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Old 16-01-2019, 02:39 PM   #1
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Default The P6 LTD as Prime Ministerial transport in the mid to late 1970's

ABC ran a doco on Bob Hawke the other night, and while it covered many things, it was interesting to see pre-PM Bob fire up, then drive off to work in a P6 LTD:



The iView link is here:
https://iview.abc.net.au/show/hawke-...and-the-leader

The footage starts at the 38:30 mark, and at this point there is also an XA-XC wagon and a Valliant wagon parked out the front of his home.


The P6 was also associated with then-PM Malcolm Fraser, as Wheels Magazine took one to the Lodge for Fraser to test drive.



A link to that article here:
https://www.whichcar.com.au/features...erial-material
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Old 16-01-2019, 05:33 PM   #2
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I saw this too.
I was impressed it was the wife that pointed out the car! ha

Footage throughout the episode showed some great old Aussie cars. I definitely spotto'ed a XY Fairmont at one point.

Looks like there are more episodes to come going by the Fox linky thing
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Liked the car saw it just after they said Bob was an alcoholic wondered if he was drunk driving that day
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Best PM ever!
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I saw this too.
I was impressed it was the wife that pointed out the car! ha

Footage throughout the episode showed some great old Aussie cars. I definitely spotto'ed a XY Fairmont at one point.

Looks like there are more episodes to come going by the Fox linky thing
There's a servo full of Aussie Fords at around the 27:19 mark:




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Liked the car saw it just after they said Bob was an alcoholic wondered if he was drunk driving that day
Wondered that too - they said he was drinking around 20 beers a day; but also said he pulled up fine the next morning.
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Best PM ever!
Agree, until the pilots dispute.
I watched this too and wondered if that was his own personal car and not a parliamentary one due to no red Z number plates.

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What color is that first car, I'm color blind so it's a bit hard for me to tell.


The reason I ask is that car reminds me of the P6 old man had. It was a limited edition Town Car, burgundy with gold pin striping and with a lower diff ratio than the regular P6 or Silver Monarch. I remember it used to run out of steam at about 170, so it wasn't fast, and I still got out dragged one night by an XC 4 dr 4.1 auto with a cheap farty twin system.
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Best PM ever!
He was the greatest, gave us 17.5% interest rates.
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He was the greatest, gave us 17.5% interest rates.
in fairness there was 15% on savings too
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What color is that first car, I'm color blind so it's a bit hard for me to tell.
Yes it is burgundy, with black vinyl top. Can’t tell the pin strip colour though. Possibly silver.
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Maybe I'm colour blind too then, because it looks brown to me
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Maybe I'm colour blind too then, because it looks brown to me
Now I’m confused, you are probably right.
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He was the greatest, gave us 17.5% interest rates.
I've kept a loan contract from back than.. Interest rate is 21% .....& I knew people paying up to 24%...

Sorry, back to the fugly Yank Tank..
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I remember seeing Hawke's LTD when he was President of the ACTU. I was a very impressed with his car. This was a time when LTDs and Fairlanes were seen as cars of prestige.
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Agree, until the pilots dispute.
I watched this too and wondered if that was his own personal car and not a parliamentary one due to no red Z number plates.

Onya Bob.
Hawke was elected in 1983. Parliamentary cars would of been LTDs and Fairlanes from this time. For example ZK / FD and ZL / FE.
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