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11-10-2008, 12:18 AM
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Professional Mouse Jockey
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: SE Vic
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Just watched the road test on drive.com so I thought I'd have a look. The retro culture is alive and well!!
HDT site
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11-10-2008, 12:24 AM
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The Futuriser
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Melbourne
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Wow... that spoiler looks horrible on the VE. I actually feel sorry for it. :(
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11-10-2008, 12:31 AM
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let it burn
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Image 4, rear quarter looks very VB/C, except taller, and no chrome
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11-10-2008, 12:33 AM
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looks like a ute with that spoiler. LOL.
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11-10-2008, 12:34 AM
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Regular Member
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would look alright if they moulded the bonnet like the ford bonnet buldge and not just look like they super glued a peice of plastic there.
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11-10-2008, 12:40 AM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Rockingham WA
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I like the look in all honesty, it'd be the only way to get me in a new holden other than a statesman/caprice.
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11-10-2008, 12:43 AM
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Banned
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Rowville
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There is another model other than the retro, i forgot what it was but i saw it somewhere. Its based off the old SS's.
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11-10-2008, 12:46 AM
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Professional Mouse Jockey
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11-10-2008, 12:47 AM
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2005 BA II GTP
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Location: Sydney
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I wouldn't say no.
Aussie muscle all the way. |
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11-10-2008, 02:53 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
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It looks like they just stuck bits of the 80s all over the car. Boxy edges on such a smooth car.
I don't like: - boxy bonnet lump - rear spoiler - stripes on the side of the front bar - and the most - the wheels... Seroiusly the same rims in chrome would actually look modern, and not look like someone playing around with MS Paint and a 80s wheels catalogue. If there's a market though good on them.
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11-10-2008, 03:15 AM
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Getting it done.....
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Location: Brisbane
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i'm with blackLS....the reasons listed are more than enough to turn me off this car. The way the rear spoiler 'sits' over the tailights is just wrong.
F.UGLY.........
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11-10-2008, 09:35 AM
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Bear with a sore head
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Location: Adelaide
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God that thing has been bashed with the ugly stick.
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11-10-2008, 09:48 AM
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Critical Thinker
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Location: Adelaide
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i give them credit for continuously coming up with marketable ideas. Its good to see variety even though it is holden
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11-10-2008, 10:35 AM
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I didnt even bother enlarging the thumbs, that things looks awful.
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11-10-2008, 10:40 AM
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I think it looks good, if I was a holden freak I'd buy one.
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11-10-2008, 10:43 AM
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Supercharged and 7Lt version sound good. And its good to see Holden doing something outside the box of the standard HSV's or SS bombadores.
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11-10-2008, 10:48 AM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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That is one ugly car!!
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11-10-2008, 10:56 AM
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Back in a Blue Oval
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Karratha WA
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time for the release of a Tickford Retro T Series FG GT ???
hahaha, scratch that, i just pictured an FG with AU headlights...
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11-10-2008, 11:03 AM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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I like the front end , Lose the stripes and the spoiler would look good
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11-10-2008, 11:04 AM
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Pretty old news, this car has been out for months, still doesn't look right tho.
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11-10-2008, 11:06 AM
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Location: Melbourne
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WOW.
What an eyesore. It actually looks like a mobile water catchment.
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11-10-2008, 11:32 AM
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Parts bin special
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80's styling additions don't work on a 2008 model. It just looks wrong.
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11-10-2008, 11:34 AM
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One of the ugliest vehicles I've seen for a while. Tacky, and trys way too hard.
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11-10-2008, 11:44 AM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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I like the idea however the execution just misses the mark. But still, it definately gives the impression of the original 80's era HDTs. If there was a bit of refinement eg. lose the bonnet scoop or go for a nicely grafted bulge ala BA Falcon style, and make the rear spoiler a little more subtle, I think they'd definately be onto something. The style, wheels, colours and graphics are cool, but the body kit needs some tidying up
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11-10-2008, 01:44 PM
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11-10-2008, 02:00 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Saw one at Targa West, me and my brother (both classic car nuts doesn't matter what badge) loved it, especially the retro wheels.
I must admit I don't remember seeing that rear spoiler on it, looks like Walkinshaw. All the same it looked and sounded hot.
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11-10-2008, 02:40 PM
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Formally FairmontPom
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Seen one in the flesh at the HDT open day in Ringwood (couple of doors down from Mick Webb's SVO) and I thought it looked pretty darn eye-catching, although there was a lot of white gap filler around the join of the rear spoiler and boot lid....
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11-10-2008, 03:19 PM
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Location: melton vic
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looks great i like it but then i like the vc brocks and this kit and stripes looks to be copied almost exactly
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11-10-2008, 03:24 PM
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Tickford 220kw Windsor...
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Sunnyvale - Housing Commission.
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Iv seen pics of that car months ago.
I like it. I like it a lot. Takes an ordinary VE and makes it look a little retro and lots HORN....Now if they did somthing with that rubbish VE interiour....Well..... I have come close several times to buying either a particular white manual VC HDT Commodore and a few diffrent black manual ones. Specially when I have been getting sick of how some people in the GT fraternity carry on with pushing their adjendas and my cars better or more valuable than yours because its an XY thing etc Of all the old and new Commodores out there, the old VC HDT is my only favourite. The one I really like, looks wise and drive wise. The VK was nice outside, but the dash was feral in that. They (VC HDT) are a beautiful driving machine where their only downfall is the weaker gearbox. Drive wise in the modern types, my old VN Group A SS Commodore was well up there too, but the body kit took a bit to like and it was a mongrel to back and reverse park. Would I buy one of these new retro HDT VE's? Possibly, but the inside would have to NOT be VE Commodore.
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11-10-2008, 05:38 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Looks like a VC HDT Commodore has locked away a VN Group A Commodore away in a cellar, had incestuous sex with it and created this.
The Fritzl version of the HDT
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