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Motoring enthusiasts of sutherland shire

Cars and coffee Heathcote

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[carsthatnevermadeitetc]

Ford XA Ranchero, 1972. The Australian Ford Falcon ute was marketed in South African through successive generations using Ranchero badges. This example was for sale on eBay in Australia, having been reimported back to New South Wales after spending most of its life in SA. The vehicle offered is fitted with Ford's 302ci 240hp V8. At the moment the auction has ended with no bids.

ebay listing

thanks to @scentedkryptoniteballoon for the tip!

#Ford #Ford Falcon XA #Ford Ranchero #Ford XA Ranchero #Ford Falcon Ute #Ford Falcon XA Ute #auction #eBay #cars for sale #pick-up #South African market #302ci V8 #Ford V8

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#cars #car #fast car #classic #fast cars #ford #ford falcon #falcon #falcon xa #gt #classic cars

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72 Ford Falcon XA GTHO Phase 4

#72 Ford Falcon XA GTHO Phase 4

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Ford Falcon XA

#Ford Falcon XA

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Check out our new Carbide-Series Bluetooth radio assembly for XA/XB Falcon. Featuring Bluetooth for music streaming and hands free phone, AM/FM radio, USB, Auxiliary Input, sub-Woofer channel, RCA Pre-Outs and a whopping 300w four-channel internal amplifier! . . Only @classicautosound #xa #ford #blueoval #car #fordfalcon #fordmusclecars #eshgh #explore #aussiefords #aussiemusclecars #cargram #carlife #carporn #carsofinstagram #carswithoutlimits #falcon #fomoco #fordperformance #fordracing #fordsofinstagram #insta #instafords #instagood #instamotor #oldschoolaussiefords #oldschoolford #picoftheday #poweredbyford #delbar #explore (at Classic Auto Sound) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg3URdJpSC2/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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FORD TORINO GT

Walking around a 1970/71 SportsRoof Torino at a classic car show in the States could be a confusing experience for Ozzie Ford enthusiasts. They might well be wondering, ‘Have I come all this way to look at a customised XA-XC Falcon hardtop?’ And for good reason.

When Ford Australia’s designers and engineers first sat down with blank sheets of paper in 1968 to come up with an all-new Falcon for 1972, the brief required them to make a comprehensive break from past styling. The boxy Falcon XY shape was to make way for the organic flowing look we became familiar with in the XA model and the subsequent XB and XC updates. At that time the Torino team at Dearborn was a couple of years ahead of Ford Australia in making a similar transition to a sleeker body style. No surprise then that the Ford Australia team made a conscious decision to draw on the second-generation Torino concept for some XA design elements. The decision was a no brainer. Why put in the effort and take on the costs of the pioneering stage of developing a new model when your corporate cousins have already done those hard yards?

Perhaps I’m not alone in admitting that the Torino made only a smallish blip on my Ford-model radar over the years. My excuse is that from an Australian perspective at least the Torino existed largely in the shadow of its high-profile stablemate, the Mustang.

This relative anonymity is surprising when you consider the Torino’s exposure on screens large and small over the decades. While the Gran Torino model got excellent exposure in the Starsky and Hutch TV series in the 70s and 80s and the later movie, its starring role in Clint Eastwood’s perfectly named 2008 movie, Gran Torino. capped off its profile raising. After seeing that movie you had a pretty good handle on what at least one classic Torino – the 1972 Gran Torino Sport – was all about. But there’s way more to the Torino story than was revealed by its '15 minutes of (TV/movie) fame'.

The Torino was launched in 1968 as an upmarket, upsized addition to the US Fairlane range. Naming it after Italy’s Motown was an interesting, but not ground-breaking move for Fomoco, with models like Capri, Montego and Granada also honouring various geographical locations. I'm not too sure, though, that a generously sized Torino would be my first choice for navigating the often narrow and crowded confines of its namesake city’s streets.

The Torino’s arrival relegated Fairlane-badged cars to entry-level status in Ford’s intermediate-category (US) line-up – a point underlined by Fairlane's sharing a number of panels with the utilitarian Ranchero pickup. Ultimately the Fairlane name was dropped from what had become the Torino model-range, bizarrely at the time when the Australian Fairlane was just hitting its straps as a desirable aspirational model with a long profitable future ahead of it for Ford Australia.

The Torino covered most model-variant bases with two four-door sedans, a two-door hardtop, even a Squire wagon, as well as Torino GT versions that also included a convertible. While base-line Torinos initially offered a 200ci in-line six as standard, V8 options included the 302ci, two versions of the 390ci and some months into the 1968 model year the 428ci Cobra-Jet was added to the motor menu to give credibility to the GT version's claim to 'Muscle Car' status.

The fresh styling of the second-generation Torino of 1970/71 we opened with was widely praised by the American motoring media. New engines included the 351ci Cleveland and buyers really wanting to burn some bitumen could opt for the Torino Cobra, powered by the legendary Cobra-Jet 429, a purpose-built hi-po engine that claimed an impressive 370 horsepower. Healthy Torino sales continued to produce smiles in Ford’s executive suite.

By 1972 with the 'Muscle Car' era fading to grey in the US, the GT label was dropped in favour of the blander ‘Gran Torino Sport’ label. These larger third-generation Torinos moved from the previous car’s taut ’n' terrific unitary construction, in favour of heavier body-on-frame construction. The Torino’s high-performance glory days were now fading fast.

Further evolution through to 1976, the Torino’s finale model, produced successively more laid-back Torinos – a process that for performance fans provided a grim contrast with the early Torino Cobras that had proudly flown the Ford flag in NASCAR racing.

Ford's Torino made a great start in 1968 by selling more than 100,000 units into a market begging for affordable ‘muscle’ cars. 1969 saw numbers dip by half but then recover. Entering the 1970s, sales were averaging above 60,000 annually. Lots of GT Torinos have been preserved or restored so there remains a deep pool into which buyers can dip to find decent cars.

Scarce variations including the 429 Cobra-Jet and Talladega occasionally top six figures in US sales but aren’t as yet totally out of reach.

The minimum specification a Torino buyer should consider while remaining credible is an M-Code with 5.8 litres and automatic transmission. These were built from 1970-72 and a few did come to Australia. Importing a decent car today will cost $45-55,000.

Seeking out a 6.4 or even 7.0-litre (390 or 428 cubic inch) GT will more seriously dent the balance. However they generally cost less than similar-looking XA-XB Falcon GT Hardtops.

Deep pockets and due diligence come to the fore when your target is an R-Code Cobra. Genuine, number-matching cars in close to showroom order (plus the cost of freighting and registering upon arrival) will top A$100,000.

VALUE RANGE:

1968-72 Ford Torino

Fair: $24,500 Good: $48,000 Excellent: $65,000 (GT390) 

#ford torino #car #cars #muscle car #american muscle #ford #torino

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Ian "Pete" Geoghegan, (26 April 1939 – 15 November 2003)[1] was an Australian race car driver, known for a quick wit and natural driving skills. Sometimes referred to as "Pete" Geoghegan, he was one of the iconic characters of the 1960s and 1970s Australian motor racing scene. His older brother Leo was also an accomplished driver and the brothers often shared a car in endurance events. He was a five-time winner of the Australian Touring Car Championship, a feat matched by only three other drivers since (Dick Johnson, Mark Skaife and Jamie Whincup). He achieved this string of victories driving against competitors of the highest calibre, such as Bob Jane, Norm Beechey and Allan Moffat. He also won the prestigious Bathurst 1000 endurance race in 1973, driving an XA Falcon GT with Moffat for the Ford Works Team. Later in his career Geoghegan drove a Porsche Carrera to win the 1976 Australian Sports Car Championship, while also driving a Holden HQ Monaro in the Australian Sports Sedan Championship. Geoghegan was inducted into the V8 Supercars Hall of Fame in 1999.

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#falcon gt #falcon #ford #XAGT #XA #XA falcon #gt #ford gt #bathurst #falcon hardtop #hardtop #falcon coupe #coupe #muscle car #muscle cars #musclecar #musclecars #muscle #australian muscle #classic #classic car #kustom kulture #kustomblr #kustom #custom #custom car #car #cars #touring car #rpo83

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XA GT351 falcon

#cars and coffee #car show #carscene #classic cars #sydney cars #muscle car #aussie muscle car #xagt #xagt351 #gt351 #xa coupe #all ford day sydney #all ford day #ford #ford falcon #falcon

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20.05.23, 21st TACTICAL AIR FORCE BASE ČÁSLAV

Bell AH-1 Cobra • Extra 300SR • L-159 Alca

F-16 Fighting Falcon • Z-142 CAF • Mil Mi-24 Hind

27.05.23, PARDUBICE

Extra 300SR • Xtreme Air XA-42 • MBB Bo 105

B-25 Mitchell • F4U Corsair • Carbon Cub

P-51D Mustang • P-38 Lightning • CASA C-295

Aero C104 • Edge 540 V3 • L-39 Albatros

03.06.23, JAROMĚŘ

Xtreme Air XA-42 (with its pilot Jan Rudzinskyj) • Aero C104

Nieuport 12 • Bücker Bü 131 Jungmann

#just a little flashback to the past 3 weekends #as you can see i'm REALLY into aviation #and i'm gonna attend another airshow in 2 weeks 😅 #aviation geek #aviation #🇨🇿

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Ford Falcon XA GT 351 Hardtop, 1972. Also powered by Ford's Cleveland V8 that was imported for the US for the otherwise all-Australian Falcon. In the XA GT it made 300hp. The Cleveland-powered GT only made through one further generation, the XB, before it was discontinued.

#Ford #Ford Falcon #Ford Falcon GT #Ford Falcon GT 351 #Ford Falcon XA GT 351 Hardtop #1972 #Cleveland V8 #351ci V8 #1970s #pillarless hardtop #Ford V8

[yourwizardofaus]

The final iteration of the boxy late sixties Ford Falcon was the XY series (1971).  In Australia, the three major manufacturers, Ford, Chrysler and General Motors Holden all began the seventies with final versions of their late sixties designs.  It wasn’t until 1971 that the all-new HQ Holden, XA Falcon and VH Valiant ranges were unveiled and put on sale.

#cars #police cars #1971 #1970s #70s #seventies #nostalgia #Australia #Australiana #Ford Falcon #Ford Motor Company