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BLUE BULLET

Tongue in cheek, we asked owner Ambrose Luzza who was to blame for the stunning VE HDT Blue Meanie entering his life. Without hesitation, the answer came: “Who am I blaming for this? Phil Germantsis! He turned up at my workshop with his VF Blue Meanie – that planted the seed and it took off from there. Just some blokes having a laugh.”

Let’s walk this back a little. The whole Blue Meanie theme of course refers to the Formula Blue VK series SS Group A cars developed by HDT across 1984-85 – the Brock heydays.

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