🤣🤣 you gotta love a big Aussie boat 🇦🇺

Same turning circle as any XD-XF wagon

@@walnep167 Hi I have owned all of the models you referred to, fairly certain that the falcon was a bit better by about 3 ft. The Fairlane would not turn around in the same space in our workshop. The Gt would, just blip the throttle and you would turn lol, Cheers Steve.

The BA Fairlane Ghia has a great turning circle for the size of the car. I can do a U-turn into the middle lane, easily.

sorry i was wrong, checked it ,it has done 11000

sorry to hear that about your old man.. hope you take care of that LTD for him :)

What a car 11,000! WOW

A beautiful piece of Australian automotive history there, with some great memories of your Dad too I am sure. Be sure to look after it , let us know if you ever might move it on.

still have it?

i got a silver one too, only 100 thousand on the dash

Only a three speed auto without even a lock up converter was unacceptable back then. The US had that in many of their domestics since the late 70s. The 4.1 efi was a very nice motor for a luxury car despite modest peak power on paper. Very nice sound systems then too.

Are your running the original engine? Or have you chucked a v8 into it? If you have a v8 in it was it difficult to do? I have a 85 fairlane and it’s just a rolling shell, just trying to grab ideas to what engine should go in it.

ZL was Fairlane. LTD was FE wish I’d never sold mine in ‘97 with 84000 on the clock but moving from NZ to Aus I thought I’d find another one easily….I didn’t

@@auscarlover7485 i had intentions of dropping the 8 in because I discovered the front end is already set up for compliance with heavy springs & strut towers from the ZJ. But I sold mine to a mate & he put a 5 speed manual in it without swapping the diff. He loaned it to me on a visit back to NZ & the fuel economy was unreal but around town it wasn’t driveable unless you stayed in 1st or at most 2nd gear. He later put a Cleveland in it & told me the only mod he had to do was piping for the heater hoses on the firewall as the left rocker cover had less clearance

Thanks mate.. real credit to the owner

thank you mate and im glad you enjoyed this episode :)

Aaaand some of the Landau had the RPO83. Amazing car

It’s so clean! Really a museum piece

It bad at all for such a big car eh!

They both would have been amazing on the back road 🇦🇺🤙

@@RossReviewsau yeah we used to be able to smash out 3/4/5 hours of country driving no worries

🤣 your right! But man it’s hot 👁👄👁

So glad you enjoy the channel mate.. lots of hidden gems here in Australia not many people know exist

It’s so good! Very very luxurious 😩

I know a of a guy with a metallic dark maroon 94 NC with the Tickford 6 cylinder and has done around 550K and you wouldn't know it looking at it. It looks magnificent in pictures at least.

The owner was a legend and really took pride in this LTD 👀👍

Thanks as always Chris

lovely car

The AU was more noticeably different eh..

Yeah I was looking for a DL LTD too. I looked at one that just broke my heart there wouldn’t have been a body panel or piece of interior trim that hadn’t been abused in some way. It wouldn’t have been worth the scrap value. But then I was fortunate to score a Jan ‘99 NL V8 Concorde in navy blue. The guy I bought it from was a collector & he only let it go because he’d bought an AU LTD & ran out of garage space. He had 3 x ZH LTD Silver Monarchs one of which was a one off special build colour coded Burgandy He also had a brand new (2013) FG FPV GT 335 Boss that he bought specifically as an investment as a collectors piece for his son who was only 2 years old 🙄

@@walnep167 Mine was a 5.0 Sparkling burgundy Concorde I sold to a buddy to buy a 392 Hemi. I have a 97 5.0 DL now aswell which was a ex wedding car and is immaculate.

Damn that would have been a steal bro!

Better than selling 3 houses before real estate went completely nuts. Oh, and there is no such thing as a BF G220

Cheers you legend 🙏

that is lucky!

I got the G220, lovely smooth effortless, quiet power

HAHA now those are cabs eh!

That’s right! Pretty cool feature eh! 😅 not many falcons got the upgrade

The FG interior feels super cheap... LOL

yup they really lost the premium ness in the g6e and basically got hardly anything better than a standard falcon eh

@@RossReviewsau You're right... And the high seating in the FG/FG-X is a deal breaker... Though is there any mod you could do to make the seat lower?

@@MartinJones123 The seat definitely goes lower in my 2003 G220 than my 2008 BF fairmont

@@jetson2075 BA/BF seating position is okay...

They are beautiful cars

Museum quality

thanks again pete! gotta love them falcons

Who wouldn't, I6 n/a, no thanks

Hell ya! Gotta love a crown vic!

@@RossReviewsau I've never seen that car, it's beautiful. That would be awesome for Southern California. I visited Australia back in the mid 80s and really loved the Ford Falcon design and got to drive one which was a blast. Wish Ford allowed those to be sold here.

the previous model LTD/fairlane before this one looked even more like an australian version of a crown vic.

Your right , it is the same engine, AUS actually got the 5.4 3 valve 15 months before USA. I have a G220 and love it, although there is a lot of scary stuff on the net that recommends staying clear of the Triton 3 valve. They have timing chain issues and oiling issues. Its very important to change oil often because sludge can get dislodged and block small oil galleries and passages leading to engine oil starvation

They were 18 inch not 19

@@out_on_bail my bad.

yup i know all too well the little probles of a B series haha..

Definitely rare

Really is classy 😍

The wm caprice just about killed the ltd I reckon

WL 2006 was a better comparison

@@thomaswalton545 yeah 100%

That’ would be a good comparison

@@RossReviewsau yeah mate

love the old lincolns! my uncle still has one in canada

yup the AU LTD did have more unique ness to her.. this was awesome but felt a bit underdone

The roof profile of long wheel base is much better than the egg looking AU-BA-Bf in my opinion

Thanks mate

Thanks 🙏

Any 380 review would be good, the forgotten Australian car.

@@mvnorsel6354 yeah maybe at a sx or gt I got a sx its been a great car

@@ashtincampbell6038 I got the L'S nothing has broken in my 10 years. My best ever buy. A great country car.

@@mvnorsel6354 yes totally agree i have had mine since 2014 and other than regular maintenance nothing really has gone wrong apart from the roof liner but 🤷‍♂️ not really a problem. Had it since 88000 ks its on 250000 now and still feels tight .

@@ashtincampbell6038 Got in be at 45k now at 122k. I dont drive much , lockdown hurt big time. The clear coat is poor I see many with bad paint. I dont take mine out if the UV is high. Lol

Great stuff mate!

Epic rides for sure

That would have been a great car!

Very nice 👍

they are so comfy

In v8 or 6

It’s a museum piece

look at all the ausdm cars i review!

Yeh I guess your technically right there but people are so familiar with them as a falcon (gotta have them click words 🤣)

its always been a shame ford australia never got the respect they deserved.. the barra especially was a world class engine

Very 😁

That would have been interesting eh! Definitely a collectors car

Good stuff mate!

I’ll agree the AU is always king

Definitely agree... Windsor is just a more smooth cruising engine...

@@MartinJones123 The 5.4 is smooth and effortless, more so than the 5.0. I test drove a few AU 5.0's and to me the power plant did not feel much more powerful than the I6. Not enough to justify a v8 version. That's why I ended up with a G220, and are very happy

ive got a TL50 coming soon :) very rare

glad you agreed with my comments between the 2 in ride quality! definitely worth at least 25k-40k this one with 80km on the clock completely original and immaculate! would fetch decetnt money i feel to a collector

I still like the roof line in the long wheel base, ten times better than an AU-BA-BF egg shape

yup sadly most will be used and abused.. this one was an incredible find

I’m desperate to see a E series.. so rare

Come to Sydney can review mine hahaha

I knew some guy that had an E-Series Fairlane with the 5.0L (I'm pretty sure) and it had an LPG tank and was in rough shape...

Yes the "Barra" everyone knows and loves is the 6 cyl but the v8 that came out in this was technically under the barra family and thus a "barra v8"

I see where it can be confusing, the BA, BF 5.4L BARRA 3 VALVE V8 was based on the modular engine but in the barra family, so no one called that specific v8 a modular

People call them a Barra V8 👍 just from what I know

@@RossReviewsau It is the correct name for that engine, personally i never knew about it and my mate told me and i thought it was bulls*it lol

Ok, a history lesson. You can nickname your engine whatever you want but for accuracy, there is no v8 “barra”. It simply does not exist. In 1990 Ford US released a new platform v8 engine designated “modular”. This engine replaced the Cleveland and Windsor pushrod v8s. The name “modular” is from the new manufacturing process. The “modular” family of engines ranges from the 4.6 - 6.8 v10. It includes the 5.4 and the 5.0 coyote. These engines were designed in the US and were manufactured in Windsor, Ontario. They delivered the first of the 3v 5.4 to australia for the falcon range and then put them in f series trucks, explorers, Lincoln’s etc. FPV took the block and the crank of the “modular” 5.4 and modified it before building a completely new engine known in Australia as the “boss”. Similarly FPV did the same to the 5.0 “coyote” block and were allowed to rename it the “Miami”. Meanwhile in Australia…….. Ford Australia designed and built the next phase of their 4.0 straight 6s. This is a twin cam, 24v VCT. This engine was named the”barra”. It didn’t exist in the US. Wasn’t designed in the US. Wasn’t built in the US and has no association whatsoever to the US designed, Canadian built v8s. The Aussie “barra” and the 5.4 “modular” are not related in any way barring dropping them in Aussie falcons. You can nickname them whatever you want but it is not accurate. Loved the review.

Butt it’s cool I’m not into man shave on my balls. They do periodically give off a Parmesan cheese kick. But bit of the tough SALVO EXTRA SAND ALL SWEET.

Makes sense I guess eh

I’m looking!! So hard to find

@@RossReviewsau I've got an el ghia if you maybe interested

@@RossReviewsau Do a Commodore from this vintage too!

It is, like I said tho a not as nice one can go for like 20k.. this one tho… has to be 50k so mint

yeh the AU did look a bit more special

a little eh

Yes sir

@@RossReviewsau I had no clue they even designated a ‘Barra’ V8.

The barra V8s were a 3 valve versions of the 5.4 boss 4v, BAs had 220kw and BFs had 230kw

@@Nigel_noongar78 Correct sir, the 220kw/230kw 3v was called the 'Barra'.

@@Nigel_noongar78 That's just weird... They should've called it something else...

The Barra is a straight 6 (the legend) but also there was a modular “Barra” V8

Yeah it’s technically the triton 5.4L however was marketed in Australia & NZ as the Barra V8 it’s really a truck V8 production numbers were very low was used in the BF LTD, BA G220, XT and could be fitted into the XLS ute less than 300 of those were ever made

They do exist 😈 basically a truck motor 😂

From my knowledge it’s always been called the Barra V8..

@@RossReviewsau i do stand corrected, good thought provocation though. They were known as both but the 230 was Barra, unsure why. Bit grumpy in my old age.

I could only find one when I filmed this

He didn't say it did, he was just referencing there interiors

In person it’s impressive but yeh I get your point

The AU gen looked different to the Fairlane/ LTD

@@MartinJones123 yeah but we're talking about the BA/BF fairlane

@@user-ye1se9qm8m Yeah... That's what I was saying, the AU looks different while this gen looks too similar to your standard old BA Falcon with some chrome...

@@MartinJones123 that's why I think the statesman from this era was better. Since it looks a lot more different than the standard commodore sedan. Albeit while having a similar interior.

incredibly hard to find!

nice work

There is a Barra v8 this is it

@RossReviewsau nah fact checked that, the inline 6 engines commonly found in the ba bf and fg falcon are the "barra" the v8 is the boss or coyote

@@keidasyou are 100% wrong The base v8 is referred to as the barra220 220 is for kw, later versions with 2 knock censors and ZF 6 speed automatic were 230kw It’s basically the triton v8 from America but we actually got it first and locally cast a different intake and exhaust manifolds for it, it has 3 valves per cylinder and 1 camshaft per head and vct. I have one in my manual BAmk11 XT falcon The boss 260 is the performance v8 for the XR8 and GT

Was a bit to weak interior wise I agree

👏

They are very similar in b series

@@RossReviewsau Cheers, are you talking B series ZB from the 60's ? Have a look at P5 and P6 LTD's 73-79 Or Fairlane/Marquis from 76-79. They look much diff from Falcon. Even ZC/D 69-71 had vertical headlights and looked diff to Falcon.That's why Ford was smashing Statesman sales back then, which looked to much like a Premier. Ford fell into that same trap ( due to limited funds, after the AU debacle ) with the last Fairlane/LTD's, shown here.

Yup they are truck engines I’m told 🤣 but they did make a Barra 230👍

This engine lol

Did I say 550🤔💀 I think your right it’s 500nm

Sadly it was.. the au was a more premium feeling LTD

Very

That's true

Definitely was a lot of cash! That’s why not many were ever made

That’s what you call them!

They do exist mate

I do agree it lost a bit of flair eh

@@RossReviewsau Yes. Flashback to 1972 when the American Galaxie was retired in favour of the first Aussie LTD. No mistaking that for a Fairlane or Falcon. The same goes for the next LTD in 1976. Even the XD based LTD managed to look different from the Fairlane. That was the secret to Ford's success in this market slot, cars that couldn't be mistaken from their cheaper brothers.

Yes!

I agree the au Ltd felt a bit more special