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09-01-2025, 06:56 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Dec 2004
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This week I was contacted by Laminge's family to inform me that he had passed away late last year.
Minge was one of the original migrants from the old Ford Forum and was larger than life and a critical part of the early days. I'd fallen out of contact over the years and had no idea he was this ill. Fair winds Minge, may you be at the front row table at the 'Gentleman's Club' in the sky. |
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09-01-2025, 08:38 PM
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FG XR6 Ute & Sedan
 Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Bibra Lake WA
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That's very sad he was a highly valued member back in the days when he was active.
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09-01-2025, 09:57 PM
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Looking for clues...
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Morayfield
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I remember Gary chasing crazy horsepower numbers in his TE50 AU, then deciding on a different project. RIP Laminge.
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09-01-2025, 10:13 PM
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HSV - I just ate one!
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Middle of nowhere
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Wow :-( theres a name I hadnt seen for a while,
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Yesterday, 12:01 AM
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T3/Sprint8
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Australia
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Damn !
Yes larger than life back in the early days of the forum - he also set up a fairly mad modded Territory as well. RIP mate and condolences to his family Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Yesterday, 01:09 PM
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Bolt Nerd
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Ojochal, Costa Rica (Pura Vida!)
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Very sad… Great guy and some great memories way back.
RIP Gary!
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Yesterday, 07:21 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Canberra Region
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I remember his supercharged AU XR8, and a few years later a guy who worked near me in Queanbeyan bought it off him. From memory it had something like $50k+ put into it.
Not sure what happened to it after that. Oh I remember seeing Laminge at the Ford farewell in Avalon in 2016.
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2016 FGX XR8 Sprint, 6speed manual, Kinetic Blue #170 2004 BA wagon RTV project. 1998 EL XR8, Auto, Hot Chilli Red 1993 ED XR6, 5speed, Polynesian Green. 1 of 329. Retired 1968 XT Falcon 500 wagon, 3 on the tree, 3.6L. Patina project. Last edited by XR Martin; Yesterday at 07:27 PM. |
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