OT - The Fords were out in the sunshine., for @emerygt350 Options

[wonkipop]

@emerygt350 - the ford man.

went for a big walk to stretch the legs.
sunshine = glorious, UV levels officially moderate according to the Bureau of Meteorology.
still got sunburnt. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

#1
up a back alley area in inner city fitzroy (melbourne).
last of the aussie iron. 1984-88 ZL Fairlane. ford australia.
hubcaps = briliant. rare to see. most got upmarket awful alloys.
car was unrestored. probably a grand-dad's garage it came out of.





#2
almost back home and at the garage down the block.
they rolled this out of the workshop just as i was walking past.
XY Fairmont GT. 1970.
rally car recreation.
not bad. bathurst globe alloys and shaker on the hood.

[SirAndy]

1984-88 ZL Fairlane

Looks like a longer version of the late model Ford Taunus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Taunus
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[wonkipop]

1984-88 ZL Fairlane

Looks like a longer version of the late model Ford Taunus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Taunus
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and you would be spot on there @SirAndy .

the ford australia studio were in close communication and agreement with the german studio. both lots ganged up against ford detroit to try and do the "local".

the nick name for this series of ford falcons was the "for-cedes". (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
phonetically "fah-seedeeze".

we ran into an old ex ford engineer a year ago who told us the major obsession with the ford australia designers at that time was citroen. in terms of the interior design.
you can see it in the dashboard switchgear pods. same engineer was admiring my 914 at the time and saying how much he liked them and could remember them from stints he did with ford germany. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer.gif)