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Old 07-28-2018, 04:12 AM
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At the mall......I'm always shocked to see how much lower/smaller than a Toyota!!
I drive 26 mile round trip weekdays to "work".... 60,000+ miles in 6 years.
All aluminum interior, no carpet, no radio, no heat/air......but do have leather seats and steering wheel. 400 h.p. 350/turbo350.
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Old 07-28-2018, 10:29 PM
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I built mine to be reliable enough to be a daily... but I just don't want to put so many miles on it.

Figure I'm only putting about 500 miles a year on it driving it on weekends, so itll last a long time. And with what paint jobs cost these days, I need to keep it in good shape... given car stuff is much lower priority than family and household expenses...
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Old 07-28-2018, 11:44 PM
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At the mall......I'm always shocked to see how much lower/smaller than a Toyota!!
I drive 26 mile round trip weekdays to "work".... 60,000+ miles in 6 years.
All aluminum interior, no carpet, no radio, no heat/air......but do have leather seats and steering wheel. 400 h.p. 350/turbo350.
Jim, I see this all the time, well did. I just moved from Melb to Noosa, but yeah that thing gets plenty of miles !!!
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Old 08-05-2018, 02:07 AM
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Jim, I see this all the time,,,, well did. I just moved from Melb to Noosa, but yeah that thing gets plenty of miles !!!
Here's hoping you took the toys to Noosa with you 😜😜😜

OMG I'm suffering bad in this Melbourne winter.
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Old 08-05-2018, 04:51 AM
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Jim, I see this all the time, well did. I just moved from Melb to Noosa, but yeah that thing gets plenty of miles !!!
Get outta here, I'm from Noosa originally(stateside now), I know of a PT mustang there to look out for also.

I don't plan to import my current build there but I do plan to import something there in coming years.
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Old 08-05-2018, 08:58 PM
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What is it you down-under types have against pickup trucks?

Kidding, Jim. I totally approve of this Camaro usage!

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Zoom in....there's a 10-bolt rear in there under the cans of fruit and tool cabinet
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Old 08-07-2018, 07:05 AM
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What is it you down-under types have against pickup trucks?

Kidding, Jim. I totally approve of this Camaro usage!
Pickup trucks?? CoG Paul......gotta take every apex

Did you notice the Falcochev in my avatar? It's driveable (real nice) and just gotta get engineer's g-meter reading on brakes before registration. Need to boost cash flow tho, so project timing will suffer again.

Must be HOT AND SMOKEY round your hood atm!! We get updates from the Carr fire on regular tv coverage....some Aussies there helping out since last week


Back on topic...v v v ..... Picking up Falcon seats from trim shop.
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Old 08-14-2018, 12:03 PM
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Hey Jim,

It has been disgusting around here the past few weeks--fire is now officially a season, with its own weather brought about by massive smoke coverage. This week has been a drastic improvement, as we can see mountains again. It is awesome that people from your neck of the woods came up to help--it's literally like a war effort, especially since they've also called up military units . . .

Great to hear the Falcon is running--it will be weird as hell to see a pic of it towing your Camaro. I just finally got my un-Ford Falcon running again yesterday. Now it's time to re-do what I screwed up in the process of building the turbo system (and attempt to tune). It is so far from ever being a "daily driver," but I don't really do that anyway . . .

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Pickup trucks?? CoG Paul......gotta take every apex

Did you notice the Falcochev in my avatar? It's driveable (real nice) and just gotta get engineer's g-meter reading on brakes before registration. Need to boost cash flow tho, so project timing will suffer again.

Must be HOT AND SMOKEY round your hood atm!! We get updates from the Carr fire on regular tv coverage....some Aussies there helping out since last week


Back on topic...v v v ..... Picking up Falcon seats from trim shop.
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Old 08-16-2018, 11:33 AM
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Two words...hell yes. Maybe three if you count the expletive i wanted to throw in between those two. Lol.
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Old 08-16-2018, 11:52 AM
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My '71 Camaro is my daily driver. 100 miles round trip 5 days a week.
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