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Started by REDA9X , May 08 2008 09:07 PM

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#26 racean69

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Posted 15 May 2008 - 08:27 AM

Yes I remember that article...value $15,000.00 :D

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Posted 15 May 2008 - 02:33 PM

Looks like pre- photo shop :D

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Posted 15 May 2008 - 02:56 PM

Whats that saying??? Oh how the mighty have fallen. :cry:

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Posted 15 May 2008 - 04:00 PM

Well spotted Red!

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Posted 15 May 2008 - 04:10 PM

Ahhh the 80s look.

I remember the article well. It was on the back of Street Machine for ages as an 'Eagermaniac' (god who remembers the old Bridgestone Eagers?)

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LOL love the description of the camshaft... "lumpy sounding trick cam"

I WANT ONE OF THEM!!! :D

Edited by [BOTTLEDUP], 15 May 2008 - 04:16 PM.

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Posted 15 May 2008 - 08:42 PM

A mate of mine informed me he knows where this car is, and I'm also told the guy in the story still owns it

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Posted 15 May 2008 - 08:50 PM

I wonder how he ever let the car get in such bad shape? :huh:

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Posted 15 May 2008 - 09:07 PM

WHAT WAS HE THINKING



poor car

btw i noticed in the pic of the engine bay there is no (right) complience plate.

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Posted 15 May 2008 - 10:18 PM

you mean left, body option plate....

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Posted 15 May 2008 - 10:25 PM

"other right" :P

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Posted 15 May 2008 - 11:12 PM

tHE CAR TODAY, Thanks to Australian Muscle Car Magazine for allowing this one to be posted up

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That is sad, very sad :cry: to let a classic suffer like that i only hope he comes to his senses and restores it or someone else rescues it before it's lost forever.

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Posted 17 May 2008 - 08:34 PM

On a related note.. Kind of.. What the hell was that ford phase 5 in the 'Out of action' section. Was that ever a real muscle car? it looks like 'the Homer' that Homer designed when Unky Herb owned the car factory. I dont mind the occassional ford but surely that thing is a joke?

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Posted 17 May 2008 - 08:47 PM

It is a most unattractive car, truly a creation from the Homer Design studio.

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Posted 18 November 2012 - 08:51 PM

The SLR5000 (Demon) was my old mans car. Gabby Kaufmann, or as he liked to refer to himself KIng Gab. He passes away 5 years ago. The car was left outdoors on a farm and by the time i found her there was a heap of rust, someone pinched the compliance plates and drop tank, and it had certainly seen better days. It's a real heart breaker. The people want it out from where it's currently stored and I'm not really left with much of a choice but to sell it. Not sure what an slr full of rust with no compliance plates is worth.. Or what it would cost to get back on the road.. Any pointers?

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Posted 18 November 2012 - 08:54 PM

ps. It's a chick next to him. That bird also did a half nude photo shoot in black and whites with the car.... The old lady had a massive blow up!

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Posted 27 November 2012 - 09:35 AM

Would love to see it go to a good home. im sure someone here would love to fix it up tags or not. always the ebay option not that im a huge fan of it. where bouts is she?

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Posted 27 November 2012 - 09:43 AM

Its definitely a car with some history behind it, I'm sure someone here would be more than happy to buy the thing regardless of the lack of tags.

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Posted 27 November 2012 - 10:15 AM

Could it be another factory Tuxedo Black LH SL/R 5000???

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Posted 27 November 2012 - 12:02 PM

no compliance plates might make it a bit hard to tell

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Posted 27 November 2012 - 02:03 PM

No tags make it just another shell. Shame but 3 bits of metal can devalue a car so much.

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Posted 27 November 2012 - 08:29 PM

Its definitely a car with some history behind it, I'm sure someone here would be more than happy to buy the thing regardless of the lack of tags.


This car was in an Street Machine ad. I don't see how that makes it more valuable.

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Posted 27 November 2012 - 10:47 PM

you forgot the feature article vick

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Posted 27 November 2012 - 11:00 PM

i remember fitting a windscreen in that torana some 25 years ago in a workshop on parramatta rd lewisham,..i last saw that car around the campsie area...never forgot the number plate demon or the twin glass pop up sunroof something i really hated about the car...

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Posted 28 November 2012 - 08:16 AM

Remember that Black SLR5000 from Street Machine Magazine and the Eagers Adds on the back of the Street Machine Magazines, sad to see it like that.

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Posted 28 November 2012 - 08:29 AM

I have to agree there Joe. Those sunroofs were the worst thing ever fitted to a car. Sorry if someone out there loves them, but they are crap. I remember a story about a black A9X in tassie and how the owner had loved it and looked after it and eventually sold it to some peanut. Later the old and new owners met and the new old owner asked about the car and the new owner said yeah it's even better now, I put in a pop up twin glass sunroof!
Every one I have ever seen has been dodgied up with silicone to stop it leaking!
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