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.

[emerygt350]

That 80s beast aged well. It is interesting to see how many different styling ques you guys had down there. The ltd and Fairmont up here was not as interesting to look at.

[wonkipop]

That 80s beast aged well. It is interesting to see how many different styling ques you guys had down there. The ltd and Fairmont up here was not as interesting to look at.

the key move in the styling will be something you can relate to with your gen 3 mustang.
they lowered the belt line for the side windows using the rear view mirror to do it.
the move came from jack telnack who was a key person behind the mustang gen 3 and had been involved with ford australia before returning to the US.

so while Sir Andy is right, that there is a lot of ford europe (germany) influence in it, the euro sedans are smaller and they don't have the lowered belt line.

i think that is why i like this series of falcons and why i fixed up the ute.

its all here in link. tells the story of how the aussie design studio headed off the american proposal. these XD falcons on were really the first series that were not primarily designed in the USA. the joke about the mad max hard top falcons from the generation before is that they really aren't aussie fords, they were styled in detroit.
apparently henry ford II was a big backer of this aussie XD falcon series and gave it the go ahead.

https://www.shannons.com.au/club/news/class...as-ford-robbed/

these 80s falcons are now of interest.
i had a guy harass me the other day trying to buy the ute.
he offered 15K on the spot. i thought he was insane.
(its not for sale).
i'd probably get more for the falcon ute than the 914 in another 5 years. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)