1 Million Anniversary XD ????

[Jamies460]

Was just going thru Ebay looking for parts when i came across this...... it states 1 million XD Anniversary........ Item number 150686102277. Is it for real or has some-one just stuck a badge onto the Glovebox ????

[Jamies460]

Just did a web search....... Ford Made 197,293 XD's so its a fake unless its the 1 millionth car That Ford made !

[Woofa6]

Gee if it is Ford really skimped on the luxury extra's!

[OffRoadFalcon]

My guess would be that it was the millionth car... unsure... could be a fake, would've thought they'd made more than a million by then... but, maybe.

[4.0i OHC]

The 1 millionth Falcon was made during the XD era. I think it was 1980. I'm fairly sure it's in Ewan Kennedy's book.

[smally289]

It is not THE millionth Falcon, just one of the commemorative Falcons built to celebrate this.

[Deaks]

From my understanding through reading numerous posts on this, they gave all the cars from the month that they made the millionth Falcon a badge to commemorate the milestone.

[EF ECTIV]

yep its not necessarily THE millionth falcon but ford made a heap of special commemorative falcons to celebrate the event around that era...

[2011G6E]

Interesting car!

As for being a bit "povo pack", well, you have to remember, in the late seventies and into the eighties it was unusual to have air conditioning, power steering, power windows, etc...if they made a "special model", it was usually just stuff like cloth seats, better paint, maybe a set of Volante or similar alloy wheels...certainly underneath they were pretty much vanilla. Hell, i remember going to look at a new Fairlane with a mate in 1981, and air con was an extra-cost option! The commonest Fairlane had wind up windows, no air con, and sometimes vinyl seats...a better pattern, but still just vinyl.

[Sprint XR8]

Magazine ad for XD One Millionth Commemorative Edition Falcon GL, March 1980.

[xw383]

This car is if its the same 1 is silver with not many extras. It came through a car yard in Brisbane when i was detailing about 20 yrs ago. Then 5 yrs later my mate bought it but passed it on as being quite rusty and being a 6 pack his missus was unimpressed. lol

[Jamies460]

So it could be worth some-thing down the track........... as its the first i have ever heard of this 1 Million Anniversary model & I'm 47, Well Dick Johnson did win Bathurst in a XD.

[trippytaka]

Whoa for a second I was trying to figure out when Ford sold 1m XDs.

[GT302]

Yeah I owned an xd with a badge on the glove box "one millionth xd falcon" there's was a few of em made

[ebgtjames]

Originally Posted by EVILXC

Yeah I owned an xd with a badge on the glove box "one millionth xd falcon" there's was a few of em made

Originally Posted by spebgtsprint

yep I,ve actually seen 4 XD's with that same badge on the glovebox,,,,,,,,,,,,,

I've heard a few people say over the years there was one made for each state

[spebgtsprint]

yep I,ve actually seen 4 XD's with that same badge on the glovebox,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[Kryton]

Plenty made and none are worth anything more than the next.

[Reaper8]

i dont think a 70 yr old would put clear tail lights, clear front indicators, extractors and a respray. Also those side mirrors look more like XF than XD

[Fev]

The XD in the picture doesn't have a passenger side mirror, is that normal?

[FordFalconBF]

It was quite common to not a have a passenger side mirror back then... they were a "optional" extra.. lol.

[2011G6E]

Originally Posted by FordFairlaneAU

It was quite common to not a have a passenger side mirror back then... they were a "optional" extra.. lol.

Oh the spoiled youth of today!!!
We've become too accustomed to cars with things that not that long ago were extras...stuff like:
* Passenger side rear view mirror
* Light in the glovebox
* Electric windows
* Air conditioning
* Cloth seats
* Rear window demister (really!)
* Remote boot release
* Locking petrol cap
* Carpets instead of vinyl floor covering
* Anything beyond an AM/FM radio
* Tinted windows...no such thing as "factory tint" until stupidly recently, so they were pretty much clear glass from the factory
* Dead pedal
* Front disc brakes
* Power steering
* Power brakes! (I'm old enough...just...to remember that as an option on a neighbours Holden Vacationer Wagon which he boasted about to my father...until my old man revealed that not only did our Mazda 929 wagon have power brakes standard from the factory, but they were power discs...also fitted with, amazingly, a push-button AM/FM radio. We wondered what the "FM" part was for in the early seventies, I can tell you... )
* Carpet in the boot...you knew you had a special car if it had that!

Some of these were many years ago...but some of them were surprisingly recent "standard fitments".

Many people now look at things like that XD and others and think it's bogus because it was a "special model" and yet didn't have a passenger side mirror or had steel wheels with simple chrome trim rings and vinyl seats.

Sorry, but that was life for us then...nowadays even my sons brand new little $11,990 on the road Suzuki Alto has a cloth interior, air con, power front windows, power steering, tinted windows, ABS brakes, and five speed box...all factory standard. We've been a bit spoiled and now expect far more as "standard".

[fordlova8]

Originally Posted by 2011G6E

Oh the spoiled youth of today!!!
We've become too accustomed to cars with things that not that long ago were extras...stuff like:
* Passenger side rear view mirror
* Light in the glovebox
* Electric windows
* Air conditioning
* Cloth seats
* Rear window demister (really!)
* Remote boot release
* Locking petrol cap
* Carpets instead of vinyl floor covering
* Anything beyond an AM/FM radio
* Tinted windows...no such thing as "factory tint" until stupidly recently, so they were pretty much clear glass from the factory
* Dead pedal
* Front disc brakes
* Power steering
* Power brakes! (I'm old enough...just...to remember that as an option on a neighbours Holden Vacationer Wagon which he boasted about to my father...until my old man revealed that not only did our Mazda 929 wagon have power brakes standard from the factory, but they were power discs...also fitted with, amazingly, a push-button AM/FM radio. We wondered what the "FM" part was for in the early seventies, I can tell you... )
* Carpet in the boot...you knew you had a special car if it had that!

Some of these were many years ago...but some of them were surprisingly recent "standard fitments".

Many people now look at things like that XD and others and think it's bogus because it was a "special model" and yet didn't have a passenger side mirror or had steel wheels with simple chrome trim rings and vinyl seats.

Sorry, but that was life for us then...nowadays even my sons brand new little $11,990 on the road Suzuki Alto has a cloth interior, air con, power front windows, power steering, tinted windows, ABS brakes, and five speed box...all factory standard. We've been a bit spoiled and now expect far more as "standard".

Well said.

[Ford_The_Win]

All you oldies were getting ripped off back in the day, new cars were so expensive back in the 1980s and 1990s in terms of what you got for your money. 23 grand for an EA GL with pathetic throttle body injection, rubbish vinyl interior (no cloth inserts on the door cards even!!!), a tape deck, manual windows, manual windows, ugly unpainted plastic exterior trim, no A/C, no tacho... look at what you get for that price these days, a cool midsize Japanese car with all the technology and safety you'd ever need and actually gets more than 15 mpg..

[2011G6E]

The first time I actually went and looked at a brand new car was a 1983 Falcon. It was a "family pack" model, a special release, with a lot of basic stuff. It had vinyl seats (front buckets with fold down seat part in the middle for six seats), column shift, rubber flooring instead of carpets, AM/FM radio...erm...and that was about it. Basic as buggery.
I recall my 18 year old self being almost begged to buy the damn thing by the dealer...he didn't know why they were being lumbered with the things, as even at $12,990, people didn't want to know about it...or at least they wanted to know how many options they could stuff into it to make it "liveable".

many many times there's been a call for a "basic bare bones" car...but who would buy it? Unless it came with a comprehensive list of options, no one would. And truth be told, if you look at the market, there already are plenty of cars for down under $15,000 that have all sorts of great features like air con, power steer, and ABS brakes. I think that when people moan about a "bare bones dirt cheap" car, they really mean they can't afford a Commodore or Falcon...they really mean a "BIG cheap car"...which just ain't going to happen. It's only places like the USA where you can get stuff like a bare-bones Chrysler 300C for down a bit over $22,000, and massive Chev twin cab trucks for stupid prices like $22,900 drive away.
Not going to happen here...

[aualright]

Originally Posted by 2011G6E

Oh the spoiled youth of today!!!
We've become too accustomed to cars with things that not that long ago were extras...stuff like:
* Passenger side rear view mirror
* Light in the glovebox
* Electric windows
* Air conditioning
* Cloth seats
* Rear window demister (really!)
* Remote boot release
* Locking petrol cap
* Carpets instead of vinyl floor covering
* Anything beyond an AM/FM radio
* Tinted windows...no such thing as "factory tint" until stupidly recently, so they were pretty much clear glass from the factory
* Dead pedal
* Front disc brakes
* Power steering
* Power brakes! (I'm old enough...just...to remember that as an option on a neighbours Holden Vacationer Wagon which he boasted about to my father...until my old man revealed that not only did our Mazda 929 wagon have power brakes standard from the factory, but they were power discs...also fitted with, amazingly, a push-button AM/FM radio. We wondered what the "FM" part was for in the early seventies, I can tell you... )
* Carpet in the boot...you knew you had a special car if it had that!

Some of these were many years ago...but some of them were surprisingly recent "standard fitments".

Many people now look at things like that XD and others and think it's bogus because it was a "special model" and yet didn't have a passenger side mirror or had steel wheels with simple chrome trim rings and vinyl seats.

The XD to me was a giant move forward - as a 9-10 yr old I used to love being taken to footy training by a team mate's parents who were 'wealthy' enough to afford the XD s-pack (GL badged but with alloys and cloth trim and the stripe).

A couple of years later my dad got an XE Falcon S which had a/c, 2 mirrors, only an AM radio and was badged as a Falcon S. I remember the price being $12k and the stripe finished with a large 'S' at the rear quarter.

4 yrs later, an upgrade to the XF Falcon S ($16k by then) which was a more 'modern' version with digital odometer, temp gauge, etc. I actually was able to drive that one and remember how quiet and smooth it was - the old 250 was as refined as it ever was with the XF.

These models still resonate with me and seeing them in original condition such as in the advertisement makes me appreciate them again.

BTW - I'm pretty sure all three models took the fight to Commodore and outsold them more often than not.

Edit - they all had tachos which was very rare for new family sedans.

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[FgNewbie]

Originally Posted by Fev

The XD in the picture doesn't have a passenger side mirror, is that normal?

I could be dreaming... I think I paid $90 for an optional left hand mirror in 1981. I think my car was around 10k.

edit: some brochures http://www.fordforums.com.au/photos/...ry.php?cat=514

[T-Pak Addict]

here is a better link...

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/150686102...fvi%3D1&_rdc=1

[351p6replica]

hahaha its on ebay now an lve just asked heaps of Q&A on it

[pottery beige]

Originally Posted by 351p6replica

hahaha its on ebay now an lve just asked heaps of Q&A on it

hahaha.. your awesome.. the dudes just trying to sell his car..........

[Bossxr8]

He's not sure how many k's its done. Never heard of an odometer?