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Old 19-03-2021, 01:40 AM   #1
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It may have been on before but on ABC tonight was a story about the Aussie Ute.

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1934 Ford Coupe Utility

Anyone on here own any of the utes in the iview video?

https://iview.abc.net.au/show/aussie.../ZW2425A004S00

Series 1 Episode 4 Farm Smart. Starts at about the 16 minute 12 second mark.
Video only available until 10:56PM 15th May 2021.
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And they didnt include the ranger? As mundane as they are, and not a 'coupe utility' they were Australian designed, just made overseas. And also sold overseas. Ive had one. The closest ive had to one of the falcon utes in question is the au i bought on monday, but its not mine and its an xl
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Old 19-03-2021, 02:49 AM   #3
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And they didnt include the ranger?
It's not a ute and just one of thousands of very similar different light pickup trucks and therefore not worthy of a mention in the context of the show's theme. It's not unique or a new concept like the ute was.
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It's not a ute and just one of thousands of very similar different light pickup trucks and therefore not worthy of a mention in the context of the show's theme. It's not unique or a new concept like the ute was.
This is Australia. It's a Ute.
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Aussie inventions that “changed the world”? The kangaroo court springs to mind.
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Father inlaw used to have a `37 Chev "coupe ute" that was a pretty cool car

Even made it's way into a music video

https://youtu.be/DKLyzmxvpzU

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Father inlaw used to have a `37 Chev "coupe ute" that was a pretty cool car

Even made it's way into a music video

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This is Australia. It's a Ute.
No; sorry for a purist a true Ute is a sedan derived vehicle and no longer made here or anywhere. Falcon, Holden, Valiant/Dodge/Wayfairer or even a US El Camino or Ford Ranchero.
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i love the ute vs pick up argument. who cares, call it what ever you like, it cant upset you that much

i call them all utes, when i lived in the states i called f450's with tubs utes the blokes i worked with loved it.
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No; sorry for a purist a true Ute is a sedan derived vehicle and no longer made here or anywhere. Falcon, Holden, Valiant/Dodge/Wayfairer or even a US El Camino or Ford Ranchero.
If you want to be 100% purist, the AU onwards "utes" weren't technically utes either. Cause they had a separate tub.

Would the upcoming Hyundai Santa Cruz and Ford Maverick be proper utes, as they are based on passenger vehicles?
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No; sorry for a purist a true Ute is a sedan derived vehicle and no longer made here or anywhere. Falcon, Holden, Valiant/Dodge/Wayfairer or even a US El Camino or Ford Ranchero.
Or SUBURU

https://www.carsguide.com.au/car-new...iral-hit-21948
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fritz and stobie poles
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Or Suzuki!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzuki_Mighty_Boy
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The Rotary Clothesline.

Playing 'Goon of Fortune' with pegs attaching goon bags on said Rotary Clothesline.
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fritz and stobie poles
bung fritz? regular fritz is just devon
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The Rotary Clothesline.

Playing 'Goon of Fortune' with pegs attaching goon bags on said Rotary Clothesline.
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The Rotary Clothesline.
This was covered on this show rerun a few weeks ago - interesting about the 'inventor' - Gilbert Toyne (Toyne rotary clothes hoist) or Lance Hill (Hills Hoist).
https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/re...43d1fcae379ee8 .
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Whatever the definition is, there is nothing better than an Aussie Falcon or Commodore ute as an all rounder IMO.

Similar dynamics and power of a sedan but you can throw some **** in the back and tow a trailer. Also you had the wagons.

Anyways, throw in the black box recorder as an Aussie invention.
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It may have been on before but on ABC tonight was a story about the Aussie Ute.
Features:
FG XR8 Ute
BF XR6 Ripcurl Ute
AU XR8 Ute
1934 Ford Coupe Utility
Anyone on here own any of the utes in the iview video?
https://iview.abc.net.au/show/aussie.../ZW2425A004S00
Series 1 Episode 4 Farm Smart. Starts at about the 16 minute 12 second mark.
Video only available until 10:56PM 15th May 2021.

Thanks for that link - I'll be watching all these episodes from now.

The first item on that episode got my interest - the mechanical sheep shearing equipment, made by the company Wolseley in Australia.
My uncle, Don Munday, made a name for himself in the UK in the 1930s and 1940s demonstrating the "new-fangled" Wolseley shearing equipment, replacing the old hand "scissor" shears. He's passed away long ago, but he could still hand shear a sheep, and I have seen him demonstrating same at the Armadale Pioneer Village in WA in his 80s. He was regarded in some quarters as a World Champion shearer. He wrote a well-known book of his life "Tin Dog, Damper and Dust" (his definition of a 3 course meal in the North-West).
https://bookmerchant.com.au/Tin-Dog-...day-p148202665

I hadn't realised the Wolseley mechanical equipment was an Australian invention.

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Polymer banknote, and every lazy bastards eatin' tool, the Sporf.
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and every lazy bastards eatin' tool, the Sporf.
I use this brand
https://www.splayd.com.au/

Not sure why folks say they're lazy. I certainly don't forego using a knife etc, just find them better than a normal flat fork.
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Not sure why folks say they're lazy. I certainly don't forego using a knife etc, just find them better than a normal flat fork.
Most good MRE's have a similar design, when required of course.
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I think it’s those ugly steel and concrete telegraph poles they have in Radelaide.
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