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you can go here and build your own holden ute holden special vehiclesuse the 360 deg view to see the whole package
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A lame snail  , that would be slow  . Seriously though, I spent the summer of 1971 helping a buddy build a 427 for his '68 El Camino. That thing was serious fast, but did have traction issues. Had to put sandbags in the rear of the bed to adjust the weight distribution.
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if i had every vehicle i ever gushed over or coveted...
I know what you mean. I'd even settle for ones once had.
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Hey, just don't touch New Bomb Turk's El Camino.....
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 This is why I HATE concept artists...they draw all these fancy unicorns and then a donkey rolls off the assembly line.
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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Um, I'm pretty sure that's a real Aussie (Holden) car with Chevy badges on it.
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oh yeah?....excuse me for being away from the know...had no idea what holden was..haha
still...concept cars suck
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was over your way, year ago this month sydney . those holden ute's can be wicked !!!
dont seem to get the smart fancy types over her in the uk.plain pickup trucks but there are getting better .you can get wicked ones but are far and few between
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Um, I'm pretty sure that's a real Aussie (Holden) car with Chevy badges on it.
Ford in Australia is also in on the action. Check out this Falcon XR8 Ute with a 5.4L V-8. It's not Holden, but should get out of its own way. This model is also available in a turbo-six.
http://www.ford.com.au/servlet/ContentSe...4&c=DFYPage
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Cool too, Al! Once again, thanks for the heads-up!
Okay. I'll ask...WHY are those dudes Down Under the only people who appear to understand this very simple concept here, and that IS that a lot of the time the bed of pickups are empty, and so why not have something you can have FUN driving around at those times, that can handle and that you don't feel like you're "up in the clouds" while you're driving it around???(read: Top Heavy!)
(ya know, I'm gonna have to start givin' those mates down there a heck of a lot more respect!)
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Oy, this one's on eBay and it looks a lot like mine did last time I saw it: Man, I'm really start to miss that one... 
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Your new Pontiac GTO is really a Holden Monaro rebadged
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Yep, that WAS true, Hoffo. And a very fine car actually. BUT, the bodywork was a bit "un-inspired", at least so much as to make a car with the "hallowed" name of a Pontiac GTO less than eye-catching, which is probably why it didn't sell in the number Pontiac was hopeing for, and thus was dropped from their line up after only a couple of years.
It was a shame. For as I said, it was a good car that was supposed to compete against the poorly named four-door(???)Dodge Charger here in the States.
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Your new Pontiac GTO is really a Holden Monaro rebadged
Yep. The HSV line of "tuner cars" is even hotter. 94-96 Impala SS fans are hoping a RWD Holden sedan will enter the US as the next Impala SS.
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The Maloo R8 is the HSV version with a 412 hp V8 under the hood. Can you tell I'm a Holden fan? <g> 
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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I'd buy that for a dollar...
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...or two. 
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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Okay, three, but that's my final offer.
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Man! You're tough, John! I think I'm gonna send you down to Phoenix next year and have you bid on an old ElCamino SS for me at that Barrett-Jackson thing!!! 
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yeah my whole thing is gas milage and whatnot, but i live jogging distance from home depot and im constantly throwing crap in the back of my pickup...so give me both....right dwight?
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I spied a 67 Dodge D 100 with a slant six for sale in a newspaper, and wanted to get a look see. I found this website http://oldcarandtruckpictures.com/PickupTrucks/1960-1973.htmlA 1960 Chrysler Wayfarer (pick up)? Don't recall that one.
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Cool site, Bucky! Thanks!
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I spied a 67 Dodge D 100 with a slant six for sale in a newspaper, and wanted to get a look see.
I found this website
http://oldcarandtruckpictures.com/PickupTrucks/1960-1973.html
A 1960 Chrysler Wayfarer (pick up)? Don't recall that one.
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On the other hand, if you've been bad...  you might get the ride (Corvair) that helped put Ralph Nader on the map http://www.autolife.umd.umich.edu/Design/Gartman/Books/Book_Front-cover_Nader.gif  So many great pickups pictured there This one caught my eye - a 1940 Diamond T  If I recall, there was one close to it at the Kent, CT CAMA show. And this one - a '38 Packard - Woof! what a ride 
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Hey guys!!! Feast your eyes upon THIS cool friggin' custom Silverado....  (....and as luck has it, I got me a 2000 Silverado sittin' right in my driveway at this very moment)
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Unh! Blasphemy!!!!  (But a great talent) 
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Unh! Blasphemy!!!!
(But a great talent)
You don't like it, Bucky??? Or is it the idea that possibly somewhere on this planet now sits a lonely old '57 Chevy Bel Air with it's wings clipped?
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Sorry Dwight but a Silverado with the back off a Nomad!  (Says the guy who liks the Ecconoline!!  )
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Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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I had a 1961 F-100 exactly like this one in Sky Blue. Man, the bed was huge and you could haul a lot of band gear in it as long as you weren't in a hurry. Not designed for twisty roads, though, so caution was the better part of valor when in the hills.
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... pretty cool...until ya hit somethin' head on, that is!
Yeah but this thing would probably crush any modern piece of tin and plastic, eh? 
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Yeah, good point! But don't forget...most all of those generally boring and generic looking modern vehicles out there today DO HAVE those balloons that blow up in a hurry inside 'em whenever THAT happens to THEM!!! (but then AGAIN...THIS is comin' from a guy who rides a friggin' MOTORCYCLE around that same L.A. I mentioned above...so what the heck do I KNOW anyway!!!)
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Yeah but this thing would probably crush any modern piece of tin and plastic, eh?
No question, the only thing plastic in that Econoline is the covering on the steering wheel. Still, the cab could only be described as spartan and I wouldn't have wanted to kiss that steel dash during a dust up. 
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Revived this thread before it went to the archives to tell you folks that yesterday I was driving the Spyder around and decided to stop by the dent-removal place where I had the guy named Joe who operates it remove a couple of dings from my Silverado last year AND to whom I sold my old "REALLY starting to look her age" '69 El Camino last year. And there IT WAS!!! Joe had just completed the restoration on it and it was ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL!!! It was orginially a deep blue in color, but he painted it silver with black SS hood stripes. There was new chrome all around. He also had the already converted(by the guy I bought it from back in '98) black SS bucket-seat interior completely redone and IT was ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL too! And it had the sprayed-in bed-lining. I could not believe it was the same car!!! And even though I no longer owned it, I was glad to see Joe did such a great job of restoring it. But, he did say if in a couple of years he decides to sell it, then he'd give me first offer of refusal. (I actually patted "her" on the windshield and said to her..."Now aren't you glad I sold you to this nice man?!") I'll see if he has any pics of it that he can email me and I'll download 'em on this thread so you can see how well it turned out.
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I had a 1961 F-100 exactly like this one in Sky Blue. Man, the bed was huge and you could haul a lot of band gear in it as long as you weren't in a hurry. Not designed for twisty roads, though, so caution was the better part of valor when in the hills.
My neighbor has 3 of those,1 hot rodded and 2 stock. Always thought those were cool,the VW version too.
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I had a 1961 F-100 exactly like this one in Sky Blue. Man, the bed was huge and you could haul a lot of band gear in it as long as you weren't in a hurry. Not designed for twisty roads, though, so caution was the better part of valor when in the hills.
My neighbor has 3 of those,1 hot rodded and 2 stock. Always thought those were cool,the VW version too.
How the heck do you hot rod that? The engine is in between the seats and there's not much elbow room, even with the straight 6....mine sure got hot in the summer even with the windows down...
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I had a 1961 F-100 exactly like this one in Sky Blue. Man, the bed was huge and you could haul a lot of band gear in it as long as you weren't in a hurry. Not designed for twisty roads, though, so caution was the better part of valor when in the hills.
My neighbor has 3 of those,1 hot rodded and 2 stock. Always thought those were cool,the VW version too.
How the heck do you hot rod that? The engine is in between the seats and there's not much elbow room, even with the straight 6....mine sure got hot in the summer even with the windows down...
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V-8 Econoline
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I always liked the forward control Jeeps 
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How the heck do you hot rod that? The engine is in between the seats and there's not much elbow room, even with the straight 6....mine sure got hot in the summer even with the windows down...
Sure looks easy to work on but you might be right about teh heat.
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Yep, Al, that's it straight 6 and all. Now put a steel wall directly behind the driver's seat and engine box and lose the fan on the right and you get the complete picture.
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