|
|
|
|
|
|
Welcome to the Australian Ford Forums forum. You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and inserts advertising. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members, respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features without post based advertising banners. Registration is simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today! If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact us. Please Note: All new registrations go through a manual approval queue to keep spammers out. This is checked twice each day so there will be a delay before your registration is activated. |
|
|||||||
| The Pub For General Automotive Related Talk |
 |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
|
|
16-03-2018, 09:37 PM
|
#1 | ||
|
Regular Member
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 181
|
My 11 year old son said to me "Dad come you gotta see this"
I watched it with him, and I must say I got a bit emotional. If the person of interest is a member here, I would like to congratulate you on a brilliant job .... what great deed you did for your parents. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQQeHgHL92g Sorry if this has been posted before. |
||
|
|
| 45 users like this post: | amiers, asagaai, au350hp, BENT_8, bigwil, BLACK MACH, Blue Roo, bossv8ute, |
|
17-03-2018, 12:51 AM
|
#2 | ||
|
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Perth
Posts: 7,230
|
Super cool.
Even wore a matching shirt for the occassion. Good blokes clip, no words need to be spoken.
__________________
jaydee351 4DV8 |
||
|
|
|
| 7 users like this post: |
|
17-03-2018, 10:23 AM
|
#3 | ||
|
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Between here and there
Posts: 957
|
Just beautiful. Amazing how attached we become to inanimate objects such as our cars.
I've wanted to do similar for my parents but after 10 years trying to track down their old XA I don't think I'll be successful. No sign of the car at all. I did however manage to buy back the XA's original number plates. They're currently fitted to my XR8 
|
||
|
|
|
|
17-03-2018, 10:35 AM
|
#4 | ||
|
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 995
|
Fantastic work!
How Australian is that! 
|
||
|
|
|
| 2 users like this post: |
|
17-03-2018, 11:04 AM
|
#5 | ||
|
Call me dirt... Joe Dirt
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Back in Perth for good
Posts: 5,302
|
Not much gets me emotional these days, but boy, there was a lot of pollen in the air just now when I watched that.
__________________
2007 BFII FPV Cobra Ute|Boss 302|6M|#23/100 Mods so far: Billet Products Shifter|X-Force Exhaust|Herrod Oil Breathers|Whiteline Sway Bar|Tein SuperStreets|Kings FOR-303SL Rear Springs|Melling Oil Pump|Mace Manifold Spacers|Powerbond Underdrives|Pacemaker Headers|Ballistic Cats|XFT Custom Tune @ 308.3rwkw|DBA T3 Rotors|Ferodo Pads|Goodridge Braided Lines Mods to come: 4.11 Diff Gears|Chromoly Tailshaft I use & recommend: Castrol|Motorcraft|Mainlube|Penrite Check Out My Build Thread |
||
|
|
|
| 5 users like this post: |
|
17-03-2018, 11:20 AM
|
#6 | ||
|
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jun 2017
Posts: 1,341
|
When the old man came out, that was it for me. I lost my Dad to cancer in 1999, he is the reason I love Ford motor cars and especially the V8 Falcon.
Thanks for the post. |
||
|
|
|
| 10 users like this post: |
|
17-03-2018, 11:35 AM
|
#7 | ||
|
BLUE OVAL INC.
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 8,700
|
Back in the early 80's my old man gave his immaculate XY Fairmont to his ex Wife when they finalised their seperation, unfortunately she didnt keep it very long and traded it on a Chrysler Scorpion of all things, just took it out of spite.
We saw it a few years later and it was a wreck, every panel was dented and the old man all but cried at the sight. Its too long and complicated a story to explain, but i was conceived on the back seat of that car and it was the first car i remember being in awe of as he kept it in showroom condition. My nephew and I always said we'd love to get it back and restore it but by the time we reached the age where that was possible it would have long since made its way to the crusher. We lost Dad almost 3 years ago at the age of 81 and watching this video brought back a lot of memories. |
||
|
|
|
| 5 users like this post: |
|
17-03-2018, 11:53 AM
|
#8 | |||
|
2009 xr turbo,2004 fiesta
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: Perth wa
Posts: 662
|
Quote:
Great clip,made my day. |
|||
|
|
|
| 4 users like this post: |
|
17-03-2018, 01:33 PM
|
#9 | ||
|
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 1,220
|
Sleeman Ford, I remember a few family purchases from them. Thank you for sharing!
__________________
AUII XR6 VCT ute 20 years and still going strong! |
||
|
|
|
| 2 users like this post: |
|
17-03-2018, 03:18 PM
|
#10 | ||
|
Call me dirt... Joe Dirt
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Back in Perth for good
Posts: 5,302
|
I love it how the old boy picked out the only thing wrong on the entire car the minute he sat in it!
"Where's the interior courtesy light lense son?" :  Ah, the older generation.
__________________
2007 BFII FPV Cobra Ute|Boss 302|6M|#23/100 Mods so far: Billet Products Shifter|X-Force Exhaust|Herrod Oil Breathers|Whiteline Sway Bar|Tein SuperStreets|Kings FOR-303SL Rear Springs|Melling Oil Pump|Mace Manifold Spacers|Powerbond Underdrives|Pacemaker Headers|Ballistic Cats|XFT Custom Tune @ 308.3rwkw|DBA T3 Rotors|Ferodo Pads|Goodridge Braided Lines Mods to come: 4.11 Diff Gears|Chromoly Tailshaft I use & recommend: Castrol|Motorcraft|Mainlube|Penrite Check Out My Build Thread |
||
|
|
|
| 5 users like this post: |
|
17-03-2018, 10:16 PM
|
#11 | ||
|
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Apr 2013
Posts: 3,318
|
The old girl jumps in the passenger seat @ 4:20 and drops an F-bomb, then covers her mouth.
Memories and passion first, editing later. |
||
|
|
|
| 2 users like this post: |
|
18-03-2018, 04:34 PM
|
#12 | ||
|
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Perth
Posts: 7,230
|
__________________
jaydee351 4DV8 |
||
|
|
|
|
18-03-2018, 05:35 PM
|
#13 | |||
|
Call me dirt... Joe Dirt
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Back in Perth for good
Posts: 5,302
|
Quote:
Non-car people just don't get it. Has anyone else seen the Billy Crystal '700 Sundays' movie/standup show? I love the story he tells about his fathers car and how it gets hit by a mobster and they offer him any car he wants as a replacement, but he insists that he just wants his own car fixed. Definitely worth watching. I think it is less relevant these days because cars are disposable items that are turned over every couple of years, but back in the day, when a family purchased a new car it was a huge thing and generally it stayed with them for a long time and it became such a huge part of their life and the basis for so many memories.
__________________
2007 BFII FPV Cobra Ute|Boss 302|6M|#23/100 Mods so far: Billet Products Shifter|X-Force Exhaust|Herrod Oil Breathers|Whiteline Sway Bar|Tein SuperStreets|Kings FOR-303SL Rear Springs|Melling Oil Pump|Mace Manifold Spacers|Powerbond Underdrives|Pacemaker Headers|Ballistic Cats|XFT Custom Tune @ 308.3rwkw|DBA T3 Rotors|Ferodo Pads|Goodridge Braided Lines Mods to come: 4.11 Diff Gears|Chromoly Tailshaft I use & recommend: Castrol|Motorcraft|Mainlube|Penrite Check Out My Build Thread |
|||
|
|
|
| This user likes this post: |
|
19-10-2018, 09:54 PM
|
#14 | ||
|
Starter Motor
Join Date: May 2018
Posts: 2
|
Hi guys. Glad you enjoyed the video. Cheers Tommy
|
||
|
|
|
| 16 users like this post: |
|
20-10-2018, 08:14 AM
|
#15 | ||
|
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Collingwood Park, (S.W.Qld)
Posts: 641
|
Well done mate, that was awesome, and did you get the interior light fixed? i have a spare if you need one..
|
||
|
|
|
|
20-10-2018, 04:19 PM
|
#16 | ||
|
Starter Motor
Join Date: May 2018
Posts: 2
|
Haha, yes mate. She was already fixed. Mark was scared that the lens would fall off so we decided to leave it off for the reveal.
We never thought we’d have over 250,000 people watch my video lol. A friend of mine has just done another video on the car. The link is https://youtu.be/JRn0_U7M5gQ Cheers |
||
|
|
|
| 5 users like this post: |
XA Superbird Resurrection
Hybrid Mode