Stupid number plates and badges - Page 3

wrongwaynorris · 17-12-2011, 06:00 AM

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Originally Posted by BEN189

Saw a number plate on a VL bronze wagon with a big bull bar whi h read
F4U IA
I see this car every now and then and can never work out what it means

Maybe a Corsair fanatic ?

wrongwaynorris · 17-12-2011, 06:03 AM

A good mate of mine had " TF 1174 " on his VN Scummydore ( A real lemon that spent more time at the dealers in its first 18 months of life than in his driveway ) . He is a train buff and this number was from a train whos boiler end plate was installed incorrectly so the steam tubes did not align thus preventing the train from ever making any power .

BEN189 · 17-12-2011, 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Peuty

I saw an FG Xr8 in WA once that had a twin turbo badge on it. It really annoyed me because they didn't come out with a twin turbo.

That's outrageous, hahaha. It is nearly as bad as people putting VY commodore "supercharged" badges on anything that is supercharged

jrfttf · 17-12-2011, 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by onfire

Recently saw a white BA XR6 with FPV badges replacing the Ford ovals, then to top it off.. Cobra stripes and badges.

Second this one, was on fleabay recently for sale!!!!

Falcman0o7 · 17-12-2011, 11:49 AM

Saw i VN commodore with rallart, nissan, toyota, nismo and unit stickers on it.
And a HSVGTSFPVGTP badge on the bonnet.

HBWC · 18-12-2011, 03:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Falcman0o7

I'm gunna put a chev badge on my victa.
Should get the lawns done in no time.

thats to much work
just turn ya lawn emo it will cut it's self then

Falcman0o7 · 18-12-2011, 05:29 AM

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Originally Posted by HBWC

thats to much work
just turn ya lawn emo it will cut it's self then

Nikked · 18-12-2011, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by wrongwaynorris

A good mate of mine had " TF 1174 " on his VN Scummydore ( A real lemon that spent more time at the dealers in its first 18 months of life than in his driveway ) . He is a train buff and this number was from a train whos boiler end plate was installed incorrectly so the steam tubes did not align thus preventing the train from ever making any power .

Lol, thats a bit nerdy, but funny neverless

Lotte · 18-12-2011, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by HBWC

thats to much work
just turn ya lawn emo it will cut it's self then

Yeah, but it won't do it efficiently, and leave a long annoying bit at the front....

Nikked · 18-12-2011, 11:00 AM

AU_Wagin · 18-12-2011, 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by xisled

Apperntly a chev badges gives a car a extra 100KW

only if it is Red

AC · 18-12-2011, 11:05 AM

Your going to love mine then

I kept the plates from my EL Ghia, with the intention of getting a newer Ghia, or a FG.
I didnt think id find a BF with 14,500kms on it and kept the plates anyway...

svo supporter · 18-12-2011, 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Nikked

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Oh what a feeling.

svo supporter · 18-12-2011, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by onfire

Recently saw a white BA XR6 with FPV badges replacing the Ford ovals, then to top it off.. Cobra stripes and badges.

There are a few running round S.A like this. Even the interior is white and blue, with the Cobra insignia on the seats and in the gauge cluster.

Rumour I heard was a big Ford dealership in S.A "tarted" a few low spec BA's up like this. Then someone in the heirachie (spelling I know) got wind of it and had a quiet word in their ear and they ceased doing them.

Nikked · 18-12-2011, 09:42 PM

Pontiac badges are starting to appear on Holdens...

Scott142 · 18-12-2011, 09:50 PM

Hahaha that magna with the Chevy Badge is gold!
I've seen this stuff a fair bit too and it annoys me so much!

Once saw a Proton Satria with the Chevy Bowtie on it....
Admittedly it was fully sick!?

dylby1 · 18-12-2011, 10:07 PM

Didn't get any pics cuz I was driving but I saw a purple Holden astra in Horsham the other day with Opel badges on it.

dylby1 · 18-12-2011, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Nikked

Pontiac badges are starting to appear on Holdens...

The "limited edition" came out with the Pontiac front end
Looks atrocious

Nikked · 18-12-2011, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by dylby1

The "limited edition" came out with the Pontiac front end
Looks atrocious

Basicly just the leftover that pontiac had when they collapsed

But i seen (im sure it was a VEII) with the pontiac badge on the tailgate...and another with pontiac centercaps

svo supporter · 19-12-2011, 12:41 AM

UUMMMM...The crummydore (Monaro to be precise) was rebadged as a Pontiac. They also exported the VE and rebadged it as a Pontiac in the good ol US of A.

If memory serves me correct, the Pontiac fronted VE was exported to England too, but don't hold me to that.

NX74205 · 19-12-2011, 12:48 AM

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Originally Posted by dylby1

Didn't get any pics cuz I was driving but I saw a purple Holden astra in Horsham the other day with Opel badges on it.

Don't think there's anything wrong with that personally. Perhaps it was actually an Opel Astra that the owners have brought over here.

Once I saw a white stock standard Mitsubishi 380 with 'GT-R' badges on it ...

The driver was driving it like a nanny, though.

Nikked · 19-12-2011, 12:51 AM

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Originally Posted by svo supporter

UUMMMM...The crummydore (Monaro to be precise) was rebadged as a Pontiac. They also exported the VE and rebadged it as a Pontiac in the good ol US of A.

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Yes everyone knows that, but not avaiable as a pontiac here...im not sure if the badges are genuine through holden like chev ones though...

2011G6E · 19-12-2011, 01:25 AM

Pontiac badges starting to appear on Holdens?
You want to hear something really interesting?

A few years back, we had a VX Commodore Lumina, and put clear taillights on it (don't laugh, with the burgandy metallic a few touches of chrome looked very nice...).
I put the old taillights on Ebay, and two guys started a bidding war, and I ended up selling them for $120. So what, you might say?
The interesting part is that one guy was in New York and the other in Denver, Colorado. I spoke to the winner, the guy in New York, and he said that he had a then-new Pontiac GTO. It was a "done thing" to replace the Pontiac front end, taillights, and all badging to make it once again a Holden Monaro "to be different and stand out from the crowd". Apparently a lot of US owners loved the car itself but didn't really like the droopy-looking Pontiac front bar, and were ordering panels and stuff from Australia to make them look like the much more purposeful Australian Monaro once again. He sent me a pic of his black Monaro sitting on the pier with the Statue Of Liberty off in the background some distance away. If I can track it down I'll post it here.

I told him that it was a craze here to take off the Holden badges and put Chev badges on them to obviously make them look American. He thought that was a bit odd.
At least the Yanks were doing the right thing by making what had originally been a Holden back into a Holden again...what point is there putting Chev badges onto a Holden when it's a Holden and not a Chev?

I always wanted to put Buick badges on our VX, as it had the V6, which was descended from the original VN V6 which was a Buick motor anyway...

XF Falcon · 19-12-2011, 01:30 AM

Yeah theres a website/video somewhere of a guy in the states who has purchased everything he possibly can to make his VE shaped Pontiac look identical to our VE SS and he reckons he has the most complete one in the states.

tankclare · 19-12-2011, 01:38 AM

Is it stupid of me to leave the 4.1 badges on our burnout XD we just put a clevo into?... leaving them on for a little laugh.

BFZ Wagon · 19-12-2011, 02:16 AM

Tonight on the Gold Coast I saw an FG XR6 with the number plate 5UX 2BU.
Rather clever I guess. It's funny when people use numbers to make words.

In a way, it looked more like radio station call signs from 2 different states.

XF Falcon · 19-12-2011, 02:47 AM

must have copied this girl from here here in WA

kinda NSFW pic - http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._5079709_n.jpg

AC · 19-12-2011, 03:01 AM

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Originally Posted by XF Falcon

must have copied this girl from here here in WA

kinda NSFW pic - http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._5079709_n.jpg

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I reckon safe, just full of FAIL! Look at those hair extensions

.FoMoCo. · 19-12-2011, 07:56 AM

There was a white VK that was getting around my way some years ago with the plates EVIL69....!

prydey · 19-12-2011, 08:22 AM

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Originally Posted by BEN189

That's outrageous, hahaha. It is nearly as bad as people putting VY commodore "supercharged" badges on anything that is supercharged

i think that ones gone straight over your head mate. it was a tongue in cheek type comment regarding a wa member on here who has a twin turb fg xr8.

have a read through some threads by CAT600 in the performance builds section.