Raise a glass boys , raise a glass, snif snif
Submitted by quadfisher on Fri, 2016-07-29 13:26
Today was the day the old falcon ute is no more , had a couple of XM,s , a XP , and now I have this one.( a keeper Id say now!)
The first of the xh utes back with a 5.0 litre after fords v8 ban in the 90,s.
Many sad days to come as local manufacturing winds down , good bye locally made Ford and Holden
Hello Hyundies , great walls , and smart cars me thinks.
( Yes , hello Mustang and Camaro , but they aint making utes!)
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Dale
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Yep, I have one of the last of the V8 Utes as my everyday ride. Still a great set of wheels.
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Mr Wolf
piston broke
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Very nice mate
Is yours running on Gas as well?
JacksonL
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Made the switch to Toyota
Made the switch to Toyota utes a while ago. Falcon utes won't be missed by me
quadfisher
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Dual fool
Yeah gas and fuel , old ineffiecent mixer type system and I get around 500km out of a 70 litre lpg tank.( not compleatly empty)
Good enough for me, I havent had a ute for a while and had forgot just how handy they are.
This ones done car parts runs, bunnings garden supply runs, and towed the quads to bindoon for dirt drags.
We gave the ute or utilty to the world , and its as aussie as you can get , think of all the utes on the road
in Australia atm , from bloody protons, mighty boys and dato 1200,s to dodge rams and f250,s with everything in between,
cruisers , patrols, rodeos, hilux etc etc etc.!
All spawned from a single vehicle designed by Lew Bandt in geelong in 1933-1934.
postscipt., yeah ford and holden have built some shockers over the years, and time wont treat
cars like the Au falcon or vr-vs commodores well Im sure, but my post is more about another loss to
local history and jobs , something we will never see back again!
quadfisher
Doc
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I've got a 2011 V8 Pursuit in
I've got a 2011 V8 Ford Pursuit ute in the shed back home, only got about 6000ks on it, saving it for a rainy day.
Dale
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Nice ride, 315kw version?
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Doc
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Yep, R Spec, number 14 out of
Yep, R Spec, number 14 out of 75.