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27-09-2006, 09:18 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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ford exported the dedicated lpg AU by the looks of it to hong kong
 and an ef/el xr in south africa  theres more info but im watching the interview with terri irwin....sorry
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27-09-2006, 09:24 PM
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EL GT also went to Surth Efrica.
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27-09-2006, 09:42 PM
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woah never knew they sent au's to hong kong......
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27-09-2006, 09:59 PM
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thats cool
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27-09-2006, 10:09 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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 ford aus built 420 of these sexy beasts - 4WD XY falcon ute, wheres the 4WD BFII i say
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27-09-2006, 10:10 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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btw credits to 100 years of motoring
Australians and their cars by bill tuckey
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28-09-2006, 01:56 AM
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wouldnt be that hard for ford to build the RTV ute of the territory would it... |
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28-09-2006, 04:26 AM
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28-09-2006, 08:35 AM
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28-09-2006, 10:21 AM
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28-09-2006, 10:24 AM
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You win again, gravity!!!
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Bigblock + 4wd = Fun  They were also considering building XA versions aswell, but the demand for XY 4X4 wasn't great, so they scrapped the idea...
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28-09-2006, 10:29 AM
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28-09-2006, 10:37 AM
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That was kind of Harsh but rediculously funny... All he did was insult the Hong Kong LPG AU wagons... they do kind of look ugly.
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28-09-2006, 11:28 AM
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The Falcon wagons, powered by LPG, was part of an environmental program by the Hong Kong Government designed to reduce vehicle emissions and improve air quality in the city. By this year they will have replaceed their fleet of 18,000 diesel-powered taxis to LPG. It was partly a merketing exercise by Ford Australia to get some recognition for the dedicated LPG Falcon, it didn't get much coverage by the press though.
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28-09-2006, 11:37 AM
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28-09-2006, 12:18 PM
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28-09-2006, 12:41 PM
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Did you know that there was a reasonable export program to the UK for AU Falcons, Wagons, Utes, Fairlane Wagons and Sedans?
The utes were brought in as LPG only (& Branded as Tempest??) and the Fairlanes end up in the funeral service. the late great George Best had his last ride and a Fairlane hearse. BA's are also going over there too, plenty ont he web about Aussie fords being flogged there by low volume importers... |
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28-09-2006, 01:03 PM
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FALCONSR where have ya been? This sort of stuff is commonly known.
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28-09-2006, 01:22 PM
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Yeah coleman milne import Fairlanes into the UK for the funeral service, as their is no real suitable european Ford.
AU Utes wre also imported into Uk in reasonable numbers. The AU Wagon thing in Hong Kongs was from what ive heard was a bit of a disaster, they were too expensive like 48,000 $AU compared to like $24,000 for the JDM LPG Toyota Crown Comforts/Majestic. They had more space than the Crown's but they were expensive and ultimately an unknown quantity.
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28-09-2006, 01:34 PM
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28-09-2006, 01:36 PM
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LTDHO ive been living in tville....lol thats why seriously though i knew about some very small numbers but none of this is ever in the media so i dont no about it
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28-09-2006, 02:19 PM
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Ford sold the AU falcon engine I6 to fit into AC cars in the UK. Not sure how many if any were built.
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28-09-2006, 02:26 PM
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28-09-2006, 02:33 PM
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- Smooth Operator - Nov 05 - Black Sapphire Zetec 17" Alloys, Colour coded fog light surround, blue instrument cluster, blue switches all round, 12" Eclipse sub in custom box, 4 guage running to a 200w amp. Sorry Black LS, you have struck my pet word for being incorrectly spelled. You have a 4 GAUGE running into the amp, not guage.  : Oh by the way, Trinidad in the southern caribbean has quite a large number of XD falcons still, and kingswoods/commodores to boot.  :
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28-09-2006, 02:36 PM
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Also from Bill Tuckey’s book “True Blue” – Honda helped Ford with aluminium castings with the XE 4.1 litre and in the 70’s Ford Oz considered replacing the Ford Escort with a badge-engineered Honda Civic.
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28-09-2006, 11:00 PM
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 is a nice term, thanks. Most people call them Land-going Barges, so thanks for the kind words. Ugly - well 99% of the population think they're ugly so I cant argue with that. However, atleast that makes them cheap, bit like the AU's I suppose : : :Reverend: Cobra - in todays terms I'm just glad I have one. Now back to the AU. Man, that is a handsome car - NOT!!!! http://marks.4t.com/cgi-bin/i/AU/au1forte.jpg As they say, "You can't polish a ****"  ing_sm
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28-09-2006, 11:56 PM
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Whats doin' with the ute 10 feet in the air, with a spoiler on the front????????? I'm glad they didn't do the whole GT/ Shaker/ HO thing on it! |
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29-09-2006, 12:30 AM
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My fading memory tells me that there were Jeep bits in there (transfer case at least) and maybe the engine.
more info: http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~lloyd/4/Ford/XY/
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29-09-2006, 06:26 AM
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Not sure about transfer case but was the ford 6 in there tilted to the side so transfer case could fit.
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