I’m not a ford man… that being said most of the ford guys I know don’t really rate the old cobra all the highly… however, I have abit of a soft spot for the thing. I see it as fords final farewell to the golden muscle car era.. plus it just looked so damn cool.. and what you have done with number 400 here.. priceless 👌 well done Howard and the team
Great video and insight into the work involved in this kind of resto. I fell that you’ve saved more than one car here! By that, I mean you’ve encouraged blokes who don’t know what’s involved, to leave their cars in one piece. If you’ve got a project and you really don’t have the skills or time, sell it to someone who does and go buy something that you can enjoy straight out of the box.
the detail and time taken to bring this back to original is absolutely amazing. your detail and workmanship on car builds regardless of custom or authentic is on another level well beyond most.
That was the best 1:58:22 I spent for ages. Loved every minute Howard, so please don't apologise for going over. There's no such thing mate. Make them as long as you need to. I'd still watch it even if it's 3 hours ! Amazing build. Truly magnificent. Thanks for taking the time to put this together and give a big thank you to Louise too, who I assume is still editing these videos. 👌👍
Don't apologise for the run time, if it is 4 hrs, 10 hrs or an hour, i will watch it. We as the viewers are privileged to be able to get such insight into these builds. There aren't many people who would dedicate the time to putting this together and show us the detail required to bringing cars up to the show standard. Keep up the great work, I look forward to this coming Friday for the next one.
@@AstillDesign i've already done 99% of the body work, cut out the rust etc, just haven't been able to find a painter i can trust for about 4 years to finish it.
Absolutely awesome Howard. I have a xm coupe that my wife and I love. Had it when I was 17. Lost it for awhile. I'm now almost 60 and slowly bringing it back. You are most certainly a inspiration.. Cheers Paul and jill
Another awesome video guys. Absolutely love it. One day I hope I’m in position to track down my Dads number 136. I still remember crying in my room as the new owner drove off in it and me yelling out, chop my legs off Dad, I’ll fit in the back then!
Another great build Howard I'm going to miss thursday,s when you finish with the build series what I find hard to believe is that you never did panel work as a trade outstanding talent I will meet you one day cheers
Just watched the 400 Cobra build and loved it. Just starting my own little restoration/ project car shop in Barick Heights and you are an inspiration to me and so many others. Take care and hope to catch up one day for a chat. Johnno from John’s iron works
Sorry for the late reply beer flat out at work dam nice car that one grate video as per usual look forward to the next one keep up the good work mate can't wait to see your van dun 👍
No problem with the length of the video, I just watched it in two parts. That part about the window switches was very helpful for a build I'm helping a mate out with. Cheers.
Someone has probably already mentioned it below, but a correction. There were 400 all up, 200 351's and 200 302's. I had #181 which was 351 auto, all electrics and aircon. Love to know where it is now, last I heard it was in Ballarat Vic. I sold it in 1992. Thanks for doing this. An interesting watch that induces many happy memories.
Howard…I can assure you that that video was NOT too long 😉…in fact you could’ve made it 4 hours long and I still wouldn’t have a problem 👍…so please, please don’t worry about putting to much detail and letting the vid get to long because it’s the detail you go into that REALLY MAKES YOUR VIDS SO DAMN GOOD!👍👍👍👍 Thanks for taking the time to share as I know how much work goes into making these videos because I do a few of my own and it can be a bit of a pain 😩 Love your work and your videos are AWESOME…cheers 🍻🍻🍻
The fact that it’s number 400 does it for me, in my eyes way more significant than number 1… what we’re looking at here is LITERALLY fords final fairwell to the golden age of Aussie muscle cars… the very last of its vintage
I'm loving the build series videos. A very fitting finish to the last of the last XC Cobras. As a kid, I returned from living in the UK to see the Cobras racing at Bathurst. Something I'll never forget. Howard, yet again you've done an amazing job finishing #400 as it should have been done.
Good job boys enjoy these build series . Good to see 2 older blokes talking sence,having a bit of a laugh on the way and respecting these older classics.
re the door SIBs (Side Intrusion Beam/Bar). I had an early XA ute which didn't have any. A later XA van which had the same SIB as an XB (thin and bonded to the skin) and a late XB ute which also had the same thick SIB as the XC's. I'm assuming that they are are a result of the build dates meshing with the ADR's covering SIB's which came about early to Mid 70's..The SIBs in the XC's were monsters compared to the ones found in late XA's and early XB's
A few points, the videos could never be too long, thank you, I absolutely love watching them. When I see the cars go into epoxy primer it’s so satisfying. I wonder how difficult it was to get the blue sticky stripe to bend around the front wheel guard. Thank again to everyone who puts these together.
Stunning video. I own Cobra 349 It 90% original. I have kept the original parts I have replaced. All hardtop owners are horders. I went to school with the production manager at ford in the 80’s and 90’s When Ford announced the end of Hardtop production. The NSW police department ordered 200 XC 351 Hardtops. They were built after the Cobras. He said the only time the complete production line had the same specification car from start to finish.
Always loved your work since the first Rock Solid ! Unfortunately, the build numbers you quoted here are incoreect. Apart from No.1, all cars up to No.200 were 351 c.i. Also, a little know fact, after the Bathurst allotment, the next 10 ( approximately) were allocated to Highway Patrol. I had the absolute joy and pleasure, also sibling rivalry, to get to wash 1 of the HWP cars as in the day, officers were allowed to take the car home if they were on the first shift in it the following day. Thank you for all your amazing and inspiring projects over the years. Respect and Peace.
Sensational Build!! Its bitter sweet for the owner, but i guess thats the game we all play in.. i was a little suprised though to see it transported on an open trailer in the end without so much as a car cover....
Yeah I remember hearing somewhere back in the day these were actually painted blue by Ford first then the white over the top. Never made much sense to me but there you go. Nice build Howard.
Another awesome episode guys 🙌 but the reality that this was the second last video of the build videos set in as I finished watching 😥 hurry up with the van videos Howard 😆
Loved this build, sometimes just going back to something original can be more rewarding. Cannot wait until you start the Van, Hoss, and what you do with it!
Hi Howard, thank you for the time and effort you put in for these videos! I'm a Ford freak and love all Aussie Ford's. There is a lot more to these cobras that I first thought. Lots of info on GT's but the Cobras a little overlooked, thanks again for sharing all your knowledge. Well done and keep up the awesome work you do 👍
Great video of a great car. It’s been my favourite since I was a kid. I love the care and attention you all put in to it, to bring it back to new condition. Bloody well done!
You are very lucky to get your nice gold plated zinc done, I don't know of a plating shop that would do hexavalent cromate any more ,I thought it was banned years ago,!,
I remember back in probably 85 or 86 my Dad looked at buying Cobra number 34. It was a 351 4 speed. It was on North East Road and only about $9500. Only wanted to give Dad a pittance for his XE so it never happened. Was only a year later he wished he had taken the deal.
great video that chrome pen i used on my hardtop dash aswell also use it on my models its brilliant did you know you can use it in an airbrush for better results.
Tx again Howard Very interesting .. 2 hours .. did not notice. Was very interested in the order in which the paint was applied.. I notice somebody else commented too. Is this unique to the Cobra. I was always under the assumption on the GTs the black was put on after... but painters hate to do that..For the reasons you mentioned ? Given that I am a matt black kind of boy, rather than paint .. I was contemplating the "wrap" rather than paint. Sticker if you will. Be interested in your opinion. Also.. what do you use to rejuvenate the plastics ? .. I did see a picture with some Mother product ?? But cannot find it again.
How long do you expect this car would last without rust? I appreciate that you do the best possible. Better than factory. But I’m interested how long before it would attention??
It’s interesting looking back on things and times gone by, around 1995 a red 351 manual XC GXL square headlight 4 door sedan turned up at my workshop for a new blue slip reregistration inspection, he had bought it for $50, it was straight and clean, but closer inspection revealed a need for 4 shock absorbers, complete exhaust replacement, front brake o’haul, brake master cylinder, new tyres and a few other odd jobs, he couldn’t afford all that. So I disregarded all the account owed to that point, and gave him $100 dollars for it. After fixing all those things I registered and used it for six months, then sold it for $1,000, that was an excellent profit back then, but it didn’t sell easily, the V8 was out of favour in those days. Another one I wish I’d kept till now.
@@AstillDesign The only reason I was interested, it was a 351 GXL Fairmont and manual, possibly only a few dozen of them were manual, it would have been a very rare order I would think.
Not to be derogative but what is the astronomical value placed on these Cobras😮 My ex business partner and myself bought the two Ford Cobras that came to Wollongong dealers, me Byrt Ford & my ex partner Harrigan Ford. Mine was build number 180 don’t know Murrays number. Mine was a 351 auto with air con’ but I was super disappointed with its performance after my XA GT 351 four door. I swapped my wife’s Capri V6 GT to drive day to day and she loved it to go to Corrimal Whoolies. I am mystified why a great paint scheme can cause such adulation from the younger car enthusiasts?
Exept for #1, as said in the show. Back in the day my Ford mech was offered #351 as a part trade on his XYGT ute mock up, he said "no way" those things are worth f-all. Bumped into the car at the All Ford in Adelaide a few years ago, i think he nearly cried. Know the owners of 2 of the Option 97 cars, one i often sat in at the country footy in the Eighties and he still has it, was even fitted with one of those plastic Aunger bullbars. T
one sad thing for me is many cars that go into collections never or rarely get driven..... that's a shame in my eyes ,.. other than that your work is simply amazing
I’m not a ford man… that being said most of the ford guys I know don’t really rate the old cobra all the highly… however, I have abit of a soft spot for the thing. I see it as fords final farewell to the golden muscle car era.. plus it just looked so damn cool.. and what you have done with number 400 here.. priceless 👌 well done Howard and the team
Thanks mate, was good to do our first full resto
Great video and insight into the work involved in this kind of resto. I fell that you’ve saved more than one car here! By that, I mean you’ve encouraged blokes who don’t know what’s involved, to leave their cars in one piece. If you’ve got a project and you really don’t have the skills or time, sell it to someone who does and go buy something that you can enjoy straight out of the box.
That sounds like some good advice
Brilliant as always Howard. I was glued to the screen for entire episode you are the FORD Godfather.
Was a good build that one
the detail and time taken to bring this back to original is absolutely amazing. your detail and workmanship on car builds regardless of custom or authentic is on another level well beyond most.
Thanks Mark, just doing every part the best we can
Fantastic to revisit this!
Glad you enjoyed it!
That was the best 1:58:22 I spent for ages. Loved every minute Howard, so please don't apologise for going over. There's no such thing mate. Make them as long as you need to. I'd still watch it even if it's 3 hours !
Amazing build. Truly magnificent.
Thanks for taking the time to put this together and give a big thank you to Louise too, who I assume is still editing these videos. 👌👍
Hi Tony, yes Louise is doing an awesome job. 2 hours and 450 photos is a big edit especially 2 weeks in a row.😀
Don't apologise for the run time, if it is 4 hrs, 10 hrs or an hour, i will watch it. We as the viewers are privileged to be able to get such insight into these builds. There aren't many people who would dedicate the time to putting this together and show us the detail required to bringing cars up to the show standard. Keep up the great work, I look forward to this coming Friday for the next one.
No worries Paul
Fantastic. Don’t shorten the videos. They need to do the full story.
Will do, We have continued with the long format
Love the work on the wheels.
Fair sure I was told by my old man who worked for Globe that the owner used to have a Cobra back in the day himself.
There you go!!
If i could afford to have a Pro paint & put back together my XC GXL, there'd be no better place to send it than you guys, outstanding! 👍👍
That would be cool!
@@AstillDesign i've already done 99% of the body work, cut out the rust etc, just haven't been able to find a painter i can trust for about 4 years to finish it.
Absolutely awesome Howard.
I have a xm coupe that my wife and I love.
Had it when I was 17.
Lost it for awhile.
I'm now almost 60 and slowly bringing it back.
You are most certainly a inspiration..
Cheers Paul and jill
Thanks for sharing, good to hear you got your love back.
Another awesome video guys. Absolutely love it. One day I hope I’m in position to track down my Dads number 136. I still remember crying in my room as the new owner drove off in it and me yelling out, chop my legs off Dad, I’ll fit in the back then!
You never know, at least you have a number to track it
Another great build Howard I'm going to miss thursday,s when you finish with the build series what I find hard to believe is that you never did panel work as a trade outstanding talent I will meet you one day cheers
Yeah, we will be finding things to do for thursdays.
Another quality episode so soon,still recovering from Tail-Spin,love the channel and keep it up mate cheers 👍👍
Yeah I know, need to catch up from before the nats
Every day is a learning day, but I learn a bit more every Thursday thanks to your videos. Thanks Howard!
Glad to hear it! Still got a few more tricks up my sleave
Being an XC man, I would of watched even if it was 4 hrs long. My favourite build so far Howard. Thanks for sharing this info with the world.
Cheers
Glad you enjoyed it
Awesome build Howard! Love your work. The time and effort put into your builds is reflected in the video, impressive! Thanks for the video!!
My pleasure! we love what we do
First time watching you guys, being a ford fan,an old rev head and ex panel beater, I love it on all angles. Thank you.
Welcome! You have plenty to catch up on
Mate your awesome your work and commitment to produce such a beautiful restoration .keep up your great work 😊
Thanks, will do!
Just watched the 400 Cobra build and loved it.
Just starting my own little restoration/ project car shop in Barick Heights and you are an inspiration to me and so many others. Take care and hope to catch up one day for a chat.
Johnno from John’s iron works
Very cool! I’ll be at killer rides all weekend
Sorry for the late reply beer flat out at work dam nice car that one grate video as per usual look forward to the next one keep up the good work mate can't wait to see your van dun 👍
Yeah me too. just need some time and MONEY
The time is great with all the information you give
Cheers Jason
No problem with the length of the video, I just watched it in two parts. That part about the window switches was very helpful for a build I'm helping a mate out with. Cheers.
Cheers David
Someone has probably already mentioned it below, but a correction. There were 400 all up, 200 351's and 200 302's.
I had #181 which was 351 auto, all electrics and aircon.
Love to know where it is now, last I heard it was in Ballarat Vic. I sold it in 1992.
Thanks for doing this. An interesting watch that induces many happy memories.
Yes mate, got called out on that one real quick. Good to hear it brought back some good memories
Howard…I can assure you that that video was NOT too long 😉…in fact you could’ve made it 4 hours long and I still wouldn’t have a problem 👍…so please, please don’t worry about putting to much detail and letting the vid get to long because it’s the detail you go into that REALLY MAKES YOUR VIDS SO DAMN GOOD!👍👍👍👍
Thanks for taking the time to share as I know how much work goes into making these videos because I do a few of my own and it can be a bit of a pain 😩
Love your work and your videos are AWESOME…cheers 🍻🍻🍻
Thanks Tex
Bold one of the falcon breed ha ha love the old TV ads
Yeah classics
Another fantastic episode Howard 👍👍👍
I always put plastic behind my door panels
Good job, it all helps
Thank You Dale and Howard....FANTASTIC!
Our pleasure!
Videos like this one make the car worth even more I reckon.
Probably correct
The fact that it’s number 400 does it for me, in my eyes way more significant than number 1… what we’re looking at here is LITERALLY fords final fairwell to the golden age of Aussie muscle cars… the very last of its vintage
Great job Howard
Thanks mate
Thanks for a great video Howard. My favorite build series one so far.
Awesome, thank you!
Fantastic segment Howard great content mate..
Didn't drag on mate was fantastic information all the way through mate really enjoyed it thankyou..👌
Glad you enjoyed it, so much information to fit in
I'm loving the build series videos. A very fitting finish to the last of the last XC Cobras.
As a kid, I returned from living in the UK to see the Cobras racing at Bathurst. Something I'll never forget.
Howard, yet again you've done an amazing job finishing #400 as it should have been done.
Thanks mate
Good job boys enjoy these build series .
Good to see 2 older blokes talking sence,having a bit of a laugh on the way
and respecting these older classics.
Thanks Travis, we appreciate the feed back
re the door SIBs (Side Intrusion Beam/Bar). I had an early XA ute which didn't have any. A later XA van which had the same SIB as an XB (thin and bonded to the skin) and a late XB ute which also had the same thick SIB as the XC's. I'm assuming that they are are a result of the build dates meshing with the ADR's covering SIB's which came about early to Mid 70's..The SIBs in the XC's were monsters compared to the ones found in late XA's and early XB's
That's the complete story right there
Great vid Howard 👌👍i enjoy all the detail put in , on a side note i did see a cobra yesterday on full vic reg driving around my area
Nice 👍 Don't see two many 70's car on the street
Thank you for skill passion and love of falcon
Thanks mate, appreciate your support
Beautiful work sir
Thank you so much
A few points, the videos could never be too long, thank you, I absolutely love watching them. When I see the cars go into epoxy primer it’s so satisfying. I wonder how difficult it was to get the blue sticky stripe to bend around the front wheel guard. Thank again to everyone who puts these together.
It’s always difficult to mask or add the pin to these. Very rare it goes on in one go
Stunning video. I own Cobra 349 It 90% original. I have kept the original parts I have replaced. All hardtop owners are horders.
I went to school with the production manager at ford in the 80’s and 90’s When Ford announced the end of Hardtop production. The NSW police department ordered 200 XC 351 Hardtops. They were built after the Cobras. He said the only time the complete production line had the same specification car from start to finish.
Good story, I’ll add that to my story book
Great video Howard
Thanks again George
Always loved your work since the first Rock Solid !
Unfortunately, the build numbers you quoted here are incoreect.
Apart from No.1, all cars up to No.200 were 351 c.i.
Also, a little know fact, after the Bathurst allotment, the next 10 ( approximately) were allocated to Highway Patrol.
I had the absolute joy and pleasure, also sibling rivalry, to get to wash 1 of the HWP cars as in the day, officers were allowed to take the car home if they were on the first shift in it the following day.
Thank you for all your amazing and inspiring projects over the years.
Respect and Peace.
Oh so true was a miss speak by me, should have done a refresher before I shot the video
Better than brilliant.Thank you for sharing for what I reckon, is an impeccable build.
Thanks mate, appreciate your support
I'm absolutely amazed at the work that went into this build 🙌
Cheers mate
As always Howard your work is on a different level and a sensational car. Looking forward to seeing the build of venom
Coming soon!
Brilliant work on a brilliant car Howard and team. And another great video, thanks for sharing the story
Our pleasure
Brilliant job
Thanks
You blokes are awersome. Best channel ever. Great cars great detail absolutely love it. Thank you
Cheers
Another awesome episode, full of extensive humble knowledge…Enjoyed every minute as usual….Full praise to the Astill Design team..
Our pleasure! Glad you enjoyed it
Sensational Build!! Its bitter sweet for the owner, but i guess thats the game we all play in.. i was a little suprised though to see it transported on an open trailer in the end without so much as a car cover....
Yes to all the comments
Outstanding!
Thank you! Cheers!
Another top video guys best 👌 love these series 👏
Glad you like them! We are enjoying doing them.
Yeah I remember hearing somewhere back in the day these were actually painted blue by Ford first then the white over the top. Never made much sense to me but there you go. Nice build Howard.
Thanks mate, i could never work it out either
Great video again gents. You have the patience of a saint Howard. Incredible build yet again!
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for following
Another awesome episode guys 🙌 but the reality that this was the second last video of the build videos set in as I finished watching 😥 hurry up with the van videos Howard 😆
That’s Ok, I’m coming up with some new programming
Nice Build Mate..
Glad you like it
Congratulations!
Thanks Wayne
Thoroughly enjoyed this episode thank you.
Our pleasure!
Loved this build, sometimes just going back to something original can be more rewarding.
Cannot wait until you start the Van, Hoss, and what you do with it!
You and me both!
Hi Howard, thank you for the time and effort you put in for these videos! I'm a Ford freak and love all Aussie Ford's. There is a lot more to these cobras that I first thought. Lots of info on GT's but the Cobras a little overlooked, thanks again for sharing all your knowledge. Well done and keep up the awesome work you do 👍
Glad you like them! Still have a couple to do
Another amazing episode mate thanks for sharing.
Our pleasure
Love these nui5ld series Videos. No need to apologise for the lengths of them imo. The info you give us is invaluable.
Thank you gents.
Thanks Brett, just need to keep them flowing
Hi Howard, another great episode and car and don't mind 2 hours if that's how long it takes, you weren't waisting time, looking forward to Venom.
Cheers Mate
That was really enjoyable for me because of what happened in nz and limited to power .
Cheers mate stay safe
@@AstillDesign thank you
Please don’t apologise about the time. These story’s need to be told. I really enjoy the journey of these builds.
thanks for the feed back
As always perfection love your work man
Thanks Paul
Great video of a great car. It’s been my favourite since I was a kid. I love the care and attention you all put in to it, to bring it back to new condition. Bloody well done!
Glad you enjoyed it. We enjoy what we do
You are very lucky to get your nice gold plated zinc done, I don't know of a plating shop that would do hexavalent cromate any more ,I thought it was banned years ago,!,
It’s a zinc coating with a yellow die. A Class Metal Finishes Lonsdale SA
Hey Dale, i wouldn't sit around to long, Howard is likely to back mask and clear you! 😅 👍.
Oh so true
I remember back in probably 85 or 86 my Dad looked at buying Cobra number 34. It was a 351 4 speed. It was on North East Road and only about $9500. Only wanted to give Dad a pittance for his XE so it never happened. Was only a year later he wished he had taken the deal.
Yeah we all have one of them stories
great video that chrome pen i used on my hardtop dash aswell also use it on my models its brilliant did you know you can use it in an airbrush for better results.
Thanks for the tip, I’ll give that a try
Hey Howard
Once again riveted to my seat awesome show
Just wondering what you use to repaint heater fascia with white blue and orange
Cheers Matt
Haven’t done one of them, managed to salvage a good one each time
I helped build your brick fence at your house in Broken Hill, the one with the indoor pool , down the North , always smick cars
Hey mate, that would have been my brothers place. I lived two doors down on bromide street
@@AstillDesign oh ok my bad, lovely home though, and a big fence , great channel Howard
Tx again Howard
Very interesting ..
2 hours .. did not notice.
Was very interested in the order in which the paint was applied.. I notice somebody else commented too. Is this unique to the Cobra.
I was always under the assumption on the GTs the black was put on after... but painters hate to do that..For the reasons
you mentioned ?
Given that I am a matt black kind of boy, rather than paint .. I was contemplating the "wrap" rather than paint. Sticker if you will.
Be interested in your opinion.
Also.. what do you use to rejuvenate the plastics ? .. I did see a picture with some Mother product ?? But cannot find it again.
The mothers product is VLR. Vinyl, leather, rubber
I used wrap on my mustang, see build series was very good option
How long do you expect this car would last without rust? I appreciate that you do the best possible. Better than factory. But I’m interested how long before it would attention??
Hi Mark, I would expect it to last 20 years minimum but depends on how it is stored (humidity) and if its maintained well.
Thanks.
You're welcome
Hi Howard just curious what happened to Magnum Force.
Hi, don’t know what happened to it.
@@AstillDesign ok thanks for letting me know
It’s interesting looking back on things and times gone by, around 1995 a red 351 manual XC GXL square headlight 4 door sedan turned up at my workshop for a new blue slip reregistration inspection, he had bought it for $50, it was straight and clean, but closer inspection revealed a need for 4 shock absorbers, complete exhaust replacement, front brake o’haul, brake master cylinder, new tyres and a few other odd jobs, he couldn’t afford all that.
So I disregarded all the account owed to that point, and gave him $100 dollars for it.
After fixing all those things I registered and used it for six months, then sold it for $1,000, that was an excellent profit back then, but it didn’t sell easily, the V8 was out of favour in those days.
Another one I wish I’d kept till now.
Yes if only we could go back and stack a few away.
@@AstillDesign
The only reason I was interested, it was a 351 GXL Fairmont and manual, possibly only a few dozen of them were manual, it would have been a very rare order I would think.
excellent May be wrong but wasnt No 400 for sale in Tasmania est $395,000
Not sure about it we’re abouts. I didn’t see anything
Great Video and very informative.
Could have been an extra hour or 2 longer though.
Next time! lol
Do you acid dip or beed blast the shell?
Garnet blast the structure, paint strip and sand the panels
A mate of mines dad has one, didn’t know there was only 400 made!
Very desirable car now days
Going ford is the going thing
Always has been
So what did it sell for please
$300k and I’m sure would have gone up since then.
@@AstillDesign So what was the build cost I was assuming it would be around 200k
so what did it sell for? :)
That would be telling, probably gone up another $50k since then
Not to be derogative but what is the astronomical value placed on these Cobras😮 My ex business partner and myself bought the two Ford Cobras that came to Wollongong dealers, me Byrt Ford & my ex partner Harrigan Ford. Mine was build number 180 don’t know Murrays number. Mine was a 351 auto with air con’ but I was super disappointed with its performance after my XA GT 351 four door. I swapped my wife’s Capri V6 GT to drive day to day and she loved it to go to Corrimal Whoolies. I am mystified why a great paint scheme can cause such adulation from the younger car enthusiasts?
I think it because they have a build number and look so damn good
Let’s see this video you guys our legends
Cheers mate
The last XC cobra is a bit special to say the least. The expense of doing the job properly will be easily justified for the customer in the long term.
This one now lives in a private collection in country NSW
"Darren's a hoarder, too" haha
Ha Ha
First 200 were 351's and then 200 302's (except for #351)
Thanks for the update
Exept for #1, as said in the show. Back in the day my Ford mech was offered #351 as a part trade on his XYGT ute mock up, he said "no way" those things are worth f-all. Bumped into the car at the All Ford in Adelaide a few years ago, i think he nearly cried. Know the owners of 2 of the Option 97 cars, one i often sat in at the country footy in the Eighties and he still has it, was even fitted with one of those plastic Aunger bullbars. T
Great marketing tactic from Ford. Created a classic coupe that is unfortunately pretty rare these days.
Yes very collectable now
Please Howard! Falcon two doors are a hard top. Chickens go in a coop.
Coupe:
a car with two doors, a fixed roof and a sloping rear.
Always been a coupe to me.😀
A coupe is correct . Technically the Falcon is a hardtop coupe . A hardtop is simply no B pillar , 4 doors can also be hardtops .
Curious if these cars would have been fast had the government not stepped in.
I'm sure they would have been based on the progress from XR to XA
The process of / polishing.. mmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Yeah we will get to that in detail
I don't think the oil filter was date correct... disappointed 😂
Maybe!!
one sad thing for me is many cars that go into collections never or rarely get driven..... that's a shame in my eyes ,.. other than that your work is simply amazing
Yes I can't tell where they will end up. At least they are being kept well
1st !!! 😄😄😄
Congratulations 🎉