Okay, so technically I waxed it instead of using a proper polish. But if the paint doesn't have any significant scratches or swirl marks I am a firm believer that a wax will do the job.

People hated the AU. Don’t know why. The design has aged well.

I love it when people look after an old thing like this car and give it some love. You don't see that enough in Australia.

Nice. To be fair the AU's seem to get better as time goes on. Most reliable ford built. With the clay, I think you're meant to go up and down... saves scratching. Looking forward to the series!!

I hope whoever designed the AU is feeling some justification now that they're receiving some appreciation, unless he died prematurely from exposure from sleeping on park benches

This dude edits a vid like nobody’s business. Well made , hope to see more in the future.

The AU series II and III have aged so well, really nice work giving this old girl a well deserved detail. I have to keep reminding myself they’re 20 years old. The clean smooth lines of the AU vs the kinda blobby details of the VT (headlights + interior especially) look modern even today.

I have a massive appreciation to the style of the AU. Ok my Father worked for Ford for 35 year, my brother was there for 15 years , my self 10years... All at Head office in Broadmeadows. I have fond memories from a time we Aussie's built great cars... I have always thought th AU might just become what seems to be happening... It's finally being appreciated for what it is. It's was a major significant model at the time and it looks like becoming that again. Buy one, look after it... It's going to become a classic in Australian automotive history.

It's just an Au Falcon? Indiana Jones: "It belongs in a museum!"

Mate your videos of these Fords are really good quality! I drive a Commodore myself, but full respect to you for bringing an under appreciated Australian Ford back to near new condition! 👍

You’ve inspired me to clay my 91 Camry this weekend.

Just Changed the coil in my AU1 today, if I ever meet the guy who designed it I'll give him a flogging.

Love the au. Even though mine has the xr front i have the s3 liquid silver fairmont ghia and its been the most reliable and awesome car I've owned. Definitely not a turd

So awesome reliving these older cars. Everybody wants top shelf new stuff these days. Feels humbling to appreciate and polish this one up

AU III is so underated, still on the road, bought an ex Telstra Futura at 144,000 on straght gas, drove 3 hrs a day in freeway traffic for 2 years, never missed a beat, sold it to a young kid in the area, still going, had a great bullbar, driving lights and the communications pack, Actually regret selling it

@MotoringBox, that is the essence of the existence of restoring old muscle cars, as well as making hot roads, low riders, and Eurospec, JDM, and Asian street beasts.

The silver is the go with the AU, the blue has a chronic clear coat delamination problem. These AU vids are both great. I see the beginnings of a big channel here, well done mate.

I absolutely love my AU Falcon. It is a series 1, black manual XR8. It has the full body kit, 17 inch wheels, momo tiller, sun roof and is slightly lowered. I have owned it for 16 years and still think it looks sensational... One of my favourite things about the AUXR8 is it's totally unique look. You cannot confuse it with any other car! Keep up the great work on the videos

I’m not going to lie, the Au wasn’t the best designe by Ford, however I can appreciate the series II and series III they aged pretty well, especially the Fairmont ghia, XR range and the XR ute’s are pretty good. They are a good solid reliable family car. They certainly can cop a good flogging.

C U Next Time, very good. Underrated vehicle to be honest. I had an early FG XT which is an evoltion of the AU. Still believe that it was the best highway car I ever owned. The AU series has proved a salient point; relative comfort, cruising speeds, reliability and longevity doesn't have to break the bank. Good work.

I use to have an AU 2 dedicated LPG model. It was an ex Manly Warringah taxi that I bought off a customer. Black interior, It had traveled to a total of 728,500 kilometres by the time I had finished with it. The pore vehicle succumbed to rust in the end. In all that time it had never had the cylinder head removed and it only had one transmission and diff rebuilt, it had 2 water pumps and 1 radiator and maybe 4 fan belts in its entire life. I actually liked driving it better than my BA Fairlane, much lighter vehicle.

I have a liquid silver AU fairmont in absolute showroom condition, bought it off a 72 year old lady who had it since new, always been hand washed and never missed even the slightest service or repair. Smooth as butter and love the thing.

I’ve been slowly restoring an AU GHIA over the last year and a half. I have slowly begun to appreciate AU series

Most underrated youtube channel, thank you

That was cool! It’s also really great seeing “real world” Aussie cars, instead of the usual car show or “top 1%” stuff I’ve been exposed to.👍🏼 Keep the great videos coming!

I have an AU Station Wagon. I love it but it does need a clean. Thank you for the video! I had never heard of clay-bar before your video.

Great video. I have a real soft spot for the AU, especially the Fairmont Ghia! If the wife would let me, I'd love to pick up one of these and bring it back to showroom condition. As another person commented, I think the AU has stood the test of time design wise, especially with the over sized headlights and tail lights.

Greetings from America,that car is a beauty,a diamond in the rough

Gotta love an AU, I've had mine about 5 years, 2000 series 2 straight 6. Him rough, but him reliable, and him tow the boat😁

Just a shinier turd mate, the before shots were on a dark gloomy day and the after shots were on a sunny day in the golden hour.

Getting au in a week, first one, thanks for the vids on them its mad

Another great video , loved seeing the transformation. Greetings from the UK , keep up the good work!

Own a AU2 XR6 VCT. Best car I have ever driven. 99 model from New till now the car has never let me down. I have never been stranded next to the road. For the last 10 years she has had a easy life as I started commuting with a bike. She now get driven on the weekends and sleeps in the garage. Won't ever sell her. Recon Ford all over the world can come learn how to build a proper Ford from you Aussies.

Fascinating. I've always been biased against Ford's (for no reason) but I used to drive them as cabs when I went to uni. My owner used to put retread crossplys on them and I used to have a ball, especially in the wet: they always handled great, provided you could spin the steering wheel around fast enough. This was always at legal-ish speeds-because crossplys. Those cabs were rocket ships too, high mileage cars with nice loose engines that would leap away from the lights. Maybe the cab market encouraged ford to give them durable interiors? Anyway, good times (mostly). Long time ago,though.

No matter how polished it is it’s still sturdy (ford) lol

By the way,if you own the car (clear title),and do not have a "note" (making car payments) on your car; that is the best car, irregardless of ANYONE'S opinion. Cheers from America.

I to have a AU series 1 ford falcon. I have owned this car for the last 4 years and is still serving me well.It is also the same color as your car in the video. The car now has only 95000 Kms ( it did have 46000 Kms on it when i bought the car ). The car is still very quiet, cheap on fuel and is one of the best cars that i have. Besides general services ( my mechanic can't believe in the low Kms ) the only thing that had failed was the body control module. The roof lining had also dropped ( a common thing with a lot of cars of this error ). Still I'm happy with the car, as i said cheap to run, cheap on insurance and parts are cheap as, heaven forbid if i had a prang. The only mod that i did was to replace the stock radio cassette with the same series radio cd player, so looks still stock. Even the spair has seen no work.

I wood take a au falcon any time over any other australian car

Thanks you for both AU videos and the NC Fairlane cars that have been forgotten but are actually great engineering.

Looks like a new car, fantastic!

Yeah I can't fault the au. Beautiful car to own and definelty the vct 6 is the beast engine

We are going to see clean AU's on the road more often now because of these inspiring videos. Good work mate.

Done well. This channel has the making of an Australian hoovies garage. Loving it.

I've had mine 16 of it's 18 years since it was built AU ll Futura ..So , the most reliable and tough Falcon ever built . Aside from the usual tyres , mufflers , brake pads and filters what have I had to fix you might ask .. Here's the list . Alternator at 14 years old in 2015 , inlet manifold gasket about 6 years ago , one upper ball joint , one rubber steering boot , clock backlight , power steering swivel hose , a couple of headlight bulbs and same tail light bulbs . That's about it . Everything else still works and original . SOHC engine beautifully runs , not even any lifter noise and I had the auto serviced a few years ago . Technician told me it was as clean as it possibly could be . ..She's also liquid silver . Paint faded but not peeling . Absolute gem of a car ..Never to part with her..

Nice job on the old Falcon and good video showing what the average punter can do without a sackful of money, tools, time or talent.

my real life nightmare involves driving in Los Angeles, and battle scars occur daily. I would never at this point, even be concerned with running over a clay bar, let alone polishing my Honda Civic. I rarely wash it. When I do, as I do not drive a lot, and keep it garaged, I go to a 7 minute spray wash. But good on you and nice find, your channel. Falcon was a small Ford here, popular in the 1960s, but I do not recall that name since that small line ended. cheers

You can't polish a turd but you can put glitter on it

Just bought an au Fairmont ghia. Engine is amazing. Body and seats are another story. My dad's au2 xr8 has over 500 000ks on the clock and the engine just keeps delivering the goods. Bought my Fairmont for $1800 with 6months Rego.

Good effort mate, the old girl has come up a treat. I miss my old AU 2 Ute, it was an extremely good car. I've noticed that they are starting to climb in price now.

I agree with what other people are saying, that as time went on they aged better with how the AU looked, I think it was too harshly judged when it came out years ago. I’d love to have a good condition one now, I’m also a big fan of the EL falcon

Good on you for making an effort and cleaning it properly!. The average Joe either doesn't give a shit or can't be bothered, the AU has come up a treat!

You doubled its value. Only kidding. You quadrupled its value!

AU was the best design after 70s Falcons. As the plastic pigs aren't really worthy of being called a decent car let's be honest

You really did lift the look of this car pretty dramatically. well done! I think with time we are going to look back on the AU for what it really is - a plain-ish, faithful, bulletproof workhorse that kept going long after OS produced cars had gone to the great recycler in the sky.

FiL and I gave my AUII (it's a wagon so it's only ugly at one end) a light cut and polish a fortnight ago. Probably the first polish it's had since it drove off the dealers lot but it came up a treat as it's always been parked undercover (I'm the 2nd owner). Of course being summer in Australia it's now covered in a new layer of filth and dust but at least i know it'll slough off if we ever get any rain, unlike my BF which is also desperately in need of a once-over. Gotta get myself one of those clay bars.

Looks like a Ford Taurus around the same year...I always wanted a wagon version..looks good to be 18 years old tho.

Looks great! Mind you, in my opinion any AU looks great! I have a Series 1 Fairmont wagon and a Series 2 XR6.

Great video. Best informative car wash and polish instructions I've seen. Go the Turd!

As an American, we don't get the luxury of seeing many Australian Fords or Holdens. The only ones that made it here where the Holden Monaro , Caprice and the Commodore. Ford refused to send any Australian cars. So we missed out. The Monaro was a sales flop as the Pontiac GTO, the Commodore did great as the Pontiac G8, but then Pontiac ceased as a brand three or four years after the G8 arrived, and the Chevy Caprice was only available for police duty. Again America missed out on some great cars from Ford and Holden, because of politics.

That car must have been garaged its entire life as the clear coat is in such good condition. I have a burgundy au and its entire clear coat has peeled off. Now it looks like one of those wrapped dull coat cars. The benefit of these mettalic finish cars is they rarely rust.

You didn't polish a turd, you cleaned up a dirty diamond.

I'm thinking about getting an AU now after watching these videos. I thought they were modern when they first came out and i loved the Tickford TE50. However, for the last 15 plus years I've regarded the AU as an ugly shitbox, but now my thoughts are starting to change again. Who knows? in 20 years an AU Falcon might be a sought after collectors item which is worth a fucking fortune!!! I recommend buying one and wrapping it in bubble wrap for the future.....

Another good thing about having done so well detailing it (apart from it looking awesome) is that it's heaps easier to keep clean too

It's anything but a turd in the first place. Polishing an underrated cruiser more like.

Looks awesome after the clay wash and polish 👍

Looks great, you succeed.. those clay bars do a great job at cleaning the grime off and giving it that highly polished look👍🏼

I’ve seen your other AU videos but somehow missed this one until now. Quite a transformation, it’s beautiful!! I’ve never wanted an AU more than I do at this very moment 😂 I also think it would look great next to my silver Territory.

Thats not a bad example you show here. very little damage, no gutter scrapes on the wheels. Would have liked you to do the interior as well. Reliable comfortable aussie car, cheap to service and repair. Some would like to make out its another P76, it's not. I had a Nissan years ago and it was the same grimy chalky looking paintwork. I soaked a bar of sandsoap, not Solvol, for a couple of days until soft then wrapped it in a cotton dish cloth, with a bucket of water then washed the car. it worked the same. Then polished with Kitten No.1. Good result. Interior plastics cleaned with soap and water then use non oil based furniture polish Mr Sheen. Cheaper than Amorall and doesn't attract dust.

Yes you can polish a turd, mythbusters proved that, and so did Dale from Adelaide hills with his barra powered AU time attack AU XR6

Keeps Aussie built alive because the hobnobs have taken are pride weather Holden or Ford last of Australia 🇦🇺 made ♥️💯👍🏻

Nice Job on the camera work and editing, must have taken a while to get all this together. It's nice to see a (mostly) forgotten car from 20 years ago, have a proper review (referring to your other review video) and detail. Great Work! :)

The AU is the most reliable Ford ever built imo - I have an AU2 Fairmont and a BA LTD, and the AU is better in a few areas for sure

Looks great the bumper needs a panelbeater!!

Congratulations you will learn that the AU is the last of the great Falcons, all due respect to the BA's they have a fantastic motor but the rest of the car lets it down I won't go into the details but they aren't as solid a beast as the AU is!! Once you own an AU they really start to grow on you................................ I've owned AU's constantly since 2007 and I just can't see myself ever living without one around, my first was a Series 3 XR6 manual which I bought with 77.000 on the clock and loved it, due to working needs I've since worked my way up to an XR8 ute which is my daily in 7 yrs time it'll go on club rego then I'll probably get an FGX Turbo ute as it's daily replacement. But I'll always have room for a couple of AU's in my life, my friend who purchased my XR6 manual has told me that when he's done with it he'll sell it back to me. Trust me you'll end up loving that "turd' and you'll find ways of keeping it going and it'll serve you well and you will over look the occasional oil leaks or like me you will fix them ( I'm sure made them with the oil leaks from the factory! ). I'll give you some tips keep a spare set of BA door actuators and a couple of clock springs on had as they have a tendency of going threw them...................

If you got the IRS and variable-cam engine, they were pretty good.

She came up well mate 👍👍

I love Fords. My Ford cars over the years: 1. Cortina 2. ZH Fairlane 3. XF Falcon 4. EA 25th anniversary 5. ED Falcon 6. EB wagon 7. BA Fairlane Ghia I've had a few Holdens too, but no match for the big Fords.

I have found a wheel cleaner by Armorall to be amazing. Its in a black spray bottle. It is sold in some supermarkets as well as auto parts stores. It says spray on and hose off, I found it was best to spray on and then use a brush on the wheels for high built up break dust and road grime.

I had an AU SR Series 3 drove to and from the mines for 18 months 650 km each way weekly dual fuel. As we know not a good looker but not a pig either but it was by far the most comfortable car over the drive to work never felt worn out after the drive, and it was good on fuel, 110 on the highway 140 past Quorn. Never had an engine issue or trans or suspension or steering only one electric window winder failed. best ugly car ever.

Very nice work. Have to get onto my BA. It is also silver, and paint is starting to fade/bleach on the roof and A pillars. That final reveal looks like the Ipswich Motorway at Oxley.

What I said is they will go up in value and guess what they are they are a very good car. I think this AU is a good looking car

It’s got me how people put the au down.. number 1: au stands for Australia.. that’s right people Australian made . number 2: anyone that had owned a au can tell you. They are the most Comfortable, reliable, car. and number 3: the motor . !!! A 4ltr 6cyl with fuel injection The Barras dad ... So That’s where the ba xr6 got its power from .. the off spring of the au’s 4ltr 6cyl with 2 cams Instead .. but we still got to thank the au for that .. but just like the Aussie Batler who does all the hard work... totally unnoticed and unRecognised.. thank you ford for the gift we Received but did not Deservingly cherish ..

Thanks for the tip using soapy water as lube before using the clay bar. I’ve been conned into using quick detailer (expensive).

AU Falcon very good car I had one for years one tonne Ute.

I'm Holden and I'm looking for a VT but an AU isn't horrible, if there wasn't a VT I'd have one. The AU I think looks happier than the VT's aggressive determination. AU looks way better than a VX at least

dude I love your channel, & car looks mint

Awesome car to drive, got one as my first car and love it. Needs a bit of work though, as all old cars do.

It proves if you polish a turd you get an au falcon!

more I look at this car the more I like it, shame I live in the UK or I'd have one!

Good job mate. This one is becoming quite a nice ride.

Job well done mate

Good job mate

Looks beautiful mate

Looks great sir! Cheers from the usa!

U CAN'T BEAT AN AU FALCON

Tbh, I actually have no problems with how this car looks...better than the Tauruses and Tempos we got from Ford here in the States at that time...looks pretty IMO, and I'm really sad we didn't get this model here as I think us Yanks would have a somewhat better long-term opinion of Ford cars from the '90s if we had...☺

I have driven a lot of cars , trucks and bikes from all over the world , I have at the moment a 2002 fairlane v8 a fairmont wagon a harley and motorhome (Not a ford man) just thats how the cars turned up when looking for a looked after older car , My biggest hate from all cars is the CHEAP ARSE CLEAR COAT the manufactures use its junk so look for a car that has slept in a garage and then should be good . REMEMBER CLEAR COAT ,,, Also Cheap after Market window TINT

Don't worry. I understood your b&s ball joke haha.

That's a good looking car. I'd take it over a Taurus of the same era. Shame they never made it to the US. :(

Great job! It looks much newer than a 2001