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We have had emission regulation's here in Australia since the seventies and we do have safety standards which are star rated ANCAP tested. In New South Wales vehicles over 5 year's old have to undergo an annual inspection. The car building industry no longer exists in Australia. The red Escort is a locally assembled vehicle, they came from the UK in complete knock down kit. The Ford Falcon and Holden Utes were built on the sedans or wagons from the time. The Falcons started life from an American Ford imported in the early sixties. The Ford with the air cleaner hanging out was an Australian Ford Fairlane, it is a stretched Falcon we also had the LTD.
Actually…. I call bullshit on that whole statement. Australia’s emissions regulations, safety requirements and road taxes are far in excess of those on the USA, including back when most of those cars were built. The difference was that Ford, Holden and Chrysler developed muscle cars which were tailored to meet those regulations, and didn’t just throw their hands up and admit defeat. Chrysler’s 6-cylinder Hemi only existed in the Aus/NZ market… Ford’s 6-cylinder Barra engine, that everybody is so crazy about today, also only an Aus/NZ product. When we manufactured vehicles here for the performance market they were great. Too bad that all stopped 5 years ago!
the yanks, some, are just catching onto the Barras. some are getting them sent over there now.
Re the roll bar at that back of the Ute you commented on. The owner looks like he's a tradie ... a tradesman with the trailer at back .... so he would use the 'roll bars' to strap building material onto, not to prevent a roll over. Lots of tradies add that extra bar at the back for that reason.
Yeah, it’s called a “ladder rack” as tradies strap their ladders onto them
@@hbpdi001 and 4x2 i mean 2x4s etc
Absolutely,
Utes were made for working in Australia and you can correct me if I’m wrong but the first one was to be able to carry pigs to the slaughter and then be comfortable enough to go and get the groceries after,
as that one is but the show cars are fukin awesome
Love the Xc coupe❤️
The rear bar wasn't a styling thing, it was a practical thing for strapping ladders and planks of wood to. Because it's a work vehicle.
Thank you for making this video! @wastelandfirebird is having fun exploring Australia and seeing it’s unique car culture! ❤️
I ❤️this guy. He flips out at the parked cars in the street and he is forever searching for a Sundowner panel van. GMH (General Motors Holden) had an equivalent panel van called the Sandman. Both companies had fully Australian based design teams. It was a sad day when the factories closed down. Also, we have had catalytic converters on all cars for decades and yes, our population is smaller than the USA but we still have some of the best air quality in the World (when we have bush fires the air quality is bad though). Regarding car ownership, my son’s family of four adults means four cars in the driveway and out on the street.
There was also the Chrysler valiant drifter.
Ahhh the Sundowner/Sandman I remember the drive ins and all the Fk trucks rocking!!!
We had Fairlanes here. The main difference between what we call a truck as opposed to a ute. Is a ute can be driven on a normal car licence, but a truck needs a heavy vehicle licence.
But there are also small trucks that aren’t utes you can use a normal license for as we used to own one 😂
yeah well kinda body make/class matters and defines the vehicles light/heavy commercial vehicle. but also in saying that, no one is calling a van with a tray or those mini trucks a ute lol
The little red escort was a British design iirc, and a bullet on wheels.
The roll bar serves a dual purpose for tying down loads. The ute with the bar at the back would have used it to lay ladders/lengths of timber so that they don't scrape against the duco and leave space in the tray for all your tools and gear.
And yes, we had the Fairlane. It was the top end model of the Falcon. I think the Fairmont was in there too.
My daily drive is a 1999 AU1 Fairmont Wagon running on dual fuel (petrol or LPG).
@@ianmontgomery7534 a classic!
yeah you can see the ladder restraining little bolts sticking up on the rear.
its a sports bar not a rolll bar if you rolled it would do little to nothing to help you
@@noahridesmtb5886 ok, Norbert.
Ute is short for "utility". Basically a car/truck that can more than just carry people with some kind of tray or tub. Not limited to 2 doors.
Also the roll bars are more "sports bars" and apparently help with the aerodynamics. The bar at the back of the ute is usually in place to carry long items, ie. Ladders.
Yep... ute version of roof racks. Perfect for ladders or wood/sheets from Bunnings. 😜
14:31 - The rear 'roll bar' isn't for protection. It's used for tying down long items in the tray of the ute, such as ladders or planks.
17:33 - Ironically, most Aussies would look at this truck and think it looks ridiculous, because it's just not practical.
I guess these two American blokes never used a ute such as a tradie would. Stupid comments thinking that the rear bar is used for cosmetic use or as a roll bar, and thinking it’s only to be supported by a bloody tonneau cover! Bahahaha!!! Yeah we are dumb Aussies according to their comments. And YES Ford was the parent company to Ford Australia, but most of these cars are Aussie designs. You blokes sound a bit jealous saying it’s basically an American car show. You American Blokes come on down here and grab some Maccas mate. Lol.
We do have those regulations and standards too, ours are nearly as high as California. We just made different cars to the US.
Most of our regs follow the EU.
6:53 The “fusions” you two are pointing at are FGX falcons and the “focuses” are actually BA-BF falcons.
16:34 that is an XA Falcon wagon. The air intake is a dead giveaway that the engine inside that is a 351 Cleveland V8, that intake was actually standard on the XY Falcon GTHO phase 3 which was the fastest mass produced 4 door sedan in the world when it came out in 1971
*It's great you have such strong opinions on things you know absolutely nothing about* 😂👍🇦🇺
Like the firm comment about American Vans and Panel Vans being the same, then seconds later a Panel Van comes on screen and he’s like “look at that hearse thing” 😂
Nah its the those falcons are either a mitsi or pontiac 🤣
I think Wasteland Firebird is fast becoming a cult hero here due to his overwhelming appreciation of everything new to him lol
I can't wait to see the video of him transversing the Summernats, especially when he finally finds his Sundowner lol
Summernats was great! ua-cam.com/video/8r4rqMH44hs/v-deo.html .... and we found a Sundowner! ua-cam.com/video/dLW_vB6ummw/v-deo.html
The long shot at 6:53 shows falcons which are essentially 4 door mustangs in size.
The red falcon at 8:50 is a GT with a 5.4 l quad cam vvt v8 with 315kw.
The blue car at 9:43 is a Capri which was ford UKs “mustang”. Started as a 4cyl and grew to a 3.0l v6.
The red car looks like an rs 2000 escort with a 2l 4cyl. Behind is the cortina it replaced.
At 13:32 he says it’s a custom paint job but that was a limited model from the factory called a goss special celebrating John goss winning bathurst.
At 14:03 the rear bar makes the roll bar into “roof racks”.
At 18:25 the little car is a British ford Anglia.
18:51 THAT is a fairlane. In fact ford put this to the US people against the first crown vic. The people loved the fairlane better because of the more euro styling but ford went with the crown vic anyway. These could have been all your taxis and police cars.
As an Australian im telling you an El Camino is a ute
14:30 that's not for protection my guy, it's not a roll cage.
That's a so you can lay pipe/wood planks and so on in your tray.
Its a rack to lay and tiedown stuff on.
Front of the pipe/plank sits over roof on the front bar and the bar at the back is where the other end of the pipe/plank is rested and tied on
8:49 My mum has one of these but it's blue. I've driven it and it's so much fun.
the bar on the back of the ford ute isn't a roll bar it is for carrying loads ie planks or long poles you lay the load on the bars and tie it down :).
Difference between Ute and truck is weight capacity. Ute is driven on STD car licence, not a commercial vehicle licence
Fez, Please check out a history of Aussie Ford it will show you the development that took us in a different direction to the US. Also when he said about the V6 he actually meant the Straight 6 Barra engine that is in our Falcon's. I have one in my 2010 FG Falcon Ute.
Actually I saw a guy on yt here in the U.S. engine swap a barra into a fox body! Everyone was stunned when he popped the hood and it was a straight 6 turbo that had a blue oval emblem on it. It's Fords answer to Toyotas 2jz! I wish we had that engine option over here...
@@angelabryant9079 I will have to check that out. I might hold on to my FG till some American will buy it from me, the value is just going up and up now.
@@Notric Hey brother, I have a 2011 XR6T ute as well, The barra into fox body was done by Benny's custom works (he travelled to the states to build it for drag week)
Phez really needs to stop talking with such authority on things he knows nothing about. 😆
Yep 👍
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Some of the Cars like the Ford Laser Wagon at the start are actually Mazda rebadged. Some of the small Ford's are English like the Capri and Cortina
The back bar is to carry things like ladders or timber. It's not a protection bar
A truck in Australia is any vehicle with a tray that exceeds a 1 ton load capacity. Tues regardless of tray type are generally a max 1 ton load capacity.
Tues?
@@Dr_KAP utes autospell fucked me up
@@johnzamora8061 😂
The car stanards are higher in Australia than the USA, many cars made in the USA are not aloud on the roads in Australia because the cars are not up to the regulations
Oh, god!! The Capri. How I love that car. I miss mine. Poor girl.
There's something to be said about a well put together Transit. Especially as shown here. But the panel vans have a wonderful personality of their own. So, as you say, they go together well.
At the 7 minute mark you were debating what some of the cars in the shot were ,they are all ford falcons just different years some are v8s some turbo 6s.
Isn’t it even more confusing in the GM America (I believe USA ford owner) owned GM Australia (Holden) the direct competes to Ford Australia
The El Camino is a rare example of an American UteXD Stamp approved by an Australian hehe
The El Camino is as close to an Aussie ute that you guys in the states ever got, a traditional ute is also defined as a sedan/estate car body in the front and a tray in the rear.
That is correct, although the correct terminology is “Coupé Utility” but we never really ever called them that here. They were first called “utilities” and then in time, as all good Aussie words are, shortened to a single syllable… “Ute”
Falcon utes sold in South Africa badged as Rancheros.
Don't forget the Ranchero as well mate.
Phezz, you're missing the point with the rear bar on the ute; it's for carrying cargo like lengths of timber or ladders, etc. Same with the front one, except it doubles as a rollover bar.
roll bars on utes saved me and my friends lives when we rolled the old falcon, its something i swear by
Just think of the ute this way. Its the mullet of the car world. business up front, party out the back.
Miles You calling us peices of shit ?... you want to fight me mate ? hes at the bar
The roll bars are not really roll bars. They are more so for carrying ladders and such
In your video at 14:33 talking about the 'roll bar': That ute is probably used by a tradie, the 'roll bar' isn't really a roll bar but more of a utility bar for strapping lumber or pipe lengths to it for transport to construction jobs.
The term Ute is for Utility vehicle so any vehicle that can carry 2+ people and has a utility tray at the back is a Ute.
Gents, those roll bars are not for protection in cab. The front and rear bars are used for storage of ladders etc. Tradesmen use these as work ute
The one with the steel railing on the back is so you can put stuff on the top anything to long to go in the back. Bowie.
The black Ute with the roll bar at the back of the tray is a work Ute for a chippy(carpenter) you can put long suit on it like ladder’s n planks.. that’s why it at the back
At 14:36, it is obviously a tradesmans car and the back one isn't for any kind of protection. The front one partially is, but together they have another use. They allow you to strap down ladders, very long timber, metal sheets or bars that are too long to fit into the rear tray.
the back bar on the Ute is for carrying long things 2x4s and anything else that wont fit in the back most work Utes will have the extra bars
A “Ute” in Australia is traditionally on a sedan style chassis with a tray on the back. We also have “pick up” style vehicles we call “dual cabs”
Ford in Australia is a real mixed bag. We've always had some American models but Ford established a completely autonomous factory in the UK about 100 years ago so we had many British models that were never sold in the US like the Zephyr, Anglia, Escort, Cortina, Capri.
In the 80's Ford bought 50% of Mazda so they replaced the British models with Mazda variants, made in either Japan or Australia.
And like Holden and Chrysler, Ford designed and built a large sedan in Australia just for the Australian and NZ market. So we had the Australian Falcon from 1960 through to 2016.
But like the US they're hardly selling any cars now, and the only ones left other than Mustangs are made in Korea, Thailand or Europe.
I've been following this guy for awhile now, and love his passion and enthusiasm. Love his outfits too 🥰👌
America is the Only Country in the World where they Think..
Driving a Big Stupid F Series is Dope... it's look at me, and how big my absolutely useless, wank truck is...
The F650 is a True Mummy i have small penis car...
14:30 If you look closer you'd realise that the back "roll bar" isn't a roll bar at att but a tradesman bar for tying down extended items like ladders or lumber.
in Australia we'd shorten Phezz to Fez, but then elongate it to Fezzo. Please don't ask for clarification as to why.
😂 we have stricter safety and emmisiong regulations than any part of the usa, have done for about 40+ years. Also those utes bars are not for roll over protection, it's for ladders and other gear tradies use so it's easy to tie down and not resting on the roof or tailgate.
How is it a American car show America isn’t the only place in the world that have car shows they didn’t create the car show it’s a Australian car show
When he talks about the back of the Ute's, the back can have either a tray back or a style side. The tray back is usually a aluminium flat tray & some trays have what we call drop sides. The drop sides on a tray back are a little under a ft high & go the full length of the tray . Both sides & the back have the drop sides & are attached by hinges & sth sides are removable. The sides are for when you need to carry a load that can't or shouldn't be carried on a flat bed tray.
The rear bAR is there to carry long pipes etc they go from one bar to the next the front one is not there for rollover it's also only for carring pipes.
Yes the elcomeno would be classed as a ute here in Australia
14:25 it's not supposed to look pretty, but it has a very practical use as a ladder rack.
Ute comes from the coachbuilding term - coupe utility which is a pick up based on a sedan.
The bar at the back of the Ute is so you can put things like lumbar or ladders or super long cargo between the two
It is NO an American car show at all....for a very LONG time Ford Australia, designed their own vehicles totally independent to the USA, they developed their own motors and did their own marketing to penetrate international markets too and the thing that KILLED Ford in Australia was when the Americans wanted to take control again, like Star Bucks and many other American ideas, they just didnt work in Australia!
The back rollbar on the ute is for attaching ladders to.
I nearly had an aneurysm at 7:06 when you said those Falcon's were 'definitely Focus's'. I have a 2008 Mondeo XR5
Men talking about cars, you enjoyed this didn’t you?
My brother in law had a Ford GT351-HO it was absolutely the best Ford ever, one only has to have followed Bathurst.
My son had a Ford Fiesta sports, it was manual, he had to sell it when he married because his wife couldn’t drive manual. He now has a VW Golf, he misses his Fiesta, it could fit his very tall body frame better than the VW Golf, no one can sit behind him anyway, he has it pushed so far back to accommodate his legs.
Australia most definitely did have the Ford Fairlane, we owned 3 of them.
No emissions regulations.. what!? Of course we do!!!
The sports bars on the Ute are not roll bars. They are purely there for looks. If you are a tradesman or tradie (builder carpenter etc) the extra bar was for carrying timber ladders etc.. the Utes were popular for tradies.
Boys Australia has some fairly strict safety regulations for cars going back to the 70's and 80's and that's what killed the limited run cars that raced at Bathurst
Car laws here are more strict than 80 percent of the rest of the world and very expensive to make it legal.
Hell yeah. I have a 2010 Ford Falcon XR6 50th Anniversary high performance vehicle. It’s a smooth ride!!!
The rear bars on the utes are for tying stuff down thats what a ute is for putting things in the back , the one with the bar at the back is so you can strap long things on top , tradies use them for work during the week carrying work stuff and tools around , and yer we have yanky and English brand cars also at the shows on GMH ,FORD ,or CHRYSLER day show alot off overseas makes are in Australia too we got the best off all worlds here 😊
the back roll bar is not really a roll bar its so you can put ladders & wooden planks & stuff on top & tie it down
guys FYI the back bar is a carry rack and actually so is the front rack for tradesmen to carry timber ladders planks etc.
The back “roll bar” is actually for racking your ladder
We have Ford Fairelanes they are biggest Ford's out in Australia.
The Utility vehicles were designed in Australia. A farmers wife asked Ford if they could design a car that they could go to church on Sunday and use on the farm to carry animals around the farm on Mondays.
That rear roll bar on the falcon ute, isn't a roll bar. It's used more as a tradesman's rack.
The catch about the Ford F series, is that the F series starts with the F150, and goes up to the F700, or F800 I don't remember exactly which one. But that would be like a box truck/dump truck/ school bus. It is all those trucks, whereas the Silverado and the Ram both are just pickups, nothing bigger. So the sales numbers are not exactly fair. Ford numbered the larger trucks a F series so they could count all those in the sales figures, so they had an advantage.
That car with the air filter hanging out the bonnet was a fairlane ..
This bloke has a few kangaroos loose in the top paddock 😁
Ford Falcon =base model
Ford Fairmont = next level
Ford Fairlane=Luxury level
Ford Fairlane Ghia=top Luxury level.
AND It's NOT an American car show. ALL these cars were designed engineered & manufactured HERE in AUSTRALIA
What is Wasteland Firebird talking about in the opening statement? Australia has had strict laws and regulations governing all those things on an increasingly strict basis since the 70’s!
The biggest misinterpretation that citizens of other developed countries have about Australia is that the whole place operates on a care free “she’ll be right” basis which is an absolute fantasy.
Australians who travel abroad anywhere are always surprised at the lack rules affecting them overseas.
I know right. 🤣 it’s like he couldn’t be bothered reading a little about Australia’s car manufacturing history. There is a reason why politicians like to through around the term nanny state when they think the government is over regulating.
Firstly, I drive a 1998 Ford Fairlane.. Leather interior, V8, Politicians car, Fairlane is the top of the line Falcon.. (still) The ones with nice leather tops were Fairlanes/Fairmonts.
The base Ford Australia sedan is a Falcon (imagine Crown Victoria).. The base GM/Holden Australia sedan is a Commodore (prob Chevrolet Impala)..
9:40 Ford Capri.. Just amazing medium/small car/designed to compete with the Mustang, with either straight 4, V4 or V6 incl turbos and "Tickford" Special editions.
10:10 RS 2000 Style Ford England/Europe car (Homogenized) street version of the RS2000 Rally Car (a BEAST).. the rally car HAS no fenders, full rally pack skirts..And an earlier Ford Cortina behind it..
And Chrysler/Valiant here use the "Roadrunner" on our version of the "Chargers", like Dodge (they are a Dodge subsidiary). Our Chargers are a little bit fatter and wider with bigger tires.
The bar at the back is so you can load long stuff and support it at the back.. very useful actually.. its not protection.. apart from for the roof of the car haha
@ 14:19 that is not a roll bar, it so you can move your 4" x 2" x 20 foot bit of wood around
The roll bars on the ute arent really for rolling, its for putting ladder on top
Those "roll bars" on that black ute aren't roll bars, they're tradie bars. Used putting long objects on it that don't fit in the tray, that way you can fill the tray up and have more things to tie on the bars ontop.
Ute has an open tray on the back. Short for utilities vehicle. Most labour workers will own these for quick and easy access to grab tools.
The mustang Ute's are called mustero and they were released in america, they were factory made over there in america
The roll bar is not to protect you it’s to carry things! It’s a bloody Ute for working and carrying work materials
The car @ 6:30 is a XR2, you can tell by the gofast strips
It's not just a roll bar it's a rack for carrying long stuff that's why there is 1 at the back of the Ute as weĺl
That car with the air cleaner out of the hood mate, was your mum's Ford Fairlane but I guess the Aussie version.. The Two door with the green hood and orange stripes is a take-off of the Bathurst 1000 winner back in the 70s. I have had one Ford in my lifetime, (no Holdens) and that was 302 Ford auto two door, like that Bathurst car but mine was Copper Bronze with a white painted roof. I did like this car except for the little annoying things happening all the time. Brand new, it cost me $3300 driveway and even though I didn't pay for it at the time, it had a radio and retracting seatbelts. Those were not standard in 72.
The Falcon Cobra was a 1979, The USA just went so wrong that year with the Cobra
The car @ 18:50 is a Fairlane 1980's. Australia had Fairlanes up till 2007. My last Fairlane was my last new car in 2002 AU2 Fairlane 4L Tickford Police interceptor, It would do 2000km to a pair of 17x60x415 back wheels, The car looked a bit like the crown vic, but had all the toys. The one I had used alot of parts from the Crown Vic Police incerceptor. The car names my be used by a car in the USA, but it's not the same car in Australia, eg Fairlane was the 2nd high end Ford with the LTD at the top, A LTD was an Limited edition Fairlane with the lot = to the Lincoln
You guys should check out the song I Am Australian seekers edition
Thanks for watching! We did eventually find a Sundowner. ua-cam.com/video/dLW_vB6ummw/v-deo.html
I was going to watch the video until l saw the comment about the guy looking for a Sundowner panel van, l can assure you guys their are far better car shows all around Australia than the one you're looking at so glad l checked comments first. Also not sure where this guy got info about laws etc here regarding vehicles but they aren't correct.
The Falcon started as the American Falcon in 1960 and was developed continuously right up to end in 2016.
Even the 6 cylinder motor is based on the original 6
Falcon was originally an American design, but even from the first model 1960 XK they were manufactured in Australia. As per this Ford commissioned film giving lots of background :
ua-cam.com/video/Kof6XNeOrbs/v-deo.html
Ford Escort RS brilliant Rally car built in England , the small mustang looking car is a Ford Capri also English , Aussie Ford 6 is an inline 6 The bullet proof Barra 6 ua-cam.com/video/hJ6O1qnMmak/v-deo.html
The roll bars on utes are actually ladder racks
When you say they look like Pontiacs are you thinking of the G8 and 2000s era GTO.
These look Australian since both these were made in a Australia based in Holden Commodore but given a Pontiac nose clip treatment in the Holden factory assembly line then exported to the USA.
Similar story with the later Chevrolet SS and Chevrolet Caprice PPV after 2011 and later.
Australia trying to get export markets but GM US made sure the main benefit was too them once contract conditions were skipped over concerning Australian government subsidies.
I'd say the G.T.H.O's and the G.T's would be the most expensive cars on that whole lot , that's why they park em away from other cars . Common practise down here is to build a HO or any other GT model Falcon out of a standard XR , XT , XW or an XY model falcon , I've seen hundreds of replicas over the years and there absolutely stunning !!!
MAD MAX RULES BABY .
The Mustang ute was definitely custom built. You see a lot of cars in Australia that have been converted into utes. I've seen versions made from 57 Chev, 64 Chev Impala, 80's Volvo, Mercedes, Subaru Impreza and a four door Nissan Patrol wagon turned into a 4 door ute. I'm sure around the country there are many others.
Sorry Fez, literally everyone of your guesses about the make, model, origin story of the cars was completely inaccurate
Yep
Guys that F650 looks awesome but WTF do you do with that complete overkill and you guys have these as daily drivers LoL
The roadrunner is a Plymouth
There is also Australian Chryslers. Look up the RT Charger 6 pack.
That rear bar is a tradie bar, for ladders and stuff. It's not a roll bar. And what looks like roll bars are really ladder bars, or spot light bars, or they exist to add coolness. In another of Firebird's vids he shows the Sundowner and the Sandman. I owned a genuine 1970 Holden Torana XU1 in Dolly Yellow. Sold it for $2000. Worth squillions now. 😢 Those were the days.
It isn't likely they will understand what a tradie is......you are talking to Yanks.