Just need the "Tofu Delivery Service" sticker on the door or a "TSF Shed Skids FTW" on the roof. Maybe a "BS Performance, fake until you make it or a Woody inside like that PC Logo on the drovers door.....the list goes on....!
The Ibis! Not as obviously majestic as a falcon, but still a bird. Same colour scheme, Aussie icon underdog. Not pretty, but gets the job done - hard to kill 😂
Hard to Kill? nobody told them on the gold coast motorway that they were hard to kill. The Only road kill you'd never want to cook and eat. The AU has the same beaky look like the bin chook though.
Cant spell beautiful without AU 😍 AU falcon isn't a meme for nothing. I daily an Au manual v8 and I'll never let it go, I legit like driving it more than my fg GTP. Granted its not a rocket but there's something about it that no other car I've had has come close to
@@SassyXR6007 Still regret selling my XR6 au manual. Could do anything in that car, half a tonne of carpet tiles in the boot, no worries. Friend with a 3/4s full cargo hiace that he needs to return to the rental place? No worries mate it'll fit in the falcon and it'll look good doing it. Last of the cable throttle falcons, the throttle response was *instant* and all the torque down low meant it was there when you wanted it. The manual box helped a lot I think.
It's your call, but since you asked for advice while installing the belts: I would say please wear a HANS if you are wearing a harness. 3 point belts and airbags prevent neck-snapping impacts by allowing your body to move with your head. With your whole body locked in place, a HANS is a really important safety feature.
Crash safety is a multi-part system. In a standard street car the system is crumple zones + belts that allow torso movement + airbags. While race equipment is safer for the higher speeds, it's only safer if it accounts for every part of the system: - Harnesses keep your body in place much better - But now your head will put strain on your neck = HANS becomes important - The harness also keeps you from folding at the waist, so in a rollover if the roof collapses you have less head safety as well = roll cage. For a limited subset of events and circumstances you can get away with piecemeal, but these mods aren't too difficult or expensive, and are probably good content for the channel! Cheers from an amateur track rat in Portland, OR
@@mattgraham1983 You will need to text to speech that line once you get into an accident at speed with a car that isn't properly setup for the conditions. I would have thought at over 40 you would care more about your safety.
A tip on the shoulder belts, couldn't really see in the vid, I like to cross them over behind the seat so they can't slip down and off your shoulders. Spreader plates are great though not enough people run them, in my opinion it is insanity since what good is a harness if the bolts just pull through the floor Also that lace work is sick
Looks like an ex-cab. As a former taxi driver, I have done thousands of miles in cars like this. Look for holes in the dashboard to the right of the steering wheel where they used to screw down the radio which was a huge metal box in the early 2000's.
Many years ago my brother was at an auction and there was a quite new, very clean Gen 2 up-market (not sure of details) AU there that had no paperwork. He enquired and it turned out it had just been forgotten and the car had FSH. He got it for a bargain and it was a really good car that he kept for a few years.
The Falcon AU, a car only it's mother could love, cept there are a few people who really like them. The looks of these were a miss for me, the BA though, It looked really cool. I'm not sure but I think this design was going with the rest of Fords cars from that period, in particular the Taurus. I think Ford did for a short time consider rebadging Tauruses as Falcons once they stopped making them. It wasn't a popular idea. To me the Taurus represents the 'Camryfication' of cars. Ughughugh.
My mate is a panel beater and during his apprenticeship they would go to the Ford dealership with a tabletop tow truck, towing a car trailer and pickup the AU Falcons to cut out and repair rust. Apparently they had a dodgy batch of vehicles that was not worthy of anything but scrap.
They seem to rust out in the bootlid a lot like this one has, we stripped out one to use at the speedway but it ended up having rusty A pillars so became a parts car
Build name "FUGLY " The AU was not popular when released for obvious reasons, luckily Ford did a rapid redesign of each end, which gave us the mighty BA. They have though, gone on to become a good cheap Drift car
Deadset bought me a manual Vn commo a few years back,pulled the whole interior to swap it out,found multiple used syringes and business cards for different rehabs under the seats, weird to see it first hand (As a find). P.S lockys are the way and the life 🤣
Would so love to come down but been in hospital a week so can't go anywhere. Have a great night at Calder. Hopefully there is another live stream to keep up with the action
No mate I think you got a bargain. I see some people asking 10 k plus for rusted out xb and c falcons. Au we're a good car back in the day compared to the d c and b .
Mate the older falcons weren't to desirable back when I grew up. Fairly basic car and not as refined as some of the Europeanoffers, 5 deep at the tip they were, lol
@@vlt873of course a newer cars is going to be technically better than an older one, and more affordable. That’s not why people buy old cars though. Lucky for you, you prefer the AU so you can get a good deal.
@@steveb9270of course. That’s the cycle with lots of cars. But some cars never come back around to being a cool, desirable old car that people put money into restoring. I don’t think the AU will ever come back around to that, but maybe I’m wrong and they’ll be the next GTHO (I hope not).
How many takes did you make grabbing that perfect size sump plug washer "first try", my old eyes would've let me down there haha. 12:26 Also, tracklist? Mad backing tunes.
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Just need the "Tofu Delivery Service" sticker on the door or a "TSF Shed Skids FTW" on the roof. Maybe a "BS Performance, fake until you make it or a Woody inside like that PC Logo on the drovers door.....the list goes on....!
Name it Trent. Because it’s Kevos methed up mate.
Trent Trent
Heaps siiiick ayyyyeee
How dare you soil Kevin, the Savage’s name by associating him with this AU!
@@U43A Good ol Trent from Punchy 😅
"Give me back me purse!"
If it survives, would be cool to race Scotty in his 12 for 2k
She's gotta be named Crystal surely..... As hommage to her potental past as a hot spoon enthusiast taxi 😂😂
The Crystal taxi
Crystal Beth
Methany
Go the AU! Lovely to see the AU magic getting to you. I own one in Wales, UK.
Yours isn't shit box like this thing though. lol
How the hell did you get one all the way in Wales? Did you import it or something?
Ahhh up it's Mr HubNut!
Woody I'll give you $50 for the passenger weather shield! Seriously! I'm in Melbourne.
The Ibis!
Not as obviously majestic as a falcon, but still a bird. Same colour scheme, Aussie icon underdog. Not pretty, but gets the job done - hard to kill 😂
bin chicken
Hard to Kill? nobody told them on the gold coast motorway that they were hard to kill. The Only road kill you'd never want to cook and eat.
The AU has the same beaky look like the bin chook though.
@@Mercmad can’t kill the spirit of the Ibis - it’s the same energy they call “the force” in the Star Wars movies that binds the galaxy together
It's... definitely very Methany
Best of luck in the race
Cant spell beautiful without AU 😍
AU falcon isn't a meme for nothing. I daily an Au manual v8 and I'll never let it go, I legit like driving it more than my fg GTP. Granted its not a rocket but there's something about it that no other car I've had has come close to
Agree! The best road trip i ever done was in AU XR6. The best drive of my 30 years driving
@@SassyXR6007 Still regret selling my XR6 au manual. Could do anything in that car, half a tonne of carpet tiles in the boot, no worries. Friend with a 3/4s full cargo hiace that he needs to return to the rental place? No worries mate it'll fit in the falcon and it'll look good doing it. Last of the cable throttle falcons, the throttle response was *instant* and all the torque down low meant it was there when you wanted it. The manual box helped a lot I think.
It's your call, but since you asked for advice while installing the belts: I would say please wear a HANS if you are wearing a harness. 3 point belts and airbags prevent neck-snapping impacts by allowing your body to move with your head. With your whole body locked in place, a HANS is a really important safety feature.
Crash safety is a multi-part system. In a standard street car the system is crumple zones + belts that allow torso movement + airbags.
While race equipment is safer for the higher speeds, it's only safer if it accounts for every part of the system:
- Harnesses keep your body in place much better
- But now your head will put strain on your neck = HANS becomes important
- The harness also keeps you from folding at the waist, so in a rollover if the roof collapses you have less head safety as well = roll cage.
For a limited subset of events and circumstances you can get away with piecemeal, but these mods aren't too difficult or expensive, and are probably good content for the channel!
Cheers from an amateur track rat in Portland, OR
😂😂😂 OK safety Sally.
@@mattgraham1983 You will need to text to speech that line once you get into an accident at speed with a car that isn't properly setup for the conditions. I would have thought at over 40 you would care more about your safety.
@@mattgraham1983 Imagine ragging on someone for helping to keep another person safe. Your mates must be top blokes.
a non-negotiable item IMO
The paint job is pure design genius, mate...
Awesome...
The lace looks sick bro! It has to be named Beryl to match the lace
I once heard the Mighty AU was the best ever falcon to perform in the wind tunnel.. Go the AU
An impounded Falcon? Mate, that's a Jailbird.
Yeah boy. The AU has its claws into you already, Wait till you have raced it. You will love it even more
A tip on the shoulder belts, couldn't really see in the vid, I like to cross them over behind the seat so they can't slip down and off your shoulders. Spreader plates are great though not enough people run them, in my opinion it is insanity since what good is a harness if the bolts just pull through the floor
Also that lace work is sick
Looks like an ex-cab. As a former taxi driver, I have done thousands of miles in cars like this. Look for holes in the dashboard to the right of the steering wheel where they used to screw down the radio which was a huge metal box in the early 2000's.
...and if it's Brisbane ,the orange paint.
Clearly the first diff youve welded. As an experienced fellow diff welder upperer... Jam some bolts into the spider gears before you weld ;)
I learnt to drive in a manual swapped AU, that was 22 years ago. One of the best cars around.
Go and borrow a tidy au fairlane with the wheezer for a weekend and go cruising. You will get hooked.
Yeah love me a fairlane, if own the shit out of an NL
It’s a good deal for 800$ I reckon. I want to do this when I can drive In Australia as well
Long time lurker ..... but this one has prompted me to comment .... Love it mate !!!!!
Looks mint! Looking forward to the event
AU was the best built, most reliable Falcon, just a shame they were so ugly.
i am amazed at how dry that sump was. not an oil leak in sight.
The Roof paint thing is killa Bruz Love ya vids been here from the start you killing it woody
First vid of yours and subbed after watching. Great informative video. Thanks
That lace pattern on the roof is unique and cool, nice. The Intech engine was always referred to me as "Grandpa's Axe"
Many years ago my brother was at an auction and there was a quite new, very clean Gen 2 up-market (not sure of details) AU there that had no paperwork. He enquired and it turned out it had just been forgotten and the car had FSH. He got it for a bargain and it was a really good car that he kept for a few years.
15:18 Woody sets a new trend for the AU purists, MHC should rep the lace roof in a X-Mas video this year!!!!
Proper cool! Welcome to my world😂😂😂😂 Falcon is life
The AU is a national treasure now released to the world via RUclips, these will soon be exported to all corners of the globe ADM!
$800AUD is about £5 I think. Who could have expected it would be utter shite? Never change Woody.
❤ Scottys garage is doing i think newer version for 12s for 2k, he would be the man to ask for advice. 😊
Yours looks mint, the two tone rocks 🤘
Have fun Woody, should be a blast! I'd call it Splooge.
The Falcon AU, a car only it's mother could love, cept there are a few people who really like them. The looks of these were a miss for me, the BA though, It looked really cool.
I'm not sure but I think this design was going with the rest of Fords cars from that period, in particular the Taurus. I think Ford did for a short time consider rebadging Tauruses as Falcons once they stopped making them. It wasn't a popular idea. To me the Taurus represents the 'Camryfication' of cars. Ughughugh.
that spray job cracks me up, love it hahahha
That lace trick looks great!
My mate is a panel beater and during his apprenticeship they would go to the Ford dealership with a tabletop tow truck, towing a car trailer and pickup the AU Falcons to cut out and repair rust. Apparently they had a dodgy batch of vehicles that was not worthy of anything but scrap.
They seem to rust out in the bootlid a lot like this one has, we stripped out one to use at the speedway but it ended up having rusty A pillars so became a parts car
It’s Shamu! The roof turned out great honestly.
C'mawn it's not THAT bad - the engine is worth that much on its own.
Everyone loves AUs. People who don't love AUs just haven't driven them yet
Gotta call it the Skid Pig 😅
Hahaha that paint job added 50 killer wasps mate, no doubt about it! Lace curtains over that roof is pretty cool!
Build name "FUGLY "
The AU was not popular when released for obvious reasons, luckily Ford did a rapid redesign of each end, which gave us the mighty BA.
They have though, gone on to become a good cheap Drift car
Hell yes bro the paint work looks good
Deadset bought me a manual Vn commo a few years back,pulled the whole interior to swap it out,found multiple used syringes and business cards for different rehabs under the seats, weird to see it first hand (As a find). P.S lockys are the way and the life 🤣
Looks SICK!!!
Maybe after the race you could do a chip tune with twin throttle bodies for maximum dort dort noises
Name idea. AU falcon kidding me?.
There was an industrial estate special around the corner from my place that had the fake plate 'AU KIDDING' 🤣🤣
love that roof top paint job.
Would so love to come down but been in hospital a week so can't go anywhere. Have a great night at Calder. Hopefully there is another live stream to keep up with the action
I love how that boat is from Coffs Harbour! That is where I live.
It looks like a Sharleen to me
No mate I think you got a bargain. I see some people asking 10 k plus for rusted out xb and c falcons. Au we're a good car back in the day compared to the d c and b .
Those older cars ask more because they’re desirable. AU is not desirable and I can’t imagine it ever will be.
@@piefliesthe smile per dollar with the AU is better than an old leaf sprung shitheap that doesn't stop or corner without huge amounts of money.
Mate the older falcons weren't to desirable back when I grew up. Fairly basic car and not as refined as some of the Europeanoffers, 5 deep at the tip they were, lol
@@vlt873of course a newer cars is going to be technically better than an older one, and more affordable.
That’s not why people buy old cars though.
Lucky for you, you prefer the AU so you can get a good deal.
@@steveb9270of course. That’s the cycle with lots of cars.
But some cars never come back around to being a cool, desirable old car that people put money into restoring.
I don’t think the AU will ever come back around to that, but maybe I’m wrong and they’ll be the next GTHO (I hope not).
That Supercheap Auto Trade is awesome, been on it for just about 10 years.
Think it should be called Nuggs as it’s a bloody Nugget 😂
At 17:10 best fun you can ever have - you forgot; with your clothes on.
You gunna also do Scotty's Garage 12s for $2k while the cars in vic its at HPR on Australia Day.
Would love to see some cheap, beginner drift content with the mighty AU if it survives the race!
Tracy
Knew 2 Tracy's that drove exact same models and colour
I know a Tracy she's Tonya's higher mileage older sister
You should name the AU the APOO
Regardless commy or falcon, so long as it has a solid rear diff.
The AU was popular?
In what universe was that?
The taxi universe
@@john_barnett that's true
I stand corrected
They were also rental and company cars. Full coverage insurance meant I have a soft spot for the PAWG AU
Call the au "the hot spoon enthusiast "
😂😂😂😂
Name it "Hey You"
If Mad Max was made now he'd drive a Series 1 AU Forte and rule the wastelands
My 1st car was an EA wagon in White with a dog of a 6cly and auto.... fun times
No cage? In Kiwiland, it would definitely require one for contact racing
No cage for this race, needs to be caged for future events though
No know all, depends on the event.
No know all. Depends what track your at
Taking the car at face value seems awfully refreshing! Every time I buy a cheap beater for under $1000, I sook because it's not mint 🙄🙄
lace idea is pretty cool
You can't have Australia without AU beAUtiful car
Cool, it came with slicks 😀You haven't done a VK45 swap yet, that would be cool.
Call it The Bird
That way if you flip it, you can say it was for the memes.
Here’s a name for the mighty AU. The Skid Factory GT Forte
Name it Thrish. Since she's got all the tricks for ya, if you just supply here with the *Listens again* needle enthousiasm needs.
AU is definitely cooler than BA, I would say an AU is cooler than XY GT.
I think the shoulder straps are ment to have a 10 degree down slope from the shoulders to pull you down in the worst case scenario
Love the lace - that awesome!!!
Other comments have noted but please use a HANS.
The Foulcan
Put the Skid Factory logo's on the doors as well...... I'm probably too late though, I bet its on the truck
Going to have to change the channel name to the Skid Falconry now.
How many takes did you make grabbing that perfect size sump plug washer "first try", my old eyes would've let me down there haha. 12:26
Also, tracklist? Mad backing tunes.
That paint actually makes it look little less shit!
Do the pattern on the bonnet too please
Think the logo's would have been better on the doors and add a racing stripe. Like the initial D inspiration.
The AU needs to be named Shazza; Kevos 3rd wife 😆😆
PUT AN LS IN IT
🤢
I think you already named her woody, the “hot spoon”
There is a mint story for that car forsure
Call it TLC because you're chasing waterfall grills
They weren't popular when they were new. Holden continuously smoked them in sales.
Call it ‘Auf Wiedersehen’ cos see ya later👌😂
Ngl low key looks 🔥
Best car ever made in Australia and by some margain, still tonnes on the road every day
If it's the Reet race, surely it needs to be called Rita?
Call her Aurora 😊
Or what about calling it “Moby’s shit” cause of the whale grill..
Definitely called MOBY
Call it the slush bucket 😂