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26-07-2014, 11:24 AM
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Was driving in the city just now and saw a bright yellow VE Commodore, took me a while to comprehend that it was a 2 door. Does anyone know anything about them? I'm guessing it's a custom job as i'm pretty sure VE's don't come in coupes.
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26-07-2014, 12:17 PM
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I know there's one coupe that was originally ve ute then modified into a coupe.
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26-07-2014, 12:55 PM
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Yeah there is a maloo thats been converted to a coupe. That's the only one I've heard of
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26-07-2014, 02:18 PM
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The one in that pic was at Motorex and it's a really well done job. Ive never seen another one though.
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26-07-2014, 02:44 PM
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Making a coupe out of a Maloo?? WTF
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26-07-2014, 05:26 PM
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26-07-2014, 05:35 PM
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26-07-2014, 06:11 PM
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IIRC, it was a sedan, might have been a ute...and it was shortened to get the proportions right, long coupes look silly with a big bum. The Commodore based Monaro was shorter then the sedan...
Only reason I can see them using the ute as a base is to save on cutting out sections, I can rember seeing a in-build photo of it in Street Machine....much more complicated then "welding a roof on" whole sides from a sedan being used and modified to accept the slightly lengthened doors...
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28-07-2014, 12:52 PM
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Does the ute have longer front doors?(looks like it) as that they key to the Coupe.
trying to change a Sedan to have bigger front doors would be a nightmare
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28-07-2014, 01:00 PM
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Isn't it obvious?
 
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that thing is not pretty imo
not my taste at all
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28-07-2014, 01:11 PM
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Looks like ****
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28-07-2014, 01:39 PM
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The orange car makes me think of a Beamer coupe done up with add-on aftermarket stuff.
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28-07-2014, 02:34 PM
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If all the ricer stuff was taken off that VE then it could look great.
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28-07-2014, 02:37 PM
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I don't mind it all. But I cant see why someone would go to that trouble to throw on some cheap wheels. I like the body styling and the colour though.
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28-07-2014, 04:33 PM
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28-07-2014, 05:30 PM
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28-07-2014, 06:16 PM
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..... Nice lego bonnet
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28-07-2014, 06:43 PM
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Also lower height to the roof. Same windscreen as the sedan, but laid back more. Had to get a windscreen replaced on mine just after they went on sale and no one could categorically state what the windscreen was. Local Holden spare parts said they are the same but must be a typo. Turns out they were right, and wrong. |
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28-07-2014, 06:45 PM
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Theres a few getting around, the yellow one looks nicer.
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28-07-2014, 06:48 PM
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Wheels Magazine published photos of a VE coupe test mule around 2007-08. I can't find them on the internet, but the only thing that became of that was the Coupe 60 concept.
Holden may have had plans to build it after all. http://www.motortrend.com/features/a...t_pontiac_gto/ |
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VE 2 door coupe?
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