in SA.. find THAT hard to swallow, but hey, what do I know?

Next: I have only seen one other of these regularly. It's is always at the Kilburn shopping centre Autobarn selling snags.
This one I spotted driving down the M2 expressway. Pretty rare.. even for Radelaide..



Next: who's a Fiat fan?



Next: VL commie exec. looked pretty stock



Next: couple of old jags that have been left to rest..



That's about tit.

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Congo Green is a fairly rare colour in that era.
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me mum had a Fiat 500 when I was a young teen. Fold back roof was great for transporting christmas trees
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Old 26-11-2024, 12:23 PM   #2796
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The FG, is that Swift? Rare enough to see one in that colour looks great.
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The FG, is that Swift? Rare enough to see one in that colour looks great.
It's Dash - the best Falcon colour in my opinion - 2007 - 2009 across BF2 and FG1
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FG GTF, ACT plate LAST01
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Now I have finally hit the jackpot, something 100% not seen many any of..



Wow, I'm thinking this could be the first model of these things. Good to see it still goes, and it's currently registered to..

Next, and old Biddy...



I did see a nice blue one rolling down the road, had the full resto done on it.
No pics for that one...


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Well i don't know about where you live but a loved up AU is a rare sight for me while the wheels don't work for me she's pretty...

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Spotted this while having brekky the other morning in gloomy Benalla.

XC GXL ??

that superb van in the background.

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Rocky,
choose a better background mate ;-)
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Nah, it will do, Wish I could but was sitting at the window bar with a mouth full of food.
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ignoring the 2 pieces of meat, is that a std 500 or an Arabath 500
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Some of the last weeks happy snaps..
Oh, and on a side note, I did see that Cream coloured Leyland P-76 parked on the side of the road the other day..

First up is a super rare GT Celica at a workshop I went to on Saturday to have my rear disks machined. Would have bought new ones, but there aren't any.. DOH!













Next up, an XD Wagon.. nice pertina..





Did some one say ford Zephyr?



What about a totally crap shot of a XF powder blue ute. Sunglare wouldn't allow the phone to do it thang...



That'd be bout tit lads.

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oops.. forgot this bad boy:




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