Quote: Originally Posted by oma72 Yes SShan-its the one from way out west on Ebay,he was having a clean out sale(divorce)and the GTSR was his last car to go.The other two cars were a GTO Coupe with factory sunroof(he told me one off)and a very clean VK Group A which a mate of a mate bought for a song.I don't understand VL GRA about the bubble for the roof?please explain. The blue meanie is another beauty i would like to see in my garage. Looking for a clean vk calais/SS to turn into a meanie replica for some cct work. Was goin 2 use my walky, but its 2 clean. cheers

Quote: Originally Posted by SShan The blue meanie is another beauty i would like to see in my garage. Looking for a clean vk calais/SS to turn into a meanie replica for some cct work. Was goin 2 use my walky, but its 2 clean. cheers If u had of wanted a very clean VK SS Group 3, a mate of mine sold one not long ago for $9000. it only had 88,000km on it. was immaculate

Looks good oma, good to see its got the books and engine option.

Heres a pic of what a melbourne taxi looked like back in 1996-this is for you VL GRA lol.I guess this is what you meant by the optional bubble on the roof. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

lol!

Nice 1 oma thats exactly wat i meant! I swear that i have seen a few gtsr like that with the bubble on the roof or i could of been pissed at the time.

I reckon if you were lucky enough to hail one of these cabs it would be a ride home to remember(and alot faster lol)

are u sure the gts-r colour was based/copied from the colour of melb taxis? cos i thought melb taxis only started being yellow around the vs/vt time.. before that they could be white, etc so i was just trying to figure out the time differences??

Thats a good question but i've checked my build plate and mine is 2 1996 which makes it a VS model.Would be nice if we could get some solid info to back up the claim of the GTSR being based on the taxi shell.Its got me fascinated.

I remember going to melbourne motor show when they had the gtsr on display. Everyone was all over it as hsv hadn't produced anything special since the walky. I remember at the time it was called the taxi as it was the same colour. They had just started making the taxis at the same time in that colour. Before that they were white. Better then being orange like up in qld. I remember at the show me and my mates thought it looked crap. I only started really liking them about 3 years ago. I too would love to have 1 to match the walky!

Quote: Originally Posted by VL GRA I remember at the time it was called the taxi as it was the same colour. They had just started making the taxis at the same time in that colour. Before that they were white. Better then being orange like up in qld. I remember at the show me and my mates thought it looked crap. I only started really liking them about 3 years ago. I too would love to have 1 to match the walky! I was the same with the Walkys-never liked them in the magazines till my Dad bought his in early 1990's but i have always liked the GTSR's.I must say though after driving the GTSR lately and jumping back in the Walky you appreciate how far technology has come in 8 years-like cruise control and trip computers lol.Also wouldn't mind having the 6 speed in the Walky especially on the highway. Here are some pics i took when i went for a jaunt up the north coast last friday.Beautiful weather-shame about the gridlock traffic on the way home through brissie,should've known better. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

****in sic man u r heaps lucky congrats keep them safe and sound

Looks great, Still reckon the VS model was the last of the good lookin HSV's. Loved the GTS-R when it came out. All my mates thought it looked like ****, Must admit, like the walky, it looks better in the metal than on paper. Cheers

well i finally took my GTSR down the drag strip last night at Willowbank.Here are some pics of the build up on my works notice board that i drew(in my spare time) i had 3 runs against a work mates BA XR6 turbo ute and this is another work mates hatch-it ran 11.40.Below is my time slips in order-i'm number 2282,the ute is 2266 and my uncles white UC hatch with 350 chev is 2231. my best was my first run-14.3,happy with that one lol Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

hey bud did you buy the car from sydney ? i bet the number plates were BANANR

Na mate this one wasnt from Sydney, the one with BANANR plates is a replica

Quote: Originally Posted by ITS5.7 Na mate this one wasnt from Sydney, the one with BANANR plates is a replica i know i was part of the build

I thought about buying the fake one from NSW but then an original one came up for sale here in QLD.But i must say the BANANR one looks like the real deal from the outside and ITS5.7 has informed me he saw it up here a month ago cruising around.Here are some pics of the fake one. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

She looks like the real deal from the outside! Have you heard of any more for sale other then the 2 in unique cars?

Wel i've just drove back from Melbourne with another new addition to my garage-GTR XU1 replica that i found on the net.Flew down from Bris to Melb Monday morning,paid for the car then mate & i drove back-stopped in at Albury that night then drove 15 hrs Tues.All i can say about NSW is there are alot of sheep farmers lol.Here are some pics,sorry they're not Commodore related.First 3 pics are when i arrived home Tues nite and went straight to Car Lovers to wash the bugs off the Torana. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.