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RIP RooF's old VL V8 BT1

Started by slacker · 26 Aug 2003 · 29 replies

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slackerArchived member
For those who care or remember RooF's/SILVERVLV8 old VL V8 BT1 was stolen a couple of weeks ago and was in a high speed chase and ended up with a head on with a cop car about 25-30km's for where it was stolen and was written off. The car was sold to a mate of Atmo3L's/Oldgolds from Kris (all the info i have posted has come from atmo3l) and he was trying to sell it coz he bought a VN with grp A running gear. The car had a 355 stroker and recond g/box,a 90L alloy drop tank a ****ing loud exhaust and a few other mods. I only saw it go a couple of times and i heard it but it sounded ****ing good and i have been told it was bull**** fast. It had heaps of money spent on it, sad to see it was stolen coz it was a nice car.
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GMH-GEMArchived member
****!!! i heard it before its stroker and it sounded bloody mint!!!
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slackerArchived member
this is a pic of the car b4 it was destroyed if anyone remembers it Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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RB30-POWERArchived member
Sorry to hear that. It was a very tidy car, with some serious power to match. Done nice smoke shows too... Kris was never scared to light her up, was he? Mick
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South2Archived member
Thats a shame, wheres a Bat when ya need one So what happened to all the bits n pieces from the car? Someone should grab em and fit them to another VL, that was an expensive engine! Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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KingyvlArchived member
I remember downloading a vid of it doin some circle work.....looked sweet as.
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exchaserArchived member
haha 'no brake' hehe RIP the donut mobile bunky ! Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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OldGoldArchived member
Yes, the machine was stolen & written off in a police chase, apparantly had a head-on with a police car(!) and is a complete mess. The owner may or may not be buying the shell, I'm not sure, I heard he was. Having been in a head on, I'm not sure how much damage the engine sustained, but I think the buyback price was close to $1000. It had a Harrop stroker crank in it too, almost brand new. I think it was a 383 as well. And as Sacha said, yeah, it was bullsh!t fast. I'll get pics if I can.
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exchaserArchived member
this car did 13's yeah ?? kris should have got more vids of it.. cause i only got 2... and they dont really show the full potential of the car.... oh well.. such is life. unlucky for the owner now.
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RooFArchived member
this hurts me deeply. RIP ol VL V8 sorry to hear about the misfortune shane (think thats ya name) wouldnt mind taking some pics of it wherever she lies. someone please let me know where i can see her and say my goodbyes. [email removed] dam theiving scum Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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RooFArchived member
yes she went well (pulled 13.5 with old setup) would of been into 12s for sure with latest. Thats right.. no brake.. hehe and sounded mint, i was fortune enough to see and here it with the new stroker engine and boy did it rumble i have one or two real sweet pics that arent online if anyone wants to see Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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morepsiArchived member
I still beat it.... Sorry to hear about that, sort of the same as how mine went though, pinched, high speed persuit, t-boned by a cop car. That sucks hard. condolences.
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slackerArchived member
yeah ill find out from quaid (atmo3l) from shane who owned the car what he's doing with it. Hows your built ford rough AU falcon kris womp womp
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RooFArchived member
meh.. its not a bad daily actually, least im not wanting to mod it and saving my deposit for house
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morepsiArchived member
Damn it sounded tough, can only imagine what the stroker sounded like
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OVL087Archived member
thats bad news indeed was one very tidy and tuff car
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GMH-GEMArchived member
i remember it rocking up to kingsway one time...good times good times....
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MurderCityArchived member
Beauiful car, I'm sorry to hear this. Was the first modded VL I saw off this site, truly stunning example.
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SLIPPERY VLArchived member
ahhh not another nice vl taken off the roads such a waste do we have a picture or sketch of the person who nicked it? Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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SLIPPERY VLArchived member
btw, where was it stolen from atmo/sacha?
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