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Old 09-10-2007, 04:44 PM   #1
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I dont really know if this thread is worthwhile or not but after a conversation with my brother during bathurst it got me thinking.
What do the V8SC drivers drive as their daily cars and are they supplied by Ford/Holden at no cost?...
I remember reading an article a while back now about Ambrose receiving a new F-250 dual cab, and this was when he was still in Australia.
Anyways, just wondering if anyone else knew/cared about their cars of choice.

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Old 09-10-2007, 04:50 PM   #2
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I dont really know if this thread is worthwhile or not but after a conversation with my brother during bathurst it got me thinking.
What do the V8SC drivers drive as their daily cars and are they supplied by Ford/Holden at no cost?...
I remember reading an article a while back now about Ambrose receiving a new F-250 dual cab, and this was when he was still in Australia.
Anyways, just wondering if anyone else knew/cared about their cars of choice.
I went to school with Mark Skaifes kids and he used to dive brand new clubbys and GTS's and the like.
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Old 09-10-2007, 04:53 PM   #3
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When I met Craig Lowndes just before Bathurst last year he too had a F250 (complete with child seats!). I don't know if this is still the case.
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Old 09-10-2007, 05:00 PM   #4
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Craig had a T3 TL50 (1 of 3) that is now owned by a forum member....
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Old 09-10-2007, 05:11 PM   #5
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I thought I saw Craig had an F250 on his property on better homes and gardens last friday when it aired.
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Old 09-10-2007, 05:40 PM   #6
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I think Mark Skaife still has road going Nissan Skyline GTR (Godzilla) from his Nissan days. Its jet black and unregistered, sits in the shed for the most part aparantly.
It was written in an article looking back at the Skylines, but i trust he has a brand new HSV or some description as a daily.

In another magazine he said his first car was a WB ute

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Old 09-10-2007, 05:42 PM   #7
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Craig had a T3 TL50 (1 of 3) that is now owned by a forum member....
1 of 3, what made it so unique?
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1 of 3, what made it so unique?
There were only 3 made :P
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Craig had a T3 TL50 (1 of 3) that is now owned by a forum member....
The T3 TL50, all three of them, are gonna be worth truckloads in 20 years.

Worth more than the GTHOs; only three ever built, limited run V8, the best of the AUs, LWB, and one of them owned by a guy who will could well be bigger than Peter Borck in a few years..

The most exclusive production car ever?
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Old 09-10-2007, 08:09 PM   #10
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This what Rick Kelly gets about in.




And Paul Morris still gets about in one of these everynow and then:

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Old 09-10-2007, 08:49 PM   #11
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Shane Price owns a beat up Hyundai and Larry Perkins has a little 1990 ish red hatchback like and old Ford Festiva
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Old 09-10-2007, 08:52 PM   #12
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On Sunday morning of the Bathurst telecast Frosty mentioned that he was going to be driving the first FPV Cobra, was that only for a lap at Bathurst and/or as a daily driver too?
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Old 09-10-2007, 08:52 PM   #13
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Mark Winterbottom drives a Silver Zetec Focus.
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i can confirm Lowndsey did/possibly still does drive an f-250.one of the tech's at work recently moved up from the sunny coast and he used to work on it sometimes. at one point he also had an xr8 ute.

i remember an article in a magazine that said most of them get holden or ford fleet cars(like company execs) provided, but i think some of them also have there own..i'm sure at discounted prices.
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There were only 3 made :P
Actually lolz ... there were a total of 4 made, there was a PO1 which was given to Lowndes and which is now owned by a forum member ... then with the other 3, 1 was returned to have the 5.6Ltr V8 removed and had a 5.0Ltr installed (i don know why the F&@K someone would want to do that for) which GREATLY demotes it's value ... and 1 was sent to New Zealand ...
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just a side note- Winterbottom and Steve Richards visited the dealership after qld raceway on a promo tour. the drivers rocked up in a pair of f6 typhoons..but the promo girls and assistants turned up in a territory and ...wait for it....vz comonwhore wagon! complete with castrol/fpv stickers on it. the wagon was quickly removed to a more discrete location hehehehe.
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I thought CL had a T3 TS50 which is currently up for sale.
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could do...if i got paid as much as some of these guys do i'd have a massive car collection.
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Old 09-10-2007, 09:52 PM   #19
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I thought CL had a T3 TS50 which is currently up for sale.
im not sure exactly how many T3 TS50's were made ... i would be interested in finding out ... wasn't it only like 11? + with 3 PO's?
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im not sure exactly how many T3 TS50's were made ... i would be interested in finding out ... wasn't it only like 11? + with 3 PO's?
The T3 TL's I thought there was only 3. SButler, Tornado or Shaynet can confirm this. They are the T-Series knowledge guys.

Not sure on the T3 TS50. Think there were a couple 100 at least. Tornado has a web site with heaps of information on all the cars http://tseries.us.tf/
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I thought I saw Craig had an F250 on his property on better homes and gardens last friday when it aired.
slightly off topic but i saw his house on better homes the other night as well and that is one hell of a property. big screens sliding down from ceiling, cabinets coming up from the floors etc. no wonder he's always smiling!!
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Old 09-10-2007, 10:03 PM   #22
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And Paul Morris still gets about in one of these everynow and then:

hahahaha thats pure gold
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Frosty drives a Territory, heard him mention it on an FPR team blue night, it was also mentioned at the Ford Fan Day at Sandown this year. He and the Mrs drove silver Focii for Ford's 'Motion' magazine, dont know if either was given/bought one though.
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The T3 TL's I thought there was only 3. SButler, Tornado or Shaynet can confirm this. They are the T-Series knowledge guys.
yeah officially ... but there was the Press release which is the PO1 ... at least this is what i had read!
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I read recently that CL has a Turbo Territory Ghia which he claims suits his property much better than his previous XR8. Alot of the Ford contracted drivers either have XR's or Territory's. FPR contracted drivers would not doubt have access to FPV's.
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CL's old TS was advertised recently but not by him, by the owner after him. When I met him earlier this year, he had a F250 and an XR8 Sedan. Sounds like it's since been upgraded.

Funny thing was, he didn't really seem like a car guy though.
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Funny thing was, he didn't really seem like a car guy though.
what do you mean?
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He just didn't have anything to say about his XR (or any other car really), just that he got one as they needed a run around for Nat and the kids. You know when someone tells you about their car and you get the impression that it means nothing more than transport to them?? Well that was the impression I got.

Maybe it's just hard to get excited about an XR8 when you have a company car like his!!
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true, it's probably nothing compared to his "work" vehicle ... better than mine i can say!!
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Maybe it's just hard to get excited about an XR8 when you have a company car like his!!
I'd say that would be it and I wish I had a company car with 600hp and cut sick around Bathurst. You try and do that in your ex Telstra car and you get fined! :
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