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  1. OpanaPointer

    OpanaPointer I Point at Opana Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    Zero interest in that one.
     
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    Nice...Seems in the US you mob liked the vans (remember the A-Team?)
    in Australia we had the Panel Van...also known as a "shaggin wagon".
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    Of course Ned gets a Jersey...
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    Most based on the Holden Sandman..."The Holden Sandman is a sports coupé utility produced between 1974 and 1980 by General Motors' Australian subsidiary Holden and became known throughout the 1970s as "Shaggin' Wagons", given their popularity amongst teenage couples, identified by their bright paint jobs and distinguishable stripes"..."The Sandman is now worth a lot of money. This car could fetch more than $100,000 and there has even been one WA car posted recently for $330,000."
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    Some may remember the Sandman in the original Mad Max...
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    In our "On Patrol: Live!" TV show (all cops and shit) one dickwad steals U-Haul box trucks and labels them "Rylan's Shaggin' Waggin'!" I know diggers could do better.

    Ford 1964 panel van.

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    My sister got knocked up in one of those and became the first girl to graduate while pregnant in the history of our school.

    Gee, what an honor.

    She was raised feral, like me.
     
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    She looks cool as...Not sure about the colour. Needs a bit of headroom too...Reminds me of the early Ford Falcons here in Australia:
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    Did America have Falcons?? Ford Competed hard against Holden here...So Ford built its own panel van Falcon:
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    Yeah, they made the Falcons here. The one my sister ... used ... was a dead ringer for the first one you posted directly above, except it was green.
     
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    Hmmm...Interesting.
    "During its production, the Falcon was manufactured by Ford in multiple facilities across North America. Following its discontinuation in that region, the platform continued in production through 1991 by Ford Argentina (as the Ford Granada). From 1972, Ford Australia continued development of the Falcon as a model line distinct to the region, lasting through 2016. "
    For decades the biggest race in Australia was "Bathurst" - So many cars, so many legends (None greater than Peter Brock - Probably Australia's greatest racer)

    "The race originated with the 1960 Armstrong 500 with a 500 mile race distance at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit; it was relocated to Bathurst in 1963 also with the 500 mile distance and has continued there every year since extending to a 1,000 kilometer race in 1973."

    The thing is, it was really a race between Holden (Chevrolet) and Ford - Using Australian designed cars.

    Holden Toranas against a beefy Ford
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    It evolved and evolved...Still Ford vs Holden
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    These days not against Falcons but Mustangs
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    Holden no longer exists so the rivalry has died. RIP
     
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    No better way to get acquainted with the race than to show the big crashes!

     
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    Australia's greatest ever racer Peter Brock
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    He died a legend in a Porche...
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    I grew up-ish in Indiana, where the Indy 500 is run every year in Indianapolis. (Yeah, the folks made fun of that name back in 1818.)
     
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    Peter "Brockie" Brock during a Bathurst 1000, talks through a lap like hes on a Sunday drive...

     
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    When you're good enough you make it look easy. Then crazy people will think they can do the same thing. That's how we get great footage for "America's Stupidest People!"
     
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    Reminds of an ex-hearse I once saw with the license plate U R NEXT
     
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    I snuck in to the funeral home where my brother worked and put a bumpersticker on the hearse. "God is my co-pilot."
     
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    Long Ago And Far Away
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    My Gal Sal? My eyes are shot...
     
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    'Pears to be, yes. Different font and size on the name, no "Sal".
     
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    Very good and I like the die cast model.
     
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