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If a roo bar with curved horizontal bars following the lines of the car would be too difficult, maybe the classic look would be good? Maybe you could find a headboard from an old brass bed, chrome it and attach it to the main bumper piece? A cowcatcher from an old locomotive would be cool too, though it might throw off the balance and handling of the car a bit. It would be helpful in getting micro cars out of the way for parking in the city though.
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Dear me, I clicked on this subject expecting some serious discussion, and I am not disappointed. But to the OP, will ligth bar on full be enough to prevent such encounters? I travel at night from Geelong - Sydney and back, and there are a lot of roos along the way. No encounters yet, but I always worry about one jumping in front of the car or a wallaby resting in the middle of the road.
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Dear me, I clicked on this subject expecting some serious discussion, and I am not disappointed. But to the OP, will ligth bar on full be enough to prevent such encounters? I travel at night from Geelong - Sydney and back, and there are a lot of roos along the way. No encounters yet, but I always worry about one jumping in front of the car or a wallaby resting in the middle of the road.
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How about lasers coming out of the leaper's eyes. Not too hot, just enough to give them a little zap in the butt and get them moving along. For another option, maybe a carbon fiber cow catcher would work and keep the weight down?
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Dear me, I clicked on this subject expecting some serious discussion, and I am not disappointed. But to the OP, will ligth bar on full be enough to prevent such encounters? I travel at night from Geelong - Sydney and back, and there are a lot of roos along the way. No encounters yet, but I always worry about one jumping in front of the car or a wallaby resting in the middle of the road.
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No, you’ve got that wrong. Wallabies don’t rest on Australian roads. They rest near American diners. Everyone knows that! That’s why their waitresses are always saying, “Wallaby.”
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Right... I assume this old bull-bar thread had been dug out initially, because I posted 2 "other Jags' with bull bars in another thread...
Given, that this thread here is not a serious discussion, I might as well add here 2 pictures, which I found just this moment on facebook.
So there is currently indeed a "make an offer" listing for a Jag Ute. Or to translate this into American English: A Jag Pick-up.
Listed 5 hours ago in Brisbane/QLD.
It's a Jag Ute project car
It's a 1976 Jag
Utes are big in Australia - I never understood this, though - even though I know the history of how Utes became reality (but these days, there are simply not so many farmers, who want a 2-in-1-car to go to the church on Sundays, too, as there are Utes). Even here in town someone did start building a XJ8 Jag Ute, but he sold the project before it was finished.
Given, that this thread here is not a serious discussion, I might as well add here 2 pictures, which I found just this moment on facebook.
So there is currently indeed a "make an offer" listing for a Jag Ute. Or to translate this into American English: A Jag Pick-up.
Listed 5 hours ago in Brisbane/QLD.
It's a Jag Ute project car
It's a 1976 Jag
Utes are big in Australia - I never understood this, though - even though I know the history of how Utes became reality (but these days, there are simply not so many farmers, who want a 2-in-1-car to go to the church on Sundays, too, as there are Utes). Even here in town someone did start building a XJ8 Jag Ute, but he sold the project before it was finished.
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