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  • Sept. 24, 2009 12:10 p.m. jeffmx5 New Reader

    I saw a Holden Commodore on the Stone Mountain Fwy. in Atlanta this morning. It took me a few minutes to verify what it was. A few minutes googling and I think it was really a G8 with a Commodore body kit. http://jhp.com.au/g8partsdirect/

    As much as I like the looks of the G8, I might like the Commodore even more, a bit more understated without all the typical Pontiac garish add-ons.

  • Grtechguy

    Sept. 24, 2009 12:33 p.m. Grtechguy UltraDork

    +1 on the Commodore look. much prefered

  • John Brown

    Sept. 24, 2009 12:37 p.m. John Brown MegaDork

    There are a few RHD cars with MFG tags in Lansing. One is a turbo V6 mule that sounds farking awesome. The engineer that is flogging it stops at the Subway outside the window of my office once a week. He says it is sweet but will never make it into production now.

  • 914Driver

    Sept. 24, 2009 2:06 p.m. 914Driver SuperDork

    If I were going to the trouble and expense of hiking one from Australia.....

  • Sept. 24, 2009 3:43 p.m. schuess100 None

    In reply to jeffmx5:

    Was it a dark grey color? If so, its probably my co-worker. It really looks good and I agree it is better looking than the G8. He says that he gets all sorts of people staring at it, asking him what it is, etc.

  • MitchellC

    Sept. 24, 2009 3:57 p.m. MitchellC HalfDork

    jeffmx5 wrote:

    ...without all the typical Pontiac garish add-ons.

    Thankfully we won't have to worry about that anymore!

  • Fit_Is_Slo

    Sept. 24, 2009 10:31 p.m. Fit_Is_Slo Reader

    +infinity for aussie cars!

  • Sept. 25, 2009 1:22 p.m. jeffmx5 New Reader

    In reply to schuess100:

    Yup, 'normal' left-hand drive dark grey/charcoal.

    It is a converted G8, right?

  • EastCoastMojo

    Sept. 25, 2009 1:27 p.m. EastCoastMojo Dork

    Fit_Is_Slo wrote:

    +infinity for aussie cars!

    I personally love the MFP color scheme used on the interceptors in that movie. Of course, I also love the flat on gloss black interceptor...but the yeller ones are very sexy.

    For those not familliar with the Mad Max movie, MFP = Main Force Patrol

  • Sept. 26, 2009 12:59 p.m. schuess100 New Reader

    In reply to jeffmx5:

    Yeah, definitely a converted G8 GT. It's a good looking car with the conversion.

  • mtn

    Sept. 26, 2009 1:32 p.m. mtn SuperDork

    MitchellC wrote:

    jeffmx5 wrote:

    ...without all the typical Pontiac garish add-ons.

    Thankfully we won't have to worry about that anymore!

    No! not thankfully. I could live with the Pontiac add-ons for the car that we were getting

 

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