It wants to run but lacking fuel! Pull the carb off it, soak it in a bucket of fuel for a few hours to revive the seals, blow it out with compressed air to evict the ants and try again! Its so close!😅
I love it! That is such a cool patinaed classic! 3 months ago I actually drove nearly 10 hours (one way) from Queensland to Coonamble, NSW to buy my 1988 XF Falcon GL Panelvan. It's nothing too special, but it is a factory P/S, A/C, bench & column auto car. And after a lot of digging, there is only 4 spots of rust on the whole car, so I am very chuffed! I think it's pretty niche but cool for an 18 year old to have a panelvan 😁
I love trying to start old car engines. I feel your pain Graham. I bought an XD a few years ago that still had its matching numbers 4.1 alloy head crossflow. It was missing the alternator only, but in the end it needed a starter motor, fuel pump, spark plugs, leads, cap and a carby kit to get it going. It did eventually fire up and ran surprisingly well. These old 4.1 engines are superb !
A long time ago a friend had a mark 3 Cortina with the 250 and manual gearbox. That car was a beast, steep hills were no problem. The hump on the bonnet gave away the ones with the six.
Mate of mine had one as well, fully insured but starting to get rusty! Caught fire in the highway one morning on his way to work, he spent 20 mins throwing gravel, sand, stones on a burning engine bay before he finally put it out! After it was over I asked him why he did not just let it burn , collect insurance and upgrade! His answer was his golf clubs were in the boot!😂🤣
The number plate was probably moved so it wasn't obsured by the tow bar, The cops used to ping falcons with towbars for obsured plates. Wow the battery tray is still there, they are normally rusted away.
Christen it in the back, and something will come to life eventually 😮😂 carbie fuel pump and plugs and so on like you said awesome stuff 👌🇦🇺🤝🇦🇺🦘🦘🏔🏔🌨🌨❄️❄️
You know the rules if its got fuel spark and oil it should start if the motor turns over by hand but as for the rust it looks like body filler sucked up moisture
sounds like it will go graham throw some new plugs in it will help the lifters will have bled down from sitting making it hard to start they used the same dizzy cap and rotor as the red motors should of off loaded it to peter anderson saved the freight cost lol
Have more faith in the aerostart. The spray has better effect if the butterfly is open when spraying. Or spray while the engine is cranking. Bit hard on your own though.
@@xacoupeguy would be a good idea if there were people that were interested in owning this car , would help you out with donating parts and help finance the build . Another good idea maybe auction it off or a kind of Raffle to get your money back .. I for one would be interested in the later..😎
I bought a XB 250 out of a paddock been there a long time with about 50 other cars stuck gas in it and drove it home, tranny was slipping which is why it got parked
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It wants to run but lacking fuel! Pull the carb off it, soak it in a bucket of fuel for a few hours to revive the seals, blow it out with compressed air to evict the ants and try again! Its so close!😅
Would love to see a panel by panel body job bro.
Definitely has potential. A GS grille, 302 V8….or just fix it as is. Love the colour. Very 1970’s.
I love it! That is such a cool patinaed classic! 3 months ago I actually drove nearly 10 hours (one way) from Queensland to Coonamble, NSW to buy my 1988 XF Falcon GL Panelvan. It's nothing too special, but it is a factory P/S, A/C, bench & column auto car. And after a lot of digging, there is only 4 spots of rust on the whole car, so I am very chuffed! I think it's pretty niche but cool for an 18 year old to have a panelvan 😁
I love trying to start old car engines. I feel your pain Graham.
I bought an XD a few years ago that still had its matching numbers 4.1 alloy head crossflow.
It was missing the alternator only, but in the end it needed a starter motor, fuel pump, spark plugs, leads, cap and a carby kit to get it going.
It did eventually fire up and ran surprisingly well. These old 4.1 engines are superb !
Maybe Pete might buy it for his XA sedan project
Every time you cranked it I was holding my breath well done graham I nearly blacked out 😂
Hahaha yeah she just didn't wanna play the game
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A long time ago a friend had a mark 3 Cortina with the 250 and manual gearbox. That car was a beast, steep hills were no problem. The hump on the bonnet gave away the ones with the six.
Mate of mine had one as well, fully insured but starting to get rusty! Caught fire in the highway one morning on his way to work, he spent 20 mins throwing gravel, sand, stones on a burning engine bay before he finally put it out! After it was over I asked him why he did not just let it burn , collect insurance and upgrade! His answer was his golf clubs were in the boot!😂🤣
Love the TC TD Cortinas I own 12 great cars , but at the moment I’m in love with my XA Hardtop restoration ..
We had one as a family car. Eventually we upgraded it for my Mrs n l kept it as my work car for several years. Great motors!
I always have a can of "Start Ya Bastard" on hand for jobs like this.
A sweet xa ford falcon Graham and a wagon to boot. That will clean up well.
I cant believe how little rust it has !
The number plate was probably moved so it wasn't obsured by the tow bar, The cops used to ping falcons with towbars for obsured plates.
Wow the battery tray is still there, they are normally rusted away.
Looking forward to seeing more. Cheers 😎✌️❤️👍
Ye i like that idea prep paint one panel at a time
Christen it in the back, and something will come to life eventually 😮😂 carbie fuel pump and plugs and so on like you said awesome stuff 👌🇦🇺🤝🇦🇺🦘🦘🏔🏔🌨🌨❄️❄️
I reckon you could just roller some matt black on to that bonnet and you'd be right.
Thank you for the video
Cheers Graham 👍🏼🤘
Awesome 🎉
Will the sedagon come back to life!😅
I usually tip a bit of fuel down the carby works every time to get to run for a few seconds
Pull the interior n water blast it after a detergent scrub. Leave everything to dry before reinstall..maybe waterblast the interior too. No smell
Did you check the oil with your tongue Graham? Like Derek.
Nope haha
You know the rules if its got fuel spark and oil it should start if the motor turns over by hand but as for the rust it looks like body filler sucked up moisture
It,'s. A FORD MATE all good show 🎉🎉🎉🎉
sounds like it will go graham throw some new plugs in it will help
the lifters will have bled down from sitting making it hard to start
they used the same dizzy cap and rotor as the red motors
should of off loaded it to peter anderson saved the freight cost lol
Yeah I think it needed a better fuel source and the ign system going thru
Give it a bit of advance
Keen to see the progress on this one 👻
it will fire up, the usual points system issues. sounds like a bit of lubricant around the rings to seal it up a bit might aid in it firing up.
It fired up today, set of points, plugs and a carby rebuild it coughed back into life
Hey mate. Cool long roof.
it just wanted a choke or more fuel dumped down its neck
Is that patina worth keeping (if it can be done) - looks quite cool (on the video at least)?
Have more faith in the aerostart. The spray has better effect if the butterfly is open when spraying. Or spray while the engine is cranking.
Bit hard on your own though.
If you need anything for it got that van
I'm getting older now 70 have had XP*2 XW*1 XY*5 XBCOUPE (100% Rebuilt $170k) XD*2 XE*1 EF*1 AU XR6, Now present FG XR6. And I love em.
Did you get the chance to check the points gap? (Goog says Ford 6 cyl/250 = 0.4mm/16thou)
Love to see you finish this but watching your vids Graham you get bored to quick , then end up offloading it ..😂😅
Financial situation ushally ends projects fast for me
@@xacoupeguy would be a good idea if there were people that were interested in owning this car , would help you out with donating parts and help finance the build . Another good idea maybe auction it off or a kind of Raffle to get your money back .. I for one would be interested in the later..😎
Needs more gas?? Keep pumping while cranking.
Dam good battery.
Adjust the timing on the dizzy a bit
Just fix the rust holes and wipe it down with boiled linseed oil..
Hydraulic clutch on a 6, is that a column shift thing?
Leave it patina look
Yeah where's the update on the bush wreck xa
Bush wreck xa is peter Anderson's more progress on that can be found on his channel
@@xacoupeguy yeah I realise that but haven't seen anything of it since you fitted the panels
@user-yw6ov9sz3u Peter has been collecting parts for the xa alot recently, don't be surprised if it makes a reappearance soon
You have fixed worse
I bought a XB 250 out of a paddock been there a long time with about 50 other cars stuck gas in it and drove it home, tranny was slipping which is why it got parked