Here is a fantastic video of the Ford World in 1978, Ford’s 75th Anniversary. Watch it right through as there are some great Australian cars featured plus other cool Fords from around the world. Do me a big favour. Hit the 👍Like👍 button as it really makes a big difference to the channel and PLEASE Subscribe. Thanks for watching. 👍
Hi Mark, I watched this there with Jessie Leighton back in '78, I think that's the year that Geoff Sherriff had the Japanese made Lincoln mk5 models for sale too.
@@markbehr88 He only had 2 you bought one & I bought the other, small world Mark, jessie & I looked around at other traders stalls at the motor show, in case there was something more desirable, when Jessie & I returned to Sheriff's there was just the blue one left, which I still have, then years later I bought a chrome one from him too when he was closing the Penrith shop and I bargained that lower as it has 2 cracked A pillars at their base either side, was real cheap as he had not noticed..
@@gregharvie3896 Yes, I bought the Gold one. It is made by Diapet. As the MKV is my all time favourite car, I was excited to get it. I actually painted it white and detailed it, later bought a blue one, another gold one and have the hearse too. 👍
QI. Pretty grandiose though (I suppose it is marketing though). This was about the time of the US Pinto cooker wasn’t it? Anyway, nice find, some of that music had me counting to 12 for a while.
Thanks for this, Mark! Many memories since I started at the Broadmeadows Truck Plant in '72. Owned seven Aussie-built Falcons since then and still drive an Aussie Ford; SZ Territory with the Barra, which I've had for almost 5 years now.👍
@@markbehr88 As of 78.. Gutless 200hp 351 donks, no toploader box, no 9" diffs and god awful fuel economy while going nowhere fast. The 'Cobra' added blue stripes and 15" wheels and only came about because they were struggling to shift the last 400 hardtop shells going into tooling for XD. Good looking thing tho. (Now if I only kept the XB GT hardtop I'd be typing this from a yacht 🤣)
Great upload - funny it has what sounds like a version of "Jessica" (the Top Gear theme) in the middle. It's sad what Ford has become too, but this is a wonderful bit of nostalgia. Thanks for the upload Mark.
Thanks Mark I remember those so well and know the SCG & old Showground very well having worked quite a bit at both. Also my father would take us to the Royal Easter Show there years ago. I remember Allan Moffat driving those Falcons at Bathurst. I worked up there as well on several occasions. It was one model I never desired as for some reason I always preferred the 4 door sedans they produced.
@@markbehr88 Imagine what they would be worth today in good condition. One of my neighbours had a Monaro which was a classic model. He won every car show he entered with it. He was a perfectionist who worked in the technical side of television. Unfortunately he was also a smoker and developed throat cancer. He sold the car to a fellow collector for about $30,000. I remember the Saturday it was loaded onto a trailer. He died not long after. His wife much later told me it would be worth several hundred thousand dollars today, it was just so perfect and her family think it should have been kept.
@@markbehr88 Yes it certainly was a shame. The family somewhat blamed his wife for not keeping it but he knew what what coming and wanted it gone for some reason known only to him.
Mark as an 18year old I remember this I went there as well but I was with all my mates but we where all Holden fans so we never watched it so thank you for bringing back some lost memories cheer phil
Ah yes memories. The car and boat shows at Sydney Showground. I went there in '78 too. Just got my licence, no money..... dreams are free. Thanks for finding and sharing this blast from the past.
I went to the 77 Sydney Motorshow with my fellow high school industrial arts students. 1st time flying anywhere and I drooled over a hot looking Escort with what looked like a Zakspeed body kit, very tasty.
Brilliant upload , thanks Mark. I used to love the Sydney motorshow every year loved it at the showgrounds, i enjoyed it at Darling harbour too when it moved over there. Good memories.
Love these old corporate films! The kid delivering papers on his bike at 2:14 could have been me as in 1978 I had a paper run. The bundle of papers were delivered to my house every morning in an orange XD panel van which must have been near new at the time!
Fascinating video. As a ex pat kiwi i cant but help seeing what looked like a heap of Pacific islanders in the footage no doubt at the Manukau plant in Auckland. The Pacific community had a big part in the manufacturing industry in NZ of which i served my apprenticeship. A good mate of mine was on the assy line there in Manix during Xe Xf ckd priduction. Another mate of mine was a painter during production of the Mk 3 Zephyr in the sixties. He told me when they had smoko because it took so long to remove his painting suit they left it on while on their breaks. Interesting seeing the staff painting with no ppe in some shots. Now robots do the duty. Money shot has to be the rally pac grilled coupe hitting that steep banked curve. Theres a 1-2 podium right there......
This was interesting for what was shared. It is interesting how global Ford was and had all those different cars in over 100 countries. In 2024 the vehicles are no longer regional, but global(the same in most regions). It was regional back then. We were different all over the world back then. I saw a late 1970's for LTD with a Mercury grille. That was not sold in the United States. I suspect Mexico. I saw Australian Fords an European Fords and Brazilian and Latin American Fords. Thank you for sharing.
@@markbehr88 It indeed was. It is interesting when you think the Falcon stopped in the very early 70's here and lived on in Brazil and Australia for many decades. I saw that Fiesta in the film. We got that Fiesta, but the front end styling was changed and did not last long here. It came back in the 2010's and then it left again. I think the needs of the market was different globally.
78 was right in the middle of my childhood. I really admired the XC model (especially the ones with the four head lights).Years later l brought a XE S Pack which was great. But if l had to choose between buying either today I’d pick an XC. It seemed to have been designed more by people with passion for design, where as the XD- XE onwards by a computer
Shades of cost-cutting to come arose with the Mustang II. Ford really dropped the ball on the Mustang II. I thought for sure Ford would use the Maverick platform for the Mustang II. The Pintostang was terribly proportioned. The 71-73 Torinostangs looked sleek and fast, even though they had outgrown their pony car origin. The Maverick Grabber w/ the 302 and a 4sp stick was what the Mustang II should've been.
Hi Mark, Thanks for sharing this Ford story from 1978 it was great to watch how Ford produce cars from many different countries as some cars are made for there own country and some cars are made in several counties and models that I've never seen before. Ford had a few plants in London, Liverpool and South Hampton in England and a engine plant at Bridge End in Wales. Great video, catch you soon Take care
Such a great video Mark. Especially seeing those C.K.D. pallets being exported out from Melbourne to Auckland, Port Elizabeth & Singapore. Its very upsetting watching this as an Aussie Ford guy and the demise of Ford Australia production in 2016.
@@UncleJoeLITE Thanks. I trawled all over the internet to find it. I have some dvd copies of similar ones but had not seen this one since 1978. Watched it three times now. I keep picking up things I missed in the earlier viewings. Love the South American product. 👍
Interesting stat mentioned Ford was the No 3 company in the world and had 480k worldwide employees in 1978 . Today Ford have dropped to 40th largest and employ 175k . GM are 42nd and were the no 1 company in the world at one point
@@markbehr88hahahaha, Old established US car manufacturers changed to outsourcing almost every part, they are in reality just assembly plants now. This is there death.
My first memory of Ford was when dad bought a new xc wagon. But was pissed as mum never let him buy the second hand xy gt that was at the dealership. Think I was 7 years old.
@@aussietaipan8700 It was shown in the footage and I think I saw some crates stamped Broadmeadows. With so many plants and countries it is hard to mention all of them. I noted the narrator said a car for a French DR but it was actually a ZH Fairlane. 🤔👍
At 13:30 "... in the styling studio..." Ford really dropped the ball on the Mustang II and I remember what a visual disappointment it was. I thought for sure Ford would use the Maverick platform for the Mustang II. The Pintostang was terribly proportioned. The 71-73 Torinostangs looked sleek and fast, even though they had outgrown their pony car origin.
@@markbehr88 I know toyotas were came frrom the thames corromandel and were knwon for rust in the 80s sorry yea you were right came from south auckland wheels were to come from the wiri plant. still remember the bru ha ha over the taurus and the mustang last fords to come out of NZ. cant remember anybody who bought a taurus willingly...
Here is a fantastic video of the Ford World in 1978, Ford’s 75th Anniversary. Watch it right through as there are some great Australian cars featured plus other cool Fords from around the world. Do me a big favour. Hit the 👍Like👍 button as it really makes a big difference to the channel and PLEASE Subscribe. Thanks for watching. 👍
Hi Mark, I watched this there with Jessie Leighton back in '78, I think that's the year that Geoff Sherriff had the Japanese made Lincoln mk5 models for sale too.
@ I think you’re right. I still have mine. 👍
@@markbehr88 He only had 2 you bought one & I bought the other, small world Mark, jessie & I looked around at other traders stalls at the motor show, in case there was something more desirable, when Jessie & I returned to Sheriff's there was just the blue one left, which I still have, then years later I bought a chrome one from him too when he was closing the Penrith shop and I bargained that lower as it has 2 cracked A pillars at their base either side, was real cheap as he had not noticed..
@@gregharvie3896 Yes, I bought the Gold one. It is made by Diapet. As the MKV is my all time favourite car, I was excited to get it. I actually painted it white and detailed it, later bought a blue one, another gold one and have the hearse too. 👍
QI. Pretty grandiose though (I suppose it is marketing though). This was about the time of the US Pinto cooker wasn’t it? Anyway, nice find, some of that music had me counting to 12 for a while.
Thanks for this, Mark! Many memories since I started at the Broadmeadows Truck Plant in '72. Owned seven Aussie-built Falcons since then and still drive an Aussie Ford; SZ Territory with the Barra, which I've had for almost 5 years now.👍
@@chrisweeks6973 Excellent. Great cars and great days. 👍
1978, the beginning of the end for Ford Au.
Cool footage Mark.
@@AnyoneSeenMikeHunt Thanks. I thought the cars were still good then. 🤔👍
@@markbehr88 As of 78.. Gutless 200hp 351 donks, no toploader box, no 9" diffs and god awful fuel economy while going nowhere fast. The 'Cobra' added blue stripes and 15" wheels and only came about because they were struggling to shift the last 400 hardtop shells going into tooling for XD. Good looking thing tho. (Now if I only kept the XB GT hardtop I'd be typing this from a yacht 🤣)
@ I wouldn’t say no to any 78 on 351 Fords. 🤔👍
Great upload - funny it has what sounds like a version of "Jessica" (the Top Gear theme) in the middle.
It's sad what Ford has become too, but this is a wonderful bit of nostalgia. Thanks for the upload Mark.
It was a good tune back then. 👍
Yep I heard a bit of Jessica too 😊
...but I also though I saw John Cleese spray painting 😁
@ 🤔
Thanks Mark I remember those so well and know the SCG & old Showground very well having worked quite a bit at both. Also my father would take us to the Royal Easter Show there years ago. I remember Allan Moffat driving those Falcons at Bathurst. I worked up there as well on several occasions. It was one model I never desired as for some reason I always preferred the 4 door sedans they produced.
@@arunta5 My pleasure. Great days. Personally I would love an XC Fairmont hardtop. 👍
@@markbehr88 Imagine what they would be worth today in good condition. One of my neighbours had a Monaro which was a classic model. He won every car show he entered with it. He was a perfectionist who worked in the technical side of television. Unfortunately he was also a smoker and developed throat cancer. He sold the car to a fellow collector for about $30,000. I remember the Saturday it was loaded onto a trailer. He died not long after. His wife much later told me it would be worth several hundred thousand dollars today, it was just so perfect and her family think it should have been kept.
@ What a shame on both levels. 🤔
@@markbehr88 Yes it certainly was a shame. The family somewhat blamed his wife for not keeping it but he knew what what coming and wanted it gone for some reason known only to him.
@ 🫣
Mark as an 18year old I remember this I went there as well but I was with all my mates but we where all Holden fans so we never watched it so thank you for bringing back some lost memories cheer phil
@@philsmith2125 Thanks Phil. I must have made my mate sit through it - twice! 😀👍
Ah yes memories. The car and boat shows at Sydney Showground. I went there in '78 too. Just got my licence, no money..... dreams are free.
Thanks for finding and sharing this blast from the past.
@@walsakaluk1584 Yes. Cheers 👍
I went to the 77 Sydney Motorshow with my fellow high school industrial arts students. 1st time flying anywhere and I drooled over a hot looking Escort with what looked like a Zakspeed body kit, very tasty.
@ very cool. 👍
Thanks for making me feel old, I also remember it, cheers
@@martinh9120 Old but good memories. 👍
Brilliant upload , thanks Mark. I used to love the Sydney motorshow every year loved it at the showgrounds, i enjoyed it at Darling harbour too when it moved over there. Good memories.
Me too. The showgrounds were the best.👍👍
Love these old corporate films! The kid delivering papers on his bike at 2:14 could have been me as in 1978 I had a paper run. The bundle of papers were delivered to my house every morning in an orange XD panel van which must have been near new at the time!
@@lizandian An orange XD panel van. How cool. 👍
Fascinating video. As a ex pat kiwi i cant but help seeing what looked like a heap of Pacific islanders in the footage no doubt at the Manukau plant in Auckland. The Pacific community had a big part in the manufacturing industry in NZ of which i served my apprenticeship. A good mate of mine was on the assy line there in Manix during Xe Xf ckd priduction. Another mate of mine was a painter during production of the Mk 3 Zephyr in the sixties. He told me when they had smoko because it took so long to remove his painting suit they left it on while on their breaks. Interesting seeing the staff painting with no ppe in some shots. Now robots do the duty. Money shot has to be the rally pac grilled coupe hitting that steep banked curve. Theres a 1-2 podium right there......
@@xbgtfella Thanks. Glad you liked it. How good was it seeing Ford manufacturing spread right across the world. A big loss to us all. 🤔👍
Theres an idea mark hows bout a vid on nz assembly plants both holden and ford im sure they came pre together and we put the badges on 😅
@ There are so many topics to cover. I do try to mention the NZ nuances in my model histories. 👍
This was interesting for what was shared. It is interesting how global Ford was and had all those different cars in over 100 countries. In 2024 the vehicles are no longer regional, but global(the same in most regions). It was regional back then. We were different all over the world back then. I saw a late 1970's for LTD with a Mercury grille. That was not sold in the United States. I suspect Mexico. I saw Australian Fords an European Fords and Brazilian and Latin American Fords. Thank you for sharing.
@@OLDS98 Thanks. It was a far more interesting time for car enthusiasts for sure. 👍
@@markbehr88 It indeed was. It is interesting when you think the Falcon stopped in the very early 70's here and lived on in Brazil and Australia for many decades. I saw that Fiesta in the film. We got that Fiesta, but the front end styling was changed and did not last long here. It came back in the 2010's and then it left again. I think the needs of the market was different globally.
Great vid mark. Seems to have captured the last moments before cost cutting & consolidation were about to be the main focus
@@trevorsully3054 Yes, especially the employment numbers. 👍
78 was right in the middle of my childhood. I really admired the XC model (especially the ones with the four head lights).Years later l brought a XE S Pack which was great. But if l had to choose between buying either today I’d pick an XC. It seemed to have been designed more by people with passion for design, where as the XD- XE onwards by a computer
@ Sure. I would take the XC too. 👍
Shades of cost-cutting to come arose with the Mustang II. Ford really dropped the ball on the Mustang II. I thought for sure Ford would use the Maverick platform for the Mustang II. The Pintostang was terribly proportioned. The 71-73 Torinostangs looked sleek and fast, even though they had outgrown their pony car origin. The Maverick Grabber w/ the 302 and a 4sp stick was what the Mustang II should've been.
@ Agree but it sold very well as an economical small car. 👍
Hi Mark, Thanks for sharing this Ford story from 1978 it was great to watch how Ford produce cars from many different countries as some cars are made for there own country and some cars are made in several counties and models that I've never seen before. Ford had a few plants in London, Liverpool and South Hampton in England and a engine plant at Bridge End in Wales. Great video, catch you soon Take care
Glad you enjoyed it Shaun. 👍
I love your channel man!
@@Mcfreddo Thank you 👍👍
Such a great video Mark. Especially seeing those C.K.D. pallets being exported out from Melbourne to Auckland, Port Elizabeth & Singapore. Its very upsetting watching this as an Aussie Ford guy and the demise of Ford Australia production in 2016.
@@steveskrobot9496 Thanks. I know how you feel. 👍
Interesting old video. Thanks Mark, how did you find it? Cheers.
@@UncleJoeLITE Thanks. I trawled all over the internet to find it. I have some dvd copies of similar ones but had not seen this one since 1978. Watched it three times now. I keep picking up things I missed in the earlier viewings. Love the South American product. 👍
Outstanding, thank you.
@@realjohnboxall Cheers. 🥂
Excellent!
@@AmazingA-s9n Thanks. I enjoyed seeing it again. Already watched it three times now. 😀👍
Interesting stat mentioned Ford was the No 3 company in the world and had 480k worldwide employees in 1978 . Today Ford have dropped to 40th largest and employ 175k . GM are 42nd and were the no 1 company in the world at one point
Huge difference isn’t it? 🤔👍
Global sth have had tremendous econ growth post ww2 good on them but has come at a cost to us we could trump them again who knows
@ Trump them? 😀👍
@@markbehr88hahahaha, Old established US car manufacturers changed to outsourcing almost every part, they are in reality just assembly plants now. This is there death.
@@kennethprocak5176 I am sure that applies to most car companies. 🤔
My first memory of Ford was when dad bought a new xc wagon. But was pissed as mum never let him buy the second hand xy gt that was at the dealership. Think I was 7 years old.
@@drifterdrifter9558 I feel his pain. 🫣
Thankyou for putting this up!
Glad you enjoyed it.👍
What a different world , just 25 years ago.
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@@robertristinge4385 Very different. But 1978 is 46 years ago as at 2024. 🤔👍
@@markbehr88 I moved back to the old continent in 1997
I did not hear any mention of Broad Meadows Ford or Australia for that matter.
@@aussietaipan8700 It was shown in the footage and I think I saw some crates stamped Broadmeadows. With so many plants and countries it is hard to mention all of them. I noted the narrator said a car for a French DR but it was actually a ZH Fairlane. 🤔👍
I hope that they didn’t use XF door handles on that space program 😂😂😂😂
@@tonxbezzina7015 😀👍
Uncle Mark..
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At 13:30 "... in the styling studio..." Ford really dropped the ball on the Mustang II and I remember what a visual disappointment it was. I thought for sure Ford would use the Maverick platform for the Mustang II. The Pintostang was terribly proportioned. The 71-73 Torinostangs looked sleek and fast, even though they had outgrown their pony car origin.
The Mustang II was a good seller though. 👍
@@markbehr88 I remember and you are right. The Mustang II's success was mystery that never made sense to me but, the sales figures don't lie.
Ahh John got a new mot'a?
@@JohnStrange-q8r Leave it out Arthur! 😀
Mustangs darkest days
btw please don't anyone call Mustang a Stang
@@rusky351 Yea but I liked (and own) the following year. 👍
🥝✔️
@@deanstevenson6527 👍
Ford is slightly incorrect.
Fords in NZ were assembled CKD (complete knocked down) in Seaview Petone (pea-tony) Wellington.
@@goosegarage78 I am pretty sure they also had Auckland?
@@markbehr88 I know toyotas were came frrom the thames corromandel and were knwon for rust in the 80s
sorry yea you were right came from south auckland wheels were to come from the wiri plant. still remember the bru ha ha over the taurus and the mustang last fords to come out of NZ.
cant remember anybody who bought a taurus willingly...
@ NZ got the Taurus wagon too. We didn’t. 👍
@markbehr88 you werent missing anything...
@@goosegarage78 Ha. Yes. 👍