Good luck and have fun. I don't feel the willpower or anything. I feel flat. I should make a video eventually again because I bought a new camera and some other bits and pieces. The software change is the worst though as timelines are not so traditionally laid out and formatted. Much more difficult to work with, however, can handle 4K.
what a beautiful car! great choice. I recently purchased and partly restored a 1983 ZK Fairlane (also with snowflake wheels but painted gold). Great cars for cruising. The old crossflows are lacking in power but they make up for it in torque. Hope you get it to enjoy it for many more years to come my friend.
Thank you very much! I have a Series 2 ZL (Dads) and this the Series 1 ZL. The series 2 is a rust bucket, it might be saveable. I don't know. But your right. They lack power but make up for it in torque. This one goes alright. It has a shudder at idle and stalls when cold between the selector. But once in gear it has no dramas what so ever.
This is just great, I've followed your RUclips channel for a few years now and have seen your posts in the FB groups im glad you've finally got your dream car, make sure to garage it and look after it they are great vehicles. I myself own a 1981 Ford FC LTD 4.1 and love it.
They are a nice car I paid 6,000 in 1997 for a 1987 model. Got heaps of roots in the back seat. I have 2 v8 caprices now, they are much better cars with less problems.
Fair enough. Everyone says V8's are reliable. And cars while increasing in quality and reliability are quite the oppisite of what is said compared to some old school cars. A V8 from the 70's is more reliable than a V8 from 2016 when the last FGX came off the line.
I'm guessing fuel and it's infrastructure and service networks will be required by law to be still available for at least ten years after the final petrol vehicle is built or imported into Australia. The transition will be a gradual, rather than sudden change. My first car was an XE Falcon with the 3-3 six and 4 - speed manual, in cream. When the original owner ordered it, he ticked no options boxes whatsoever. It was as basic as XE's came. The gearbox was notchy, the steering heavy, and the motor just had no torque. The rigmarole of navigating it over the Blue mountains was an arduous and painful process. This small engine was in a car big enough for a 5-8 V8, and it showed. I fitted a decent sound system with four speakers, and a set of XD Ghia rims to lift it's appearance. It eventually became quite rusty, so I passed it on while I could still get something for it. Yes, it wasn't a Fairlane, but it's based off the same model and platform. Enjoy your car.
Still great cars, unfortunately, you are right, some of these were under-powered. But I think you can change a motor and still keep the same aesthetic feel and sound if you do it right. It's great to share our stories and love of cars. And that the infrastructure won't change for over 10 years since the last car was manufactured. I am going to keep my diesel when they cut them off. It's because it's a backup for a world where mobile power plants may have an Achilles heel. That being sensitivity to high-powered electro-magnetic pulses. Some of which we expect but may or may not ever be that bad in our life times. And I say diesel because unfortunately, the ZL is susceptible to the damage as much as any modern-day car.
By the way that is one beautiful ZL you have chosen a good one, well done.
Nothing can beat the smoothness of a 80s XF ZL and FE ( and the XE versions and XD )
maybe a W126/W124/w201. A lovely ZL you got Micheal :)
Cheers, but it belongs in places people can go and see it. Not in the shed.
Your strength and willpower inspires me to get back into my car's, stay strong Michael 😉
Good luck and have fun.
I don't feel the willpower or anything. I feel flat.
I should make a video eventually again because I bought a new camera and some other bits and pieces. The software change is the worst though as timelines are not so traditionally laid out and formatted. Much more difficult to work with, however, can handle 4K.
what a beautiful car! great choice. I recently purchased and partly restored a 1983 ZK Fairlane (also with snowflake wheels but painted gold). Great cars for cruising. The old crossflows are lacking in power but they make up for it in torque. Hope you get it to enjoy it for many more years to come my friend.
Thank you very much! I have a Series 2 ZL (Dads) and this the Series 1 ZL.
The series 2 is a rust bucket, it might be saveable. I don't know. But your right. They lack power but make up for it in torque. This one goes alright. It has a shudder at idle and stalls when cold between the selector. But once in gear it has no dramas what so ever.
This is just great, I've followed your RUclips channel for a few years now and have seen your posts in the FB groups im glad you've finally got your dream car, make sure to garage it and look after it they are great vehicles. I myself own a 1981 Ford FC LTD 4.1 and love it.
Thats excellent 😀
Sorry, youtube didn't alert me to your message.
They are a nice car I paid 6,000 in 1997 for a 1987 model. Got heaps of roots in the back seat. I have 2 v8 caprices now, they are much better cars with less problems.
Fair enough. Everyone says V8's are reliable. And cars while increasing in quality and reliability are quite the oppisite of what is said compared to some old school cars.
A V8 from the 70's is more reliable than a V8 from 2016 when the last FGX came off the line.
I'm guessing fuel and it's infrastructure and service networks will be required by law to be still available for at least ten years after the final petrol vehicle is built or imported into Australia. The transition will be a gradual, rather than sudden change.
My first car was an XE Falcon with the 3-3 six and 4 - speed manual, in cream. When the original owner ordered it, he ticked no options boxes whatsoever. It was as basic as XE's came. The gearbox was notchy, the steering heavy, and the motor just had no torque. The rigmarole of navigating it over the Blue mountains was an arduous and painful process. This small engine was in a car big enough for a 5-8 V8, and it showed.
I fitted a decent sound system with four speakers, and a set of XD Ghia rims to lift it's appearance. It eventually became quite rusty, so I passed it on while I could still get something for it. Yes, it wasn't a Fairlane, but it's based off the same model and platform.
Enjoy your car.
Still great cars, unfortunately, you are right, some of these were under-powered.
But I think you can change a motor and still keep the same aesthetic feel and sound if you do it right.
It's great to share our stories and love of cars. And that the infrastructure won't change for over 10 years since the last car was manufactured.
I am going to keep my diesel when they cut them off. It's because it's a backup for a world where mobile power plants may have an Achilles heel. That being sensitivity to high-powered electro-magnetic pulses. Some of which we expect but may or may not ever be that bad in our life times.
And I say diesel because unfortunately, the ZL is susceptible to the damage as much as any modern-day car.