THE SKID FACTORY - Old Cock's 1970 XY GT Ford Falcon [Build Review]
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Today on The Skid Factory we checkout Old Cock's 1970 XY GT Ford Falcon.
Old Cock is the owner of Noosa Radiators which Is a local specialist workshop in Noosa on the Sunshine Coast.
We've been mates with Old cock for many years and Al recently helped out with wiring his Mint 1970 XY GT Falcon Replica. It's a car thats been built by himself, his son Shane and the employees of Noosa Radiators Bob, Vic and Emmett.
It has used a bunch of quality parts and the build quality is a testament to how much old cock loves the car.
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wwe call it a shaker here in Canada to. i have a '74 GTO and it has a shaker hood to... best thing!
Got one on the way
It's got louvres too Al, don't forget them.
Its called a shaker in the US too
superoo sick love the ol xy, if old cock needs another part suppler try Gerace restorations in Hilton South Australia, he's got a few original xy gtho's and loves that era vehicles.
Here in the US, when the scoop is attached to the engine like that and not to the hood/bonnet we do call it a shaker as well.
Forced air induction, ram air, shaker hood air intake,. What other names do we have..😉
Bug catchers
@@jarleron4788 unicorn intake 😀
Specifically when there is a engine mounted scoop with a hole in the hood shaker is the most common. Talking production car only. If I'm not wrong Chrysler were the only to do that
70s trans ams? maybe im wrong
Bad obsession motorsport AND a Skid Factory build review. My saturday is starting ace.
Blessed day indeed.
And a cars and cameras surprise friday video
And in the Bad Obsession video had a Skid Factory saying in it, They talked about Smutz while modding their sump. Watched Bad Obsession just before this video. :)
Dont forget Finnegans garage
The only bad thing about skid factory and bad obsession is we don't get videos daily.
That said the boys at bad obsession have really started knocking out content now which is sorted.
Here in the States the Cleveland dominated in pro-stock drag racing. They were so successful that NHRA kept throwing weight at them until they got what they wanted, a Chevrolet in the winner's circle. They also remained in NASCAR until the FR9 engine came out. The NASCAR Cleveland ended up being a Clevor (Windsor short block with Cleveland heads). But the architecture remained largely unchanged. You could still bolt stock valve covers on a NASCAR Cleveland head. The SBC had the have at least two major cylinder head architecture changes to keep up. It wasn't really until the 5.0 movement when the Fox came out that the Windsor really started to shine as a true performance engine. The parts the aftermarket developed for the 5.0 bolted right into the Windsor and in stock form had 51 more cubes. Add to that the fact that you can go 408ci with a factory 351W block easily and the relative ease of finding a Windsor block vs. a Cleveland now and that's why the Windsor is currently more popular over here.
Fair play mate that was really interesting!
Cheers.
These are the little bits of knowledge I love hearing from other car guys...the ins and outs and tricks of back in the day. Cheers mate
Clevor is a Cleveland block with Windsor heads. A Windsor block with Clevo heads is a Boss.
My brother in-law was the first journalist to test drive an XY GT HO ,he drove it from Melbourne to Albury and back again average speed of 100mph at one stage he held it flat out for 15 mins ,he was editor for wheels magazine at the time
His name is Mel Nickels top bloke I'm lucky to have had a smart sister who married a decent man
I loved reading that story up till my copy got borrowed 15 odd yrs ago. Still have a few yrs worth of the magazines
Greatest thing to happen to RUclips. The skid factory ❤️
Ahem. Greatest thing would be the team of Marty and Moog. a-thankyouverymuch.
Smile on als face the whole time showed how much he was really enjoying cruising in this thing
This car is basically God tier here in Australia. It will get more looks than any supercar and that's from non car people as well, that's how iconic it is.
sorry i'm late boys, i was watching project binky
Excuse accepted Lee
I chose to watch this first ;) Binkys next
Weren’t we all!
I was half way through the Binky episode when the notification came for this one :)
Me too, decided I needed some funk to clean the schmuck out...
Binky and skid factory on the same day! yaaaaaaaaahhh!
New skid factory and project Binky within a few hours. Well played next hour sorted
As a kid of the 60's, these cars were the bees knees! Still are.
Most people call them shakers here in the states as well. Thanks for the great videos guys great work. Awesome builds. My favorite car channel by far. 🤟👍👍
But over here AMC and Chrysler did "shakers" from the factory. Some of us dream of what could have happened to our Falcon after 1970, especially seeing what happened down under.
my first car was an old Mopar, so the term "shaker" is well ingrained in my american nomenclature
@@stanwbaker Ford US did Shakers from factory as well. So did Pontiac.
Hi Al and Woody, love your work. I have been a mechanic for a lot of years, worked on heaps of 60s, 70s and 80s v8 muscle cars and done my fair share of drag racing and built a few race engines. In regards to the axle hop issue with this black XW/XY don't forget to consider the engine mounts, for a simple test of the theory put a cable or chain from the left front of the head to the sway bar mounting bolt and lay a burnout, I have found this to fix axle hop on more than one occasion.
Gotta be proud of the work on that car for sure.
one of the cleanest old fords ive ever seen, and i come from a muscle car family! damn good looking machine.
Those Falcons had the best cockpit dash of ANY muscle car in my opinion.
Nothing runs like a 351-Cleveland. ❤️
I had one in my 67 mustang coupe.
I’d listen to this bloke for hours talk about anything. He’s great
Did you guys like your Ugly? I actually looked up the company and am in the market! So, thanks for getting that sponsorship. Anyway, a shaker in the US is mounted to the engine air intake and sticks through the hood the same as y'all. It doesn't even have to take in air. When I was 18 I had a 1979 Trans Am with a shaker hood. The "scoop" pointed backwards and there was no air inlet! If it is affixed to the hood, it is called a scoop. So, probsably the same.
They have got to be the most iconic Australian built car PERIOD.
If you say PERIOD, you're a yank, not Aussie.
The most iconic by Ford. Don't forget the Chargers by Chrysler or the Monaros by GMH....
The mighty AU is
Vote the LNP out, they killed all the fun by finishing our car industry ie Thai free trade deal and Tony Abbott also re introduced fuel indexation
Could listen to Al talk about cars all day. Such a wealth of knowledge!
Don't worry - we call it a shaker hood here in Burgerland, too!
Respect to Old Cock as I love these old girls an it just awesome to see them on the road every so often . Love it when someone puts in this much work an give the old girl the respect she due.
That is an amazing build, it has all the right stuff and nothing more. You could drive it anywhere too. Last is his amazing attention to detail really shows.
come on love the front corner windows that's where you flick the cigarette ash dam i miss those
Roland Knoll Quarter glass
Cleveland engine is the high performance engine, heavier yes, but also stronger. The heads flow like mad. Good video
What a mint looking GT love the colour
Brings back memories of a buddy's Boss 351 Mustang. Nice car, love the upgrades.
My father bought a new brown XY 351 GT back in 1971, sadly traded it in about 5 years later on another new car.
Still think they are one of the most beautiful cars ever made.
I love how Al can't stop smiling driving this
Beautiful car... but I was more excited to see the Old Cock references. I was not disappointed!
Al gets the biggest smile while driving, was great hahaha
Love the commentry.. spot on.
First, in the states, the Cleveland is still the motor of preference, we just use the Windsor more due to costs. W motors are easier and cheaper to come by. If cost is not a guiding factor or concern, always go for the Cleveland. We have tons of hipo goodies for them. Second, a shaker scoop is a shaker scoop. Other non-shaker scoops are "insert type name here" induction. Ram air, cowl, etc. Just wanted to clear up any confusion.
binky and skid factory released on the same day, I'm stoked.
We call the scoop a shaker as well because it is a bad ass name for it world wide
Shakers here too, from what i remember. When I did circle track racing in the 80's and early 90's "Aussie Heads" were a Cleveland hot tip with some of the guys running "Clevors" (Windsor block, Cleveland heads)
Jp Kalishek which is what a Boss is.
@@BRETTYZCAR pretty much, but slightly different. The original Elliot and Yates motors were sorta Clevelandized heads as well
Jp Kalishek obviously the main difference to go along with the head swap is a modified Windsor cam to take the Clevo valve layout . The Boss heads have screw in rocker studs for mechanical flat tappet whereas stock heads have slotted bolt down fulcrum hydraulic setup. Some water gallery mods as well. I have a set of closed chamber 4V heads and some smaller port 2V heads and the 4V’s are massive in comparison. The fords really dominated our early touring car racing in Australia when factories built homologated racing cars for the street. We had a great automotive manufacturing industry but it no longer exists as our government has sold us up the river.
@@BRETTYZCAR This was a "Stock Parts" class and all parts needed factory numbers on them, and even here in the US, Boss parts were hens teeth and costly as such. What they did was use freeze plugs and some manifold changes (manifolds were not required to be factory) for the water differences. For one version, the 2v heads were best, for the more open class, the 4v head was the way to go. Many of these classes later went with a spec head intake.
One org went with a touch too much space between the gasket surfaces and the cast in name in the intake runners. A creative fellow noticed the room and shaved the heads and intake right to the names using some odd angles and ran the spec heads and manifold intended for a 351W block on the 302W block. He won 4 races before the Chevy guyd noticed caught on and said "NO." The Sanctioning body then made him put weight in front of the car to match what the difference was. Being as he was a few cubes short, they went with a 351 afterward (the size limit was 360 Cubic Inches, with the 302 they were only getting a reliable 348).
The next year, the rules stated it must be a 351 block for the Fords.
Respect to Old Cock.Beautiful car and build.
Think it's really cool how they like such a variety of cars. You could see the smiles per gallon
I spotted the Nova when they hit the roundabout. Woody is rocking the Deboss Garage shirt. Another favorite channel.
A buddy from Wales built a 351C back in the 80's. He said it was better than the Windsor. Maybe it had better heads. Thanks for showing us the Falcon. Mustangs were the thing to put a 351 in in the states.
Just the way I love my old cars. Done right but not overdone. Awesome ride hope to see a lot more of it in future vids
That's a hell of a build for a old Ford engine! Great job on that one!
With the grin on that old buggers face Al is loving it.
What a beautiful car
my mate used to have an XC with 351 Boss - Cleavland bottom end with a Windsor top end. it was mint.
Thankyou guys for your efforts! Most men won't think about it or admit it, but such an awesome feeling the instant you see a new Skid Factory is up!
Buy some merch and watch all the ads to support the boys!
Two small notes = if you ever get the chance to figure out another person or logistics of it. Some outside shots of the driving cars would be awesome. The only thing missing from your vids (rolling shots even better). And don't be shy of really lingering on, getting right in there with some detail shots of the components/customizations of the cars while Al talks over instead of trying to keep Al in the actual frame throughout the whole video. We want to bask in the workmanship, ideas, design that goes into each car you've had a hand in.
In the states we call that ‘spirited driving’ cheers
The old school handbrake talk brought up some nice memories.
Being able to pushstart your car without taking off the handbrake was a feature in my day.
Beautiful build. Convo Pros are the best wheel around. Old Cock has the same idea as me. Old and modern all rolled into one. Love it
Many moons ago (mid 80s), I had a '74 XB 4 door with a Clevo. Was originally a 302 + C4 + BW diff. Someone did the engine first, 351 crank and rods, 4V heads and an Edelbrock Torker single plane manifold. Drank like a fish and turns out it had 8 burnt exhaust valves when I got it. Man it was fun fixing it up and I sunk all my paychecks into it. Learned as I went, rebuilt heads, rebuilt long block, new cam, dual plane Performer manifold, spacer, Holley, 4 into 1s, painted, chromed, high compression. Long story short, it went like the blazes and still got reasonable economy, thanks HP Books. Went through 3 gearboxes and 3 diffs before upgrading them. Oh the memories.
If only they had fuel injection and all the other modern ancillaries back then. Worst mistake I made was selling it. Very tempting to try again.
so good to see this kinda stuff on youtube, thanks fellas
the underside of that beauty is truly a builder's goals! Bravo
Old Cock has a very well restored and updated car there and the exhaust looks like a factory unit yet it's hand built nice. as for the rest pf the car it is in pristine condition everything underneath coated so protected, the engine sounds superb yet not loud to the point it becomes obnoxious. Very well done.
The only thing that would make these awesome reviews more awesome, would be some drive-by shots.
The XY Falcon GT induction Shaker in the USA was called Ram Air and appeared on the Mach 1 428 and 351ci and Boss 302 Mustangs.
I get sad when i see the thumbs down on these videos! If you don't like the awesome content guys your on the wrong chanel.
Awesome car. Can't wait for the series on the Firebird. I'm a child of the 70's and 80's, so I love Smokey and the Bandit , The Duke's of Hazzard and The Fall Guy;)
In the US it's also called a shaker hood scoop. For the same reason. We had two versions, the boss 302 like on that one and the CJ, which had a point to go with the hood line.
I live 20 minutes from the factory these engines were built in that gave them their namesake :)
The Aussie "Clevelands" were actually cast and built in Geelong Victoria and should probably be called "Geelong" motors.
The Australian factory didn't have the thin wall casting technology that the US factory had and the engines were a bit heavier than the true Clevelands. Back in the day NASCAR teams used to use the Australian blocks because they were a bit heavier and tougher.
@@peterandrews6714 But you don't have a "Geelong" engine without a Cleveland engine first :)
its called a shaker hood in the USA as well
We refer to them as shakers here in the states as well. Challengers actually have a trim called the shaker or something similar. Shaker hood and all.
That's a clean looking Trans Am in the background there...
First car I ever turned a wrench on was a Trans Am. My first girlfriend bought a trashed one with birthday money so she could rebuild it. It was an interesting year.
Beautiful car wish I had one
GOT A BIG SMILE.....
Great car, great description from Al.
Al, yeah, we call it a Shaker Hood here in the U.S. too. Love that car!
Bad Ass !!! I’m fixing up a 68 two door Faielane THXs ❤️
George Frempter Sic man love that shape I got a 65 2door
This, along with the 1969 Beaumont SD396, is on my crazy rare muscle car wishlist
One of the best looking cars of the era!
GTHO,s had modified suspension, rear end had an extra leaf in the springs and track rods,sway bar set up with larger brake drums on a Detroit locker diff. The front brakes were ventilated disc brakes with heavier springs and swaybar,also the GTs had a quicker turning ratio steering box.
They also came brand new from the factory with options like power steering, air conditioning .
Even the grooves in the tyres are clean.
We call them shaker hoods here in the states aswell.
The Cleveland Ford motor was a fantastic head designed motor that in it's time was chasing down the Hemi. While doing so it also got banned from NHRA in the states, not sure about outside the states, for and I quote "cause it was capable of taking in too much air" and the state side NHRA deemed the Cleveland the "fire breather"
I believe the sanction was lifted not long after ford discontinued it from production. Though those exact details I'm a bit fuzzy on.
I had a black on black XY GT mock up that was mint. No power steer but all the gear. Sold it for 8k to finance a wedding. Makes me cry thinking about it to this day.
Never had to pause a video this many bloody times
We also call the cowl induction a shaker but mostly on mopars
@22:00 this gave me a good laugh because you perfectly described my little brother and the way he treated his first car (including the "vs commo" bit).
I remember telling him how bad it was for the auto but he never listened, never really got punished either because it never actually broke (though he admitted when I showed him this that it did develop intermittent problems shifting - according to him the "fix" was to slam it in reverse a few times....)
when's that Kirks sponsorship happening
select D for maximum respect!! love it!! people look at me weird if I ever say that line hahaha
Love the XY though... helped a mate build his own down in Vic... Loved that car!!
I love the creativity and persistence with the "Old Cock" easter eggs! Drinking a squash to your good fortune! Keep it up gents!
I think the Windsor caught on here because anything with a Cleveland head was a BOSS model and therefore costs 10 times what it should. Your XYGT is a very cool build.
Great car, the old man definitely went the right way about doing it. Putting power windows in would not suit a car of this era and the buttons would look like a wart on a flap.
This is my dream car
Here in Oz all the old 60s, 70s cars with Windsor motors were always boiling on the side of the road? That’s where my preference for Cleveland’s came from?
So much Ford goodness. Grate channel guy's. Keep it up. Gotta love the muscle over the rice burner.
Good on you mate you are keeping it all alive the passed
Awesome, thanks for showing this car! I'm hoping to modernize my 351M in my old truck someday, so seeing this is an inspiration. Cheers!
Beautiful car. Very well done. Love the rack conversion and the Holley efi.
The Clevelands have superior combustion chambers to the Windsors, so as a rule make about 50 more hp thru out the whole RPM range. I'm from the US and I'm not sure why we went with the Windsor (Maybe some thing as stupid as Ford keep the Windsor molds in the US and just decided to ship all the Cleveland molds to Australia because they sold better down there)
It's a Shaker here too. Another cool history lesson on the Aussie versions of muscle cars. Folks say that the Cleveland got better flowing heads than the Windsor, and I dont think you could get the Windsor with the 4V heads. Keep it up.
Al’s loving it. I’m loving it!
Nice job building the old girl.
A lot of those single plane Edelbrock manifolds had bosses for nitrous injectors, so it seems like tapping them for regular fuel injectors is just a natural evolution.
I’m glad he got carried away, that is a gorgeous car!
I'd heard of a shaker, never knew WHY it's called that. Neat.
Yes! Friday just became a whole lot better!
I guess the shaker really is about cold air intake, Really good video, really sensible mods.
Awesome...very interested in how the throttle body and fuel rail was installed on manifold. Might be my next change to my Cleveland. Great video on one of the best cars Australia built
such a nice car
Simply the best car show on the Tube! Cheers fella's
It keeps us going in between Project Binky episodes.
So here in the states Ford went with the Windors mainly cause it was cheap. But there was a variant of the Clevland that was wider called the Modified or 351M . It also came in a 400 cube version. Cleveland heads also bolt directly to Windsor blocks and that mod was called a Clevor. Edelbrock sold conversion intakes . You had to also get custom pistons. Ford also had some heads in aluminum under their SVO brand. Back in around 95 we built a SVO headed 302 Clevor. And made about 450 hp and it revved to about 8500.
That shaker design, on top of being included in our vintage mustangs as people have mentioned, was also used on the '03-'04 Mach 1. I own one and it definitely torques the scoop under load. Also, I love watching some of the Australian "Touring Car Masters" stuff on RUclips where they still race this sort of awesome vintage stuff. Equivalent to our old "Trans Am" kinda series in the States I guess.
I cannot believe how much these Falcons are worth. I had a 72 ute and an xa. The ute had a great ride . I left school in 1970 and these vehicles were reliable easy to repair comfortable on country roads and gravel and through paddocks. Poor mpg but great for long Aussie journeys. The EJ wagon I had did not have a heater or demister. I would open the quarter vent and wore ugg boots and a jacket. My mates xp Falcon had ametal box near your feet as a vent for summer. The 72 utehad full heating light steering and was reallycomfortable.