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20-02-2011, 12:21 PM
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Resident AFF detailer
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Melbourne, VIC
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Hey guys, this popped up on eBay - this guy has re-engineered an AU sedan into a two door coupe with a Chrysler 300C front grille?!?!
 http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ford-falcon-2...#ht_500wt_1156 IMO, it's a head turner for all the wrong reasons  Still, good on this guy for trying something. Has anybody seen this car in the flesh??
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20-02-2011, 12:23 PM
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meh.
 
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a few QLD'ers and northern NSW'ers have...
and from the pics that i have seen, i dont mind it at all.. its just about being different.. it could still do with an S2 dash/door trims etc...
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20-02-2011, 12:34 PM
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That should be in the Epic Fail thread.
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20-02-2011, 12:38 PM
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i think you will find its already in the fail thread, several times over
im all for individuality but that au just stretches it a bit far lol
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20-02-2011, 12:42 PM
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It's like a mini car. I wonder if it started life out as a ute.
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20-02-2011, 12:42 PM
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folden guy
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Too big of a boot! And the Chrysler grill should be higher IMO!
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20-02-2011, 12:45 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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nice rear shame about the face
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20-02-2011, 12:48 PM
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its a bit "out there" for my taste but you can see the blokes put a bit of work into it.
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20-02-2011, 12:55 PM
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20-02-2011, 01:05 PM
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give me a white series 1 ex taxi au forte wagon over that thing any day of the week...
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20-02-2011, 02:53 PM
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20-02-2011, 03:19 PM
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I read that this thing actually started out as an RX-7... Ugliest car i've ever seen!!
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20-02-2011, 03:25 PM
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The car was originally hail damaged, hence the backyard/shed conversion works.
The rear section of the roof has been cut off, and the boot extended forwards. Personally I think that the alterations have made the car a little disproportionate, however with a few minor? changes, could be made to work. I'd be tempted to try removing the bootlid area entirely & fitting a wide benchseat into an open air section - might work as a bit of an event cruiser.. |
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20-02-2011, 07:45 PM
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That has to be the ugliest AU i have ever seen. the 300c grill doesnt do much for it either.
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20-02-2011, 07:55 PM
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yeah I have puked at that before, honestly, its the worst look Ford I have ever seen..Edsel would be proud.
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20-02-2011, 08:00 PM
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Poor Form all over there! No one would want to own that.
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20-02-2011, 08:02 PM
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Kill it with fire.
Actually .... if you remove the bootlid ... you could make into an El Camino ... hee hee
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20-02-2011, 09:08 PM
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I actually like the 300c grille. But the back looks funny - the whole car looks funny. But it is different!
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20-02-2011, 09:18 PM
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Holy cow, there's not much to like about it.
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20-02-2011, 09:24 PM
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it looks like a helicopter with a sunroof
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21-02-2011, 09:49 AM
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A cow dung sandwich is different , doesn't make it desirable though
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21-02-2011, 11:49 AM
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Just slidin'
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It has an XR type supercar front bar, custom grill, high series bonnet and chrome trim and a bulge. Geez, way to take every part of every AU made and paste it together.
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21-02-2011, 12:17 PM
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Any AU with the supercar kit was ugly enough without having engaged in coitus with a 300c and giving birth to a retarded bowel baby as such.
good on 'em for trying though i guess
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21-02-2011, 10:08 PM
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that made me wtf as soon as i seen it. doesn't look very appealing at all. i would've left it as an xr coupe. would've looked sweet. 300c grill ruins it.
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22-02-2011, 09:56 PM
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ROCKING THE EL FUTURA
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some people have toooooooo much time on their hands.
FAIL on EPIC scale.............. looks like a bad attempt to build the delorian...
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22-02-2011, 10:59 PM
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when i saw the heading i was expecting a nice coupe somthing different but not stupid
that thing is beyond ugly i cant imagine what trophies it has won im thinking its one of those everyone gets a trophy kinda deals |
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23-02-2011, 12:31 AM
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Build cost was approx. $35k for this monstrosity. The brains behind this should be fuced and burnt at the stake.
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23-02-2011, 06:28 AM
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And you wonder why people gouge their own eyes out?
The words that first came to mind are "North end of a southbound camel".
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23-02-2011, 05:23 PM
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There was/is only one AU coupe that looked the goods. The 300+ coupe that Ford originally supported and partly funded, but then pulled the plug on the project in the 11th hour. The 300+ was to represent the KW output at the flywheel, but it had more than that at the rear wheels!! In 1999, when this project was originally penned, that sort of power levels would have been unheard of in a Falcon. Ford then decided they'd stick with the FTe vehicles.
     The car looks a little different from the original in the above photos. The original car had different wheels, spoiler, headlights, ect. Looked waaaay better than the above version, which is what it looks like currently. Original car photos below.  
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23-02-2011, 05:26 PM
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Can you shed any light on the Hilliers Arrow re spec and KW
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