some weird this falcon

[aussie muscle]

this auction, is it me or is there something weird going on with the roof?
it looks like a Landau roof on a four door sedan that's been converted to two?
it's listed by a dealer and has no background information (no i wasn't wanting to buy it)




http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/1974-Ford...wAAOSwdWBXOtDL

[Falcman0o7]

Nothing about it makes sense! Even if the roof is out of whack, the actual rear looks odd to.

[Yellow_Festiva]

It's listed as a convertible but can't see how? Wonder if the whole roof comes off?

Item description should be a little more forthcoming with info IMO.

[Raptor]

It looks to me as if it's been made into a convertible using a roof from something else. It started out as a coupe but after the roof has been removed the rear boot area has been modified to blend into whatever this roof is from.






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[paule11]

What Raptor said

[XR Martin]

Rear 1/4s are all wrong.
Very odd car.

[pottery beige]

how can something be so wrong but look so right??

i dig it

[RHR]

Four door converted into a two?

[FERG_51]

Looks like it started out as a coupe, quarters look weird because wheel arches have been rounded off.

[Qwerty321]

Originally Posted by pottery beige

how can something be so wrong but look so right??

i dig it

Same here mate. Something about it looks wrong, but the car looks so good at the same time.

[2011G6E]

Simple...it's a removable hard top like a lot of sports cars have had over the years. Looks to be a very high quality job to line everything up so well.
They're a good idea but can be a pain to store when off the car. The first MX5 Mazdas and also the old Triumph Stag before it had them as an option. I know that with the Triumph it was so heavy you needed a steel frame to rest it on at home when leaving it there.

[LG17]

Originally Posted by 2011G6E

Simple...it's a removable hard top like a lot of sports cars have had over the years. Looks to be a very high quality job to line everything up so well.
They're a good idea but can be a pain to store when off the car. The first MX5 Mazdas and also the old Triumph Stag before it had them as an option. I know that with the Triumph it was so heavy you needed a steel frame to rest it on at home when leaving it there.

Nah - just took it off when the Stag got home the first time and leaned it up against the side wall of the old shed. It was never put back on!

[malazn mafia]

Dying to see what it looks like with top off..

[Crazy Dazz]

Originally Posted by Raptor

It looks to me as if it's been made into a convertible using a roof from something else. It started out as a coupe but after the roof has been removed the rear boot area has been modified to blend into whatever this roof is from..

Yes, if you look at it from a purists pov, its an abomination, bits of everything.
Started as an XB Coupe, Turrent rusted out, and they have either grafted in bits of a ZG rear, or simply customised the existed panels.
Even the turret is possibly a cut-down XB or ZG, or possibly an amalgam with the original.

That said, if somebody HAD to make a convertible from a Coupe, this is a very stylish design.

[Ratmick]

I don't think it looks too bad, although I'm not a fan of convertibles of any sort...

You'd have no trouble at all finding it in a car-park, the glow from that paint would give it away and you could probably see it from the ISS...at night

[Nikked]

Looks pretty cool, reminds me of a Torino Hardtop.

[V8 Ghia Mike]

Sedan conversion. Look at the shorter doors and the Coke bottle hip line.

[janddbone]

Rear quarter and wheel arch looks like HQ from the side angle.

[Express]

All that work and they didn't bother to line up the bonnet or boot lid.

[2011G6E]

Originally Posted by Nikked

Looks pretty cool, reminds me of a Torino Hardtop.

I was just going to say the same...got a bit of Torino going on about it.

[Blue Shadow]

Originally Posted by V8 Ghia Mike

Sedan conversion. Look at the shorter doors and the Coke bottle hip line.

Yeah, I'm thinking it was a sedan too

[EB#]

With so much work, seems odd that they couldn't be stuffed to match the wheel arches.

[FairmontGS]

Pity someone hasn't sent it to the crusher - what a ****-box

[Stefan]

Originally Posted by V8 Ghia Mike

Sedan conversion. Look at the shorter doors and the Coke bottle hip line.

What shorter doors? They are coupe doors, this is a butchered coupe.

[JG66]

I'm not a fan of hacking into a coupe like this, however bad the condition, every thing is possible to rectify.

I can appreciate, though, a lot of hard work has gone into this I suppose.
The listing mentions "engineered" and is a convertible, so I guess the roof is a fabricated removable hard top. I can't see any join at the A pillar where the hardtop would attach to though. Strange..

I suspect the roof may have been made from a Mustang coupe of a similar era ?? maybe ?? The rear section looks familiar..
The car looks good in the photos like most cars do, but I will put money down that it's rough as guts.

[2nd Breakfast]

Originally Posted by Express

All that work and they didn't bother to line up the bonnet or boot lid.

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Was thinking the exact same thing, gaps look terrible in the photos.

[Pis-ton broke]

i like the colour, shame about panel alignment.

[janddbone]

To much body flex... Panels falling off.. Ha ha.

[HO 3]

Removable hardtop/convertible conversion by the look of it.

Cheers Mick

[Sta Arhidia Mou]

The rear quarters/boot look very Fairlane like.