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Old Sep 26, 2011 | 11:34 PM
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Gday all

Another pint sized Aussie here to say hello,


This is my old love, but a misses saw it leave, and I been missing "Baby Girl" ever since, Had some minor head work, small cam, tune, difillipo Headers, redback dual 2.5" manual with rip shift, Exceed organic clutch with a 6speed and 3.43 diff ratio, was going to go a 3.73 but she was gone before then. I never got into the 11's with it, close, made a few changes and never got back to the strip.

Now the station wagon ( and misses ) is gone and I went back to a ute and picked up a Blank slate for 10 grand and just on 100 000klm's.


Currently Auto, but a 6 speed is in the Shed and getting a few upgrades to make it reliable. Waiting to source a Diff from a maloo ute as there 3.73 ratio, hunting for bits and pieces for the donk to, looking at about 500 to 600Hp range on N/A, haven't made up my mind on internals yet This one will see the 11's.

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Old Sep 26, 2011 | 11:47 PM
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If I could get a ute stateside it would be sitting in my driveway. Have the best elky ever made (1970) and the most modern.

Congrats on getting what you wanted and welcome
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Old Sep 27, 2011 | 03:59 AM
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They can be converted to left hand drive, all you need to do is find an importer.
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Old Sep 27, 2011 | 04:23 AM
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I've always wanted a UTE.

They need to bring 'em over to the states.

Welcome, mate!
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Old Sep 27, 2011 | 04:20 PM
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Love the cars, and welcome to Tech.
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Old Oct 2, 2011 | 02:47 AM
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Cheers Mate
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Old Oct 2, 2011 | 09:48 AM
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nice looking ute man, and ya it is easy to import a ute to the states, just need an importer, they have the same crash test results as the Pontiac gto here so you should not have to worry about that.
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