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04-01-2024, 11:47 PM | #2011 | ||
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05-01-2024, 12:54 AM | #2012 | ||
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Nah, the wheels on it were the pez spec wheels for the fwd 2.1L.
Doesnt matter either way. The leather on the seats of those cars was ok, the rest was not amicable. My old man bought his new in 2002. Got a few storys about that car from 2002, even though i got my L plates in 2003 if you get my drift. When i got my mk2 bf fairmont ghia, well, my dad tried to argue. Thing is though, the fairmont has never gone into limp mode due to they all do that with the rubbish 5 speed auto the x type had. |
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05-01-2024, 05:36 PM | #2013 | ||
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One for Franco. Clarendon St Maryborough.
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05-01-2024, 05:41 PM | #2014 | |||
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The VS series II/III cars are the only ones with the lettering on them stating what model it is as well so they're even harder to find. |
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05-01-2024, 07:08 PM | #2016 | ||
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Torrential rain Tuesday messed things up, wash will be done tomorrow
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08-01-2024, 10:17 AM | #2017 | ||
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XY Fairmont on the way to work this morn.. I thought I was seeing things, no pic though
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08-01-2024, 03:11 PM | #2019 | ||
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To bad, all I saw was a sh*tty old Great Wally ute.
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08-01-2024, 06:59 PM | #2021 | ||
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Also appropriate for this thread. My mum's cousin bought a new V240 when they first came out. Complete with asbestos brake pads, no airbags and rhomboid tray. Quickly sold and replaced with a 10-year-old Mazda Bravo.
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10-01-2024, 04:17 AM | #2022 | ||
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I saw an audi A8L yesterday. You dont see many of those, and also it was a hire car. I thought uber killed hire cars. I still see the odd taxi here or there, but not hire cars these days
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10-01-2024, 10:57 AM | #2023 | ||
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Small Datsun utes like this.
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10-01-2024, 10:52 PM | #2024 | ||
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Hi Guys,
Last Thursday Morning early around 6am i was driving past the Robinson Pie shop on the illawarra Hwy on my way down to Wollongong. On my travels I and going the other way was a Leyland P76 and i thought most of them had died. |
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12-01-2024, 05:56 PM | #2025 | ||
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When was the last time you spotted a BA Falcon in mint condition?
Today in the carpark, an immaculate early (2003 or so) BA XR6 Sedan in Blueprint. And I mean immaculate, glossy paint with no fade, scuffs, or peeling, the standard 17-inch wheels perfect. Most NA XR6's have been flogged into the ground as the pass down the economic and age chain, so to see such a lovely example like this is rare. If I wasn't so busy, I would have snapped a pic.
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He has a MK2 BA XR6 in silver It is in amazing condition for its age. Looks after it very well. I also seen a Congo Green MKI BA fairmont V8 the other day whilst booking my ute in for a service. Apart from a little peel on the wing and bubbled tint, it was very tidy.
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Saw 2 P76’s at a cars and coffee few weeks ago.
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14-01-2024, 11:02 AM | #2032 | ||
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Worn, but regoed E series down at the Rocks.
never heard of an Olympic Classic.
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14-01-2024, 01:37 PM | #2033 | ||
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“….. the Ford Falcon Olympic Classic which, in Ford’s own words back in the day, “It doesn’t matter how good you are. To make it to Olympic standard you have to have something extra”.
'Extra', in Ford’s case, meant throwing $3000 worth of options at otherwise standard range of EF Falcon GLi and Futura sedans and wagons, adding some Olympic decals and calling it a day. Those extras included factory-fitted air conditioning (imagine that, air-con as an option as recently as 25 years ago!), 15-inch alloy wheels and “stylish” Olympic Classic decals. To top it off, your special Falcon also came with an “Olympic Classic keyring to set your Falcon apart”. There’s was no price premium over the regular Falcon GLi and Futura range, which got underway at $29,594 for the manual in GLi trim, so we can only imagine this was a novel way for Ford to shift some leftover stock of the EF Falcon ahead of the facelifted EL model launching later that year. https://www.drive.com.au/caradvice/a...-olympic-cars/
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The tub was out of square from factory.
As for the airbag comment I could be wrong. Maybe it was the Hilux of the time that didn’t have airbags.
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EFs are somewhat rare but not rare enough. Figures from about 3 years ago said that there were still about 10,000 EF Falcons and Fairmonts still registered in Aus. |
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14-01-2024, 02:54 PM | #2036 | ||
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So therefore.............doesn't qualify for this "Cars you don't see anymore" thread ??
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And?...
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14-01-2024, 08:32 PM | #2038 | ||
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Awww yeah. Right up my alley.
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If you guys hit the pay-wall, open it as a private/incognito tab and it should work. |
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