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Old 07-01-2008, 09:08 PM   #31
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He took the sill moulds off too before he drove it home!

I'd love to know why people make stuff like this up
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Old 07-01-2008, 10:16 PM   #32
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A bit harsh I know, but serves the moron right for doing something very obviously stupid on the street.
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Old 07-01-2008, 11:28 PM   #33
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: : I'm truly amazed that not one of you guys have spotted that the bonnet stripes on the smashed car were flat or semi gloss while the other car had gloss stripes!
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Old 07-01-2008, 11:46 PM   #34
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: : I'm truly amazed that not one of you guys have spotted that the bonnet stripes on the smashed car were flat or semi gloss while the other car had gloss stripes!
WRONG!
the smash knocked the gloss off :
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Old 11-01-2008, 03:27 AM   #35
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hope the bride wasn't a write off as well. lmao
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Old 12-01-2008, 11:01 PM   #36
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Before & after photos, just the wrong way around.

entirely feasable. just because the photo's have the restored one first doesn't mean thats the order they happened in.

could also be a totally different car. maybe the one in the background in the first pics with the whole front end primed is the one from the accident.
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Old 12-01-2008, 11:07 PM   #37
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just because the photo's have the restored one first doesn't mean thats the order they happened in.
according to the story it does.

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Just got an email - XY GT $95K worth of resto trashed on the drive home from the restorers.
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Old 12-01-2008, 11:07 PM   #38
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Another pic

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Old 12-01-2008, 11:07 PM   #39
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PS

It ran into the back of an Excel
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Old 12-01-2008, 11:14 PM   #40
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: : I'm truly amazed that not one of you guys have spotted that the bonnet stripes on the smashed car were flat or semi gloss while the other car had gloss stripes!
Have another closer look. Take into consideration that 1 pic is inside a shed and the other is outside.
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Old 12-01-2008, 11:17 PM   #41
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seems he may have crashed admiring the artwork of the neighborhood.
looks like a tasteful upper class area and all.
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Old 12-01-2008, 11:31 PM   #42
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Whats with the guys in the back ground??
are they aliens, humans, penguins, hybrids, WTF??
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Old 13-01-2008, 05:07 AM   #43
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last i herd throttle cable got stuck.....??????
shame all that work GONE
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Old 13-01-2008, 09:21 AM   #44
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Sorry falcon Phill the arials back but he gloss on the stripes and the rear spoiler is still missing
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Old 13-01-2008, 09:34 AM   #45
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No sunroof, No Boot Spoiler, Aerial. Different Car for sure. Besides whats all the fuss about?- in the first pic he has a spare one next to it! Just get cracking on that one I'd say!!
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Old 13-01-2008, 11:17 AM   #46
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according to the story it does.

as you yourself have pointed out, there is enough discrepancies(sp) between the restored one and the pranged one to tell you its either not the same car or was not pranged 'on the way home from the restorers' unless he stopped and did a few extra modifications himself.

the truth should never get in the way of a good story
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