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I think they were imported by a company Ash. They have a surprising amount over there, Xr6s and Xr8s too.
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heres mine. 17" rims, a superchip in the ECU and mild tints on the windows. another UK car so parts aint that cheep to get. its a 2000 AUII Forte that was imported in 2002. sold new in SA
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Ash, i have put some pics of my xb in my gallery. Gary
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Ash wrote: I had heard of AU's in the UK before but hadn't seen any other then some hire/funeral cars. Was yours sold there or was it imported privately? Hi, Mine was imported privately when it was new but there was a company importing a lot of LPG utes and changing the name to 'Verte Tempest' Unfortunatly there isnt much infomation on what happened to the company but plenty of motors still come up on ebay every now and again. Strange how its mostly AU's over here! I have seen one BA ute on ebay at the moment but they want £11,500 (roughly $15,000) for it 
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Mfp-66 wrote: Ash, i have put some pics of my xb in my gallery. Gary Gary your XB looks awsome! did your AU come with them rims? I'm struggling to find some that fit without spending a small fortune!!
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curtisblow wrote: Mfp-66 wrote: Ash, i have put some pics of my xb in my gallery. Gary Gary your XB looks awsome! did your AU come with them rims? I'm struggling to find some that fit without spending a small fortune!! the rims came with the car. i just sprayed the centres as they are pretty rough look on ebay for 5x114.3 surprising how many cars use this pcd |
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Its the backspace I'm struggling with, I tried some Mustang wheels but they rubbed on the suspension at the front! might have to reluctantly use some spacers
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this is my pride and joy...
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From this:
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_________________ ILL60 - EF XR8, Sunroof, Ticky Kit, 19x8.5/19x11 TE37's, 347, AFr185's, TFS BoxRcustom converter, Hurst Quarterstick, huge billet cam. |
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67RCE i think your ment to put more stuff on the car when your moding it not take parts off...
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I know, just got stuck in a 3 car pile up. I was the middle car.......
_________________ ILL60 - EF XR8, Sunroof, Ticky Kit, 19x8.5/19x11 TE37's, 347, AFr185's, TFS BoxRcustom converter, Hurst Quarterstick, huge billet cam. |
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Age: 34 Posts: 326 Joined: 3rd Nov 2009 Ride: AUII XR8 Pursuit & EF XR6 Location: Albion Park |
Only just stumbled onto this thread so I'll add the ute to this one aswell!!
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_________________ - 1994 EF XR6, Auto, EL XR wheels. Clean and close to original ( Missus' Kiddie Chariot ) |
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the sam wrote: Dansedgli wrote: They are pretty flash tail lights and rims for a sleeper. Here's mine.   Haha looks all inconspicuous and s**t until you open the bonnet then BAM! Small bird eater under the bonnet. Quote: just a random question, how was the blue done/ or was it like this when you aquired it? love the look and wouldn't mind persuing a look similar to that? possible too help>?? cheers Jars (Ben)
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Ash wrote: curtisblow wrote: Ash wrote: I had heard of AU's in the UK before but hadn't seen any other then some hire/funeral cars. Was yours sold there or was it imported privately? Hi, Mine was imported privately when it was new but there was a company importing a lot of LPG utes and changing the name to 'Verte Tempest' Unfortunatly there isnt much infomation on what happened to the company but plenty of motors still come up on ebay every now and again. Strange how its mostly AU's over here! I have seen one BA ute on ebay at the moment but they want £11,500 (roughly $15,000) for it That's great, I honestly had no idea at all there were that many. I have a handful of AU's myself. You can see my 5.0 ute in my sig plus I buy quite a few and part them out, I have 3 of them at the moment. I know you guys love your LPG like we do here in Aus so I can see why the dedicated LPG ute would be a big seller. $15k for a BA ute didn't sound that bad considering its an import. Here decent BA utes still get around the 10k mark, XR's more obviously. But if you were to buy something like a Chevy ute here that had been imported and it may sell for around 10k in the US, then you would expect to pay about 40k here. I know the R/H conversion costs a lot but looks like you guys get a sweet deal on imports compared to us. Why do we do it to ourselves? imports?? nothing but expence and hassle! that said if I had the money my garage would look quite similar to your signature 
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67RCE wrote: I know, just got stuck in a 3 car pile up. I was the middle car....... damn that sucks, i hate seeing a nice AU destroyed considering theres not many of them around....
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