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RS The Faster Fords
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After reading an update on the fabled 'Chicken coup' Falcon perhaps we could post some other diamonds in the rough.
Lets reserve judgements of the owners and not reveal specific locations. Heres a couple I know of. I've known of this one since I was a youngster, we've all had a go at buying it. Interesting it has a Vic plate on it in WA. Getting worse nowadays. ![]() ![]() Vermillion fire XY GT, had some love lately, a new tarp after the old one fell apart in recent storms. ![]() Mk1 Zephyr convertible, extremely rare car. I've been trying to get this one for about 25 years now. Its a trophy from a bitter divorce and won't be going anywhere. ![]() Any others out there?
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A guy up the street had a EL XR6 sitting on his front lawn from before 2009 until May 2020 (either sold it or had it shipped to the wreckers). Most of the time it was sitting in the open but then in the last 3 years he decided to put in under a car cover.
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This may, or may not disturb some viewers. These pics below are from an acquaintance of my Bil. Old mate says he’s gunna get them all going soon, but obviously has bitten so much more than he could ever chew.
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Honorary Tony Oldest to youngest 1971 ZD Fairlane 1978 W123 Mercedes Benz 280e 2004 BA XR8 2007 W211 E63 ////AMG 2008 Fiat Ritmo -for the kids to take ownership of while I pay for running costs 2009 SYii Territory Ts now the kids swapped with below 2011 W212 Mercedes Benz E350 now the wife’s swapped with above |
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4th down is that a Ford Tornado FWD ? Got a model one somewhere.
Love the HJ Monaro.
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Honorary Tony Oldest to youngest 1971 ZD Fairlane 1978 W123 Mercedes Benz 280e 2004 BA XR8 2007 W211 E63 ////AMG 2008 Fiat Ritmo -for the kids to take ownership of while I pay for running costs 2009 SYii Territory Ts now the kids swapped with below 2011 W212 Mercedes Benz E350 now the wife’s swapped with above |
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Nice, Long way ahead of its time, had the vacuum operated headlight lifts from memory.
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Hi Guys,
Well storing them outside { under tarps or whatever} will guarantee that they will all come with much more rust than was originally supplied by the factory. If they haven't lived inside a dry shed , expect lots of tin worm. |
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where are some of these cars? i,ve got cash.
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Thunderbird...I can go to heaven now
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There was an old coupe on the front lawn sitting under a tree of a house in Revesby. Was there for years, not there any more. Wonder what happened to it?
Someone on here knows about it as I had referenced it in the past. Sent from my LG-M700 using Tapatalk
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It's a kind of voyeurism I often find unsettling.
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yes still (as money n time permit) doing the rebuilding the zh fairlane with a clevo 400m 4v heads injected whipple blown with aode 4 speed trans to a 9" ....... we'll get there eventually just remember don't be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the Ark...Professionals built the Titanic! I have taken up meditation... at least it's better than sitting around doing nothing !! |
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I read Tornado and didn’t see Ford in front. My bad. He does like his Oldsmobile’s. There is four that I can remember.
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Maybe north of Ipswich.
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I think I counted 4 of those too.
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So right. The Cougar above had no floor in it at all.
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[QUOTE=Rallye Sport;6459117]
image image [QUOTE] unregistered cars parked in the front yard with grass growing up under and just around them, when the missus and I go walking the dogs through certain areas nearby, there is heaps of them, mainly vt commodores, AU Falcons and the occasional camry, I call them garden ornaments, also they sometime have a 3 seater lounge chair nearby in the front yard with heaps of cigarette buts around them, I call these cars garden ornaments and I always tease the missus can I get a garden ornament like that ![]() Thing is though, those houses looking like that, many never get broken into ![]() A good security device ![]() |
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The red cougar? Id like to see more photos of that one!
I never understood how this happens, year for 2-5 years if you are clinging on but after that be kind and sell the things. Or even give them away to someone who can make some good of it.
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Yep, sorry didn't sound right when I wrote. Olds, still nice.
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I see fwd hot hatches of the past that struggled to control 300nm of torque without reefing the steering wheel out of the drivers hands. The Olds would have probably made double the torque, and from what I have read torque steer was never really an issue ![]() |
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![]() This all happened over 2 years ago, so I can’t see any of them being in better condition.
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I love stories like this. Quite surprising that Porsche did not have one of the first 82 901/911's in their collection. Very rare car.
https://www.caradvice.com.au/861961/...arousel&slot=2 Porsche 911 1964 2.0 The true story behind Porsche's ultra-rare barn find How a German TV crew found a rare piece of Porsche history It’s hard to imagine today, but the Porsche 911 wasn’t always called the ‘911’. Having unveiled the successor to its popular 356 at the 1963 Frankfurt motor show it was billed as the Porsche 901, its internal project number. Production of the 901 started in the autumn of 1964 but a trademark dispute with Peugeot, which claimed it owned the rights for three-digit car numbers with a ‘0’ in the middle, went in favour of the French brand. Porsche duly changed the model’s designation to 911 and by the end of its first production year (1964), 235 examples had rolled off the Zuffenhausen production line. Of those, the first 82 were Porsche 901s, making it a rare beast in the pantheon of Porsche. It should be noted those 82 cars were badged as 911s, however, the chassis number and build number identifies them as 901 examples. How rare? Until 2014, Porsche did not have an original production 901 in its collection. That all changed, however, when a German TV production crew stumbled across two what appeared to be early Porsche 911s gathering dust and rust in a barn. |
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There is an AU Falcon in someone's front yard that lives not to far from me that is actually set up as a garden ornament. ![]() Last edited by PG2; 01-07-2020 at 02:49 PM. |
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