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What about a BMW E39 M5. Mod the exhaust so you get the load growl of a Euro quad cam V8 with all the mod cons.

Neil.

hahah... yeh forgot to add that one to the list... was offered a couple, through a mate at BMW between, 75K-110K.. stillwells had a nice ~01/02 black on black. something about the update model I think "00 onwards apart from the 7inch screen, they changed the Variable cam, or was it valves, or something like that.. fun to drive, a little slow, and looks are ageing... for the same money I could pick up a current 545, but I don't need to right off any tax just yet, had a C32AMG we could have picked up for 70K.. but again a little gutless.

Ronin, yeh I know!! The heart say 34NUR, the pocket says "you must be mad paying 100K for a rice boys car" the misses hated the GTR, but now she says "just buy the gtr, because your driving me mad, the more you think about it, the more crazy your ideas are" I saw a HQ premier ute with a side step body, found the company who make em, in QLD "hughes".. now that looked awesome, even thinking about one of those aswell...

...maybe the misses is right :kick: I think I'll stick to driving whatever I get my hands on, and the work trucks for now... :D

ELANOR  all the way that car looks horn..

What would a replica cost?

There was one at a for vs holden show that fullbost had on there website..

hi godzla, The eleanor varies, there's a few mobs in the US making them the 3 main coy's are

1) the original "cinema vision" kit US$5K just the fibreglass not inc, lights, billet grill, rear light set up.. etc ,

2) mieri racing ~spelling "probably the best one out there for the refinement, and fitting US$4K just the FB

3) Rebel which is around the US$2.5 again just the FB. but has been known to be poor quality.

then you've got to buy the wheels: originals are hand made by PS Engineering, or you could go hallibrand replica GT40's, or Edelbrocks 454's. I had spoken to a guy called peter from OZ Wheels in sysdney who hand makes the GT40's to just about any size and offest you want.. and they worked out to ~$600each for 17x10's, 17x9's.

all up a complete kit fibreglass, grill, rear taillight set up, PIAA blue lights, spotties and depening on wheel choice, etc.. would easily be close to US$10K+shipping. Then you can go silly, and get the "go baby go" shift kit with NOS switches... but you still have interior, suspension, engine, etc to do... bla bla bla.

Well, since it would seem you are still tossing up types of cars, may i introduce you to my dream daily driver. Daily driver being an awesome looking car that sounds tuff and goes ok, leave the weekend car for the balls to the wall driving:)

Either a 57-61 Vette

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Or a 67 Vette with an alloy head 427:) ... if you need the grunt:whackit:

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Of course you have to have the side pipes:)

Well, since it would seem you are still tossing up types of cars, may i introduce you to my dream daily driver. Daily driver being an awesome looking car that sounds tuff and goes ok, leave the weekend car for the balls to the wall driving:)

Either a 57-61 Vette

57corvette.jpg

59corvette.jpg

Or a 67 Vette with an alloy head 427:)  ... if you need the grunt:whackit:

67corvette.jpg

65erCorvette_600.jpg

Of course you have to have the side pipes:)

I have those 2 cars, the stang and the ac cobra :D

Excuse the phone camera shitty pic

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My 2 cents: drove a fastback 289 mustang, was horrified. Owned an LX Torana at the time with a pretty hot 192 and some very mild cheap suspension mods, couldn't wait to get back into it after the gutless, understeering bodyrolling nightmare that is America's most over-rated 'muscle' car. Am aware that Eleanor is a different story, as with all Shelby/GT products, but why start with a car based on a soggy tub of lard? The Cobra may be less practical-uncovered and built for shorties, but you'll be able to put your own stamp on it with a Jap driveline. That's an interesting idea, wondering if it's been done before. Originals were apparently prone to understeer, but with a 400+ cube yank V8 in the front of an otherwise light frame that's par for the course surely. RB26 would have to be a better prospect.

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