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| Thread ID: 90877 | 2008-06-19 00:46:00 | Glad I don't live in Texas | ubergeek85 (131) | PC World Chat |
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| 680127 | 2008-06-19 02:55:00 | Anything with a tray is a ute, The El camino not only qualifies but is close in size to a 70's era Falcon Ute. www.moby302.co.za Not really fussed on what the yanks refer to them as, Though I would adopt the american terminolgy if I were on a site populated by yanks. That aside, My demolition torch could cut that clamp, No doubt about it. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 680128 | 2008-06-19 03:07:00 | Holden Maloo ftw! :D HSV, actually. ;) But essentially Holden..... |
qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 680129 | 2008-06-19 03:09:00 | Mind you last night was a good one - the clampers Clamped a Police car out side the Airport :) - as they said whats next ? The ambulance. In England, parking wardens have been known to ticket ambulances. |
ubergeek85 (131) | ||
| 680130 | 2008-06-19 03:49:00 | Anything with a tray is a ute, The El camino not only qualifies but is close in size to a 70's era Falcon Ute . . moby302 . co . za/photo/ford/73_falcon_500_gs_ute_fvdv_01 . JPG" target="_blank">www . moby302 . co . za From Wiki: . wikipedia . org/wiki/Ford_Falcon_%28North_America%29" target="_blank">en . wikipedia . org The real Ford Falcon was only made up to and including 1970 . It's a US car . . so any later than 1970 versions called Falcon were really Ford Fairlane 500s, like the one you proffered . The Ford Fairlane & the 500's were an intermediate-sized vehicle in all their permutations . It (the Fairlane and the upper-crust 500) had a station wagon, a sedan and a coupe but NEVER had a pick-up body . There were some Ford-Falcon-Ranchero-Fairlane hermaphrodites made in Argentina and somewhere where they have kangaroos, who shall remain nameless . They must've had a lot of left over Falcon chrome badges, as Ford never made one after 1970 themselves and let it be built in foreign lands under some arcane license-agreement as a hang dog and a relic of the past . Back to the Falcon lineage: They were offered as a cheap-o replacement for the Ford Model-T that was beginning to show it's age as well as not having any further dealer support for parts or even people who knew how to hand crank one any more . I owned (shudder!) a 1961 Ford Falcon Ranchero ( . gunsmoke . com/cars/ford_ranchero/images/ranchero . jpg" target="_blank">www . gunsmoke . com) . . . . although mine was white . It had a 6-cylinder 144 in³ (2 . 4 L) in-line engine and a 3-speed column mounted shift . A single Holley 1bbl carb and 13 inch wheels and tires made it a silly joke to drive . It fell on it's face if the headwind was too strong . I used it as a small parts delivery vehicle . . and not much else . Those Falcons with an automatic transmission had a slightly larger engine (a 170 in³ (2 . 8 L) six I think) to compensate for the power loss in those early auto slush boxes . Later six cylinder engines had 200 in³ and 250 in³ options . The "famous" 221 in³ engine, (that later became the 260 in³ and then 289 in³ and even later still a 302 in³ and a 400 in³ as a California-Only smog engine) was ONLY available in the 1963 Mercury Meteor station wagon and didn't make it into the Falcon line as originally planned . The 289 in³ became the base engine for the cheaper models and even saw yeoman's duties in some inboard/outboard powerplants in small boats . Remember that soon after the 1963 ½ model year-run, the Mustang made it's debut and flushed Ford out with a sporty-looking, but not a true "sport-car" to compete with the Corvette by Chevrolet . To this day I dislike immensely any Ford products . . as I totally eschew the company, it's fat butt union and the way it treated the early pioneers in the auto industry . Any disfavor and hate they generate, they deserve . I do however, know something about them and their products . |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 680131 | 2008-06-19 04:01:00 | tbh, I didn't read most (any) of that, In this part of the world when you mention Falcon or ute we all think of the same thing, the local product, and thats good enough for me. | Metla (12) | ||
| 680132 | 2008-06-19 04:02:00 | From Wiki: . wikipedia . org/wiki/Ford_Falcon_%28North_America%29" target="_blank">en . wikipedia . org The real Ford Falcon was only made up to and including 1970 . It's a US car . . so any later than 1970 versions called Falcon were really Ford Fairlane 500s, like the one you proffered . The Ford Fairlane & the 500's were an intermediate-sized vehicle in all their permutations . It (the Fairlane and the upper-crust 500) had a station wagon, a sedan and a coupe but NEVER had a pick-up body . There were some Ford-Falcon-Ranchero-Fairlane hermaphrodites made in Argentina and somewhere where they have kangaroos, who shall remain nameless . They must've had a lot of left over Falcon chrome badges, as Ford never made one after 1970 themselves and let it be built in foreign lands under some arcane license-agreement as a hang dog and a relic of the past . Back to the Falcon lineage: They were offered as a cheap-o replacement for the Ford Model-T that was beginning to show it's age as well as not having any further dealer support for parts or even people who knew how to hand crank one any more . I owned (shudder!) a 1961 Ford Falcon Ranchero ( . gunsmoke . com/cars/ford_ranchero/images/ranchero . jpg" target="_blank">www . gunsmoke . com) . . . . although mine was white . It had a 6-cylinder 144 in³ (2 . 4 L) in-line engine and a 3-speed column mounted shift . A single Holley 1bbl carb and 13 inch wheels and tires made it a silly joke to drive . It fell on it's face if the headwind was too strong . I used it as a small parts delivery vehicle . . and not much else . Those Falcons with an automatic transmission had a slightly larger engine (a 170 in³ (2 . 8 L) six I think) to compensate for the power loss in those early auto slush boxes . Later six cylinder engines had 200 in³ and 250 in³ options . The "famous" 221 in³ engine, (that later became the 260 in³ and then 289 in³ and even later still a 302 in³ and a 400 in³ as a California-Only smog engine) was ONLY available in the 1963 Mercury Meteor station wagon and didn't make it into the Falcon line as originally planned . The 289 in³ became the base engine for the cheaper models and even saw yeoman's duties in some inboard/outboard powerplants in small boats . Remember that soon after the 1963 ½ model year-run, the Mustang made it's debut and flushed Ford out with a sporty-looking, but not a true "sport-car" to compete with the Corvette by Chevrolet . To this day I dislike immensely any Ford products . . as I totally eschew the company, it's fat butt union and the way it treated the early pioneers in the auto industry . Any disfavor and hate they generate, they deserve . I do however, know something about them and their products . Wow Joe, you were doing so well . Then all of a sudden you had an attack of verbosity . Painful eh what? Ken :D |
kenj (9738) | ||
| 680133 | 2008-06-19 04:04:00 | No offense - but that Ranchero would have to be the most ugly 'ute' I have ever seen. 1971 Toyota Hilux (www.edmunds.com). |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 680134 | 2008-06-19 04:17:00 | tbh, I didn't read most (any) of that, In this part of the world when you mention Falcon or ute we all think of the same thing, the local product, and thats good enough for me. Good enuff..and good on ya! |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 680135 | 2008-06-19 04:18:00 | Wow Joe, you were doing so well . Then all of a sudden you had an attack of verbosity . Painful eh what? Ken :D Ohhh? Did I go over 30 words again? :xmouth: |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 680136 | 2008-06-19 04:20:00 | Ohhh? Did I go over 30 words again? :xmouth: :D |
kenj (9738) | ||
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