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the only aussie designed & built car i would concider buying
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Thu, 20 November 2003 03:07
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you might have seen them before, i dont know, but anyway...
http://www.bulletcars.com
mmmmm yummy 
race breed chassis and suspension, mx5 shell & lexus 1uz
i saw one up close when i officaled for a classic rally a couple of years ago, very impressive. they have a supercharged verson now as well 
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Adelaide
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September 2003
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Re: the only aussie designed & built car i would concider buying
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Thu, 20 November 2003 03:11
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What about the Giacatollo ? (Hope it is spelt correctly ?)
If I had the money, I'd be looking at one of them.
Strictly speaking niether of them are Aussie designed and built, modified, severly at that, but not designed and built.
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Launceston, Tasmania
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May 2002
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Re: the only aussie designed & built car i would concider buying
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Thu, 20 November 2003 05:22
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there was one of these on prestige motorsport a while back for $34,000. It was left hand drive and only importable for race use. I didn't realise that it was a 1UZ!
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Location:
Melbourne
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November 2003
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Re: the only aussie designed & built car i would concider buying
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Thu, 20 November 2003 06:14
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Reminds me a bit of a Cuppcino if thats how u spell it.
And kinda like a honda beat.
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Brisbane, QLD
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February 2003
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Re: the only aussie designed & built car i would concider buying
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Thu, 20 November 2003 07:19
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they're a perth based car arent they?
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Location:
Sydney
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May 2002
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Re: the only aussie designed & built car i would concider buying
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Thu, 20 November 2003 08:05
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I prefer the Giocattolo too.
One of the quickest cars i have ever been in was a Giocattolo at wakefield park. Bought a grin from ear to ear
If only i could fit one of these rear ends into the sprinter
Ben
AE86 Trueno 4AGE
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Re: the only aussie designed & built car i would concider buying
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Thu, 20 November 2003 22:26
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I've heard that the Giaccatolo's handling is "interesting", given the change from F/R to M/R, and with a cast-iron V8 in it.
Obvious solution? You guessed it! 1UZ! 
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Perth
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September 2002
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Re: the only aussie designed & built car i would concider buying
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Thu, 20 November 2003 23:38
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they WERE a perth based company, but have been sold to a QLD based company
lucky you duckman
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was adelaide now newcastle
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February 2003
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Re: the only aussie designed & built car i would concider buying
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Fri, 21 November 2003 01:33
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mmmm the mx5 bullet, they came with a choice of either the 1UZ, or a twin-turbo 13B from memory, the company that made them used to advertise them in "unique cars" a few years back, as for the giacattolo (mate tell's me that "giacattolo" is italian for "toy"), very nice, most of them only came with the alfa 75 V6, but the "group A" came with the VL walkinshaw motor, a twin turbo one was in zoom about 5 years ago.(i think this car is unfortunately no longer with us though)
matty.
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Perth
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September 2002
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Re: the only aussie designed & built car i would concider buying
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Fri, 21 November 2003 01:41
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| JDM hachi wrote on Fri, 21 November 2003 09:33 |
a twin turbo one was in zoom about 5 years ago.(i think this car is unfortunately no longer with us though)
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no, this car is very much not with us anymore
RIP Judge
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I supported Toymods
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Central Coast
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May 2002
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Re: the only aussie designed & built car i would concider buying
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Fri, 21 November 2003 02:30
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NOT EVEN A LEYLAND P76?! 
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Adelaide
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September 2003
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Re: the only aussie designed & built car i would concider buying
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Fri, 21 November 2003 02:33
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I don't think the Giacattolo ever came with the Alfa V^. I think it was used for the initial idea, then they all went for the V8.
Still think it looks sweet.
The 1UZ powered version would be even nicer as the weight would be significantly lower, but the speed difference would be minimal. But make it TT and you'd be laughing
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Perth
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September 2002
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Re: the only aussie designed & built car i would concider buying
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Fri, 21 November 2003 02:33
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any car that can fit a 44 gallon drum in the boot has my vote
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Sydney
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May 2002
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Re: the only aussie designed & built car i would concider buying
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Fri, 21 November 2003 03:21
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All production Giocattolo's had Wilkenshaw V8's
They initially were going to put in Alfa V6's but cost to much, compared to the good old Holden V8.
Ben
AE86 Trueno 4AGE
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Brisbane
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October 2002
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Re: the only aussie designed & built car i would concider buying
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Sun, 23 November 2003 00:11
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look at the width of those rear rims off the giacattolo, it is actually a walky block {4 bolt} and a 304 top end
i like the quad shock arrangement
only 13 made
to to www.twinturbov8.com.au for all the judges specs and the club
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Brisbane
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February 2003
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Re: the only aussie designed & built car i would concider buying
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Sun, 23 November 2003 01:26
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| ae86trueno wrote on Fri, 21 November 2003 13:21 |
All production Giocattolo's had Wilkenshaw V8's
They initially were going to put in Alfa V6's but cost to much, compared to the good old Holden V8.
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i think they tried to sell these to the Qld Police as pursuit cars when Joh was in power - but as a V6?
tho i thought it was some sunshine-coast based crowd doing the fast talking .
anyway, like most wacko-quick-cash-schemes that popped up during the Joh regime, the deal fell on it's arse. probably as the police didn't want to stump up cash for developing the idea into reality (as opposed to taking cars off the factory floor from ford & holden).
charles.
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Brisbane
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June 2003
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Re: the only aussie designed & built car i would concider buying
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Sun, 23 November 2003 01:40
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After this weekends 24hr performance i strongly believe that us aussies know how to build race cars. Look at the 3rd place..a porsche worth around $300k 90?? Laps behind. Where the two monaros are 0.48 seconds apart. Good enough reason for me! Lol and im a ford motor fan....
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Location:
Newcastle
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July 2003
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Re: the only aussie designed & built car i would concider buying
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Sun, 23 November 2003 01:57
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just a thought... the other cars are production cars.. the monaro has a C5R race engine in it.. not exactly production eh ?i bet if bently through their le-mans toys up the mountain it would have holden shaking in their boots..
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May 2002
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Re: the only aussie designed & built car i would concider buying
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Wed, 26 November 2003 10:35
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That monaro isn't a monaro.
But, that Porsche is mostly a Porsche.
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Brisbane
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July 2003
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Re: the only aussie designed & built car i would concider buying
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Wed, 26 November 2003 10:46
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| bbaacchhyy wrote on Thu, 20 November 2003 13:11 |
What about the Giacatollo ? (Hope it is spelt correctly ?)
If I had the money, I'd be looking at one of them.
Strictly speaking niether of them are Aussie designed and built, modified, severly at that, but not designed and built.
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Hehehe
I got one....
I park the soarer beside it everyday.
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Brisbane
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July 2003
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Re: the only aussie designed & built car i would concider buying
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Wed, 26 November 2003 11:01
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Just a bit of background on the Gio's...
They were originally going to have a twin turbo alfa v6 in the middle. Paul Halstead, the man behind the project decided to source an engine locally and thus came the Walkinshaw V8, with 60kw more than the Group A Commodore.
They were originally going to supply 100 Giocattolo's to the qld police for pursuit cars, however after giving one vehicle to the police for test driving and them crashing it, they decided that their average pig couldn't handle the car and they'd have 100 less pigs on the road.
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Location:
Potts Point, Sydney
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October 2003
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Re: the only aussie designed & built car i would concider buying
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Thu, 27 November 2003 04:04
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True... The Monaro isnt a Monaro... it's an HRT 427. Has a V8 7L and goes 0-100km in 3.8seconds. They're trying to make it street legal and sell it at the end of this year or next year for $215000...ANYONE UP FOR IT??? 
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