Was an amazing Nationals being there. Only thing I think the commitee should have created was a full two laps around the Mountain on one day of every single GT in there category that are drivable cars. Yes you could drive the circuit as we did but to have every car do it at once would have been epic and a massive part of history given you had record numbers of any GT Nationals ever at the Mountain.
Fantastic video Howard and agree it's hard to digest all the cars as there was so many. The drone footage definitely shows the unique 70's & later model bright colours. Stand out cars for me are original un restored cars. Dave did a great job organising the event and also commentating on this video. Glad you enjoyed the show Howard.
Absolutely amazing video mate, you and Louise are doing an amazing job bringing us all the awesome content, keep up the great work and thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to make these videos.
Giday gentlemen, l saw the footage of all the GT FALCONS , WHAT A WONDERFUL, AS WELL AS AMAZING, FOOTAGE OF ALL THE OLD BEASTS, THEY ARE ALL TERRIFIC AUTOMOBILE S , IM À FORD LOVER , BUT I LOVE THE OLD HOLDEN'S AND CHEVROLETS AND HEMIS AND S so on, BUT MOST OF ALL I HAVE ALL WAYS LOVED THE, ROCKET SHIP ,GT PHASE 3 .THE POWER OF THE CLEVELAND POWERED SMALL BLOCK ENGINE HAD PLENTY OF STICK IN IT ,ESPECIALLY STRAIGHT LINE SPEED, PRETTY MUCH NOTHING COULD GIVE THE CLEVELAND POWERED GT BACK IN THE DAY , WHEN IT COMES TO HORSEPOWER,,THERE WAS A LOT DIFFERENT STORIES ABOUT HOW MUCH THE CLEVELAND 4V MONSTER REALLY DELIVERD, WELL I DO KNOW THIS THE 300 PHASE 3 BUILT, WAS AROUND 380HP , AND THAT IS A CAR YOU COULD DRIVE AND OWN ,53 YEARS AGO NEARLY 400 HORSEPOWER BACK THEN FOR STREET USE IS A TON OF PERFORMANCE ALSO DOING ABOUT A140 150MPH , BUT RACING SPEC PUNCHING OUT 450HORSEPOWER , FROM DOING A LOT OF HOMEWORK, THAT IS WHAT I BELIEVE , MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE AND SAFE NEW YEAR, PS GO THE GT FALCON, CLEVELAND POWERED OR WINDSOR POWERED
I've always been taken by these special cars since owning a base Aussie assembled XA but with 302 Clevo, back in the day. This is one of the best show vids I have seen, now subscribed. Greetings from across the ditch.
Can I just suggest that, when you finish a piece to camera/interview. After thanking the interviewee, just hold a look to camera for 3-5 seconds, to have a clean edit point. 26 years as a TV cameraman taught me a few things. Great video & beautiful cars. Edit: when you are walking around the cars, before you start recording. Zoom into something & check focus. Then zoom out wide & turn auto focus off.
Bloody Fantastic to see all these GT's. Makes me more pissed off that FORD didn't finish with a GT; they had, don't forget, the fully certified 351 cube 662hp engine from the 2013 SHELBY GT500 to slot in !!
Hi Howard, really appreciate the content you present thank you. As a kid, my dad had a ZD Fairlane that I think was a special car. 351 T bar silver (special colour) with black vinyl roof. We also knew a bloke called Bob Brock in Wangaratta who had phase 1,2 & 3 GT’s. Do you get to know the history of these cars?
hey howard, Just wondering if you could tell me why do you see so many XA,XB and XC falcons where the back of the bonnet sits up a little and doesnt seem to fit?EG: the blue coupe at 28:53
Perfect comment on the Summernats XBGT coupe, paint and trim is spot on, the shop let the owner down miserably with the spray can instead of cad plating
my XW ex country cop car 302 and pale blue falcon 500 was fitted with dual front and rear aircon and demist with factory demist vents in the parcel shelf...car was used in a hot northern climate...have any early GTs been found with this option ???
@@AstillDesign to further add to the confusion the 302w and 351c are both manufactured at the Cleveland factory 😂😂 when the 302c came out lots of confusion haha the common Cleveland and windsor names hadn’t quite been established yet
Great video. We have a XA coupe in the family and want to find out the details from how it left the factory/dealer. How is the best way to do this using the VIN?
Had to chuckle... coupe vs hardtop... they've all got hard tops cos there was no convertible, the point of difference is the 2 doors which makes it a coupe. Only in Australia is this an issue... in NZ they are coupes. The rest of the world calls a 2 door a coupe
@Astill Design yeah I'm a kiwi so I've always called them coupes, never heard them called hardtops till I moved over here. I've loved the alphabet coupes (ABC's) since Dad got an XA Fairmont coupe when I was young... something about the shape 😍
I find it interesting that he says they have a database of cars entered, how do they explain the two “bathurst ho’s” there with the same ID tags that were in attendance?
Just a couple of comments, Stillwell Ford started in Kew, Melbourne in the 60's, Stillwell had been a Holden Dealer and was Ford's first big dealer to change camps in Australia, I think it may have been in the 70's when they went to Adelaide, and yes the parts catalogue for XW/XY was very confusing re the 302's, the earlier engines came out of the Windsor engine plant in Canada, it stopped production of these engines in the late 60's and production of these engines was transfered to Cleveland Ohio, changes were made with the most obvious being a different water pump with the bottom radiator going to the left side of the radiator rather than the right side of the earlier Windsor produced engines, thses Cleveland produced 302's were used in Australia from 5/70 in XW/ZC models, and also got some Aus sourced components (carby , alternator and distributor) to help with local content rules, but as was pretty usual in those days it was hit and miss, it would seem if Ford had parts lying around they got put into production to get rid of them, plenty of times I suppliied the wrong points because the car had a different dizzy in it to what the parts book said it should have!
Thanks Ron, very informative. When I worked at Argent Motors in Broken Hill we would buy overnight from Maughan Thiem in Adelaide and our stock orders came direct from Melbourne in massive timber crates.
@@AstillDesign Investment and passion I think combined. Like you I like A, B and C's - I'm your age. But the later B series has my interest as I had one when new, I'm thinking BF GTP.
Starlight blue on XWs, differenet to electric blue. Both nice colors. You mean bulbous fat arsed things. Falcon GTs had FOUR doors only. XA my favourite by far, sleeker, better seats, handle better and still go ok.
My uncle was a metallurgist at ford and he took us to the factory to see the xw falcon before it was released. I remember thinking it was the ugliest car I’d ever seen. How wrong was I?
@@AstillDesign car's like that just need people who truly love them and understand that you are but a keeper, someone that ensures the car has the best possible chance of being around for many centuries to come. Not everyone's children are the right people.
A Lot of amazing cars,
Was certainly a big day
Was an amazing Nationals being there. Only thing I think the commitee should have created was a full two laps around the Mountain on one day of every single GT in there category that are drivable cars. Yes you could drive the circuit as we did but to have every car do it at once would have been epic and a massive part of history given you had record numbers of any GT Nationals ever at the Mountain.
Hi Steve, it was an awesome event. I’m sure the logistics and cost would be high being a public road.
Amazing video , a credit to all the owners of these beautiful cars .Commentary excellent.
Thanks Daz, It was a great event
Great coverage of the nationals Howard.
Thanks Nick
Your camera work is excellent mate. First class and very easy to watch. Thanks.
Thanks for the feedback, working on it all the time
Thank you !!! So great for us guys overseas. that couldn't get there
Our pleasure
Fantastic video. Really enjoyed it. Thank you
Our pleasure!
Thank you Howard. I’m not much of a ford guy but there are some beautiful cars out there.
Incredible showing
Awesome vid as always Howard! The #1 pirtek falcon is the best of the lot for me! Magnificent display of the best cars in the world!
It sure was
Fantastic video Howard and agree it's hard to digest all the cars as there was so many.
The drone footage definitely shows the unique 70's & later model bright colours.
Stand out cars for me are original un restored cars.
Dave did a great job organising the event and also commentating on this video.
Glad you enjoyed the show Howard.
Certainly was a full day
@@AstillDesign did you manage to get through them all? Certainly covered lots in the video.
I believe I did, would have missed something I'm sure
Just watched this video again. Can you recall the standout car on the day for yourself. Don't ask Darren he will pick a blue car 😂😂😂
Absolutely amazing video mate, you and Louise are doing an amazing job bringing us all the awesome content, keep up the great work and thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to make these videos.
Our pleasure, still working on the process to continue the growth
Surfer Orange Hardtop - loves your work Howard
Thanks mate, special!!
Awesome footage of some fantastic GT's.
Certainly was entertaining
Nice video mate. Love the audio chat...quite informative. Keep up the good work!
Cheers mate, was good to have Dave on this one.
Very nice footage and very very nice cars , congratulations to all involved
Glad you enjoyed it
Giday gentlemen, l saw the footage of all the GT FALCONS , WHAT A WONDERFUL, AS WELL AS AMAZING, FOOTAGE OF ALL THE OLD BEASTS, THEY ARE ALL TERRIFIC AUTOMOBILE S , IM À FORD LOVER , BUT I LOVE THE OLD HOLDEN'S AND CHEVROLETS AND HEMIS AND S so on, BUT MOST OF ALL I HAVE ALL WAYS LOVED THE, ROCKET SHIP ,GT PHASE 3 .THE POWER OF THE CLEVELAND POWERED SMALL BLOCK ENGINE HAD PLENTY OF STICK IN IT ,ESPECIALLY STRAIGHT LINE SPEED, PRETTY MUCH NOTHING COULD GIVE THE CLEVELAND POWERED GT BACK IN THE DAY , WHEN IT COMES TO HORSEPOWER,,THERE WAS A LOT DIFFERENT STORIES ABOUT HOW MUCH THE CLEVELAND 4V MONSTER REALLY DELIVERD, WELL I DO KNOW THIS THE 300 PHASE 3 BUILT, WAS AROUND 380HP , AND THAT IS A CAR YOU COULD DRIVE AND OWN ,53 YEARS AGO NEARLY 400 HORSEPOWER BACK THEN FOR STREET USE IS A TON OF PERFORMANCE ALSO DOING ABOUT A140 150MPH , BUT RACING SPEC PUNCHING OUT 450HORSEPOWER , FROM DOING A LOT OF HOMEWORK, THAT IS WHAT I BELIEVE , MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE AND SAFE NEW YEAR, PS GO THE GT FALCON, CLEVELAND POWERED OR WINDSOR POWERED
Absolutely amazing video
Thank you very much! We will be doing 2025
I've always been taken by these special cars since owning a base Aussie assembled XA but with 302 Clevo, back in the day. This is one of the best show vids I have seen, now subscribed. Greetings from across the ditch.
Thanks mate, appreciate your support
What an awesome video Howy & it's an absolute credit to all the owner's amazing machines and amazing history. 👍👍
Thanks Brendan, Yes was an awesome showing of cars
They was not Centerlines on the Blue Hardtop they was Hotwire mags guys. At 28:44 in video ! Just saying
Thanks for clearing that up.🤔
So very cool thanks 👍😊
Our pleasure
wow I'm impressed a lot of nice looking cars.
incredible quality and quantity
awesome thanks.
Our pleasure
Another great video Howard.
Thanks Adam
Just had a few drinks with one of the judges. Smiley from West Oz. A Ford fanatic.
Good to hear Carl
Can I just suggest that, when you finish a piece to camera/interview.
After thanking the interviewee, just hold a look to camera for 3-5 seconds, to have a clean edit point.
26 years as a TV cameraman taught me a few things.
Great video & beautiful cars.
Edit: when you are walking around the cars, before you start recording.
Zoom into something & check focus.
Then zoom out wide & turn auto focus off.
Thanks for the feedback, it’s been a steep learning curve.
@@AstillDesign that’s why I thought you might like a few pointers.
Kind regards
Bloody Fantastic to see all these GT's. Makes me more pissed off that FORD didn't finish with a GT; they had, don't forget, the fully certified 351 cube 662hp engine from the 2013 SHELBY GT500 to slot in !!
That would have been nice 👍
Hi Howard, really appreciate the content you present thank you. As a kid, my dad had a ZD Fairlane that I think was a special car. 351 T bar silver (special colour) with black vinyl roof. We also knew a bloke called Bob Brock in Wangaratta who had phase 1,2 & 3 GT’s. Do you get to know the history of these cars?
Me personally not so much, but a lot of owners track down the previous owners. The GT register has a lot of history of the GT falcons
hey howard, Just wondering if you could tell me why do you see so many XA,XB and XC falcons where the back of the bonnet sits up a little and doesnt seem to fit?EG: the blue coupe at 28:53
It’s an adjustment thing. The hinge needs to be rotated where it bolts to the body to take the load off the hinge when it’s closed.
@@AstillDesign thanks Howard, great video 👍👍
Good vid Howard 👍👌i was hoping to see bill burkes gt
Thanks mate
Perfect comment on the Summernats XBGT coupe, paint and trim is spot on, the shop let the owner down miserably with the spray can instead of cad plating
Nice build just not concourse
That green 52D XR was so sexy
Beautiful
my XW ex country cop car 302 and pale blue falcon 500 was fitted with dual front and rear aircon and demist with factory demist vents in the parcel shelf...car was used in a hot northern climate...have any early GTs been found with this option ???
I don’t have any info on that, maybe someone else can add some details
The water pump change over you’re referring to Howard was for the std 302w the xw GT/GTHO’s were all 351 not part of that as far as I know
There you go, I new it was something like that
@@AstillDesign to further add to the confusion the 302w and 351c are both manufactured at the Cleveland factory 😂😂 when the 302c came out lots of confusion haha the common Cleveland and windsor names hadn’t quite been established yet
Great video. We have a XA coupe in the family and want to find out the details from how it left the factory/dealer. How is the best way to do this using the VIN?
Ford have always offered a service, however at the moment they are upgrading the computer system. Google ford verification letter.
Had to chuckle... coupe vs hardtop... they've all got hard tops cos there was no convertible, the point of difference is the 2 doors which makes it a coupe.
Only in Australia is this an issue... in NZ they are coupes. The rest of the world calls a 2 door a coupe
Ford documents show Hardtop but I have always called them a coupe
@Astill Design yeah I'm a kiwi so I've always called them coupes, never heard them called hardtops till I moved over here. I've loved the alphabet coupes (ABC's) since Dad got an XA Fairmont coupe when I was young... something about the shape 😍
I find it interesting that he says they have a database of cars entered, how do they explain the two “bathurst ho’s” there with the same ID tags that were in attendance?
I personal have no idea
Just a couple of comments, Stillwell Ford started in Kew, Melbourne in the 60's, Stillwell had been a Holden Dealer and was Ford's first big dealer to change camps in Australia, I think it may have been in the 70's when they went to Adelaide, and yes the parts catalogue for XW/XY was very confusing re the 302's, the earlier engines came out of the Windsor engine plant in Canada, it stopped production of these engines in the late 60's and production of these engines was transfered to Cleveland Ohio, changes were made with the most obvious being a different water pump with the bottom radiator going to the left side of the radiator rather than the right side of the earlier Windsor produced engines, thses Cleveland produced 302's were used in Australia from 5/70 in XW/ZC models, and also got some Aus sourced components (carby , alternator and distributor) to help with local content rules, but as was pretty usual in those days it was hit and miss, it would seem if Ford had parts lying around they got put into production to get rid of them, plenty of times I suppliied the wrong points because the car had a different dizzy in it to what the parts book said it should have!
Thanks Ron, very informative. When I worked at Argent Motors in Broken Hill we would buy overnight from Maughan Thiem in Adelaide and our stock orders came direct from Melbourne in massive timber crates.
@@AstillDesign Remember the wooden crates well, took forever to unpack!, monthly stock orders if I remember correctly
Your correct Howard. There’s several different windsor combinations including different firing orders. Very difficult to order parts for.
That’s for sure.
Thanks for the video, if you were to buy one Howard, what do you think is the best value Falcon GT in the current market?
Very interesting question, all depends on what you like and the budget you have.
Investment or passion. So many decisions
@@AstillDesign Investment and passion I think combined. Like you I like A, B and C's - I'm your age. But the later B series has my interest as I had one when new, I'm thinking BF GTP.
Minilites for the van then?
🤔
Melanie’s FPV GT 41:24
👍
No panda eyes on the r spec GT's mate.
Cheers mate. That makes sense
Starlight blue on XWs, differenet to electric blue. Both nice colors.
You mean bulbous fat arsed things.
Falcon GTs had FOUR doors only. XA my favourite by far, sleeker, better seats, handle better and still go ok.
So many nice colours, XA GT for the win
Well done Howard and Dave. Heard Carmine was offered BIG bucks for his RPO hardtop and turned it down.
They certainly are bringing big dollars
R rated tv shows
My uncle was a metallurgist at ford and he took us to the factory to see the xw falcon before it was released. I remember thinking it was the ugliest car I’d ever seen. How wrong was I?
That’s a good story, it’s funny how things turn out
What,s a corporate colour?
Colours for company’s, Rothmans Blue for example, Kwik as air purple. There were heaps of different colours.
BS stillwell did do the cobra sedan.
Cheers Mate
I used to own a few of them back in the day. Nothing compares. Modern day cars are boring
So true, won’t be long and they will drive themselves
It is the GT NATIONALS right ???? So why all the invaders in other brands on the track ? GT NATIONALS. Should be GT Falcons ONLY.
No idea what your talking about, other brands?
@@AstillDesign I saw a video from Bathurst. And the were all sorts on the track.
@@rhettcorbett3346 that was the super sprint event
@@Starlight_GT Ok. My bad.
Has to be the most over rated Aussie car ever.
You must be on the wrong channel 😀
Can't listen to Auzzies talk
looks like it's mute then.
Can I just have one?🥹
I promise I will never sell it and pass it on to whoever you want.
Year I know; right
@@AstillDesign car's like that just need people who truly love them and understand that you are but a keeper, someone that ensures the car has the best possible chance of being around for many centuries to come.
Not everyone's children are the right people.