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Old 28-04-2010, 08:25 AM   #121
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Welcome Rob. Always nice to seen new members. go the LWB owners!
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Old 04-05-2010, 11:05 AM   #122
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thanks guys this site has been a really great to help me with some technical info!!!

awesome cars everyone keep up the great work!

as for me im out in berwick in victoria, im planning to keep the fairlane in tip top condition, it is almost like new and sounds pretty mean when you fire it up too

have just given the car a a big kleenout out the weekend and its looking great and i ll have some pictures up asap

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Old 04-05-2010, 01:45 PM   #123
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Hi Rob, nice to find another passionate LWB fan. Would you be interested in coming on our 29 May cruise? Would love to see another Fairlane along for the ride.
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Old 04-05-2010, 01:54 PM   #124
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Hi Rob, nice to find another passionate LWB fan. Would you be interested in coming on our 29 May cruise? Would love to see another Fairlane along for the ride.
Could not agree more Rob - great to see more LWB guys on the site!

Dauphin, you just want another Fairy, because you know an LTD is coming!
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Old 04-05-2010, 10:57 PM   #125
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Hellyeah!!
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Old 10-05-2010, 11:14 PM   #126
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some more pics of the fairlane

im not too good with the internet formalities and picture format and things

LOL check out the mini in the last pic thats in echuca

it would be rad to catch you dudes in Horsham on the 29/05/2010 for an awesome cruise

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Old 11-05-2010, 09:45 AM   #127
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Love the rear shot. The Mini looks so tiny in comparison.

Looking to seeing and hearing it in Horsham.
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Old 23-05-2010, 11:19 AM   #128
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I can't find the thread on all the starting problems with AU111 Falcons running really rough for a while and then coming good,. perhaps Sticky can direct me to it please as I have spent $500 on mine and they still cannot solve the problem and it is actually getting rougher on start now. Len
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Old 26-05-2010, 12:14 AM   #129
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Gday all

I'm a new AU owner having just picked up a 10/01 AU2 Futura Classic in Meteorite. Will get around to starting a thread for it at some stage but mods will be slow and a long time coming for me. It currently has a cat-back exhaust system, 18 x 8's, combination of lowered Kings Springs and Monroe shocks & struts. Bodywise it's stock bar a factory bobtail boot spoiler. Worst aspect of the car is the paintwork is not great and performance-wise it goes nowhere near as hard as my old EL Fairmont Ghia .

Anyway I was wondering what is going on with everyone's links to aufalcon.com? I've been clicking on them and I end up being redirected to a non-related page for a company called Alcon (with a picture of a pretty blonde?)

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Old 26-05-2010, 12:46 PM   #130
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Welcome aboard Paul.

The website issue is being investigated by administrators, but in the mean time, if you just insert the .au, you will get to the page you are looking for.

IE. aufalcon.com.au
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Old 29-05-2010, 05:31 PM   #131
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So guys is AuFalcon.com.au a paid-up club as such or a just a section of this forum. Are there cruises or activities in SEQ that I can join or is it best to check out the other sections of the forum for that?
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Old 31-05-2010, 10:19 AM   #132
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Just thought I'd post back here now that I have a couple of pics of the new car.

My recent purchase to replace our written-off EL Fairmont Ghia - 10/01 AU2 Futura Classic - K6 Meteorite, Cat-back exhaust, Kings & Monroe suspension, 18 x 8 RJR Champs (I think?)

Took a few pics yesterday afternoon out on our first decent drive and topped it off with a good feed at the Bull & Barley (Pub) at Cambooya, Qld before heading back in to Toowoomba.

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Old 01-06-2010, 07:20 PM   #133
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Well hello

Found you guys while searching for parts and info. I am the new owner of a 99 AU, which I love to bits. I am F, currently live in Renmark SA and trying to finish my PhD thesis.

You'll probably see me asking numpty questions when google hasn't been my friend!
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Old 03-06-2010, 10:08 PM   #134
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Thought I'd also post here specifically in the AU Falcon Club seeing that I now will be driving one

In case anyone hasn't seen my first post, my names James, 18 and driving (will be) a '99 Fairmont AU. Here to ask questions, give feedback and enjoy the time with fellow AU drivers.

Ill try and post better pics of the car when I get the chance (rather than my smallish profile pic...)

PS - Eleanor, nice pic & futura Rims make it look outstanding IMO.
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Old 03-06-2010, 10:10 PM   #135
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welcome mate...
where are you located?
we're having an AU meet in melb on the 4th of July!
come along if you can..!

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Old 05-06-2010, 07:30 PM   #136
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hey guys,

new here.. My names leigh, 26 year old sparkie.
have just acquired an AUII xr8 pursuit. just thought id say hi and i look forward to soaking up as much info as possible, and sharing any of my knowledge from years of working on other cars myself.

heres a link to my build thread:

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Old 05-06-2010, 07:55 PM   #137
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new here.. My names leigh, 26 year old sparkie.
have just acquired an AUII xr8 pursuit. just thought id say hi and i look forward to soaking up as much info as possible, and sharing any of my knowledge from years of working on other cars myself.

heres a link to my build thread:

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I was just in that other thread posting a comment. Welcome again lol.
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Just thought I'd post back here now that I have a couple of pics of the new car.

My recent purchase to replace our written-off EL Fairmont Ghia - 10/01 AU2 Futura Classic - K6 Meteorite, Cat-back exhaust, Kings & Monroe suspension, 18 x 8 RJR Champs (I think?)

Took a few pics yesterday afternoon out on our first decent drive and topped it off with a good feed at the Bull & Barley (Pub) at Cambooya, Qld before heading back in to Toowoomba.

That is really nice. Congrats on the buy. I love those wheels too. And I'm a huge fan of that colour. It's one of my absolute favourites! Again, very nice

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Old 07-06-2010, 07:05 PM   #139
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Hey guys and girls,
I'm Lucas 24yo from Tassie
Driving an AU2 XR8 manual sedan in silver, almost fully optioned except for the perfomance brakes.
My better half Tania owns an AU3 futura with a couple of mods.

We love our AU's and are looking forward to sharing info with everyone on this great forum.
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Welcome to all the new guys after me Updating my first post with a decent pic of my Fairmont... probably the best pic of it that I have atm (the heavy downpour today gave it a pretty shine )
I also finally managed to get my hands on a spoiler from a wreck today, so Ill be posting pics of how thats turned up in this post.
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Old 09-06-2010, 09:16 PM   #141
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welcome mate!!!
have a look in the AU meets section and put your name down..
having a meet and greet at Bundoora Park on the 4th of July..
Bring the car down and say hello!!!
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Old 15-06-2010, 10:16 PM   #142
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Hi everyone,

I have been hanging around the forums for a bit now but only recently became an AU owner. My new ride is a S1 fairmont. Pretty happy with it so far but am ironing out a few of the used car bugs, you know the real reasons why the previous owner is selling. Pics soon.

Otherwise I am dad to my 18mth old son, soon to be married and I am a professional uni student (currently in my 8th year of uni ).

I am hoping that through here I can meet some similar-minded people and develop some kind of social life outside of uni. Learning about my car is an added bonus.
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Old 22-06-2010, 01:14 PM   #143
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G'day everyone

Found the forum while looking around etc. My names Dave and I hail from Mt. Barker SA.
I'm a huge fan of the AU and own an AUII XR6 which is parked up in the shed thanks to one of skippies mates.This will now be a project car with work about to start in the near future to repair the damage and a full respray. Not too much damage, purely cosmetic luckily.
In the mean time i have just bought an AUII Fairmont Ghia. Sweet ride, all standard and in nice nick. I will make some small mods in the near future, wheels etc probably. Anyway just thought i'd say g'day and give my ramble.

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Old 22-06-2010, 03:16 PM   #144
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Old 27-06-2010, 07:35 PM   #145
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G'day G'day

Just been posting on "Show us ya AU" and just found this one. My wife and I have been shopping around for a BA XR6 in preparation for our first child and last week we picked up series III AU XR8 manual with 88000 clicks. Still don't know how I got away with it!

Hoping to learn more about it by trawling through these threads and maybe joining a club for a few social outings

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Old 30-06-2010, 07:23 PM   #146
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hi all, new to this so bare with me lol. im cassidy, live in tassie and just brought my first car, a 2002 au3 xr6 tickford. 5-speed manual, 18 inch RJR alloys and thats about it for now. any suggestions on what sort of mods i should start with???
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Just realised I haven't said hello yet. I'm Kieran. The EGAS Forte is my daily (and now only) drive. I live in Perth, and have just gone back to uni (bring on the poverty lol).

Just wanted to say thanks to all the people who have contributed to this site. It's been really helpful reading through all the how-to and technical docs.
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Welcome to AFF mate and AU falcon..!
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Hi everyone, what a fantastic forum, just brought my fisrt ford in 20 years, after a couple XAs 351s, The "new" one is a 2000 AU11 XR8 ute 5 speed, mainly brought to carry my new DR400 dirt bike, and to get from "A" to "B" a little quicker than my old crusier, I'm and outdoors guy, and work in the power industry
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