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Gday all,
I'm hoping the pub section will reach the largest audience but we'll have to see about that. My question is, does anyone remember seeing / has any photos of a black XC hardtop with playboy bunnies on the front guards? (They may not even be on the front guards). Said car had silver highlights similar to a XB GT on the bonnet, black vinyl roof and cobra trim. The rumour is that it appeared at the 1977 Melbourne Motorshow. Ive done a lot of searching and it appears a lot of people have memories of seeing the car so theres a good chance it did exist. Apparently it also appeared in an old magazine most likely in 77, 78. Thanks for any info legends. John |
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I did a couple of searches to find out but it looks like it was a proposal that never went into production.
On Wikipedia it gives some information on the proposal where it says........ "When final production of the XC Hardtop at the Broadmeadows Assembly plant was ending in March 1978, more than 400 body shells were left unsold and Ford Australia faced a dilemma of how to shift them, rather than scrap them. When an original proposal to turn these cars into black and gold Playboy-themed cars (complete with "bunny" decals) was rejected as sending the wrong image for a family car company" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Falcon_Cobra Hard to imagine that they had so much trouble getting rid of the coupes back then? ![]() |
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Yes, I do remember that car. I'm fairly sure I have a photo of it in an old motoring magazine but they're all boxed up in the garage. What's your interest?
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Locally made coupes and hard tops have traditionally always been slow sellers once the initial few years of excitement have passed.
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XC Playboy Hardtop design proposal by Ford Australia designer Herb Grasse.
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351 cubic inches of FURY!
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Ah yes, I did see this car for sale last year and yes apparently the playboy XC was a factory tubbed shell, same as the Bathurst option 97 Cobra's, homologation XC's & race shells. Definitely a large chance that car was the one.
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Is that even repairable and how much did it go for?
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that poor coupe looks like it has been robbed
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Just giving this thread a quick bump.
Still on the lookout for any pictures or info ![]() Cheers |
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Hi John, I did go looking and didn't locate the photo I was looking for. May well have been lost the last time we moved and I chucked stuff
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Is it possible that the molested coupe above was Wayne Draper’s JPS inspired XC coupe? Or at least the inspiration for playboy coupe.
https://www.google.com.au/search?cli...OlUBkrm3oeZjM:
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and that molested coupe looks suspiciously like a clevo
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If Drapers was a Gt then that’s a No then. I still wonder if he and Peter Acadipane had something to do with the playboy graphics.
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AFAIK the pre cobra cobras were all JG65TE vins - the one linked above is a JG65TM vinned chassis so some 6months prior to the pre cobra cobras and close to 12 months ahead of the rpo97 cobras - i guess anything is possible but i dont think the time frames line up unless it was a pre pre cobra cobra?
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Any luck so far Johnny? I've been in contact with a relative of Peter Arcadipane hoping to get some more info on the car. I have ZERO doubt that the ebay car is the one and only Playboy prototype, there is no other rational explanation for that car, it's mods or it's extensive options list.
Can not believe it didn't sell instantly for the price. I've been kicking myself for missing it back when it was for sale a few years ago, even more so this time around. Definitely, the rarest XC hardtop ever built, if not the rarest hardtop of all, a true 1 off factory special prototype. |
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Any luck with Peters relative? There is bound to be info somewhere on the car. Like you said, very unique car. An odd ball interms of its month built and options. Cheers John |
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I’ve just read Morley’s workshop in issue 421 of unique cars. Nice plug for AFF John. It’s a shame he hasn’t a lot to add to your search. Hopefully with a different audience, you get something new.
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Cheers for the heads up mate. Grabbed a copy this morning. Yeah hopefully a reader out there can shed some light. Will get there one day
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Some bunny purchased it.
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Been looking through old car mags I have for this XC but only found a picture of a newly released Ford Bronco at a 1977 motor show in Playboy livery in CV&T magazine.
Can post it here if you want ?
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