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Old 29-08-2016, 06:07 PM   #1
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Another fantastic book.Release date,30/08/16.Authors,Will Hagon/Toby Hagon.Publishers:Pan Macmillan,288 pages ,Hardcover.RRP:$59.99.Have this on preorder,a welcome addition to "Ford Australia" the cars & people who built them.Cheers
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Holden 1856-1931: Our inferior carriage builder.

Holden 1931-Present: Our GM subsidy marketing cars as "our own" deceptively since...
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C'mon mate,don't be so damn negative!Whether you like it or not,they are still part of our motoring heritage.Move on!Cheers
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C'mon mate,don't be so damn negative!Whether you like it or not,they are still part of our motoring heritage.Move on!Cheers
Nevertheless, a spade is still a spade.
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Sorry,but I disagree,they still produce a very good vehicle in the Commodore.As I said "Move on" because once they are gone it's all over.Cheers
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Old 29-08-2016, 06:37 PM   #6
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Sorry,but I disagree,they still produce a very good vehicle in the Commodore.As I said "Move on" because once they are gone it's all over.Cheers
Well the topic of the thread is a contradiction of "moving on".



But no matter. I'm done. (Thankfully)
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EXCEPT when it is a shovel
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An UGLY shovel. Ahhh, but I loved her.
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And our beloved Ford are still building cars here because they're Australian owned?

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Not implied or stated. Nor seeing the correlation to my post....
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And our beloved Ford are still building cars here because they're still Australian owned?
I really do not think it matters where they are built,it is all about the history & heritage from a motoring perspective in our country.Cheers
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Is there a logical reason why they put the VE on the front cover and not the latest/last VF?
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Is there a logical reason why they put the VE on the front cover and not the latest/last VF?
Yes,I noticed that rather "odd" & why a "FC" & not a 48/215? Cheers
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dont mind the old banger holdens

fav was HR 161 colly shift - mad jumps @ rail crossings out tarcoola way

ford would have pumped the sump
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I only really started disliking Holdens when they introduced Commodore. Up until then I had always equally liked both Ford & Holden (and Chrysler).

Our 1939 Willys Overland was built at the Woodville plant so I wonder if these get a mention. Must get an order in for one as well as the Ford one - It'll be good for the grandkids to read about them in the future.
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