Car Spotting by Pater

"whiskeybusiness NOW A DANGER TO CROWDS NEAR YOU" (whiskey-business) 04/01/2015 at 10:52 • Filed to: None

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He has been converted. I got an excited call from him yesterday saying he took a picture of a really cool car while he was out and about. Didn't know what it was but he said it reminded him of a Pontiac G8. Guess what I got a picture of later that day?

Somehow, some way, someone in Detroit has either a real MY11 Holden SSV or has done a damn good job faking one. In either case, it was a straight piped, roaring V8, and supposedly Manuel Aussie brute in the motor city.

BJ > whiskeybusiness NOW A DANGER TO CROWDS NEAR YOU 04/01/2015 at 10:55

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Looks like left-hand drive, so most likely just a set of badges and a body kit?

Dukie - Jalopnik Emergency Management Asshole > whiskeybusiness NOW A DANGER TO CROWDS NEAR YOU 04/01/2015 at 10:57

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LHD, so... rebadged G8 is my guess.

whiskeybusiness NOW A DANGER TO CROWDS NEAR YOU > BJ 04/01/2015 at 10:58

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That's what I thought, but he said the whole front end was definitely not a G8 front end. This coming from a man who went out of his way to drive past the Pontiac dealership for years just to look at the G8's. But who knows?

Camshaft Chris: Skyline/McLaren/Porsche Fanboy > whiskeybusiness NOW A DANGER TO CROWDS NEAR YOU 04/01/2015 at 10:59

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As everyone has said, it's LHD, so it's a conversion. A pretty damn good conversion, but a conversion none the less.

whiskeybusiness NOW A DANGER TO CROWDS NEAR YOU > Dukie - Jalopnik Emergency Management Asshole 04/01/2015 at 10:59

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That was my original thought, who knows.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > whiskeybusiness NOW A DANGER TO CROWDS NEAR YOU 04/01/2015 at 11:22

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I would love to do this.

BJ > whiskeybusiness NOW A DANGER TO CROWDS NEAR YOU 04/01/2015 at 12:03

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If it's LHD, it can't be a Holden, right? Body panels, aero bits, etc can all be swapped out. If you're fanatic enough, you'll have panels and parts shipped from Australia.

whiskeybusiness NOW A DANGER TO CROWDS NEAR YOU > BJ 04/01/2015 at 12:42

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I couldn't tell if it was LHD or not, but you are right.