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Old 14-04-2005, 10:21 PM   #1
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Tonight on the way home I saw:

A white Camry with Ford Falcon "GTP" badges on, the rear wing (each side) and on the boot lid (right hand corner).....I dont know what I wanted more, a camera to show people this horror or a baseball bat to take to the camry.....
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Old 14-04-2005, 10:24 PM   #2
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what people said below makes more sense, im an ***.
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Old 14-04-2005, 10:26 PM   #3
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There actually was a GTP camry from the factory... Came out before the BA GT-P too :P Still doesnt make it any better though lol
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Old 14-04-2005, 10:27 PM   #4
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Thats because they actually made a camry gtp, It came out well before the ford gtp. It was just a camry with 17s and a body kit from memory.
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Old 14-04-2005, 10:32 PM   #5
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Totally correct Cheahman.
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Old 14-04-2005, 10:32 PM   #6
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Tonight on the way home I saw:

A white Camry with Ford Falcon "GTP" badges on, the rear wing (each side) and on the boot lid (right hand corner).....I dont know what I wanted more, a camera to show people this horror or a baseball bat to take to the camry.....
That's easy, you'd want both, a camera to show people the horror you witnessed, THEN the bat to destroy the Camry and prevent other people with taste from being scarred for life by seeing it.
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Old 14-04-2005, 10:45 PM   #7
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Thats because they actually made a camry gtp, It came out well before the ford gtp. It was just a camry with 17s and a body kit from memory.
well there you go, I never knew that...it was uncanny how much the badges on the camry looked exactly like the ones on the Falcon...
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Old 14-04-2005, 10:53 PM   #8
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Yeah Ive seen these camrys aswell. Quite odd to see GTP badging on one of those.
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Old 14-04-2005, 10:57 PM   #9
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Yep, have seen them around. Was to celebrate something in the GTP (Production Car) Championship IIRC.

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Old 15-04-2005, 12:06 AM   #10
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Yep, have seen them around. Was to celebrate something in the GTP (Production Car) Championship IIRC.

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Yep thats 100% correct... The camry won in it's class in the GT production championship a few years back and toyota released a few camry gtp versions to celebrate.. i reckon they look good for a camry
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Old 15-04-2005, 08:28 AM   #11
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saw a brand spanking new BMW 7 series yesterday parked in redfern. Lucky I know what they look like as this one had been debadged.

However the thoughtful deliquents had replaced all the badges with badges off a new Astra.

So instead of "BMW" it read "ASTRA" everywhere!
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Old 15-04-2005, 08:41 AM   #12
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Anyone got a pic of what they look like?
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Old 15-04-2005, 09:54 AM   #13
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saw a brand spanking new BMW 7 series yesterday parked in redfern. Lucky I know what they look like as this one had been debadged.

However the thoughtful deliquents had replaced all the badges with badges off a new Astra.

So instead of "BMW" it read "ASTRA" everywhere!
Redfern......not exactly an ideal place to park a car like that in.
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oh its quite trendy at the moment - dont get me wrong, still heaps of crime, ect ect. but the yuppies seem to have moved in all over the place.

PS - I dont live there my head office is in Strawberry hills
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Old 15-04-2005, 10:58 AM   #15
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Heres a Pic.



And an article... if you are interested here
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Old 15-04-2005, 06:47 PM   #16
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I think they look pretty damn good for a camry.
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saw a brand spanking new BMW 7 series yesterday parked in redfern. Lucky I know what they look like as this one had been debadged.

However the thoughtful deliquents had replaced all the badges with badges off a new Astra.

So instead of "BMW" it read "ASTRA" everywhere!
It's actually a Limousine company (or large corporation) called Astra as far as I know ... I have seen Holden Caprices and also LTDs with the Astra badges on them ... all of them black as well.

It has been done deliberately by the company.

After thinking about this ... I think it's the top execs from the Astra pharmaceutical company that have these vehicles.
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