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Old 04-10-2016, 03:56 PM   #31
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About to get started on it.

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Old 04-10-2016, 04:03 PM   #33
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Has it stopped raining for long enough to wash it?
Not really, it's also really windy. I hate having a dirty car.
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Old 04-10-2016, 04:06 PM   #34
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Not really, it's also really windy. I hate having a dirty car.
I'm the same, but with wind chill bordering on 5oC, I ain't getting out there
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Old 04-10-2016, 04:49 PM   #35
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I don't own a crappy old Ford Falcon. But my FPV F6 is ready for Bathurst.
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Old 04-10-2016, 04:49 PM   #36
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Of course mine is being cleaned. Pics will be up as soon as its ready, ive said that 10 times already. Post your pics up!

Please stop trolling, this thread is to enjoy falcons of all types ahead of black friday / bathurst... clean ones
I'm not trolling sunshine. It was a fair question.

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Old 04-10-2016, 05:05 PM   #37
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Beautiful car.
Cheer mate, honestly, you have to give credit to people who own these falcons as they are quite hard to live with as daily drives... Low body kits, high fuel consumption etc. I still love the BA shape, but its been hard work to keep it stock/un-molestered and in original undamaged paint etc. I have owned it for around 10 years now and it still puts a smile on my face. Its now no longer my daily so even though Adelaide has been in absolutely ***** weather the past week, with the carport garage I have I am able to keep her pristine!!
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This weekend is also the last bathurst that will feature a falcon.
where is that confirmed, I haven't seen that anywhere

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oh OK, here is a couple of mine and my sons G6E







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Old 04-10-2016, 05:44 PM   #40
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So there is a gathering on Friday?
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There, washed. Reckon I should chamois it?

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Old 04-10-2016, 06:17 PM   #42
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Good timing, took these just last week...









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Old 04-10-2016, 06:19 PM   #43
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There, washed. Reckon I should chamois it?

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Old 04-10-2016, 07:42 PM   #44
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Here you go



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Old 04-10-2016, 08:28 PM   #45
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Mine is:



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Old 04-10-2016, 08:33 PM   #46
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There, washed. Reckon I should chamois it?

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A solid wax should make the rust brown accents really pop out..
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Does anybody know the story behind the "Rare nesting Falcon" posted by FairmontGS.
All I know is that it was there more than thirty years ago. A picture of it was first published in 1986 on the back of the book "The History of Ford in Australia", written by Norm Darwin. How and when was it put there, where is it and is it still there? Anybody know!
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Old 04-10-2016, 09:11 PM   #49
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Not quiet ready with this 64 GT.



Shine this one instead..

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Job done and just as well its ****ing down here.Even got some help from her indoors
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Old 05-10-2016, 10:34 AM   #51
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This thread is not unlike last years (strange) 'wash your car for Frosty' thread.

Mine usually gets washed weekly, this week will be no different.
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This thread is not unlike last years (strange) 'wash your car for Frosty' thread.

Mine usually gets washed weekly, this week will be no different.
To be fair no idea why i bothered really,Bathurst weekends generally spent glued to the tele...car doesnt go anywhere.
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To be fair no idea why i bothered really,Bathurst weekends generally spent glued to the tele...car doesnt go anywhere.
No point in me washing mine during the week, as my car is used as my daily and it is raining on and off so far this week, so car would only be dirty again by the weekend.

And like you, I'm glued to the TV all weekend, so no time to wash the car

Maybe I'll wash it Sunday arvo after Frosty takes the chequered flag, as my way of celebrating. May not be the best wash it will ever have had
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Is good that Fox have the dedicated Bathurst channel this week - watched the highlights from the 1977 race - is always great to see the old classics..

But yes car will be ready, have friday off (wooo hoooo) so will give it a wash & detail.

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I'm too embarrassed to post up a pic of my dirty, dirty GT atm...

I will give her a wash on Friday and post up pics...
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We finally had a reprieve from the crappy weather we've been having (for now) so gave mine a bit of a clean, so it should at least be clean on the Falcon's final day.
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Territory and Fairlane were all clean and we just got the call to head down to the dealer tomorrow and pick up the wife's new G6E.After being told they started to build it last Friday they either work really fast or someone got it wrong.
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