If only we had a Time Machine to go back to when we had an exciting and vibrant Australian car industry. Enjoy this trip down memory lane. Which are your favourites? Please be sure to 👍Like👍 and Subscribe. Thanks for watching 🙏
Nice idea Mark but remembering favourites is rough. Where's my Tardis when I need it? I blame Telstra. I'm distracted atm, the Copen goes on consignment today. I'm glad I kept her so long, finest car I'll ever own. Good night. 😢
The cars of our past had substance and character, the boring mass produced soulless vehicles of today will never compete with the magnificent machines we were fortunate to experience from back then. We were so lucky.
Sorry, as a mechanic who worked on many of these and had a couple of HK Monaros and an HK Brougham there’s no way I’m going to go back to them. While I loved driving these compared to the handling, safety and reliability of my 2020 Corolla Hybrid there’s just no comparison.
@michaelbradley6463 Yeah, there is no comparison when it comes to modern vehicle improvements. It would be a little unfair to compare old with the new. I just meant that I personally find the older cars more aesthetically appealing. That's all.
I’m glad Australia became influenced by the US market and stepped away from the UK. Most of our late 60s onwards performance range was heavily influenced and borrowed from the US. Just with a small population we couldn’t have the variety of cars.
I am living the time machine with my 66 holden Hr premier sedan 1960's Victa lawnmower 1950's house in original condition and not being "modernized" except for internet and ATM I am in my sixties and can remember the glory days of Australia
No Holden here, but I have 2 VG Valiants, and working to bring my 1950 house back into the 50s. 1968 Cox ride on mower as I have a big block. I was also built in the early 60s 😆
Remember checking out the New XY falcons at Dominelli Ford Hurstville with Dad.Had all variants on ramps at different angles with banners and streamers everywhere.He couldn't afford one but he got a kick out of checking the new models out.
I enjoy seeing the models of my youth,but i also feel blue about a great time and country that no longer exists.Would be great to see the silver hard top with falcon decal done again on a modern restoration.
7:09 that red Sigma wagon looked pretty smart on the showroom with the alloys and roof spoiler but the plum coloured Cordia took me back to 1988 and cruising in my mates 1985 plum coloured Cordia Turbo...that thing was a rocket.
@@markbehr88 Thanks Mark. Funny you say that. I was half thinking it may have been either the Sydney or Melbourne Motor Show but I know that's not Darling Harbour as I went to what was the first Sydney show to be held in the brand new Exhibition Centre in Darling Harbour and that was in October 1988. I remember it well because it was the only motor show I ever went to and it was the day after I got my first car. Was so chuffed to be making my first independent trip down to the big smoke! I remember parking in the old Sydney Entertainment Centre carpark and taking a loop on the brand new Monorail that day. All that stuff is gone now. From the pic I reckon that's 1985 or 1986, probably 1985. Sydney Showgrounds?
@ Yes, you’re right. It would have been 1985 and at Moore Park. I worked on the stands at Darling Harbour later. I used to volunteer to work every day at the show as I loved it and used to walk around before and after the show collecting brochures. I would get big bags of these. Plus,back then you could buy model cars, books, magazines etc. I was working in Mitsubishi Distribution as a Sales Planning and Distribution Analyst at the time. 👍
Good cross section of cars there Mark , many of which i would rather drive than much of the soulless characterless rubbish inflicted upon us today . some cool old trucks too , both the old kenny and louie and even the old leyland i drove at times over the years among many others . . Australia imo was such a better place to be back in those day .
@@Low760to be honest I find the newer car’s “annoying” to fix. With so many electronic and plastic gadgets there’s often something that fails once the cars a few years old.
What a collection of photos there was a photo of our local holden dealer Frens holden lang st Kurri Kurri my ol man used to buy all his holdens at Frens holden kurri kurri in the 60s 70s long gone now! There was another photo of a shell Co store service station at Mayfield were I used to pump petrol 4hrs on a Saturday morning for $10.80 petrol was around 35cents a liter anyone remember drive way service! Keep these videos coming cheers cs
That’s very cool. Glad it brought back some memories. The one of the two ladies walking down George St in Sydney in the 1930’s is my great Auntie Vera and my Great Grandmother known as Grandma Jeff. 👍
Love the metallic " Rose Water " colour on the Monaro on the left side of the picture. One of our best/rarest colours. The Torana on the left looks like it has an interesting colour with wide stripes. The mirror should be body colour. Aghhhhh ... the crappy, boring colours / people we have today. White, white, white, black, grey, grey, silver, silver: what happened to - purple, yellow, aqua, mauve, orange, greens, blues, gold, bronze, cherry, copper and even pink. Pastel colours like the EH and Renault 12.
@@markbehr88 I can't stand the thought of buying a Chinese car - only if the percentage of engineering is sufficient enough from Volvo/Polestar. I'll stick with a full hybrid plug-in Peugeot 508 wagon.
The XD was such a huge change in style. I remember they had a car-sized box up high at a car dealership in Top Ryde for months before it came out, then when it came out they replaced the box (or removed the box) with the new XD. I thought it was such a leap into the future.
Leap into the future??? It was just an XC. with a square shaped body! Still had ox cart leaf springs! At least the XE managed to get coils on the rear like the rest of the world. I remember when Ford was pissed off that Wheels magazine had a lemon on the cover and No Car of the Year in large font. They assumed that their ‘new falcon’ was going to win it but Wheels saw through what was just a face lifted XC and denied them.
@ Stylistically it was a huge leap forward and became the top selling car. The Commodore had engines from the 1960’s of you really want to break it down. Ford did a very good Lemonade ad after that Wheels move. 👍
Remember even in the early eighties Peter Warren use to have a "dynamic" display of s pack xd and xe falcons with big chromies etc that we never tired looking at.
In the 80s Peter Warren had an office in Liverpool, in the same building that my dad worked in. We’d go in on the odd Friday arvo with mum to pick dad up and go out for a family dinner. On one of those Fridays my brother and I were bouncing a rubber ball up & down the office hallway. PW walked out of his office, dodged the ball on his way to the lift, smiled at us and said hello. My mother saw it, and told us off. Peter stepped back out of the now open lift, and put her in her place with “they’re only kids, let them have a bit of fun.” I can always remember the stories dad would tell me about how much of a nice guy he was, and he’d comment that “newspapers never write stories about good blokes like Peter Warren.” Apparently he helped a lot of community organisations over the years.
Interesting photos and content. It is interesting to see inside what it was like in Australia for motoring. I liked the Holden and Ford images. The Statesman and Caprice were nice to see as well. What is interesting was life at that time too. It was like a window view into that world. It was like GM and Ford were doing a totally different thing in Australia as well as Chrysler too.
I still own my first car, a Ford Escort RS2000 delivered to me brand new from Thompson Ford Parramatta NSW on May 8, 1980. Sill has genuine 44,000km on the odometer. Thank you for the video. Makes me wonder when it (the auto industry) all went so horribly wrong.
@@PaulEvans-f1y Wow. That is terrific. My sister had a red four door auto RS2000. What spec is yours? There are some Ford Escort ads on my channel too. Check out the Old Car TV ads on the playlist. 👍
@@markbehr88 Hi Mark, My father funded the purchase of the RS2000 which was my choice of cars. It was the first car in our family. I was 17 years old at the time. His only stipulation was the car had to be brand new, white in colour for safety reasons and must have four doors (not two) for safety reasons and that I was to go to university and do well and never to work on motor cars. Well I failed him because I never made it to university and I have restored several Australian classic cars. However the purchase of the RS2000 did lead to a professional career which enabled me to retire from work early. So, the RS000 is Sno White, 4 doors with new car dealer fitted options of tinted bad laminated windsreen, Volante mag wheels, mudflaps and Auotsonic car alarm. Its been in in safe dry storage since 1990 and almost completed ready to run again. :)
@@markbehr88 Would be nice if Australian auto history people acknowledged the Escorts more in their accounts of Australian car history. Sure, they originated from Germany and the UK and assembled in Australia from knocked down assemblies, however they did have a large content of Australian manufactured components and did differ substantially from their European cousins. It makes interesting research that also the majority of the 'Australian' made cars did have strong origins to Europe and the US with very well disguised rebranding in Australia. This includes the pressed steel body shell sheet metal and components quietly manufactured in Europe and Taiwan for assembly by Ford and Holden in Australia. Maybe food for thought for another video, however may be contentious and ruffle the feathers and challenge the ingrained belief systems of a few people that the cars they idolise may not be exactly what they think they are. :)
Makes me feel lucky, I still have my Spanish Red 350 auto HT Monaro I bought in 1983 for $4000. And I kept my old VN as well. My favorite photo is the Showroom showing every new HG holden model in it brand new. It's like looking at a candy store.
It’s good to have one stored away I bought an XRGT in 1991 that comes out about once a month. Plus my father’s 1954 MG Magnette. We should have kept a few more old cars. I had a rusty HK Monaro, wished I had kept and restored it. It would have made a nice pair in the shed with the GT.
I went there on a school excursion. I remember a guy on the production line had a picture of an XD Falcon ad at his work station. I thought as a kid it was odd that was allowed. 😀👍
The Ferdi Bird. And then there is City Ford. UES, YES, YES more often or Meet the Westerners at Peter Warren, straight dealing at the Westerners. They have the biggest herd of new and used cars in the whole wide west! 😀👍
Great lot of pics. Mark. Even a Goggomobile on the road. Our neighbour had one , a convertible Dart, we used it as a paddock basher. They were worth nothing. Oh dear…..
All the coupes look great. The silver ford panel van is still doing the rounds of car shows - on Wasteland Firebird. Have a soft spot for the E49 Charger. The WB Caprice somehow works - good effort with what to work with. Have you ever driven the new XD Fairlane version back to back with it - which steers, drives better ?
Great cars. I have driven the WB and Fairlane. The Fairlane feels more open with the glass. The WB feels heavier and more old school. The handling of the WB is excellent but the Fairlane is good too. In V8 form, the Fairlane has more power. 👍
Hi Martin I had one as first car late 70s I thought it was ugly but just because of the front guards how they stick forward around the headlights, they look good in these pictures but back in the day a HR just looked better
@@markbehr88 xa definitely has got better with time but I didn't move to Oz till beginning of 75 so the newer fords were on black plastic grill's which made the xa look dated
The silver big bird XA coupe would be my pick. People bag the P76 without realizing how good they were. A P76 won the 2024 Peking to Paris rally, first in classic class and top of the time sheets overall. 14 500km over 37 days is a massive achievement.
Good to see some of the older long gone WA car yards I would have loved to have been older to go to some of those car shows in the seventies with the new cars I was only a young one I did like the photo of the new xd falcons that was my first real new car
Looking at these amazing pics l miss my old ‘70 Metallic green Chrysler VIP with the sweet 318, that l had as a young feller in the 80s, sigh… I find most modern cars pretty dull - loved the sound and feel of moving hard through the gears in a proper V8!
Awesome, imagine, like Top gear or Grand Tour with your mates do test drives across Australia, pick your car/ute/wagon/truck in standard version or order full options. Build your own collection with your design garage. I would choose 3 utes CL Chrysler, XD Ford n Holden HZ this would last of big 3 in utes. Although if I choose Leyland P76 ute as concept. Racing those old 70's n 80's small sedans around Winton race track like go carts. But like you Mark n most Australians having chance to drive ĜTHO PHASE 4 alway to top speed. Even those vehicles like Ford or Beford van LOL.
At the very start is a Ford LTD or Galaxy-500 (and again at 2:33 mark), my uncle had one of those in the 1970's he was the local "SP Bookie" and always dressed well with his Fedora hat on, everyone knew him and the car. Back then the Australian government departments all bought Australian cars, all the taxi cabs were Aussie cars. Muirs Holden at Top Ryde NSW (2:11) was well known. Slim Dusty and his Fairlane at 4:21? Flared jeans, bushy sideburns and flambouyant hair styles, they were the days!
Yes, if you mean the Copper Bronze one at the start that also appears a few times, that is our family 1972 Ford Galaxie LTD. My dad had it for 22 years and then sold it. I found it and bought it back. There is a full episode on the channel of it. When I was at Holden I used to look after Muirs at Ashfield. Les Muir would give us a lovely English bone china cup and saucer. I still have them in a glass cabinet. 👍
WOW, some treasures in that video ! It took about 15minutes to watch that, had to keep pausing it so I could check out every car in the frame. Wonder who the Foxy Bird was standing beside the Charger at 03:26 !! And a couple of pictures of you and your brother Mark ? thanks for posting, Andy in Adelaide.
5:51 I love that photo. When I first met my wife’s Nan, she quickly worked out that I like Holdens. She proceeded to tell me that when they were first married, her late husband assembled grilles for 48-215 Holdens. And now there’s a pic! And they’re assembling grilles.
Hi Mark. I remember the Silver XA GT Hardtop (with the giant superbird logo) on display at the Melbourne car show at the time. Unless there was more than one of them, IT was moved on to Mortimer Ford's in Mildura, where it became his Wife's personal car around town. This was 1973 - 1974-ish. Incidentally, Mortimer Ford's must of had some 'special' arrangement with Ford Australia as they sold at least three brand new Phase 3's into the Sunraysia districts Italian community.
Great content. What a fantastic era at the time we didn't appreciate it. I had many Holdens EJ, EH, HR , and a 1972 Bathurst GTR XU1 purchased new . Most people of the era modified their cars , much easier to do with large range of go fast gear available. I picked up the XU1 on Tuesday and lost my driver's licence on Saturday, arvo!! .I remember it cost $750 a year to insure. Soon came many engine mods triple Weber cars etc etc. Modern cars might have greater reliability, but they are nearly impossible to work on due to electronics & expensive tools needed, oil changes, brake pads , and radiator hoses about the only things I now do at home.
@drifterdrifter9558 Yes, the government could have done more, but the government gave in excess 2.5 billion $. Holden & Ford wouldn't move with times, the motoring population was buying 4×4 ,SUVs, and Holden & Ford continued producing cars. Australians at large didn't want buy in large volumes. Added to the fact car plant efficiency lagged behind the rest of the world. Sad really because last Commodore the VF was as good as BMW was producing at the time.
@ There were a lot of factors. The German Gov’t subsidised their motor industry to a greater extent than the Australian one. And you have to remember that the Government actively encouraged foreign investment through subsidy and protection, so we had a strong manufacturing base - which was a much needed asset during and post WW2. Ford did the Territory, Holden made the Cruze locally. There were many factors. I was Executive Producer for the series End of an Era. That series covers it all off including the demise. 👍
@ it’s easy to overlook the P76. Because only one model made it to the show rooms. It is in fact a very significant Australian car if the 1970s. We now seem to need a 4x4 to travel anywhere where we managed quite well with a HR Holden Ute not that long ago. Thanks for the photos. I enjoyed the trucks that were included too.
I used to love looking at car yards with mates, particularly Holden, Ford, and Chrysler, and the imports to a lesser degree, but now, however, when I drive past I don't feel compelled to even glance at the cars these days much less stop and take a look. We have more brands in Australia than ever but they are all so cookie cutter bland, generic and boring.They all look basically the same, and they have such a limited range of vehicle types. Cars are basically just an appliance these days like a fridge or freezer. They exist to function but they lack passion and personality. They basically have no soul!😔
Nice mix of personal photos, brochure shots, media photos, and archive shots. There’s a lot of us who have collections of photos from years gone by - perhaps people should send them to you to make compilations? I watched it twice just to see everything I missed the first time. It could easily have been twice as long (time wise) but then you’d likely get complaints, and it doesn’t fit the UA-cam algorithm….. I recognised the CL Valiant brochure shot (towing the Millard van) as I’ve always remembered it since I was a kid (except my grandfather bought his CL to tow a larger Viscount van). Some of the traffic shots I’ve seen before, in old NSW RTA (DMR) stuff that I looked through a few years back when a relative passed away (he worked for the DMR all his life). The ex-cop XA ad was interesting. My aunt used to drive an ex-cop 351 4-speed XC in the early 80s. I never got to ask my uncle how he found that car - whether it was an auction or a car yard like Lahoods who used to flip them into the used car market. I noticed the FPV photo - were you still there in ‘09 or gone by then?
@@commodorenut Thanks. Yes, I was there to 2007 but had done the work for cars three to four years after. I am actually in the photo. Second from left. I was a bit heavier then. 😀👍
The red XW Falcon at the start of the video is heading west along Cavill Avenue crossing the Gold Coast Highway, formally the Pacific Highway, Surfers Paradise.
Its funny, as an Australian I never really realised back then how American Aussie cars looked back then. Yeah, okay they were a bit different, but very similar. I can't think of another country that made cars so similar to American ones. But then in the late 70s, Yankee cars were suddenly out of fashion, and Aussie cars were from then on more Euro inspired.
It was corporate thing, Vauxhall, Opel, German Ford all had US corporation influence, Even some of the 70's and 80' Volvos had US styling cues, boxy, notch style C pillars, grilles etc Mazdas as well..
Great video Mark thank you, having just watched i want to find a way of slowing video down as there's to much to take in with it been a succession of stills, unless you could upload it at say 1/4 or 1/2 speed
Thanks. I tend to pause it. Someone said they played it at half speed. I am not sure how you do that? It’s always a challenge to hold the interest but not go too long so people get bored. 👍
@markbehr88 hi Mark I've seen that comment you mentioned and like you I don't know how to do 1/2 speed, I do think if you uploaded your video at half speed and a link from this one you might be surprised with view count
@@markbehr88to watch video playbackat different speeds go to settings (little cog in top RH corner) select playback speed as listed , hope this helps .
Mortimer Ford Mildura also brought up other "special" Ford GT's too during the early 70's. There was lots of cash in that area in those days, so you can do the math... As a kid I remember there was a 'crazy' registered dark blue XB GT Hardtop (like Moffat's 1974 'B52' Baturst Car without the livery) with the largest tyres I had ever seen fitted EVA (looked amazing). It featured at the Mildura Show that year and was on proud display at their Ford stand. Even into the late 70's, well into the XD era (yes XD...), they had pride-of-place / centre stage in the Mortimer Ford showroom located in town, another blue (or was it the same hardtop without the BIG wheels) XB GT Hardtop fitted with and being sold as, a BOSS 351 (think 70's Mustang BOSS 351 not FG Falcon). Also, at the Mildura Show in the early 70's their was a 'challenge' race (around the Showground's horse trotting track), between Champion Solo Speedway rider Phil Crump (World Champion Jason Crump's Dad), and (drum roll please ladies & gentlemen) a Mortimer Ford supplied "Phase-4". Crump won incidentally but the point is moot.
@@Gokizzmass Maybe a cancelled order and they were put on as Ford company cars? That happened to me when I was at Holden. I had a cancelled order police pack VP Commodore. I talk about it in the VP Commodore Auto History episode. 👍
@Gokizzmass I reckon they would be extremely rare. Just a handful if that? If imagine, apart from K codes they would have some kind of police pack option. 👍
I'd like to go back to 1:00, the HQ 350 coupe, my ultimate car. Not sure if this is genuine, the front bumper has the amber color blinker lenses which was the 2nd HQ model, the first model had the white/clear lenses. The first model has the option of the 350 but it was dropped in the 2nd model from memory. This one, liked 550
To me, the Australian motor peaked in the 1970s. I know the newer cars were safer and more economical, but the Commodores and Blackwood Falcons lacked soul and panache 😢
2:03 Southside Chrysler in Cannington, Perth now Southside Mitsubishi & Volkswagen. Had a Confederate General for their company emblem & Confederate flags everywhere. Not so these days😆
I crushed these by the hundreds in sims, just a dime a dozen rubbish in the 80’s. Mind you I always maintained they should have collected the parts for resale instead of the lousy $100 a ton of scrap, could have got way more per car that way.
We now have more vehicle varieties sold new, but other than rangers and other shitbox utes, everything else isn't sold in high number's so blends in. When the vb Commodore was new there was 20? Manufacturers selling 3 models each new. Now the 50+ manufacturers in Australia selling cars has 6+ different sized suv's because of various emission laws that make sedans need lower exhaust emissions than high riding fwd SUVs. Also the boomers with dodgy knees and the lowering of sedans making them impractical for older buyers that mostly buy new cars.
If only we had a Time Machine to go back to when we had an exciting and vibrant Australian car industry. Enjoy this trip down memory lane. Which are your favourites?
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Nice idea Mark but remembering favourites is rough. Where's my Tardis when I need it? I blame Telstra.
I'm distracted atm, the Copen goes on consignment today. I'm glad I kept her so long, finest car I'll ever own. Good night. 😢
I’m sure you are sad to see it go. One closes another door Copens! (Too soon? 😀)
@@markbehr88 😂
@ 😀👍
It's hard to believe how many cars were made and sold here, with a much lower population.
Something is really wrong.
The cars of our past had substance and character, the boring mass produced soulless vehicles of today will never compete with the magnificent machines we were fortunate to experience from back then.
We were so lucky.
Agree. 👍
Sorry, as a mechanic who worked on many of these and had a couple of HK Monaros and an HK Brougham there’s no way I’m going to go back to them. While I loved driving these compared to the handling, safety and reliability of my 2020 Corolla Hybrid there’s just no comparison.
@michaelbradley6463 Yeah, there is no comparison when it comes to modern vehicle improvements. It would be a little unfair to compare old with the new.
I just meant that I personally find the older cars more aesthetically appealing.
That's all.
@ You’re right. No comparison. 😄
@ Yes. So do most people. Styling and character wise there is no comparison. 👍
Just about bring a tear to an old bloke’s eye. All those old beauties, most of which are probably long long gone. 😢
For sure. 👍
Now there's some really cool cars! Saying hi from the USA!
Fellow American car enthusiast admiring cars from Australia 🙂
Hi Randy. Love your channel. Subscribe to Randy everyone. 👍👍👍👍🇺🇸
I’m glad Australia became influenced by the US market and stepped away from the UK. Most of our late 60s onwards performance range was heavily influenced and borrowed from the US. Just with a small population we couldn’t have the variety of cars.
@ Yes. That’s right. 👍
@markbehr88 Personally I don't care who influenced Australian car styling and appearance. What matters to me is how well a car is designed and built.
Oh my goodness. What great memories. That truck load of Falcon Hardtops is my pick. If only we knew then what we know now. Thankyou for sharing Mark.
Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it. I’ve watched it a few times. Good for the soul 😀👍
We do know now but most people but cars to use not to collect so they get worn out. Like 90s hsv's for instance.
Yes. 🤔
I am living the time machine with my 66 holden Hr premier sedan 1960's Victa lawnmower 1950's house in original condition and not being "modernized" except for internet and ATM I am in my sixties and can remember the glory days of Australia
@@robertaquilina3848 That is brilliant. Good quality gear. 👍👍
No Holden here, but I have 2 VG Valiants, and working to bring my 1950 house back into the 50s. 1968 Cox ride on mower as I have a big block. I was also built in the early 60s 😆
@ Very cool. 👍👍
@@TAVOAu mopar and ford just as good all classics cheers
Remember checking out the New XY falcons at Dominelli Ford Hurstville with Dad.Had all variants on ramps at different angles with banners and streamers everywhere.He couldn't afford one but he got a kick out of checking the new models out.
Great memories. 👍
I enjoy seeing the models of my youth,but i also feel blue about a great time and country that no longer exists.Would be great to see the silver hard top with falcon decal done again on a modern restoration.
Yes, I know what you mean. I used to look forward to the new models. 👍
Well done Mark, what a great way to start a hard working day, thank-you.
Enjoy the day. 😉
7:09 that red Sigma wagon looked pretty smart on the showroom with the alloys and roof spoiler but the plum coloured Cordia took me back to 1988 and cruising in my mates 1985 plum coloured Cordia Turbo...that thing was a rocket.
@@Techo1329 That was on the Sydney Motor Show stand at Darling Harbour. 👍
@@markbehr88 Thanks Mark. Funny you say that. I was half thinking it may have been either the Sydney or Melbourne Motor Show but I know that's not Darling Harbour as I went to what was the first Sydney show to be held in the brand new Exhibition Centre in Darling Harbour and that was in October 1988. I remember it well because it was the only motor show I ever went to and it was the day after I got my first car. Was so chuffed to be making my first independent trip down to the big smoke! I remember parking in the old Sydney Entertainment Centre carpark and taking a loop on the brand new Monorail that day. All that stuff is gone now. From the pic I reckon that's 1985 or 1986, probably 1985. Sydney Showgrounds?
@ Yes, you’re right. It would have been 1985 and at Moore Park. I worked on the stands at Darling Harbour later. I used to volunteer to work every day at the show as I loved it and used to walk around before and after the show collecting brochures. I would get big bags of these. Plus,back then you could buy model cars, books, magazines etc. I was working in Mitsubishi Distribution as a Sales Planning and Distribution Analyst at the time. 👍
2.27 Would that be a police Cordia turbo police pursuit jobby .
@ Yes. If you watch my VK Commodore Auto History episode, I talk about how we sold those to the NSW police when I worked at Mitsubishi. 👍
Good cross section of cars there Mark , many of which i would rather drive than much of the soulless characterless rubbish inflicted upon us today . some cool old trucks too , both the old kenny and louie and even the old leyland i drove at times over the years among many others . .
Australia imo was such a better place to be back in those day .
I hear you - I miss those days too. 🤔
But like everyone else, you bought something else newer to replace it. Why? They were unreliable and got annoying to fix.
@ Would love to have many of them now. 👍
@@Low760to be honest I find the newer car’s “annoying” to fix. With so many electronic and plastic gadgets there’s often something that fails once the cars a few years old.
If you can even fix them. It is normally replace rather than fix. 🤔👍
Love watching this stuff mate, have some great memories late 70's 80's
Thanks. I agree. The best. 👍
Some of them are metal work of art,
hello from Turkiye.
@@KenanTurkiye Yes. I agree. Turkey is a lovely place. Stayed in Istanbul in 1996. Loved it. 👍
@@markbehr88 Ohh! pleased you were pleased. Hope you can come back again. Best wishes. :)
@@KenanTurkiye Yes, wonderful. Great people, interesting history. 👍
@ Thank you for the kind words, and you people seem to have great cars! :))
@ Thanks 👍
What a collection of photos there was a photo of our local holden dealer Frens holden lang st Kurri Kurri my ol man used to buy all his holdens at Frens holden kurri kurri in the 60s 70s long gone now! There was another photo of a shell Co store service station at Mayfield were I used to pump petrol 4hrs on a Saturday morning for $10.80 petrol was around 35cents a liter anyone remember drive way service! Keep these videos coming cheers cs
That’s very cool. Glad it brought back some memories. The one of the two ladies walking down George St in Sydney in the 1930’s is my great Auntie Vera and my Great Grandmother known as Grandma Jeff. 👍
What are the time stamps for these shots ?
I’d have to check. It’s black and white and has the Model T in the background. 👍
@@markbehr88I had a great auntie Vera she must have been about the same age born 1912/13
1909. 👍
G'day Mark. Another awesome video! It's ripper to see old pics and videos of old cars.
Cheers! Glad you enjoyed the trip down memory lane.👍
Nice cars and memories, thanks Mark
Thanks Shaun. It means a lot, especially to those who grew up with them. 👍
Thanks that was brilliant
Glad you liked it. 👍
Mark I have watched this five times so far. It is truly enjoyable.
@@area51isreal71 Thanks very much. Glad you enjoyed it. I’ve watched it quite a few times as you always pick up something new. 👍
What a great era.
For sure. 👍
Been around them all, good old days
For sure. 👍
A time when we made something in this country, now we make nothing and all we do is dig stuff out of the ground.
Yes. Needs to change back to those days. 👍
Very good.
Glad you enjoyed it. 😊
Great seeing all the oldies again
Agree 👍
Dad worked for Golden Fleece in the 60s at Newcastle 👌.CByC coupe or The 65 Dodge Phoenix . 👌🇦🇺✌️. Good clip mark .
Love the metallic " Rose Water " colour on the Monaro on the left side of the picture. One of our best/rarest colours.
The Torana on the left looks like it has an interesting colour with wide stripes. The mirror should be body colour.
Aghhhhh ... the crappy, boring colours / people we have today.
White, white, white, black, grey, grey, silver, silver: what happened to - purple, yellow, aqua, mauve, orange, greens, blues, gold, bronze, cherry, copper and even pink. Pastel colours like the EH and Renault 12.
Yes. Very cool colours. Funnily enough, the Chinese cars seem to have some great colours now. 🤔👍
@@markbehr88 I can't stand the thought of buying a Chinese car - only if the percentage of engineering is sufficient enough from Volvo/Polestar.
I'll stick with a full hybrid plug-in Peugeot 508 wagon.
Agree. The colours are nice though. 👍
🇦🇺😎👍I was there !
Me too. 😀👍
The XD was such a huge change in style. I remember they had a car-sized box up high at a car dealership in Top Ryde for months before it came out, then when it came out they replaced the box (or removed the box) with the new XD. I thought it was such a leap into the future.
Yes, I remember seeing the ad where it melted out of the ice. Very exciting. 👍
Leap into the future??? It was just an XC. with a square shaped body! Still had ox cart leaf springs! At least the XE managed to get coils on the rear like the rest of the world. I remember when Ford was pissed off that Wheels magazine had a lemon on the cover and No Car of the Year in large font. They assumed that their ‘new falcon’ was going to win it but Wheels saw through what was just a face lifted XC and denied them.
@ Stylistically it was a huge leap forward and became the top selling car. The Commodore had engines from the 1960’s of you really want to break it down. Ford did a very good Lemonade ad after that Wheels move. 👍
Remember even in the early eighties Peter Warren use to have a "dynamic" display of s pack xd and xe falcons with big chromies etc that we never tired looking at.
Yes, I remember that too. 👍
In the 80s Peter Warren had an office in Liverpool, in the same building that my dad worked in. We’d go in on the odd Friday arvo with mum to pick dad up and go out for a family dinner. On one of those Fridays my brother and I were bouncing a rubber ball up & down the office hallway. PW walked out of his office, dodged the ball on his way to the lift, smiled at us and said hello. My mother saw it, and told us off. Peter stepped back out of the now open lift, and put her in her place with “they’re only kids, let them have a bit of fun.” I can always remember the stories dad would tell me about how much of a nice guy he was, and he’d comment that “newspapers never write stories about good blokes like Peter Warren.” Apparently he helped a lot of community organisations over the years.
@ I worked with his son when I was at J Walter Thompson on the Ford account. He was the Dealer Council Chairman. 👍
His name is Paul Warren. 👍
Great montage of images and nice touch to include some from the familiy photo collection.
Thanks for noticing.😀👍
Interesting photos and content. It is interesting to see inside what it was like in Australia for motoring. I liked the Holden and Ford images. The Statesman and Caprice were nice to see as well. What is interesting was life at that time too. It was like a window view into that world. It was like GM and Ford were doing a totally different thing in Australia as well as Chrysler too.
Thanks Olds98. Yes, it is interesting to see, not only the cars, but also the people, the advertising signs, fuel bowsers etc. Glad you liked it. 👍
😅 thanks Mark now I can't get that Tune out of my head. Haha
@@SLR-hn5yy Thanks. It’s quite a good tune for this type of video I reckon. 😀👍
Glorious
They were the glory days
@@ScatManAust For sure. 👍
Absolutely brilliant Mark! So many memories bought up in those photos! It confirms that every time I see Charger I think Highway Patrol! 🥺
@@mickbrenton Thanks very much. My late friend Peter had a 360 VK ex Highway Patrol Charger. Went very well. 👍
I still own my first car, a Ford Escort RS2000 delivered to me brand new from Thompson Ford Parramatta NSW on May 8, 1980. Sill has genuine 44,000km on the odometer.
Thank you for the video. Makes me wonder when it (the auto industry) all went so horribly wrong.
@@PaulEvans-f1y Wow. That is terrific. My sister had a red four door auto RS2000. What spec is yours? There are some Ford Escort ads on my channel too. Check out the Old Car TV ads on the playlist. 👍
@@markbehr88
Hi Mark,
My father funded the purchase of the RS2000 which was my choice of cars. It was the first car in our family. I was 17 years old at the time. His only stipulation was the car had to be brand new, white in colour for safety reasons and must have four doors (not two) for safety reasons and that I was to go to university and do well and never to work on motor cars. Well I failed him because I never made it to university and I have restored several Australian classic cars. However the purchase of the RS2000 did lead to a professional career which enabled me to retire from work early. So, the RS000 is Sno White, 4 doors with new car dealer fitted options of tinted bad laminated windsreen, Volante mag wheels, mudflaps and Auotsonic car alarm.
Its been in in safe dry storage since 1990 and almost completed ready to run again.
:)
@@markbehr88
Would be nice if Australian auto history people acknowledged the Escorts more in their accounts of Australian car history. Sure, they originated from Germany and the UK and assembled in Australia from knocked down assemblies, however they did have a large content of Australian manufactured components and did differ substantially from their European cousins.
It makes interesting research that also the majority of the 'Australian' made cars did have strong origins to Europe and the US with very well disguised rebranding in Australia. This includes the pressed steel body shell sheet metal and components quietly manufactured in Europe and Taiwan for assembly by Ford and Holden in Australia.
Maybe food for thought for another video, however may be contentious and ruffle the feathers and challenge the ingrained belief systems of a few people that the cars they idolise may not be exactly what they think they are.
:)
@ I do plan to cover Escorts and Lasers down the track I hope you saw the ads I have on the channel too. Plus there are Cortina ads as well. 👍
@ Fantastic 👍 What a great Dad. Too.
I still have so much to learn down there!
@@tonyscarcare5657 Hopefully you like what you see. 😄👍
@markbehr88 Oh yes, definitely!
@ 👍
Makes me feel lucky, I still have my Spanish Red 350 auto HT Monaro I bought in 1983 for $4000. And I kept my old VN as well.
My favorite photo is the Showroom showing every new HG holden model in it brand new.
It's like looking at a candy store.
@@monaromark1021 Fantastic. Well done. 👍. Check out my VN Auto History episode too. 👍
@@markbehr88
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It’s good to have one stored away I bought an XRGT in 1991 that comes out about once a month. Plus my father’s 1954 MG Magnette.
We should have kept a few more old cars. I had a rusty HK Monaro, wished I had kept and restored it. It would have made a nice pair in the shed with the GT.
@LiamGross2
Good to hear Liam.
If you know anyone who needs rust work done. Leave me a message. So far I have done work at home on many basket cases.
What a Great my father,Uncles and Grandfather build holdens at Pagwood miss these cars
I went there on a school excursion. I remember a guy on the production line had a picture of an XD Falcon ad at his work station. I thought as a kid it was odd that was allowed. 😀👍
Fantastic footage, I even loved the Magna shots
@@GForceVRX Ha. Thanks. 👍
Best viewed at .5 playback speed
@@BC1000Stars Thanks for the tip. 👍
Just that little bit of extra time to take in all the beauty 😀
@ For sure. 👍
Thanks for this Mark, it sure is a trip down memory lane! I now have the Dominelli Ford jingle in my head 😂
The Ferdi Bird. And then there is City Ford. UES, YES, YES more often or Meet the Westerners at Peter Warren, straight dealing at the Westerners. They have the biggest herd of new and used cars in the whole wide west! 😀👍
Great video thanks mark
@@GerardDaly-y1n Thanks Gerard. 👍
Parramatta Rd Sydney was the place to go.
@@rhettcorbett3346 Yes. Near the old abattoirs at Homebush and the McDonalds. 😀👍
Did anybody else notice the Gogo mobile?
@@gogogeedus Yes. The Dart. 👍
Great lot of pics. Mark. Even a Goggomobile on the road. Our neighbour had one , a convertible Dart, we used it as a paddock basher. They were worth nothing. Oh dear…..
What a shame. They were fun cars though. 👍🫣 Glad you liked it. Thanks.
thank you sir,for the video i have saved it
@@kajak012 Cheers. Thanks very much. 👍
All the coupes look great. The silver ford panel van is still doing the rounds of car shows - on Wasteland Firebird.
Have a soft spot for the E49 Charger.
The WB Caprice somehow works - good effort with what to work with.
Have you ever driven the new XD Fairlane version back to back with it - which steers, drives better ?
Great cars. I have driven the WB and Fairlane. The Fairlane feels more open with the glass. The WB feels heavier and more old school. The handling of the WB is excellent but the Fairlane is good too. In V8 form, the Fairlane has more power. 👍
@@markbehr88 Okay, thankyou
Adrian
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I had to keep freezing the vid to take in the images...well done Mark, especially your CxC.
@@mikevale3620 Thanks. Re the CXC. Mine was the white one. My friend Gerard had the green one. There is an episode on the channel on them. 👍
Fabulous pics, i bet those two cops (at 8.11) loved driving that particular charger highway patrol car, i bet much didnt get away from them,👍
Thanks. Re the Charger. Unless it was raining! 😀👍
P76 was " a bridge too far" 🤣
Good movie too. I saw it in 1977. 😀👍
I still don't understand why the HD Holden was considered ugly at the time of its release, looks so modern for the time. Great vid Mark
Thanks. I think often cars look better with age, as we are surrounded by boring SUVs. 👍
Hi Martin I had one as first car late 70s I thought it was ugly but just because of the front guards how they stick forward around the headlights, they look good in these pictures but back in the day a HR just looked better
The AU repeated that ugly duckling effect too. But now people seem to like them.
@ Yes and XA sedans, VH sedans were not that well loved but have improved with age. 👍
@@markbehr88 xa definitely has got better with time but I didn't move to Oz till beginning of 75 so the newer fords were on black plastic grill's which made the xa look dated
The silver big bird XA coupe would be my pick. People bag the P76 without realizing how good they were. A P76 won the 2024 Peking to Paris rally, first in classic class and top of the time sheets overall. 14 500km over 37 days is a massive achievement.
I'd like to see that P76. That's a big achievement.👍
Great one Mark👌🖖
@@justink1075 Thanks 👍
Good to see some of the older long gone WA car yards
I would have loved to have been older to go to some of those car shows in the seventies with the new cars
I was only a young one
I did like the photo of the new xd falcons that was my first real new car
Yes. Great times. 👍
Very nice cars back in those days.
Agree, much better than the boring cars we have today. 😔
Looking at these amazing pics l miss my old ‘70 Metallic green Chrysler VIP with the sweet 318, that l had as a young feller in the 80s, sigh… I find most modern cars pretty dull - loved the sound and feel of moving hard through the gears in a proper V8!
Those V8s were amazing weren't they? 👍. My brother had the same car as per the story I tell in the VG episode. 👍
@@markbehr88 Now that I gotta see!
@@JulesN580 👍👍
Awesome, imagine, like Top gear or Grand Tour with your mates do test drives across Australia, pick your car/ute/wagon/truck in standard version or order full options. Build your own collection with your design garage. I would choose 3 utes CL Chrysler, XD Ford n Holden HZ this would last of big 3 in utes. Although if I choose Leyland P76 ute as concept. Racing those old 70's n 80's small sedans around Winton race track like go carts. But like you Mark n most Australians having chance to drive ĜTHO PHASE 4 alway to top speed. Even those vehicles like Ford or Beford van LOL.
Yes, so many cool cars to choose from! 🤔👍
At the very start is a Ford LTD or Galaxy-500 (and again at 2:33 mark), my uncle had one of those in the 1970's he was the local "SP Bookie" and always dressed well with his Fedora hat on, everyone knew him and the car. Back then the Australian government departments all bought Australian cars, all the taxi cabs were Aussie cars. Muirs Holden at Top Ryde NSW (2:11) was well known. Slim Dusty and his Fairlane at 4:21? Flared jeans, bushy sideburns and flambouyant hair styles, they were the days!
Yes, if you mean the Copper Bronze one at the start that also appears a few times, that is our family 1972 Ford Galaxie LTD. My dad had it for 22 years and then sold it. I found it and bought it back. There is a full episode on the channel of it. When I was at Holden I used to look after Muirs at Ashfield. Les Muir would give us a lovely English bone china cup and saucer. I still have them in a glass cabinet. 👍
Next you can review the ZL Fairlane
@@pcguy5491-the-modern-retro-man That is the plan. 👍
@markbehr88 awesome
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WOW, some treasures in that video ! It took about 15minutes to watch that, had to keep pausing it so I could check out every car in the frame. Wonder who the Foxy Bird was standing beside the Charger at 03:26 !! And a couple of pictures of you and your brother Mark ? thanks for posting, Andy in Adelaide.
@@gashy1000 Thanks Andy. Yes. I had to watch a few times and pause too. 👍👍Yes. Some of me, the family, friends etc.
5:51 I love that photo. When I first met my wife’s Nan, she quickly worked out that I like Holdens. She proceeded to tell me that when they were first married, her late husband assembled grilles for 48-215 Holdens. And now there’s a pic! And they’re assembling grilles.
@@commodorenut That is very cool. 👍
Hi Mark. I remember the Silver XA GT Hardtop (with the giant superbird logo) on display at the Melbourne car show at the time. Unless there was more than one of them, IT was moved on to Mortimer Ford's in Mildura, where it became his Wife's personal car around town. This was 1973 - 1974-ish. Incidentally, Mortimer Ford's must of had some 'special' arrangement with Ford Australia as they sold at least three brand new Phase 3's into the Sunraysia districts Italian community.
That’s interesting. I’ll have to see if I can find out more about that dealership.👍
Love it. Pity its gone. Thanks Aus government
Great content. What a fantastic era at the time we didn't appreciate it. I had many Holdens EJ, EH, HR , and a 1972 Bathurst GTR XU1 purchased new . Most people of the era modified their cars , much easier to do with large range of go fast gear available. I picked up the XU1 on Tuesday and lost my driver's licence on Saturday, arvo!! .I remember it cost $750 a year to insure. Soon came many engine mods triple Weber cars etc etc. Modern cars might have greater reliability, but they are nearly impossible to work on due to electronics & expensive tools needed, oil changes, brake pads , and radiator hoses about the only things I now do at home.
@@drifterdrifter9558 Yes. 🫣
@@iandibley8032 Ha. Fantastic. 😀👍
@drifterdrifter9558 Yes, the government could have done more, but the government gave in excess 2.5 billion $. Holden & Ford wouldn't
move with times, the motoring population was buying 4×4 ,SUVs, and Holden & Ford continued producing cars. Australians at large didn't
want buy in large volumes. Added to the fact car plant efficiency lagged behind the rest of the world. Sad really because last Commodore
the VF was as good as BMW was producing at the time.
@ There were a lot of factors. The German Gov’t subsidised their motor industry to a greater extent than the Australian one. And you have to remember that the Government actively encouraged foreign investment through subsidy and protection, so we had a strong manufacturing base - which was a much needed asset during and post WW2. Ford did the Territory, Holden made the Cruze locally. There were many factors. I was Executive Producer for the series End of an Era. That series covers it all off including the demise. 👍
There was a few 390 Galaxies around as a kid, but not many as they were quite more expensive over the local products.
Yes, I always felt special in our 72 model (the Copper Bronze car in the montage. 👍
@ real Harry Callahan model that😎
Yes, Dirty Harry. 😀👍
Great montage Mark, thanks. Note a couple of shots that were likely on set of “Division 4” or similar.
Good eye. I thought it looked familiar.👍
So good to see at least one Leyland P76.
@@davidrobertson376 Yes. Looks like Roselands shopping Centre.
@ it’s easy to overlook the P76. Because only one model made it to the show rooms. It is in fact a very significant Australian car if the 1970s.
We now seem to need a 4x4 to travel anywhere where we managed quite well with a HR Holden Ute not that long ago. Thanks for the photos. I enjoyed the trucks that were included too.
@ Thanks. Those trucks were in my local area in Sylvania when I was a kid. Also, check out my Force 7V episode on the channel. It is an older one. 👍
@ will do. I love a Force 7.
@ 👍
Cool pic of concept pacer and my old work in Deniliquin 😊
Very cool. My good mate Richard Burchfield is from there. They had the Holden dealership. 👍
@markbehr88 I worked for them up until 2011 when Chris had taken over
@ Very cool. I need to give Richard a call 👍
From an old car mag "I saw a Falcon on the Freeway and it was Holden its own with a Valiant".
I see what you did there. If you can’t afford a Ford, Dodge a Ford 😀👍
I used to love looking at car yards with mates, particularly Holden, Ford, and Chrysler, and the imports to a lesser degree, but now, however, when I drive past I don't feel compelled to even glance at the cars these days much less stop and take a look. We have more brands in Australia than ever but they are all so cookie cutter bland, generic and boring.They all look basically the same, and they have such a limited range of vehicle types. Cars are basically just an appliance these days like a fridge or freezer. They exist to function but they lack passion and personality. They basically have no soul!😔
I feel exactly the same way. I used to collect all the brochures too. 👍
@scotthunterwebster69 don't forget the 'bargain pricing'
Old purple and everyone's mate Slim, especially duncan. ❤
@@gazzamacca9813 Nice song. Looking Forward, Looking Back has that car in it. 👍
And a 2nd comment here because I obviously don't pay much attention.
@@UncleJoeLITE There’s too many to choose. I have had to re-watch it numerous times. I love the silver 69 Galaxie. 👍
@@markbehr88 I sort of remember the Cordia Turbo cop cars. I like to find old pics too so it was a nice end to my night, thanks.
@ Cheers. I worked in the Mitsubishi Fleet dept at MMAL when we sold those into the police in NSW. 👍
Nice mix of personal photos, brochure shots, media photos, and archive shots.
There’s a lot of us who have collections of photos from years gone by - perhaps people should send them to you to make compilations? I watched it twice just to see everything I missed the first time. It could easily have been twice as long (time wise) but then you’d likely get complaints, and it doesn’t fit the UA-cam algorithm…..
I recognised the CL Valiant brochure shot (towing the Millard van) as I’ve always remembered it since I was a kid (except my grandfather bought his CL to tow a larger Viscount van). Some of the traffic shots I’ve seen before, in old NSW RTA (DMR) stuff that I looked through a few years back when a relative passed away (he worked for the DMR all his life). The ex-cop XA ad was interesting. My aunt used to drive an ex-cop 351 4-speed XC in the early 80s. I never got to ask my uncle how he found that car - whether it was an auction or a car yard like Lahoods who used to flip them into the used car market. I noticed the FPV photo - were you still there in ‘09 or gone by then?
@@commodorenut Thanks. Yes, I was there to 2007 but had done the work for cars three to four years after. I am actually in the photo. Second from left. I was a bit heavier then. 😀👍
Hey Mark, on behalf of us car nuts, thanks.
Cheers, I love them too. 👍
Great images !
Do we know whether there’s any surviving TV advertising for the Chrysler Centura ?
Thanks. Not that I am aware but I will keep an eye out. 👍
i loved the XT falcons
@@fixitdude74 Check out the falcon playlist for an episode on the XT 👍
The red XW Falcon at the start of the video is heading west along Cavill Avenue crossing the Gold Coast Highway, formally the Pacific Highway, Surfers Paradise.
That’s a great shot. Ampol servo in the pic too. 👍
@@markbehr88 Yes, it was Jack Daveys Ampol Servo.
@ Gelignite Jack? I met him once a long time ago as he used to race with one of my school mates Dad’s back in the day. 👍
Its funny, as an Australian I never really realised back then how American Aussie cars looked back then.
Yeah, okay they were a bit different, but very similar. I can't think of another country that made cars so similar to American ones.
But then in the late 70s, Yankee cars were suddenly out of fashion, and Aussie cars were from then on more Euro inspired.
Yes a very strong American influence back then. 👍
It was corporate thing, Vauxhall, Opel, German Ford all had US corporation influence, Even some of the 70's and 80' Volvos had US styling cues, boxy, notch style C pillars, grilles etc Mazdas as well..
@ That’s right. Many of the English cars too had US designers working in those UK and European design studios. 👍
@@markbehr88and some would have gone to US parent studios , probably in early planning stage ,like our guys did .
@ Yes. 👍
RIP rust in peace 😔.
Hopefully not all. 😀👍
@@markbehr88 not yours im sure you even bring them back to life 👍 🇦🇺
@ 🙏
Great video Mark thank you, having just watched i want to find a way of slowing video down as there's to much to take in with it been a succession of stills, unless you could upload it at say 1/4 or 1/2 speed
Thanks. I tend to pause it. Someone said they played it at half speed. I am not sure how you do that? It’s always a challenge to hold the interest but not go too long so people get bored. 👍
@markbehr88 hi Mark I've seen that comment you mentioned and like you I don't know how to do 1/2 speed, I do think if you uploaded your video at half speed and a link from this one you might be surprised with view count
@ Yes. I will potentially do some others and will draw out the speed. 👍
@@markbehr88to watch video playbackat different speeds go to settings (little cog in top RH corner) select playback speed as listed , hope this helps .
Mortimer Ford Mildura also brought up other "special" Ford GT's too during the early 70's. There was lots of cash in that area in those days, so you can do the math... As a kid I remember there was a 'crazy' registered dark blue XB GT Hardtop (like Moffat's 1974 'B52' Baturst Car without the livery) with the largest tyres I had ever seen fitted EVA (looked amazing). It featured at the Mildura Show that year and was on proud display at their Ford stand.
Even into the late 70's, well into the XD era (yes XD...), they had pride-of-place / centre stage in the Mortimer Ford showroom located in town, another blue (or was it the same hardtop without the BIG wheels) XB GT Hardtop fitted with and being sold as, a BOSS 351 (think 70's Mustang BOSS 351 not FG Falcon).
Also, at the Mildura Show in the early 70's their was a 'challenge' race (around the Showground's horse trotting track), between Champion Solo Speedway rider Phil Crump (World Champion Jason Crump's Dad), and (drum roll please ladies & gentlemen) a Mortimer Ford supplied "Phase-4". Crump won incidentally but the point is moot.
Very cool. Some legendary cars. 👍
I'll have an XA Interceptor thanks ! Any idea why they were getting rid of them with negligible k's on them ?
@@Gokizzmass Maybe a cancelled order and they were put on as Ford company cars? That happened to me when I was at Holden. I had a cancelled order police pack VP Commodore. I talk about it in the VP Commodore Auto History episode. 👍
@@markbehr88 Interesting, i wonder how many Interceptors are left, and if they had any factory codes to indicate what they were ?
@Gokizzmass I reckon they would be extremely rare. Just a handful if that? If imagine, apart from K codes they would have some kind of police pack option. 👍
@@markbehr88 possibly back then State Gov. had a 2 year or so , low km lifespan for Police cars .
@ Yes. 👍
Wow Mark. Teared me up a bit. How good were we?
@@coalfacechris1336 Yes Chris. I know what you mean. 👍
Me mate had a ap5 with fats,he luved it.
Till he hit a tree cumin home pissed.
Reckons he fell asleep.
Scar still on tree Glenelg
Lucky he made it. Shame the car didn’t. 🫣
Quiet- simpler- safer times.
@@robertristinge4385 Definitely and some law and order too. 👍
@markbehr88 Exactly.
@@markbehr88 the cold war lucky it never turned hot 🔥 and today road toll is much lower .
Sure. 👍
I'd like to go back to 1:00, the HQ 350 coupe, my ultimate car. Not sure if this is genuine, the front bumper has the amber color blinker lenses which was the 2nd HQ model, the first model had the white/clear lenses. The first model has the option of the 350 but it was dropped in the 2nd model from memory. This one, liked 550
@@aussietaipan8700 Good spotting 👍
At 7:12 we have Ainsley Goto, she worked for John Gorton.
Very cool. I will check that out. 👍
@gazzamacca wasn't she also Gough's Finance Minister ,Jim Cairnes downfall , due to financial and sex scandal
@@robertmorris6529 Judy Morosi? 🤔
No. Just what I said.....
You showed HD then the HR had HD guards very interesting. Glad they didn't
@@drifterdrifter9558 Yes. I will do an Auto History episode on those down the track so please Subscribe. 👍
@@markbehr88I seem to recall that GMH were required to release HR facelift due to the ' KIDNEY SCOOPS ' on HD causing those injuries .
@ I think it was more a market reaction to to styling. 🤔👍
To me, the Australian motor peaked in the 1970s. I know the newer cars were safer and more economical, but the Commodores and Blackwood Falcons lacked soul and panache 😢
@@kelvinh8327 Fair enough 👍
2:03 Southside Chrysler in Cannington, Perth now Southside Mitsubishi & Volkswagen.
Had a Confederate General for their company emblem & Confederate flags everywhere. Not so these days😆
@@vxii4u Yes. Wouldn’t fly now. 😄👍
8:07 scary cop car. Up there with Sorrentos now.
Cool cop car. 👍
This is so wonderful to see, but also so sad to think of how we've been produced to poxy chinese EV SUVs. It's a crying shame.
Agree. 👍
Does invention have a limit or is invention infinite?
Hope its infinite cause that means there will be "time machines"...
I hope so too. 👍
7:54 this is where ford put salt on the cars to make sure they rust within ten years.
@@Low760 Or a water leak tester? 😄👍🤔
@markbehr88 it was a joke! 🤣
@@Low760 Sure. I knew that. 😄👍
I crushed these by the hundreds in sims, just a dime a dozen rubbish in the 80’s. Mind you I always maintained they should have collected the parts for resale instead of the lousy $100 a ton of scrap, could have got way more per car that way.
@@oo0Spyder0oo Yes imagine the value today? 🤔
@ooOSpyderOoo The peak of scrap to China deal .
What I give process the Ford LTD Fairmount Statesman wb
We now have more vehicle varieties sold new, but other than rangers and other shitbox utes, everything else isn't sold in high number's so blends in. When the vb Commodore was new there was 20? Manufacturers selling 3 models each new. Now the 50+ manufacturers in Australia selling cars has 6+ different sized suv's because of various emission laws that make sedans need lower exhaust emissions than high riding fwd SUVs. Also the boomers with dodgy knees and the lowering of sedans making them impractical for older buyers that mostly buy new cars.
The new stuff is largely boring. 👍
$890 for a charger! 😢
@@SassyXR6007 I remember when they were that cheap. 🤔👍
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@@deanstevenson6527 😀👍
Take off the rose coloured glasses people they were just average at best rust buck buckets that know demand ridiculous prices
$1+ million GT falcon ph3 rust bucket dont forget 2025 what would ford holden have be making now time doesnt stand still in MV industry enough said
@@jeffkeenan5439 Or really cool cars that gave great service? 🤔👍
Update your car at Kevin Denis update
That’s it. I used to call on them when I was at Holden. 👍
pictures change too fast !! cant see the cars long enough
@@quagini69 Pause button 🤨