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Old 04-07-2011, 07:49 AM   #4561
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Wasnt aware that HSV did parados? :-D
i am not sure anyone makes parados
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Old 04-07-2011, 05:38 PM   #4562
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Wasnt aware that HSV did parados? :-D
I think it stands for Her Shopping Vehicle.
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Old 04-07-2011, 05:57 PM   #4563
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Front reminds me of an Excel.
Exactly what I thought!!!
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Old 04-07-2011, 06:22 PM   #4564
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Or Herpes Simplex Virus ......
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Old 04-07-2011, 06:45 PM   #4565
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Wasnt aware that HSV did parados? :-D
see this one around alot, lives in the same suburb as me
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Old 04-07-2011, 08:28 PM   #4566
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Umm.. ok
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Old 04-07-2011, 09:46 PM   #4567
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Posting pics that fit onscreen fail^^
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Old 04-07-2011, 09:49 PM   #4568
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Posting pics that fit onscreen fail^^
Yep - pretty failtastic...
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Old 04-07-2011, 10:35 PM   #4569
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Perhaps easier to see.

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Old 04-07-2011, 10:58 PM   #4570
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just seen this on my mates facebook page... some sort of Vsomething ute i think
That one is here in Bathurst. One of my customers/panel beaters were working on it at one stage, its an on going highely modded ute... yet started out life as a VK Station Wagon.
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Old 08-07-2011, 12:10 AM   #4571
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its funny what you see when your a truck driver lol
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Old 08-07-2011, 12:36 AM   #4572
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Enjoy Gringo's...
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Old 08-07-2011, 12:40 AM   #4573
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Now that's up there with the mighty yellow Taurus!
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Old 08-07-2011, 12:43 AM   #4574
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Somehow, despite all of the rest of it, it's the spare wheel on the back that does it for me...

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Old 08-07-2011, 03:25 AM   #4575
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Perhaps easier to see.

I think i can match that one...not really a car advert, but a road sign from England about a small creek crossing...


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Old 08-07-2011, 08:21 AM   #4576
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Enjoy Gringo's...
OMG - that is wild!!! I love it!!! Get that out of fails thread to wins thread, that's definitely NOWHERE near a fail!!! So Horn!
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Old 08-07-2011, 08:32 AM   #4577
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OMG - that is wild!!! I love it!!! Get that out of fails thread to wins thread, that's definitely NOWHERE near a fail!!! So Horn!
How did we know that Riksta would be all over this like white on rice?
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Old 08-07-2011, 08:52 AM   #4578
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I think they put the towbar in to hold up the exhaust tip

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Old 08-07-2011, 01:21 PM   #4579
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Enjoy Gringo's...
That is a win from my view.
So far out there it is cool
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Old 08-07-2011, 01:27 PM   #4580
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pimp my ride ?
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Old 08-07-2011, 01:31 PM   #4581
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Interesting it has a FALCON steering wheel? XP or XR.
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Old 08-07-2011, 01:32 PM   #4582
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Pimp Riksta's ride.....
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Old 08-07-2011, 01:35 PM   #4583
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Enjoy Gringo's...
surely this is a WIN.

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Now that's up there with the mighty yellow Taurus!
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Old 08-07-2011, 01:37 PM   #4584
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OMG!!! - Rikstas fitted out his ride with real wall to wall muppet skin!!!!
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Old 08-07-2011, 06:02 PM   #4585
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Wonder if they have a beauty Salon for cars.....


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Old 09-07-2011, 07:09 PM   #4586
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http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Ford-Fair...item35b362ef1c

I'm sure it will appeal to some people, but not me!
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get rid of the stripes exhaust tips and clear tail lights and it would look good... i guess if it was decals and not paint it wouldnt take much to fix
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I'm sure it will appeal to some people, but not me!
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Old 09-07-2011, 08:50 PM   #4589
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its funny what you see when your a truck driver lol

Munkky - could you please add commentary to these fails. I'm a bit lost in seeing what's gone wrong. Thank you.
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Old 09-07-2011, 09:00 PM   #4590
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