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TA22 SoftTop
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Mon, 10 June 2002 08:42
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Did anyone see "Today Tonight" about the drag racing on the GoldCoast?
Some chick these drag racers pissed off owns a black TA22 convertable! Looked pretty sweet.
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Re: TA22 SoftTop
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Mon, 10 June 2002 08:56
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yeah i saw it i was like wtf ???
looked ok
prefer it hardtop though
"i was surrounded by all these hotted up cars, and i was so terrified"
wtf...whatever
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Re: TA22 SoftTop
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Mon, 10 June 2002 09:04
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Yeah thats what i thought. She just wanted to get her fat arse face on tv.
I saw a few celicas in that story. There was a fairly stock lookin white TA22 I noticed.
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Re: TA22 SoftTop
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Mon, 10 June 2002 09:07
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Mate If I had an early 70's japanese soft top car (most likely a conversion - did they ever make these from the factory ?),
I'd be scared to drive it on the freeway as well, "hotted up" cars around or not !
Matt
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Re: TA22 SoftTop
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Mon, 10 June 2002 09:09
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yeah i saw that white celica
i saluted it
yeah the whole story was a wank
trust the falcon to be doing donuts on a main road
see the size of that seco that told him not to touch the camera though ?? fuk i wouldnt mess with him
how about we invite the camera crew to the old celica cruise show that bitch what a real ta22 looks like
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Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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Re: TA22 SoftTop
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Mon, 10 June 2002 09:13
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Damn I missed it.
Was she scared of all the ricers or something?  Lots of loud simultaneous farting noises would scare me too.
Anyways, I saw a convertible celica a couple of months ago at the tafe. IIRC it was a yellow one.
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Re: TA22 SoftTop
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Mon, 10 June 2002 09:13
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Hey, Dont knock the Fords 
Yeah I would'nt mess with that security dude either.
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Launceston, Tasmania
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May 2002
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Re: TA22 SoftTop
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Mon, 10 June 2002 09:23
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I have seen a couple of convertible TA22's in Hobart. there is a red dirty looking one that i have seen at the wrest point casino a couple of times and there was a nice looking yellow one that i have seen once in the city, don't know if that one is local or not but it looked alright with the roof down.
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Re: TA22 SoftTop
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Mon, 10 June 2002 09:26
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Jezz thinking about it now, a TA22 would flex something shocking without a roof.
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Re: TA22 SoftTop
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Mon, 10 June 2002 23:20
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Yeah, dont knock the Fords. At least they are doing something about making the Falcon look better, handle better, and have decent engines.
What have Holden done? Zilch...
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Re: TA22 SoftTop
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Tue, 11 June 2002 06:18
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whoah...was not knocking the fords !!!
just stereotyping falcodores as burnout junkies
harmless joking
but many were harmed
pffft
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I supported Toymods
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Re: TA22 SoftTop
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Tue, 11 June 2002 07:30
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Yeah, dont knock the Fords. At least they are doing something about making the Falcon look better, handle better, and have decent engines.
What have Holden done? Zilch...
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Apparently both Holden and Ford have a totally new range of engines coming out from turbo 6's to higher kw 8's i think there was talk of s/c 8's....
Dont flame me, just helpin out ! 
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Re: TA22 SoftTop
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Tue, 11 June 2002 10:03
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Dont worry fellas! I was'nt serious! I was just standing up for my beastie Falcon.
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Re: TA22 SoftTop
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Tue, 11 June 2002 10:42
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Holden has a new six coming...but they are staying with the Gen3 for the moment af far as the 8's are concerned.
Ford has a brand new 4l twin-cam six cylinder. Base model Falcons will have 190kW...sweet, they might actually respond to a rev too. They have a turbocharged version of that for the XR6.
Ford also has a new quad-cam 5.4l V8. They have a single cam version too. They'll have some decent power numbers.
They aren't going to be spankign all of you out there...but it looks like Ford's out to do some HSV munching. They already have the better handling package...
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Re: TA22 SoftTop
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Tue, 11 June 2002 11:17
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yeah, i saw it... It also seemed like a joke to me... Personally i have to say GO THE HOLDENS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Just like at Canberra... Mark Skaife is a sik cunt... HRT won't be beaten... Mind you, Lowndes is catching up... I think that Holden should do a turbocharged version of the Monaro... That would make it a bit different form the other taxi's...
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Re: TA22 SoftTop
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Mon, 17 June 2002 11:29
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For someone whos dad worked at Fords geelong plant for 15 years of his life - im glad to say fords back in the hunt -
190KW fortes - yeaha bog sdtocker falcoms with some balls
220 odd Kw Xr6's - YUM - a 4 litre straight six with upped boost - mate - that thing would hammer - GTR's and supras have 400 + hp coming from straight 3 litres - and even the VL turbotwats have big HP's coming from their 3 litres 6's - add more cubes - a snail - and we have a tuners delight .. Least the XR's actually handle - not like the commodores
5.4 litre 260kw XR8's and Ts50's baseline - Hmm - Clubsports have what - 255kw from a larger older limited LS1 ?
that same motors in the new retro GT40's - supercharged - and its a monster of a block - can someone here say FALCON GTHO ???
rumopurs are of a 4 paw version of GT floating around broadmeadows with a supercharged 5.4 in the making ..
Just thought id fuel the fires a little - i love my fords as much as i love my Toymotas
Stuart
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Re: TA22 SoftTop
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Mon, 17 June 2002 12:27
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umm toyota!.........lol
seriously I'd have any toyota over a dunnydore any day!
lol (ford and holden........lol)
Cheers
Wilbo
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Re: TA22 SoftTop
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Tue, 17 June 2003 04:16
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there was one for sale around my area a while ago. it was by my old work so i saw it a couple of times, but it was pretty beat up and still had a fat ass half cage.
somewhere down the track this is something i have thought about but reinforcing it structurally without making it look crap would be hard. also gettin the soft top made up and not looking stupid would be hard, tho at least you don't have door pillars to worry about
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Re: TA22 SoftTop
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Tue, 17 June 2003 04:46
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| Rolla Boy wrote on Tue, 11 June 2002 21:17 |
yeah, i saw it... It also seemed like a joke to me... Personally i have to say GO THE HOLDENS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Just like at Canberra... Mark Skaife is a sik cunt... HRT won't be beaten... Mind you, Lowndes is catching up... I think that Holden should do a turbocharged version of the Monaro... That would make it a bit different form the other taxi's...
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Ben...
As much as I'd hate to say it.... If Lownds wins the next round you can basically Kiss HRT goodbye this series.  .
With the amount of stuff ups of later races I already am not counting on anything big for them now. With all of the new Non testing rules it is hard for them to test new equipment and such and work out the bugs...
As for the Turbocharged Monaro.... I don't think they are developing those for racing??? I may be wrong tho.
anyway just my 2c.
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Re: TA22 SoftTop
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Tue, 17 June 2003 06:30
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Hi,
I've seen a ratty looking red TA22 in Hobart with a soft top. Why waste a perfectly good TA22...???
On the V8 front, has anyone heard of this Tasmanian guy called Marcus Ambrose???!!! I think he has won more races than anyone this year???!!! Please correct if wrong!
Cheers,
Justin 
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Re: TA22 SoftTop
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Tue, 17 June 2003 09:52
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Justin..
Yeah.. Marcus Ambrose is a shit this year...
he has won at Adelaide, Eastern Creek, Winton and Barbagallo..
so yes he is holding the most won races this yeah....
Pitty he drives for the wrong team
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Re: TA22 SoftTop
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Wed, 18 June 2003 09:30
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How can someone get Ambrose out of the championship???
I see pranks coming along...
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Re: TA22 SoftTop
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Thu, 19 June 2003 02:37
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might think aobut doing it to my TA22 when it needs a new coat of paint... would be inclined to do a hell of a lot of research before I touched it though
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Re: TA22 SoftTop
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Tue, 07 December 2004 02:04
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There is a guy in Berwick, Vic who has a red TA22 droptop.
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Auckland NZ
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December 2003
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Re: TA22 SoftTop
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Tue, 07 December 2004 08:42
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they weren't a factory option but 'apparently' toyota sold kits so they could be done aftermarket. the two i know of in NZ both have some serious chassis bracing, and look quite nice when in good condition. look heaps better with the roof down though.
cheers
Matt
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Re: TA22 SoftTop
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Tue, 07 December 2004 10:24
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talk about bringing back the dead...
Anyway I have seen a convo TA22 it was red and it looked shit'ouse. I saw it in Berowra Heights a while ago. Probably the same time this thread was originally posted (ie. 1.5 years ago)
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Potts Point, Sydney
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October 2003
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Re: TA22 SoftTop
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Tue, 07 December 2004 10:27
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i saw a convertible ra28 today in bondi...looked mighty sweet 
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