[mercman from oz]

Trusting people to move your car can have bad results. This happened to a friend of mine when he arranged for his "new" 1961 Ford Starliner to be moved north from Victoria. It was sent on an open car transporter. During the trip, it appears that someone opened the hood en-route to the new owner's home, and didn't close it properly. Once the Transporter reached the open road speed, the hood flew up and completely folded back resulting in a smashed windshield and buckled hood. As true 1961 Fords were never sold in Australia in any body style, finding replacement parts is difficult. He did manage to locate a hood off a 62 Ford, but the windshield is another thing altogether, as these windshields are unique to the 1960 and 1961 Ford Starliners, and the short lived 1960 Edsel hardtop. They are totally different from the windshields used on all other 1961 Fords.