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09-11-2012, 12:13 PM | #1 |
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Australian Fords From Trevor Poulson
My good friend from Australia, Trevor Poulson, sent me this link of some fine Australiam V8 Fords.
MIKE http://www.toqinc.org/fords_downunder/ |
09-11-2012, 02:56 PM | #2 |
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Re: Australian Fords From Trevor Poulson
Love Utes, wish we had them in the SA. I would love to have a '55 Ute to match my '55 Ranchwagon.
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09-11-2012, 08:13 PM | #3 | |
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Re: Australian Fords From Trevor Poulson
Good utes in Oz are pretty thin on the ground nowadays but they are available. The price for a reasonable one would scare you though. $10000 for a roughy to $30000+ for a real nice one. Mine is by no means the best and has an insurance valuation of $30000. At least shipping is affordable these days.
Utes in Oz are very much a cultural thing, both Ford and Holden make some seriously tough utes these days with well over 400HP for the street. Makes them a bit of a handful without traction control. We here in Oz would love to have your Waggon. These were super rare in Oz. Regards
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09-12-2012, 02:04 PM | #4 |
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Re: Australian Fords From Trevor Poulson
You guys may want to follow this build:http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/s...d.php?t=733707 to build your own U.S. version of a UTE.
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09-12-2012, 02:38 PM | #5 |
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Re: Australian Fords From Trevor Poulson
I notice that some of the model years on the web page are either miss labeled or there is a years difference between north america and OZ.
The other interesting model notable is the use of Canadian Meteor parts on the OZ cars. I think that the OZ cars are refered to as " star" models. and yes it would be nice to have a fairlane 4X4 Ute ! |
09-12-2012, 06:37 PM | #6 | |
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It seems Ford Australia thought the 57 US Ford was too big for us and then they bit the bullet and released the 59 Fairlane, referred to as a Tank Fairlane. The weren't as robust on our country roads as the Customline. All our cars were four doors. A 2 door wasn't released in Oz til 65 with the local Falcon and a few Mustangs. There ends the short history lesson. Regards
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09-13-2012, 10:01 AM | #7 |
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Re: Australian Fords From Trevor Poulson
When I lived in Mi. I used to run across a 55 (?) Ute at different places. For awhile I thought it was homemade & he did a good job of it. Later on I realized what it was. Very cool cars.
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