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But I'd be lying. It was a craptacular, oil-leaking (tin tappet cover on an alloy head), underpowered, torqueless piece of junk. How it was ever allowed into a Sunbird is beyond me. Here's how bad it was: it made the engine that followed it, the Starfire Four, look amazingly advanced and refined... ![]() |
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Sticker packs on cars that they dont belong too.
Theres a white, dead stock (even wheels) FG XR6 with green GS sticker pack all over it.
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I remember there was also a 'G Pack' Torana somewhere around the LH era. One of the teachers at my high school drove a green one. I have an idea it was a six cylinder but I could be wrong. Anyone remember them?
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LX I think, as in the LH you could get a SLR six (202) or was it the other way around. |
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Makers always have, and probably always will, have "packs"...S packs, G packs, Sports packs, holiday packs, family packs...the list is almost endless.
Nothing at all wrong with it, as buyers love the extras thrown in for either free or a little extra cost. Just depends if the styling department can keep themselves restrained from whacking overly-ugly stickers all over it... ![]() Toyota went a little weird with stickers back in the seventies and eighties. A friend of mine bought new...and amazingly still has...a 1977 Corolla sedan. It's the common...stupidly common...yellowish colour, and has brown striping down the side and on the rear quarter. I've never seen another with the exact same striping, but I've seen plenty of old ones with striping of different designs. My '82 Celica has "fade out" black and gold striping on the lower part of the side of the car and a twin yellow pinstripe above the waistline... ![]() From what I've been able to find out, all sorts of different striping were applied by the factory and dealers. On specialised Celica forums, no one seems to have seen this exact design. I've seen many different ones...from simple large "CELICA" lettering to various thicknesses of striping on that lower area of the car. You'd think it would be uneconomical to bother doing different packs for each car, or even for just a few cars...but there ya go... ![]() ![]() Last edited by 2011G6E; 15-04-2014 at 08:09 PM. |
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I know this is a "I hate stickers' thread but I am struggling to think of any stickers I didnt like? Most served a purpose, to differentiate from one basic model to another and just add to the character of the cars. Same as paint and wheel treatment. Some of course were better than others and the best thing is ...... if someone doesn't like stripes, they do not need to buy one or if they do because that particular striped car had better options, they can be removed
![]() Some great stripes .... all good and add to what the car is. Even if it was just to enforce a particular anniversary or event most also came with a few extras not found on the model it is based on. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This is just a Torino ...... add a white stripe and suddenly everyone knows it as something else. Same as the Charger and XY stripe. ![]() Love or hate them ......... each one denotes something about the car. Makes them that little bit special, even if it is just pin stripe. Yes, even the Horn cars usually came with different options that were not found on standard cars and were not factory but sealer fitted including weird fabric options BUT they still made a statement and today, even more. Each to their own ....... I am just standing up for the stickers! I am sure those who do not like them still like nice wheels, nice colours and something a little bit different to the suburban taxi ![]()
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my three year old puts stickers everywhere. Nuf said
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My 4 year old grandson plays with cars ..... does that mean we shouldn't?
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One of my teachers in the 1980s had a nissan exa with stripes all over the place in weird gradients & angles. Seeing it was the first time I looked at a *special* model of a car and thought 'hang on, that's just a bit off'
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No offense meant to you Auslandau because I know where you're coming from with your comments but the stripe pack on that orange/white XB looks bloody terrible! I admit I don't know the specific model.
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As much as I don't like to admit the recent GT R-Spec and Mustang Laguna Seca are terrible sticker packs (and colour highlights).
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Sticker packs do work and can be good, the issue is when a company slaps some stickers on and does nothing else. Even then its not a hard and fast rule. LOL people thinking they are snobby not liking "stickers".
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The LS is the best one going around, it also has the ability to walk and talk. The R Spec is much the same, these are not limp wristed marketing tools, they have ability.
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Its a Horn car, in name, looks and style. These period applications are what keep shows exciting.
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Exactly. They can do their talk with performance. They don't need coloured in grilles, wheels and mirror scalps! That should be left to the P-Platers and their VZ commodores.
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Good eyes.
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The rear window sticker "Hillman, Your passport to adventure" ![]() Also my uncle owned a G-pak Torana for many years. His was the orange one with blue stickers everywhere, looking like a cheaper SLR5000. It was indeed a 6 cyl. Pretty sure the "G" in G-pak stood for gutless. |
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Most sticker packs look better than the new trend of 'sticker bomb'
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the sticker pack still looks dreadful in my opinion.
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