I'm not stuck in traffic anywhere near as much as I was back in SoCal, but as I drive to/from work everyday and around the neighborhood on weekends, I see some really interesting vehicles.

I don't see nearly as many of the high-end German or Italian cars as I did back in SoCal, but I do see a lot of cars that aren't sold in the US and others that have just been modified in interesting ways.

So, I've decided that for 2009, I'm going to post 1 Aussie "vehicle" picture a day. I say vehicle because I might throw in a few pictures of motorcycles, or the trash truck, or whatever I find interesting and odd. Please bear with me as this will be a marathon, not a sprint and with the prospect of posting 365 vehicle pictures, there might be some that aren't so great. Hopefully by the end of the year, I'll have 15-20 great pictures. Here are two pictures to get you started. Enjoy.

A Toyota Land Cruiser of some sort with a Snorkel. BTW - I found out that ARB is an Aussie Company.


An Audi S3. I think they just started selling A3s in the US a year or two ago. I've never seen an S3 before.

That FJ 80 is sick.

Today, we've got a Ute with a Surfboard. I think this is a Holden Ute, but I'm not sure.

that Audi S3 is nice

S3 drroooooooooool!!

Please post some Aussie Land Rovers!

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Land trains!

Don't worry, there will be plenty of time for more interesting Land Rovers and maybe I'll even see a Land Train at some point.

Here's a Primer Coloured Suzuki with a Southern Cross on the windscreen. Personally, I've seen plenty of primered cars, but never a motorcycle.

land trains or mad max please

Look mate, I'm not doing requests. But just for a laugh, here's your "land train".

Nice!

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HollywoodBQ.. Enjoy your photos !





[This message has been edited by Agronomist (edited 3/11/2009 8:42a).]

GLORIAS!

Seriously...a snorkel on a Liberty?

don't talk to us in Alabama about Utes!!!

Dumb question: What's the snorkel for?

Snorkels are for water fording. If you're crossing semi-deep water on a regular basis it's extra protection against getting water into your engine.



Surprisingly enough, a lot of the Jeep snorkels and front bumpers come from Australian companies.

Sorry to hijack your thread Hollywood.

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No Worries Mate! Now that I see BQ68 on here, maybe he can help me identify this piece of Yank Iron. I'm guessing it's a circa 1970 AMC AMX Javelin or something like that. Note that it is Left Hand Drive which means that it wasn't registered in New South Wales until it was at least 30 years old.

I likie!

^ I likie even more!

Some sort of Mitsubishi 4WD Van. Ready to be lived in by the looks of it.

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Wonder what is in the tube in front?

It's where he keeps these things:

good one, CAT...

Nicely done CAT!
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A Mitsubishi Delica maybe?

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This Maserati picture is kind of weak but it went with piag94's Maserati thread. Remember, this is a marathon (I've still got 357 pictures to go).

I have no idea what kind of Toyota Van this Taxi is:

Wow...looks like a minivan with a growth.

limo van...

omg I would buy an S3 in a second if they sold them here

I saw plenty over in Germany. 2-door A3s and S3 are so tits

I just got back from Singapore and I saw all kinds of neat vehicles, wish I was taking pictures of them - they'd fit in on this thread.

The Toyota Wish was a popular minivan/crossover in Singapore - that limo taxi looks like a Wish with a tumor growing out the rear end.

Anyways, I was surprised with all the european cars in Singapore. It was probably 50/50 with all the rest being Japanese or other Asian mfg. Fiats, Rennaults, Citroen, Opel, Alfa Romero, and of course all the ones we regularly see in the states (Volvo, BWM, Mercedes, Audi, jaguar). I didn't see any Jeeps, Fords, or Volkswagons, oddly enough.

Looks to me like your taxi is a stretch version of the Toyota Tarago -- stretched to add additional room behind the rear axle.

www.toyota.com.au/tarago

I was curious, so I decided to look it up.

Cool thread, looking forward to checking in here periodically.

Edit: just noticed the reference to the Toyota Wish in the post above mine. Looks like the same vehicle Wish=Tarago.

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damn that toyota is ugly

YES! I love these threads BQ.

I know you Honda guys have been waiting for this one. The Civic Type R.