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Old 23-11-2007, 12:17 PM   #1
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I reguarly pickup damaged/recovered cars out of Pickles and Fowlers and was a little distressed when I saw this being loaded on another truck while I was there.

Not sure if its a repost though







Must add that this is one of the tamer type of damage I have seen in these places. One HSV comes to mind but a VERY grizzly story behind it so havnt been too keen to take a snap of it.
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Old 23-11-2007, 12:24 PM   #2
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Dont worry I am sure it will buff right out

Seriously though driver is lucky the car didnt hit whatever casued that damage a little further forward on the car. Sure hope there wasnt a rear seat occupant
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Old 23-11-2007, 12:25 PM   #3
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Apart from the slight dent in the side, you wouldn't even know it was crashed!
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Old 23-11-2007, 12:31 PM   #4
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Lost control and slid sideways into a pole/tree... Sure hope there wasn't anybody in that back seat.
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Old 23-11-2007, 12:35 PM   #5
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*Suggests all the buffing in the world won't help this old girl.

Never like seeing pics like these, although, as you've said it is tame.
Having my old man work at the same place the WA police held the Fatal crashes... I saw some where you just have to wonder what the hell the were doing/thinking.
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There was once a time when every young man in this country was familiar with firearms and many owned them privately along with a stock of ammo and some bush gear.

Now the best we can hope for is to unfriend them on facebook then SMS their commanders with !!!1!!!!!!11!1!! and then finally plank a tank.......
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Old 23-11-2007, 01:06 PM   #6
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Damn!

Perhaps thats one way for BA owners to not loose to much on there resale...how much is their excess?
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Old 23-11-2007, 01:06 PM   #7
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ouch, major bang! amazed the glass on the rear door didn't break!
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Old 23-11-2007, 01:09 PM   #8
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Probably nobady in the back seat. If there was the car would have been cut apart by rescue services.
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Old 23-11-2007, 01:55 PM   #9
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cheap buy for someone wanting to make their XT abit quicker ;)
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Old 23-11-2007, 02:50 PM   #10
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nah mate the stripes on the right hand side are screwed!
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Behind my other work is a holding yard for one of the smash repairers here, pretty much any major crash that happens, you'll see the car arrive there the next day. Been at work some sundays and seen some cars come in that really make you wonder if anyone lived - although in most in the yard, they didnt.
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Old 24-11-2007, 09:34 PM   #13
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You guys do realise what that is.

THAT IS THE RAREST FPV EVER MADE.

There was only ever one FPV built in congo green, the colour was dropped in march 2003. It is a BA GT-P from april 2003. From memory it was manual with leather.
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You guys do realise what that is.

THAT IS THE RAREST FPV EVER MADE.

There was only ever one FPV built in congo green, the colour was dropped in march 2003. It is a BA GT-P from april 2003. From memory it was manual with leather.
Hard to tell the colour from those pics but you might be right ... what a waste !
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You guys do realise what that is.

THAT IS THE RAREST FPV EVER MADE.

There was only ever one FPV built in congo green, the colour was dropped in march 2003. It is a BA GT-P from april 2003. From memory it was manual with leather.
looks black to me, and silhouette is not a gloss colour, it has blue and green metallic through it.
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Old 24-11-2007, 03:44 PM   #17
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You guys do realise what that is.

THAT IS THE RAREST FPV EVER MADE.

There was only ever one FPV built in congo green, the colour was dropped in march 2003. It is a BA GT-P from april 2003. From memory it was manual with leather.
Can't be, I saw the Congo Green one a few days ago. I know it well, my mates dad was the original owner. It still has the standard exhaust on it too, the one in the photo hasn't. The one in the photo looks Black to me.
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Old 24-11-2007, 07:25 PM   #18
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Can't be, I saw the Congo Green one a few days ago. I know it well, my mates dad was the original owner. It still has the standard exhaust on it too, the one in the photo hasn't. The one in the photo looks Black to me.
Well that is a good thing. Still bad that a GT-P went splat but at least it is not a unique one.
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Looks black to me. ????? If it is the Congo.... :(
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There was once a time when every young man in this country was familiar with firearms and many owned them privately along with a stock of ammo and some bush gear.

Now the best we can hope for is to unfriend them on facebook then SMS their commanders with !!!1!!!!!!11!1!! and then finally plank a tank.......
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Old 23-11-2007, 06:44 PM   #20
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Look at Pic 2. It has a greenish tinge. It also has a metallic flake look.

In the BA1 the only black was Silhouette and that is a gloss black not a flake.

The only other "flake" dark colours were HgAg and Pearl Blue and it is definitely not either of them.

Other evidence is that it has a sunroof and stripes which the congo GT-P had. There was a pic of it on the old FF.septic.
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Look at Pic 2. It has a greenish tinge. It also has a metallic flake look.

In the BA1 the only black was Silhouette and that is a gloss black not a flake.

The only other "flake" dark colours were HgAg and Pearl Blue and it is definitely not either of them.
Yep its congo alright
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Look at Pic 2. It has a greenish tinge. It also has a metallic flake look.

In the BA1 the only black was Silhouette and that is a gloss black not a flake.

The only other "flake" dark colours were HgAg and Pearl Blue and it is definitely not either of them.

Other evidence is that it has a sunroof and stripes which the congo GT-P had. There was a pic of it on the old FF.septic.
Don't disagree with you. Pic 2 does look green the more you study it.
Looking at in front of the mirror where the sun is at a different angle shows green.

But Pic 3 looks black as.

I'd now say it is the one and only Congo Green car. :(
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Look at Pic 2. It has a greenish tinge. It also has a metallic flake look.

In the BA1 the only black was Silhouette and that is a gloss black not a flake.

The only other "flake" dark colours were HgAg and Pearl Blue and it is definitely not either of them.

Other evidence is that it has a sunroof and stripes which the congo GT-P had. There was a pic of it on the old FF.septic.
Speaking off BA1 and Silhouette, which I owned.. The Silhouette had a green and blue flake in it.. Different light would show the different colour flake.. Green was the most prominent....
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I believe this might be the one that was involved in the fatal crash in Altona, Victoria with a 23 year old driver.
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how would have the driver died in that?
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how would have the driver died in that?
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No green hue in that car. It was straight out black. Was auto aswell IIRC. Pic
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still disapointing to see... when i was at pickles visiting my burnout XR6. saw 2 FPV GT's in the warehouse, looked like victims of trees... that had just been dropped off
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