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Re: How many replicas in Australia
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 9:21 pm
by aussie muscle
roadwarriormfp wrote:Hmm.. currently that I know off.
BOB: 7... QLD-1, NSW-3 (2 at broken hill), 1 Vic, 2 SA.
You didn't count one in WA?
Re: How many replicas in Australia
Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 6:45 pm
by BlownV8
I know of one being (very slowly) built in Vic.
Re: How many replicas in Australia
Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2012 4:50 am
by furyroadcars
I'd think at least 25 to 30. Without even trying I can think of 8 in nsw. I've sold bodykits for at least 10 cars in the last few years and been contacted by at least a dozen other people with either complete registered BoBs or close to finished cars.
There has been a couple of very high quality replicas sold in the last year (just by word of mouth not advertised).
Re: How many replicas in Australia
Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2012 11:27 pm
by roadwarriormfp
I was assuming we were talking about completed replicas, not ones in the build stage.
Over the years I have seen plenty of coupes for sale on eBay where the owner claims to have started a MM replica and gave up, seen a few kits and components for sale as well.
Quite a few completed cars have gone overseas as well in the past few years, others have been seen once at car shows, never to be seen again, or for sale on eBay/carsales etc, never to be seen again, while other cars arent really "replicas"... (wrong year model car, or just has a paint job, or just has the roof spoilers fitted, but no blower or flares etc...)
Doing searches for pictures on the internet (facebook, flickr etc)... shows the same few replicas out and about at carshows and varely rarely have I a seen a car which i didnt know who it belonged to. (I usually post the new ones up on here anyways).
A guy at Popular Parts here in Townsville told me a customer told him he had a madmax replica coupe here... even showed him pictures.
Considering a lot of people in the car scene here know my car, no one has ever approached me to say hey i know a guy who has a coupe here and that was over 12months ago.
Re: How many replicas in Australia
Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 12:29 am
by covers
Dont forget about my car here in Darwin. As far as rego goes, I got an engineers cert for the larger diff and rims, took the side pipes and blower off, put another bonnet on without a hole in it, and have had it on club rego now for the past 2 years. drive it all over the place and often. Once it passes the annual check I put everything back on. Yes I know I'm driving it illegally, but at least I'm driving it. The cops know the car and I don't hoon in it, I enjoy it.
Re: How many replicas in Australia
Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 2:27 am
by roadwarriormfp
Opps forgot about the darwin car!!!
Yes sometimes a good attitude and no hooning will mean the police will just take a picture of them selves with the car and let you go.
Re: How many replicas in Australia
Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2012 11:02 am
by Sucks_Nitro
covers wrote:Dont forget about my car here in Darwin.
Great!
Got any images you'd like to share?
Re: How many replicas in Australia
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 12:03 am
by Sucks_Nitro
Here's one I found on youtube in Western Australia.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czhbMAokBfM
Perth based.
Re: How many replicas in Australia
Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 6:47 am
by Sucks_Nitro
Returning from a local cruise on Sunday...
...nothing like being chased down and overtaken by The Interceptor!
Re: How many replicas in Australia
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 1:24 am
by kennerado
http://www.carsales.com.au/private/deta ... rt=default
this popped up on carsales, the MAX508 number plated car.