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14-06-2011, 08:04 PM
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Hi all, Not sure where this should actually go so thought here may be the best place for it.
Doing some study for my exams next week by reading Just Cars mag. Lol Well recreational study anyway. Found a 1979 Farimont Ghia 351 FMX which is stated as 4WD. I have heard rumors and seen a couple of threads implying they existed. Just wish it was in Victoria so I could go have a look at it. Anyway here is the add! 
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14-06-2011, 08:07 PM
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Rhyce, sorry to disappoint you but 4WD stands for "four wheel disc"
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14-06-2011, 08:08 PM
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4WD is for 4 wheel discs on this occasion...................fail.
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14-06-2011, 08:09 PM
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Just another mock-up..
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That's what I was thinking...!!
After owning several X series, 4WD has a totally different meaning to me now..! haha
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14-06-2011, 08:15 PM
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The 'Stihl' Man
 
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Sorry mate had to have a chuckle...as above.
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14-06-2011, 08:20 PM
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Barra Turbo > V8
  
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April fools come a bit late eh
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14-06-2011, 08:25 PM
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Lol thought it was very weird. Haha giving my age away there and lack of knowledge. I would never have even considered that it stood for 4 wheel disc.
Oh well you might as well delete this thread then hey... 
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14-06-2011, 08:26 PM
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Just another mock-up..
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It's alright Rhys, no one was having a dig...!
If it was 4 inches higher, I'd be saying Great Find..!!
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Desire isn't driven by the heart, the mind or the wallet. Desire comes from another place. It's created by the smell of burnt fuel under full throttle and the look a car gives you when you're washing it alone at night... see my car here: Built my own TL50!!! [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
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14-06-2011, 08:34 PM
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Lol yeah no offence taken guys. I now have learned something new for the day.
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AU III Forte wagon - V8, 5spd man, lowered, 18" Honeycombs, Stock diff rebuilt with TruTrac LSD, Leather Ghia interior/dash, custom twin 2.5" into single 3" exhaust. Wagon Build AU I Forte Sedan - No longer
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14-06-2011, 08:40 PM
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 And this may as well be   This one is: 
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14-06-2011, 08:40 PM
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Just another mock-up..
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Awesome...!!
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Desire isn't driven by the heart, the mind or the wallet. Desire comes from another place. It's created by the smell of burnt fuel under full throttle and the look a car gives you when you're washing it alone at night... see my car here: Built my own TL50!!! [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
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14-06-2011, 09:16 PM
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Where can i get one of those utes!!
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14-06-2011, 09:22 PM
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Those utes are pretty damn awesome!! Certainly not your ordinary ute that is for sure
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AU III Forte wagon - V8, 5spd man, lowered, 18" Honeycombs, Stock diff rebuilt with TruTrac LSD, Leather Ghia interior/dash, custom twin 2.5" into single 3" exhaust. Wagon Build AU I Forte Sedan - No longer
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14-06-2011, 09:25 PM
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that ZD in the top left corner would be a good buy
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14-06-2011, 09:57 PM
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You dig, we stick!
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^^ not wrong
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Like bartsau it's the first I've come across a 4WD RWD car with RWD.
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15-06-2011, 02:26 PM
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15-06-2011, 03:04 PM
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The XD aint bad either for $3k
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15-06-2011, 04:33 PM
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15-06-2011, 05:37 PM
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There was to be a twin turbo AWD XF falcon, but the EA came out before it was produced. Correct me if im wrong but Tickford lost the plans or stuffed the plans and by the time came the EA was already on its way.
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15-06-2011, 08:15 PM
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that zd would definitlly be worth checking out!
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15-06-2011, 09:22 PM
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Seriously though, that XD in the original advert looks like a good buy for $3000...
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17-06-2011, 08:43 PM
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The XF was finished in 88. Tickford was probably unheard of inside Ford Australia back then. |
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17-06-2011, 11:04 PM
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did tickford design there inline 6 of was that a follow on from the Peter Brock 6 because they had the same power
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18-06-2011, 08:22 AM
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I've got an old Motor magazine with the prototype XF four wheel drive turbo six cylinder Falcon on the cover. They drove it in England and it was amazing...it looks just like a normal Falcon, and it drove very well too.
Until a road tester punted it into a roundabout in England and stuffed the front end. They were supposedly going to be the big banger of the age, and sadly Ford didn't go with the concept. The twin turbo engine did live on in a few Falcons, and I know there are at least two in Queensland...apparently one is in Mackay, and a guy I work with has one in a shed amongst a dozen other XF's he owns. The alloy inlet manifold goes across the top of the engine, with the same square pattern of depressions in it as the alloy XF EFI tappet cover moulded into it. |
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18-06-2011, 11:19 AM
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Tickford developed their own engine for XR6. |
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18-06-2011, 12:07 PM
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both the motors had the same power from what iv seen
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18-06-2011, 12:20 PM
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EB engines were different from EA, and power ratings are irrelevant anyway, as it doesn't mean they are the same.
Brock Falcons only had extractors and exhaust I think, XR6's had different head, bigger valves, cam and extractors. 161 kw for XR6. How much power did the Brock Falcons supposedly make? |
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19-06-2011, 12:58 AM
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Front Wheel Drive and Four Wheel Drive are also often confused for each other (FWD).
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Regards Bobby Current Cars: 2000 AU2 Fairmont (2019-current) 2003 BA1 Falcon Divvy Van (2017-current) 2009 VW Mk6 Golf 118TSi (2020-current) Previous Cars: 2003 MCX10R Avalon VXi (2017-2020) 1995 EF1 Falcon GLi (2016-2019) 1997 XH2 Falcon Van OPT20 (2016-2019) 2006 BF Fairlane Ghia (2013-2018) 2001 AU3 Futura (2010-2013) 1996 EL Fairmont (2008-2010) 2004 BA XR6 (2005-2008) 2001 AU2 Forte (2005-2006) 1988 EA Fairmont Ghia (2003-2005) 1984 AR Telstar TX5 Ghia (2001-2005) |
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351 FMX 1979 Fairmont Ghia 4WD!!!
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