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Too many Fords........ :)
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Melbz, Eastside
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Anyone know if the owner is a member on here?
Such a shame........ I wonder how the the fire took hold? Looked like such a nice vehicle. :( http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Ford-Fair...item2a27ec8d55
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That is a shame. According to the ad it backfired and caught alight.
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poor old thing, never good to see.. George will cry
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Know Arthur and we keep in touch via email
His father ordered that car brand new from Melford in Melbourne with an XA bonnet and XA GS/GT grill At the same time is uncle bought a copper bronze xa gt Damn shame - that was one very loved and very well maintained motor vehicle I feel ill thinking of how bad he would feel It is rebuildable but needs a lot of time and money. |
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wow, just noticed that. Interesting what you could option in the good-ol-days
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Just out of curiosity, the ebay ad states that they were the second owners and there is a Costanzo Ford dealer sticker on the back window??? Either way its a damn shame to see that car end up like that. |
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A lot of good parts on that car for someone with a ZF |
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Join Date: Jun 2005
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That is why i keep a fire extinguisher in all of my cars.
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We had one in Ballarat years ago with a factory 351.
Was on gas but had a bad petrol leak from the carby if it was ever ran on petrol. It too caught fire, from running it on petrol but we managed to put it out before much damage was done. Sold it for $900 in '97 with fire damage. |
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Sydney
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Anyone who thinks that car is repairable is dreaming. Looks like there was enough heat to melt the front right spring, based on how low it sits. The front end and motor would have sustained way too much heat damage to make it worth anything more than parts now. Pity.
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Join Date: Dec 2008
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Me too but unfortunately the party size extinguishers (or pretty much anything smaller than a fire truck) probably wouldn't help us in a gasoline fire, especially if it's under the bonnet. You'd have to get to it in seconds; once it gets going it's very hard to stop from what I'm told. :(
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: Geelong, Vic
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So very unfortunate and again a reminder to carry a fire extinguisher handy with these old girls :(
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Postage is cheap @ $6.50
Dunno why they put that in?
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Sad. Yes...I thought it looks like it's burned for a long time in the front...no idea why it didn't spread further into the car given the huge amount of damage to the front.
Optioning: they used to let you do almost anything...all of the makers. My late uncle had a VJ Valiant Regal...265 hemi, auto, floor shifter, 770 dash...and it was purple, with a brownish vinyl roof and brown interior...good lord... ![]() |
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From the Futura
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Canberra, Australia
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and always put the airfilter back on when cranking a motor.
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Adelaide
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Remember a family vacation very early 80's in Dads ZG Fairlane hot summers day A/C on stopped at lights suddenly all hell breaks loose out of the front end, engine is on fire. Old man pops the boot grabs the extinguisher pops the bonnet and saves the car. Turns out the high pressure line going into the steering box had split and sprayed oil over the exhaust and wammo instant fire. Us kids at the time thought it was friggin awesome....
Moral of the story keep an extinguisher handy. |
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You can see the left side is flat/missing too, and the rim sits heaps lower than the guard, much like it used to sit. The right hand side is so much worse. Proper inspection would reveal it all of course, but sadly these lovely cars are not deemed worth the effort. Even if it was a coupe or GT, the burnt metal would still likely make it unsalvageable.
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