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Old 08-08-2015, 01:09 AM   #1
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Default Xa Ford Falcon Assembly New Zealand 1972 73



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VUrNWRY7dw
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Old 08-08-2015, 01:58 AM   #2
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How cool is this video?
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Old 08-08-2015, 02:15 AM   #3
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Great find.
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Old 08-08-2015, 07:31 AM   #4
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That video is therapeutic
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Old 08-08-2015, 08:25 AM   #5
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All that NOS goodness....
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Great video thanks for sharing it with us!
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Old 08-08-2015, 09:48 AM   #7
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That is outstanding. Been looking for still photos of the XBs being made.

Lets compare that vid to this one. 2015 F150

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOVse3YUrQI
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Best thing about the video is seeing New Zealanders actually working.
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Old 08-08-2015, 12:59 PM   #9
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Old 08-08-2015, 02:07 PM   #10
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Any chance we can get the factory to reopen.
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Old 08-08-2015, 04:47 PM   #11
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See the 250 had a white air cleaner with a grey lid and she has a sticker on the rocker cover like our Cleveland 351 got back then, I wonder what it says.
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Old 08-08-2015, 07:22 PM   #13
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I didn't realise you can still buy a new XA in NZ....does this mean they will get XD falcons around 2020?
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Old 08-08-2015, 07:37 PM   #14
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I know right?!?



Bit rich coming from atypical loud mouth ocker......
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Did the Kiwis get the v8 models too?

The kid picks a purple one(wild violet?), Bruno must have traded in his purple Valiant.
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Great video!

Dat OHS tho...
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Old 09-08-2015, 04:32 PM   #17
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Back before the robots took over - couldn't see a welding mask in sight!
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Old 09-08-2015, 04:49 PM   #18
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couldn't see a welding mask in sight!
LOL, must be all that QLD sun in your eyes, there were quite a few masks there.
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Old 09-08-2015, 09:46 PM   #19
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I recon South Auckland Motors is still open.
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Old 09-08-2015, 10:18 PM   #20
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The guy doing the lead work on the quarters...hmm.....
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Old 09-08-2015, 11:12 PM   #21
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4 min 10 sec mark, is that where they dipped them in a salt water pool?


And on the rolling road the guy check the windscreen washer jets...why don't they still do that? Perhaps they would have spotted the fact the jets in a Territory squirt straight into the parked wiper blades.
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[QUOTE=Spammy;5454570]4 min 10 sec mark, is that where they dipped them in a salt water pool?


Why Sammy would you be implying that is why they were built to rust?
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Old 11-08-2015, 06:15 PM   #23
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The guy doing the lead work on the quarters...hmm.....
Not good.
GMH at Trentham at that time had a sealed booth and full suits with air for lead work. They must have thought more about lead health than Ford at that stage.
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I recon South Auckland Motors is still open.
It is, and he cars were assemble not too far away inn Plunket road if I'm not mistaken, the truck driver must have taken the long road to get there... I remember the old Car Haulaways trucks

Great Video
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Old 12-08-2015, 11:53 AM   #25
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4 min 10 sec mark, is that where they dipped them in a salt water pool?


And on the rolling road the guy check the windscreen washer jets...why don't they still do that? Perhaps they would have spotted the fact the jets in a Territory squirt straight into the parked wiper blades.
As soon as they went in the dip I thought it must be salt water too! lol

Slam the windscreen in and give it a few belts with a rubber mallet for good luck.

See how close they are on the car carrier.
They would have been kissing bumpers on every gear change of the truck.
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It is, and he cars were assemble not too far away inn Plunket road if I'm not mistaken, the truck driver must have taken the long road to get there... I remember the old Car Haulaways trucks

Great Video

Betcha this video is of Fords Seaview HuttValley plant.
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