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Old 09-07-2011, 11:17 AM   #61
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Pushbike on weekdays?

LV TDCI Focus on the weekdays for me.

LV TDCI Focus on the weekends for me.

I want to get a project car but unfortunately parents frown upon cars and I live under their roof, so their rules. So I'm considering voiding warranty and bastardising my Focus ;)

My parents didnt want me having project cars either, that was until I found dads old photo album & saw a pic of what he did to his mums backyard!!

At least 2 mk1 cortina parts cars, & Anglia sports sedan project. Plus his mk1 GT road car. Then his 4 brothers had cars aswell all in the suburbs in Bankstown.

Since then Ive had a few cars in their backyard, like a mk1 escort & currently taking residency is my mk 2 cortina project.

So back to the thread.

Weekday & weekend car - LS focus zetec

future weekend car - mk2 cortina ratter
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Old 09-07-2011, 11:18 AM   #62
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Daliy - G6E Turbo
Weekender - 67 Falcon ute

Proposed - sell both and buy a 32 ford hotrod
And buy a FG xr6 daily.
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Old 09-07-2011, 12:54 PM   #63
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daily: 2002 Ba Futura wagon
weekend: 1979 Thunderbird Heritage, also 1976 Cortina turbo hillclimb car
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Old 09-07-2011, 03:02 PM   #64
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Old 09-07-2011, 03:04 PM   #65
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Old 09-07-2011, 05:55 PM   #66
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Cheers Blueoval - RS2000 was a daily from 1989-1998 then parked up for 10 years; re-emerging as a weekender after I joined the local Ford Club.

I picked up the Fairmont Ghia (low k factory optioned with Tickford kit, wheels, suspension, MoMo wheel, full leather, etc) in 2009 for a daily when I could not find a clean AU1.5 XR6 VCT with full kit.
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Old 09-07-2011, 08:33 PM   #67
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Daily... 540 hp Volvo.
Weekender...134 hp Mercedes
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Old 09-07-2011, 10:58 PM   #68
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Walk to work.
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Old 10-07-2011, 05:32 AM   #69
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holden captiva is my current daily

weekender is a toyota MZ20 7MGTE .i love driving this thing

and in the shed is my windsor powered Rover P5. will get it back on the road one day
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Old 10-07-2011, 08:00 PM   #70
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Work 92 Pajero
miss's AU XR8
My cruiser ED Fairmont
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Old 10-07-2011, 08:12 PM   #71
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My Daily: BF mk2 fairmont ghia ZF auto (Unfortunately for sale)
weekend toys:XF s pack,250 crossflow,XE fairmont 351 clevo,4 spd,LSD
wifes daily:06 Territory ,ZF AWD
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Old 10-07-2011, 09:20 PM   #72
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'03 Holden SV8 5.7L
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'79 Suzuki GS550
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Old 11-07-2011, 07:33 AM   #73
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Mine is a 07 silhouette BF Mk2 xr6 6 speed as a daily drive...and a 04 BA XR8 ute (induction & exhaust) - about 285 at the flywheel, for the weekends..cant go past a great v8 cruiser...Ford all the way
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Old 11-07-2011, 08:09 AM   #74
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Daily: VX Commodore S S/C
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Old 11-07-2011, 10:56 AM   #75
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my normal daily is a '03 Gen4 Subaru Liberty GT ( auto, turbo, leather, sunroof, etc etc )
other daily ( G/F's daily which i often use ) is a '06 Subaru Forester XT ( manual, turbo etc )
weekender is a '85 HDT VK SS Asteroid Silver
and the other soon to be weekender when it's built is a '73 Mk1 Escort 2 door.
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Old 11-07-2011, 02:02 PM   #76
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Daily: BFII XR6T, Sometimes I take the XE ute to work and back, Love it.
Family car: AUIII Fairmont Wagon.

Weekend: Well more like every 10th weekend, ESP. When it used to be my daily, it was a matter of 'what would be missing off the car today' after work.
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Old 11-07-2011, 02:37 PM   #77
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What ever is going on the weekdays at work
XR6T
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And an array of other cars

Weekend is the BF GTP
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Old 11-07-2011, 04:46 PM   #78
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holden captiva is my current daily

weekender is a toyota MZ20 7MGTE .i love driving this thing

and in the shed is my windsor powered Rover P5. will get it back on the road one day
I love the Rover P5 and P6, would have one if I could find "the one". Do you have pics of it somewhere?
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Old 11-07-2011, 05:57 PM   #79
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Daily: FG XR50 Turbo
Weekender: VK Group A ( hehe)

The FG is that good I'm thinking about selling the VK and paying off my house as it's barely been driven since the FG came and is taking up space :(

Would like a XB GT 4 door as a future weekender though
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Old 11-07-2011, 06:00 PM   #80
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Landcruiser - Daily (and some weekends)
Fairmont Ghia - weekends (or when the mrs doesn't want to use it)
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Old 11-07-2011, 06:52 PM   #81
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80 series cruiser through the week
AU3 on weekends if I feel like paying for petrol
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Old 11-07-2011, 06:55 PM   #82
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Old 11-07-2011, 07:30 PM   #83
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'93 Laser 1.6L POS for daily
GTP for weekend fun
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Old 17-08-2011, 08:56 PM   #84
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Old 17-08-2011, 09:08 PM   #85
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I'm thinking about getting my old man into my WS Fiesta, he's down for the idea but unfortunately mum isn't, she reckons he destroys cars the way he drives, so she'd rather it sit there for weeks on end not being driven (i cant because im not on insurance anymore), then eventually when it does get driven it makes a load of lifter noise because all the oil has gone down to the sump again.

I want to get my dirty big hands on his 323 >:)
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Old 17-08-2011, 09:14 PM   #86
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Daily: 302 XB fairmont wagon
Weekend: 69 Mach 1 Mustang
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Old 17-08-2011, 11:33 PM   #87
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several years I had a confusing and dangerous mix of cars. Daily was a xd 302 on gas. Roughy was a xd with a 351 with 4v heads and weekender was a xd 351 running a spooled 4.11 diff. All being xd s , many a time I actualy forgot witch car I was driving and would get into all sorts of strife.
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