1stClassDesigns says:  

Pantera : Italian exotic powered by Ford 351 muscle. Also one heckuva loud rock band from Texas.

07/15/2009 Veneta, Oregon, USA

Yella31 says:  

"Also one heckuva loud rock band from Texas." - Hell yeah, were the cowboys from hell

About the car - I had never seen one in Australia until I went to the Perth Performance Motorshow (see pictures by clicking on 'motorshow' tagged).
I originally though it was a kit car until I looked up more information on the web.

Cool car - Exotic looks with beefy American V8 soundtrack

07/15/2009 Perth, Western Australia

Katana says:  

alrighty, keeping with the wedge shape theme

07/15/2009 Melbourne Victoria

1stClassDesigns says:  

^ Chevron?

07/16/2009 Veneta, Oregon, USA

Yella31 says:  

I know what it is....but I'll wait off for a bit.

Another picture of this car is somewhere on this site.

07/16/2009 Perth, Western Australia

1stClassDesigns says:  

1969 Holden Hurricane.

Don't know much about it myself. My guess it was a concept car for GM's Australian Holden marque . Maybe someone can explain better...

07/16/2009 Veneta, Oregon, USA

Katana says:  

correct first class.

the hurricane was an experimental prototype powered by a high compression version of the the 4.2 V8 that would be used in holdens up to the mid 80's, it was also the first Aussie built car to have and Aussie designed and built V8

07/16/2009 Melbourne Victoria

1stClassDesigns says:  

Thanks for the info Katana...

Looking for a ? to post...

07/17/2009 Veneta, Oregon, USA

1stClassDesigns says:  

Here's one for you guys...

07/17/2009 Veneta, Oregon, USA

the--disturbed says:  

ok, as I know absolutely nothing whatsoever about old American cars I shall just say the first thing the looks vaguely similar and came into my head.

Chevy Impala ?

and late '50s early '60s ?

Any of that close ?

07/17/2009 Cornwall, England

Yella31 says:  

With the round tail lights & the shape of the side windows I am guessing it is some sort of Ford from around 1964/65.
The Ford Failane 'compact' had very simular lines & tail section (but was a four door)

Australia had a Ford Coupe that looked simular to this - Ford Falcon XP coupe.
I dont think its one of those firstly because the section below the boot (between the tail lights) was part of the body & wasnt removable, secondly the rear bumper is different shape & thirdly the picture was posted by an American

07/17/2009 Perth, Western Australia

1stClassDesigns says:  

Yella, you are oh so close on almost every detail. Just a little nudge in age and size and you'd be on the right track

07/17/2009 Veneta, Oregon, USA

Yella31 says:  

Well the clues should help someone out - I'll be away from the computer this weekend (working on my Hilux) so I will leave it to someone who can post another car.

It will be interesting to find out what it is, I like the Ford coupes from that era.
My friend has an Australian Ford XP coupe (unfinished project)but I don't know what the American equivelant is

07/17/2009 Perth, Western Australia

P4cey says:  

is it a 1964 Ford Falcon coupe??

07/17/2009 Essex England

Katana says:  

looks very much like a 1960-1964 Ford Galaxie to me.. but the lip that runs the length of the car makes me think it isn't a Galaxie...

07/17/2009 Melbourne Victoria

Camarrow84 says:  

Could it be a trashed T-bird or Galaxie? They both had the round tail lights in the early sixties.

07/18/2009 Tennessee

1stClassDesigns says:  

KATANA has it correct... a 1963 Ford Galaxie. Being an old, rusted out, and stripped down ex-race car made it a bit more difficult.

07/18/2009 Veneta, Oregon, USA

Katana says:  

here's the next one

07/19/2009 Melbourne Victoria

adamadam28 says:  

my goodness is that a 'lift off' bonnet?? off the bat - Lada? Tata?

07/20/2009 Perth

Yella31 says:  

Is it an ARO 244D (or Crosslander 244x) made in Romania.

07/20/2009 Perth, Western Australia

Katana says:  

correct Yella!

post away...

07/20/2009 Melbourne Victoria

Drachen says:  

I was going to say Lada, but it wasn't ugly enough.

07/21/2009 Atlanta USA

Yella31 says:  

I couldn't tell you what year the ARO is - there isn't much info on the net that I could find.
All I could find out about it that is was Romanian built & a few people tried to get it imported into the US.
When they finally imported it (as a Crosslander 244x) the sales flopped & it was discontinued - one of the coments made about the vehicle is 'You would not like to drive it every day'

07/21/2009 Perth, Western Australia

Yella31 says:   

Anyway on with the next 'car'

There is a bit of a story behind this car, some of you may have already heard about it.

07/21/2009 Perth, Western Australia

the--disturbed says:  

I think its the Lamborghini LM002, Specifically I believe this is the one that belonged to the son of Saddam Hussein that was used as target practice by the American army after they had seized it, not realizing what it was.

If I am right I will post something tomorrow as it is 2 in the morning here and I need to sleep.

07/21/2009 Cornwall, England