History of the Ford Falcon GTHO

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  • Опубликовано: 23 дек 2024

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  • @saneman8147
    @saneman8147 Год назад +13

    Thanks for the post. Has brought back a decade of memories from the 70's watching bathurst every year with my father, an avid Holden man. A whole day eating party pies, sausage rolls, hot dogs and munchies constantly supplied by my mum.

    • @daniellebcooper7160
      @daniellebcooper7160 Год назад +3

      same, though mum made 'Pikelets' on bathurst day.

    • @SuperJester1975
      @SuperJester1975 Месяц назад

      I can't imagine how incredible that was. Life memories.

  • @buckodonnghaile4309
    @buckodonnghaile4309 Год назад +17

    Growing up in Canada decades ago i had no idea how cool the cars were down under. This is fascinating, an alternate universe of awesomeness. Our cars were all the same as the States with a few rebadged ones for the Canuck market. Cheers

  • @crustydownunder
    @crustydownunder Год назад +16

    I remember when I was 11, my old man, who was an engineer at Ford's Product Engineering division, pointed out the right hand window of his car and said, 'look son, you might never see another one of those.' It was a brand new Red, XY GT-HO Phase 3. Looked amazing and I never forgot it. My dad died a few months ago, but he was right, I have never seen another original GT-HO, phase 1, 2, or 3 since. I did build a mock GT-HO Phase 3 look a-like back in the 90s. Had the Shaker, original stripes, took my a long time to get it perfect. It was a ute. But, even that mock-up GT would be worth close to a $100,000 today. They were best muscle car ever. I've had a 69 HK GTS Monaro, a GTR Torana, Ford Capri, Valiants, all kinds of other muscle cars back from the day, but I'd love to have my old ute back.
    I'm stuck with a Ford FG XR8 ute today. Not a bad car to be stuck with, I guess. But the XY was beautiful.

  • @lukebrennan5780
    @lukebrennan5780 4 года назад +25

    I was so VERY lucky to be a youngster in those years. Moffat was a GOD. My sister's boyfriend took us to see the Boss Mustang at Oran Park and Warwick Farm. Earth-shaking battles with with Bob Jane and Norm Beechey. The Super-Falcon battle with the Boss Mustang was insane. Sat absolutely glued to each Bathurst for the entire day, for those incredible days. Watching all this like yesterday. So wonderful to see it all again.

    • @ronniegauci3843
      @ronniegauci3843 Год назад +2

      right with you mate, i was there too.

    • @gone547
      @gone547 Год назад

      Moffat was a genius? Really?
      Is that why his cars never finished a race without a dent in the frontal area?
      Today you get penalised for being such a 'genius'. Ford fans call it 'forceful driving'.

    • @lukebrennan5780
      @lukebrennan5780 5 месяцев назад

      @@gone547 I was there. I saw it. He was very, very, very impressive. As to "forceful driving", Bob Jane was the king of that in his ZL-1 Camaro! heh.

  • @pauliejay4161
    @pauliejay4161 4 года назад +18

    What a magnificent video! Compelling viewing. Love listening to John Goss.

  • @elmonteslim3711
    @elmonteslim3711 Год назад +9

    As a younger Engineer, I have the highest respect for John Goss. Such an articualte (well spoken) mechanical engineer from an earlier age. Bloody Legend.

  • @williama2722
    @williama2722 3 года назад +13

    Great video, love the history. Sad to say, Great Uncle Al Turner passed away last month. Sharp as a tack all the way! Modest to me, I never knew all of this history. I knew and saw plenty of pictures of hot rods and dragsters but man!

    • @kennyburt4824
      @kennyburt4824 3 года назад +3

      The first time I heard the v8s pulling up the hill at Bathurst in 1967 it was tremendous I still can remember that I was 7years old and hooked dad bought a 68 Fairmont wagon 302 Windsor and I in 71 got a 351 Fairmont seadan looked at all the GTHO ph 3s at hasting dearing ford dealer on parramatta rd but mum did not want the 4 speed loved that era who remember s who won Bathurst 8 10 .or 15 years ago but every one knows who won Bathurst in 71 ...

  • @fugemlpriks1876
    @fugemlpriks1876 Год назад +5

    Would have to be the best video for the era I have ever seen . And I'm not a huge Ford fan . Loved it. Thanks for sharing. 👌

  • @applemuffin7253
    @applemuffin7253 5 лет назад +74

    I remember my mother now aged in her 70s telling me me with a cheeky smile , Your father and I brought a Falcon Phase 3 in blue that was my shopping car lol and he had the LS HQ Monaro in gold for his daily drive
    My mother said she felt cool like a young 26 yo rev head chic driving the new beast along Victoria Road going to the shopping centre at gladesville
    My mother would describe how she’d take the Monaro when the weather was hot as it had Aircon!!
    Sadly the falcon is gone now but I still have the LS with me !!

    • @markgriffin4888
      @markgriffin4888 5 лет назад +2

      Gladesville sure has changed dramatically since then. I had just finished school at HHHS in '69

    • @iamthebroker
      @iamthebroker 5 лет назад +13

      Love the Munro but geez you kept the wrong one.....

    • @maureengosschalk8138
      @maureengosschalk8138 5 лет назад +2

      Me too.

    • @wizzard5442
      @wizzard5442 4 года назад +4

      You lucky bugger Apple, growing up with rev-head mum & dad and hot cars.

    • @annewebster3522
      @annewebster3522 4 года назад +2

      You kept the right one!

  • @chuckselvage3157
    @chuckselvage3157 3 года назад +32

    I like the old school race drivers.Plenty of balls but gentleman with a great degree of wit off the track.

  • @DVincentW
    @DVincentW 3 года назад +10

    as a life long Mad Max fan, and lover of real cars, I would love to know more.. so Im watching this and really enjoying it. Thanks for this.

    • @Jadzo87
      @Jadzo87 5 месяцев назад

      Motor or wheels magazine did a run down some straight in the 70's..a photo next day of the speedometer in the papers and they stopped making them...

  • @Jo_Wardy
    @Jo_Wardy 5 лет назад +6

    im 19 in 2019 and my dad was 19 in 1973. so during his early to mid 20s he said he owned a beautiful XW Ford Falcon. it wasnt a gt but it still was the best car he ever owned. He just wishes he had crystal ball to see the future because the cars he owned that he got rid off because they werent as much in the 70's he wished he could have kept as they are now worth so much money.

  • @Xdghia
    @Xdghia 2 года назад +4

    Great video , really enjoyed that, music not over bearing like some. Thank you.

  • @Inverted.surfer
    @Inverted.surfer 3 года назад +9

    At last someone mentions the "Mustang Bred" Falcon... A huge marketing campaign on first release... and is worthy of a short vid on its own... almost totally forgotten now !!!

    • @glenjohnston2146
      @glenjohnston2146 5 месяцев назад

      I was 11 and an Italian nextdoor neighbour who worked for Qantas bought one new a red xygtho and took me for a ride in it that really changed my mind about how powerful a car could be I was terrified frank valone his name was from that day I was hooked on horsepower

  • @jackfrost2146
    @jackfrost2146 3 года назад +31

    One of my friends bought a GT Ho in 1969 at the going price of about $4500 We all thought he was crazy to spend so much--he was still an apprentice. When the petrol prices went crazy shortly afterwards, he was offered $1500 for it. Luckily he decided to keep it. At one point he was pulled over by the cops just so they could check out his car because they were soon to be issued with them to replace their Mini Cooper S's. He once lost it on a dirt road because he said that the fuel in the giant tank sloshed to one side on a corner. (sounds understandable).

    • @campbellprice3829
      @campbellprice3829 Год назад +2

      😊 Cool story

    • @nigelmorgan3449
      @nigelmorgan3449 Год назад +2

      1975 living at the single man’s quarters in Hedland there was one in the car park belonged to one of the guys there Saturday morning
      he used drive it round the car park we had our own race track yep things were tight but it worked

    • @malcolmwolfgram7414
      @malcolmwolfgram7414 Год назад +4

      The cops in Sydney at that time had Mini Cooper S and GT Falcons, Honda 750 4 bikes and the D's cruised around in Rambler Rebel SST'S ( giant tanks but they could boogie) The GT's were plain of course, but they had wider tyres and twin exhausts, sat more squat to the road. You could buy them at the police auctions after a few years!

    • @markhollis362
      @markhollis362 9 месяцев назад +3

      Great story mate but I think your mate ran out of talent on that gravel road

  • @ashleyjohnmcclure6281
    @ashleyjohnmcclure6281 5 лет назад +10

    Wow lost for words ford racing at it's finest what history love all my fords they don't make them like they use to just love it

  • @raysmith7543
    @raysmith7543 5 лет назад +22

    Great historical video. I really enjoyed every minute of it!

  • @davidr4332
    @davidr4332 5 лет назад +28

    Am a Holden man but i still have a heart for the GTHO in mind .

    • @amskee1
      @amskee1 4 года назад +4

      Same for me!!! My mates Dad has one

    • @edmai6451
      @edmai6451 3 года назад +2

      Then you're a Holden woman👀👀👀😂

    • @nhraandnascarfanatic5907
      @nhraandnascarfanatic5907 4 месяца назад +1

      @@edmai6451there’s always one! You do realise you can be enthused by one car make yet still respect the other…

    • @johnnyboy1586
      @johnnyboy1586 4 месяца назад

      They should have made a two door coupe like the manaro

  • @greebo7857
    @greebo7857 5 лет назад +19

    Thank you for this. I only missed one Bathurst when the HOs were running. I was at RTC Kapooka and the Army wouldn't give me the day off. I know the Holden boys will slag me, but Moffat was a genius, his finesse was incredible. Brock could not have driven a HO the way Moff did. Don't get me wrong, Peter ( RIP 05 ) was a genius in his own way, but his was a raged edge sort of genius. Moff never drove ragged edge, he drove silky. Anyone who saw him drive that TransAm Mustang with only one gear will know what I mean.
    Sadly, there is no racing these days to match those days.

    • @grahambanks3256
      @grahambanks3256 3 года назад +5

      Qualifying for 1972’s race revealed the Torana 3.3-litre still lacked the Falcon’s dry pace, despite 212km/h on Conrod Straight, but rainy conditions rewarded its nimbler package and Peter Brock’s wizardry in the wet. He finished first by eight minutes to steal the winner’s ribbon from Ford’s hands and cement the Torana into this hall of fame.

    • @ldnwholesale8552
      @ldnwholesale8552 3 года назад +3

      Alan was very good, Brock was better and not hard on cars either but could be more flamboyant. And fastest lap on the last lap waving to the crowd proved that

    • @Rassskle
      @Rassskle 2 года назад +5

      @@grahambanks3256 Would you like to race a Phase 3 around Bathurst on a wet track ?
      No one did.
      Very few drivers could keep those monsters on a dry track at Moffatt pace.
      Brock included.
      Even Jackie Ikxx fastest lap was barely intouch with Moffatt average lap time..... and that was in a much easier car to race than the Phase 3’s.
      Incidentally ..... Moffats international record obliterates any other sedan legend at the time.
      Moffat chose to race in Australia with almost no budget and support because he believed it was the tougher and better than the UK, Europe and America.
      Do your homework before comparing a local legend in a race car to a foreigner competing in a slightly faster Yank Tank.

    • @Rassskle
      @Rassskle 2 года назад +3

      @@ldnwholesale8552 HaHaHa....... clearly you know nothing about Moffat or race craft.
      Yessss...... Moffat was an obnoxious Canadian ( falsely believed to be a wealthy Yank ), but he never had a workable budget.
      His international record is the best on record.
      Constantly beating fully funded works teams in one off drives in underprepared privateers cars.
      When the UK Ford factory team complained his unbeatable Lotus Cortina was illegal, his car was stripped and scrutinised.
      To everyone’s surprise , they found his car to be stock standard , straight off the production line, and he was giving away 50 hp to the factory cars that he kept blowing away.
      Incidentally, none of these official race teams would give him a drive because he had no RACE car breading or mentor, he was self taught on the track.
      Also he had no sponsorship to bring.
      He lived off his prize money from race wins ...... or what was left of it after preparing his car for the next race.
      Harry Firth left Ford and went to Holden because Ford refused to pay.
      Holden ( GMH ) spent 4 times as much on their race cars but hid this from parent company GM in America.
      The Holden Dealer Team was a farce and always a fully backed manufacturers race team.
      Brock and Bond got paid well to drive and full manufacturers support.
      Moffat was paid a pittance and ended up running the whole team out of that pittance when Howard Marsden resigned due to lack of funds.

  • @clarkstar11
    @clarkstar11  6 лет назад +35

    Good to see the old Falcons can still draw in the crowds :)

    • @thetreblerebel
      @thetreblerebel 3 года назад +4

      Falcons was sports compact of its day, torquey engine in a light chassis makes it go fast and nimble. Aussies made the Falcon theirs..

  • @darrelgarard7014
    @darrelgarard7014 5 лет назад +8

    my favourite photo of freddy gibson is the one where he is exiting a corner,the name of the circuit i can't remember,with the rear end just lit up,a smile on his face from ear to ear in a gtho phase 3.amazing cars.

  • @steeltrap3800
    @steeltrap3800 6 лет назад +7

    Brother had a GT-XA in the 80s. Hilarious thing to drive. Clutch heavy as hell, really short gear shifter, and the horn button was in fact a strip all around the inside of the steering wheel.
    Wish we'd kept it.

    • @aussiebloke609
      @aussiebloke609 5 лет назад +4

      The one good (if I may use that term) thing Ford did after the supercar scare was to make the Phase IV accessible to buyers - kinda. Just about everything (but not quite) was still available on the options list if you knew what boxes to tick - starting with "RPO-83." of course, you'd then need to know all the other options boxes to be checked...but that was a start.
      www.whichcar.com.au/features/ford-falcon-xa-gtho-phase-iv-and-falcon-rpo-83 On the coupe, this included new rear sheet metal that was about 1 1/2 inches (40mm or thereabouts) wider, to allow for the wider rear tyres they were expecting to run at the track.A mate of mine when I was a kid had an 83...in the almost traditional red with black edging (although personally, I preferred white with the black sills and arches.) Sadly, it was totaled some time in the early '90s. :-(

    • @partymanau
      @partymanau 5 лет назад +2

      I drove an XA GT once, thought the seat would shear off its bolts when I held the clutch in. cant imagine driving one in traffic. They were racing beasts only.

    • @ldnwholesale8552
      @ldnwholesale8552 3 года назад +1

      If the clutch was heavy it was aftermarket. Factory were light.
      Parking a manual steer car was an art of NOT blowing the horn

    • @barrymccarthy2525
      @barrymccarthy2525 Год назад +2

      @@partymanau I owned 3 XA GT's and 1 XB GT and the clutches were all nice and easy

  • @patrickaussieMilartry
    @patrickaussieMilartry Год назад +4

    Awesome show loved it. Cheers going to go for a spin now. 😂❤

    • @patrickaussieMilartry
      @patrickaussieMilartry Год назад

      I'm a Gen X as they say. So I got to grow up being driven around in the best Fords. I love them like my Wife. Beautiful.

  • @rjl110919581
    @rjl110919581 5 лет назад +9

    GOOD OLD DAY RACING IN AUSTRALIA
    THANK YOU DETAIL VIDEO

  • @bradwatts8222
    @bradwatts8222 3 года назад +7

    Seeing full race trim cars getting run in at night going through North Richmond on bells line of road on the way to Bathurst in the 70s was a spectator sport when I was a kid , Moffats transporter was a big deal if you seen it roll through as well

  • @malcolmnicholls2893
    @malcolmnicholls2893 5 лет назад +7

    MAGIC. More people should watch this.

  • @jamesgovett2501
    @jamesgovett2501 4 года назад +7

    Also as l couldn’t afford a Falcon GT with the overwhelming insurance premiums that went with it so l bought XY GS pack in yellow ochre that had the unique to Australia 250 cubic inch “2-V” 170 hp engine with 4 speed manual trans that “warmed over engine “ was a beauty with its detachable inlet manifold with factory headers & 2 barrel carb it was slightly quicker than my mates 302 Windsor auto XW Falcon l remember also you could option the 2-V engine in the XA but only in auto trans ( along with quarter vent windows also in the XA) my brother has a 2-V engine that will be going in an XM Ute this year along with some other hard to get Ford goodies.

    • @ldnwholesale8552
      @ldnwholesale8552 3 года назад +2

      XAs come with 2V 250s and manual gearbox. Friends owned them, and I have priced them as trade ins.

  • @garyspeed8961
    @garyspeed8961 Год назад +4

    46:36 Bill Browns crash still sends a cold shiver down my spine!

    • @38skippers
      @38skippers Год назад

      My Dad took me to see it on display at a local Ford dealer.

  • @peterhall6656
    @peterhall6656 3 года назад +8

    I got my driving licence in a 327 Monaro. They failed me on the first try because I was concentrating so hard on not lighting up the wheels from a stop light that I went through the cycle. The brakes were woeful. I did the Peter Wherrett advanced driving course and we ultimately got to do one lap at the circuit (Warwick Farm) and I remember thinking that it would not stop from about 110-120 mph for the hairpin at Creek Corner. Years later when I was rallying in Gemini series I noted that the Gemmies had front brake rotors of essentially the same size ( 10"' vs 10.5" or something like that). I went for a drive with a guy in an HO round Warwick Farm and we had perpetual tyre smoke through the car on every corner. It was never straight. Fred Gibson is right - they were hard to drive especially over long races. The technology has transformed all motor sport.

  • @tomhough3482
    @tomhough3482 Год назад +3

    Great video

  • @infanantme1350
    @infanantme1350 7 лет назад +22

    I love falcons especially the old ones

    • @clarkstar11
      @clarkstar11  7 лет назад +6

      Go the Fords!

    • @groundhog7652
      @groundhog7652 7 лет назад +3

      I own a 61 Falcon. 170, 3 on the tree tranny. A nice non high speed driver. Good enough to take to Cruise-ins around the area. We live in the US, BTW.

    • @cefb8923
      @cefb8923 4 года назад +2

      @@groundhog7652 I have a US Falcon of the same generation with a 302 I bought in Hawaii and its funny becausd a few months later I visited Australia and had no idea they were that big over there. I would have bought some parts lol.
      In the US they're mainly forgotten about because of the Mustang which it directly competed with. Only the first generation Falcons seem to be sought after.

  • @marklowe7431
    @marklowe7431 3 года назад +4

    What an awesome video.

  • @Wargasm54
    @Wargasm54 7 месяцев назад +2

    Salute 🫡 to these crazy Aussies! Absolutely nuts driving these old Fords like a demon with his head on fire.

  • @paulalbert5290
    @paulalbert5290 2 года назад +5

    In 1975 I left NZ for Sydney to purchase a genuine GTHO. I couldn’t afford $7500 for a Phase 3 so I paid $4900 for a Phase 2. Drive it for about 5 years and sold it for the same price.

    • @daniel-it2lw
      @daniel-it2lw 4 месяца назад

      bet you wish you had thought about those decisions more haha

  • @peterm3964
    @peterm3964 Год назад +3

    I watched Moffat in his Boss Mustang and Beechy in his yellow Monaro race HARD at lakeside in 1970 .

    • @mattrob1483
      @mattrob1483 13 дней назад

      Lakeside the only track I watched any races was at that track in the 90s

  • @chrisbestmufflers6398
    @chrisbestmufflers6398 5 лет назад +22

    great video.. i've remade exhaust systems for all the GT & GTHO models including the "missing" production car phase 4, i remember when i was making the exhaust system on the Phase 4 how lucky i was to be given the opportunity to be able to work on it.

    • @carterlee8344
      @carterlee8344 2 года назад +3

      I developed exhaust systems for a manufacturer.

    • @geneva760
      @geneva760 Год назад +1

      HA - just to touch them would be a memorable moment for me. Thanks for sharing.

    • @byza101
      @byza101 Год назад +2

      Was that Paul the dentist’s phase 4?

  • @DrBleck35
    @DrBleck35 4 года назад +12

    5:37 "There's no substitute for cubic capacity." Moments later, a catch phrase was born.

    • @Steveaustin007
      @Steveaustin007 3 года назад +1

      Until Turbo charges were developed.

  • @paulstark6818
    @paulstark6818 4 месяца назад +1

    A priceless story of a great car and Drivers thank you so much ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @timpriddy349
    @timpriddy349 4 года назад +3

    I dont dig 4 door cars much.....but this was a fantastic story of pure history

  • @carterlee8344
    @carterlee8344 2 года назад +3

    Bravo from the US!

  • @vicharder3227
    @vicharder3227 6 лет назад +6

    Reminds me of my 70 Torino SCJ, love the body style of this car!

    • @allanherdman3427
      @allanherdman3427 6 лет назад +2

      I agree I had 5 Torino's when I was young 1 Cobra, wish I had them now I would build one of these animals !!

    • @ror312gallery19
      @ror312gallery19 5 лет назад +1

      agreed,,,and that aussie /ford, mad max car!

  • @Darko.666
    @Darko.666 4 года назад +4

    That was great! Thanks for posting.

  • @TheGbh1972
    @TheGbh1972 5 лет назад +10

    i worked at McLeods , we had a big building at the back which had some VERY special cars from the old days in storage ....i loved working there (Y)

  • @johnharrop5530
    @johnharrop5530 Год назад +3

    My brother inlaw was the first journalist to drive a Phase III ,He got it in Melbourne and drove it to Albury and back to Melbourne averaging 100mph ,he was editor of Wheels magazine, his name is Mel Nichols ,bummer you didn’t interview him as he doesn’t talk shit like some of these blokes

  • @baronoflivonia.3512
    @baronoflivonia.3512 5 лет назад +10

    I remember when insurance was based on horsepower. Those were some nice looking 4 doors, in Detroit we called them moredoors.

    • @gergatron7000
      @gergatron7000 4 года назад +1

      Yeah they used to under-rate them for this reason. The GTHO despite having what was equivalent to a Boss 351 and is reputed to have 370-380 HP, was advertised as having 300, same as a standard 351-4V GT.

  • @Jo_Wardy
    @Jo_Wardy 4 года назад +3

    If only falcon cars were that beautiful today

    • @trship6274
      @trship6274 4 года назад

      The AU was pretty good, and no, I'm not joking.

  • @brycerogers6398
    @brycerogers6398 11 месяцев назад +2

    Across the road from the main production plant in Geelong was the product engineering plant where selected engines would be run on a dyno, often to destruction.The special orders desk of a Bunnings hardware now occupies the space where one of these dynos was. Sad, huh!

  • @mickvonbornemann3824
    @mickvonbornemann3824 3 года назад +4

    the compare was wrong saying that XR GT only came in the colour gold. There were something like about 15 made in other metallic like colours, but officially they only came in gold.

  • @darthslater6077
    @darthslater6077 5 лет назад +4

    You Aussies never got the fact that Race Cars should NEVER be 4 doors!! The 2 Door Aussie Falcon is a work of art, should have been offered over here what a Beauty!!

    • @clarkstar11
      @clarkstar11  5 лет назад

      I disagree, it dosen't matter how many doors you have just how many Pony's and anyway there were 2 door aussie race cars.

    • @66Pipes66
      @66Pipes66 4 года назад

      You need 4 doors for a six seater.

    • @jamesgovett2501
      @jamesgovett2501 4 года назад +2

      Look you have to remember one thing here Australia @ that time there was probably around only 18 million people compared with the USA that had what 300 & whatever million population youse had many many models of performance cars that made profit due to the numbers of people that bought them, so here we had to make do with what they could make & sell here profitably with a country the size of the USA but with a poofteenth of your population so in view of what we had l think Australia did a pretty good job with what we had as l’m sure if we had your population & we had left hand drive from the start just about all our cars would have been mostly US models, as an aside the most popular car in Australia leading up to the Second World War was Chevrolet! & if it wasn’t for the high tariffs & the exchange rate of the US dollar after the war with fuel rationing into the late 40’s this is why our government forced Australia to buy Pommie (English) cars to help out the British economy for exports but they’re cars were really heaps of underpowered shit that were mostly unsuited fir Australian conditions irrespective of what any pommie car lover tries to say.

  • @SuspenseESCAPEremastered
    @SuspenseESCAPEremastered 3 года назад +4

    Ford won championships in every form of racing during the 60's!

  • @thegodthatfailed100
    @thegodthatfailed100 5 лет назад +6

    Red or Blue...it doesn't matter...great machinery is great machinery and the HO is just that

  • @darrelgarard7014
    @darrelgarard7014 5 лет назад +4

    harry firth-there is no substitute for cubic inches.i have never forgotten that famous quote.dick johnson,harry firth,fred gibson,the geoghan brothers.these blokes are ford legends.

    • @Wargasm54
      @Wargasm54 7 месяцев назад +1

      In the USA we use the phrase “no replacement for displacement “ 😎

  • @davidmellott5049
    @davidmellott5049 4 года назад +5

    OH! I was surprised to know that Moffat who was one of the best drivers was a fellow Canadian.

    • @Rob-fc9wg
      @Rob-fc9wg 4 года назад +4

      The Moff.
      He's an Aussie now.

  • @SuperJester1975
    @SuperJester1975 Месяц назад

    I loved these cars growing up. The racing was before my time but I remember I could tell what car was coming or going down the highway at night by the shape of the headlights or tail lights. I sim race on Assetto Corsa these days and love 'trying' to get these beasts around Bathurst...

  • @JeTTRod
    @JeTTRod 4 месяца назад

    I bet all three will keep their cars from the last ever road trip of the Grand Tour.
    A perfect momento of a couple of decades spent together as they crossed the globe countless times for our entertainment.....
    .... and for their bank accounts...
    I just couldn't imagine how much the memories must mean to them, or how much more boring our lives would have been without hearing "More Powah..!!" from JC, hearing "Captain Slow" in multiple languages whenever May was spotted in foreign lands, or the crunching of metal as Hammond would inevitably crash yet another car on a yet another foreign race track...
    Good times....
    ...gonna miss those boys

  • @adriancarter9532
    @adriancarter9532 5 лет назад +6

    I remember when my dad got an XC Fairmont GXL one afternoon my brother and I could not believe what he got Ford Australia to do but it gurgled and bounced up the drive way it flue the 4.9 dragged off more than it lost best moments ever growing up see it drag off a 79 Torana

    • @jasontroy4723
      @jasontroy4723 5 лет назад

      Adrian Carter : Bud I had an XC GXL Fairmont 5.8 fmx 9in disc to disc . It was a great bloody car it had a sun roof that had an internal handle on roof to operate it . And full house electrics . Also had an xb hardtop gt mock up black 5.8 fmx 9in on its guts with a alloy 3 eyed bug catcher hanging out the gs bonnet sitting on hurricane rims . Are the late 80s to 90s were great . These cars were every where . Now I have a vf Calais 6.2 liter I cant seem to shake the v8s .

    • @ldnwholesale8552
      @ldnwholesale8552 3 года назад

      ADR 27A killed those engines literally. I have had them that went well but most were dogs. And all got 12 miles to the gallon. 302 or 351! 1976 on engines, Holden or Ford were gunkers. Clevos burnt all the valves and seats, then killed the cam as well. Holdens were a little better but bigger slugs, And killed a lot of cams! 6 and V8.
      Crossflow Falcon sixes were the best of all. Though Valiants were not too bad either.

  • @deanrobert8674
    @deanrobert8674 5 лет назад +12

    I've always wondered what the E49 would have been like with A arm coil spring suspension, or just the R&D
    Money spent like Ford and Holden did.
    As any body who knows that 6 Pac hemi motor knows its ability.

    • @chriswillmott462
      @chriswillmott462 4 года назад +1

      265 Hemi Charger was faster down the 1/4 mile than a phaseIII, but lost the legs at high speed

    • @deanrobert8674
      @deanrobert8674 4 года назад +2

      Yes it did have short legs, without listing every part of hindsight of what we know to day it goes back to if the E 49 had the backing on just cam profile and gearing. The the big two had huge money on just the motor. R&D R&D R&D

    • @chriswillmott462
      @chriswillmott462 4 года назад +1

      @@deanrobert8674 Absolutely. You're preaching to the choir.

    • @victorpetroff830
      @victorpetroff830 4 года назад

      @@chriswillmott462 diff was 3.50 Bathurst diff 3.23 gave it longer legs down conrod

    • @gergatron7000
      @gergatron7000 4 года назад +3

      It's biggest Achilles heel was the 3-speed box. By the time it got the 4-speed, the others had caught up. It would have done better at shorter, tighter tracks than the long-legged GTHOs.

  • @mikecernick5575
    @mikecernick5575 Год назад +2

    My Uncle was a engineer at Ford and set the assembly line up in Australia to manufacture it . I wish they had at least manufactured the two door versions here I can’t do four door cars I have no love for them .

    • @annpeerkat2020
      @annpeerkat2020 Год назад +1

      Taste is an individual thing.... I say thank god they didn't!. I reckon there's nothing worse than those enormous stretched yank tanks with only 2 doors.

  • @Bims-t5b
    @Bims-t5b 7 месяцев назад +2

    Lovely stuff

  • @kjeldlarsen912
    @kjeldlarsen912 4 года назад +14

    Looking at cars from then 👍 , looking at cars from now.......depressed

    • @iamasmurf1122
      @iamasmurf1122 4 года назад

      The V8s now piss all over these things ! The old V8 were slugs , even The V6 naturally aspirated they are making now shits all over them

  • @stewartw.9151
    @stewartw.9151 5 лет назад +5

    We called these the Ford Fairmont and Fairmont GT here in South Africa and they were Aussie built imported by Ford of SA in the 1970s. I worked at a Ford dealer and recall test driving a Fairmont GT which must have been the Phase 3 as it had the hood shaker, in 1975. Plenty power for sure!
    Big beast of a car!

    • @pyrobob208
      @pyrobob208 5 лет назад +2

      All XY GT's had shakers, not just the HO's.

    • @Rob-fc9wg
      @Rob-fc9wg 4 года назад +1

      The Super Rhino.

    • @ldnwholesale8552
      @ldnwholesale8552 3 года назад

      ALL XY GTs had shakers. What was under them was different.

  • @elmonteslim3711
    @elmonteslim3711 Год назад +2

    Legends of our childhoods

  • @Helliconia54
    @Helliconia54 4 года назад +5

    my first car was an XW falcon,with a huge(LOL) 188 six.

    • @mickblack3291
      @mickblack3291 11 месяцев назад

      It may have actually been the 221ci 3.6ltr, the next model XY had the first 250ci 4.1ltr.

    • @JosephCowen-fz8vj
      @JosephCowen-fz8vj 4 месяца назад +1

      ​@@mickblack3291well the 188 was the bottom engine , it had 3.1 litre badge the 221 had 3.6 litre badge .not many 188 ci sixes were sold .

  • @davedunn4285
    @davedunn4285 11 месяцев назад +1

    I had always been a ford man and then along came big brother and that was the end . Quick phase 111 was an understatement my mate had one and that car flew

    • @nhraandnascarfanatic5907
      @nhraandnascarfanatic5907 4 месяца назад

      My dad and myself are very proud holden/chevy men, my uncle on the other hand was ford through and through! Had a red XY GTHO and sold it to order the XC Cobra. Reckoned it was the worst thing he EVER did lol and it was too my old man was telling me, the thing was a 217hp boat anchor. PAINFULLY slow

  • @TheNismo1969
    @TheNismo1969 25 дней назад

    Told it as it is great video new sub here awesome REAL content. Cheers

  • @Alakwe
    @Alakwe 5 месяцев назад +1

    Remember a shearer Paul Kemp got himself a new factory purple 1974 gtho special,myself and a mate were admiring it l was about 16,he said jump in and took us for a spin,l remember being shoved hard into the seat with gforce,110 mph in 3rd gear,it was a 4 speed,that was up hill

  • @glendooer6211
    @glendooer6211 5 лет назад +11

    Feel sorry for the kids today watchingSupercars ..nothing like the 70's

    • @nhraandnascarfanatic5907
      @nhraandnascarfanatic5907 4 месяца назад

      And back in the 70s, guys from the 40s and 50s very likely thought the same thing!

  • @UberLummox
    @UberLummox 4 года назад

    @3:52 driver "Harry Fur"??? :-)
    As a US of A'er I always thought it was sad Australia got very few 2 dr cars.
    Seeing "GT" badges and racing stripes on a 4dr. is just very strange to me!
    They made 2dr. Falcons here so I don't quite get it. Different market I guess...or something. (?)

  • @kowhaijack6033
    @kowhaijack6033 4 года назад +4

    The days when U had to drive ,not steer like modern cars ,no bells and whistles just awesome cars

    • @JayDee-xj9lu
      @JayDee-xj9lu 4 года назад +1

      But you had to change the door handles every pitstop. The body roll was shocking. I had a MK 1 Cortina, XR XT . Those were the days.

    • @Rob-fc9wg
      @Rob-fc9wg 2 года назад +1

      @@JayDee-xj9lu
      Steering, brakes and suspension straight off an 1850s Cobb & Co mail coach.

  • @trevorcronin9249
    @trevorcronin9249 Год назад +1

    2:51 notice the Alfa on the front row? 😁

  • @mickvonbornemann3824
    @mickvonbornemann3824 8 месяцев назад +1

    As well as the V8 Torana & the Phase 4, Chrysler were developing a special high output R/T version of the 340 Charger too. All 3 stillborn because of the Supercar scare. The Supercar scare led to the change from Series production Touring Cars to a highly modified class Touring Cars, so manufacturers didn’t have to bring out Homologation pack specials sold to the public to make their mods race legal.

    • @JosephCowen-fz8vj
      @JosephCowen-fz8vj 4 месяца назад

      The 340 was tried and was slower than the 265 ci Hemi Six .

  • @grahambanks3256
    @grahambanks3256 3 года назад +3

    Dominant is leading by laps and breaking the lap record on the last lap with used tyres............. The King of the mountain..... RIP Brocky

    • @clarkstar11
      @clarkstar11  3 года назад

      We all miss him even us Ford guys!

    • @ldnwholesale8552
      @ldnwholesale8552 3 года назад +1

      Will never happen now. A nanny car will come out every hour to close up the field.

    • @lukebrennan5780
      @lukebrennan5780 5 месяцев назад

      I still feel Colin Bond has been massively under-rated. He was another brilliant driver of that era and the 69 Bathurst in the 350 Monaro was excellent.

  • @danb.3397
    @danb.3397 5 лет назад +3

    Indeed, in the States there was NO news at all about what was happening in OZ. We were caught up in Camaro's and Mustangs.

  • @joelbibleman9648
    @joelbibleman9648 6 лет назад +1

    At 18:25 the XW GT HO has number plates on.

    • @GSF1974
      @GSF1974 4 года назад +1

      Early 1970s the race cars could and were driven on public roads to get to the tracks. The 70s were crazy times.

  • @haroldmclean3755
    @haroldmclean3755 2 года назад +2

    The SUPER 🦅 FALCON
    Never Knew 👍

  • @beagle7622
    @beagle7622 5 лет назад +3

    From memory the major visible difference was the Glove Box door. The HO had a GTHO badge on that door. The first GT I saw in 68 was a Victorian Cop car. It had the High performance engine badge on it. I saw a Gold GT on the road a couple of weeks later.

  • @mathewnicholls2590
    @mathewnicholls2590 11 месяцев назад

    Wow, please tell us more about, I had an XB GT they claimed was the successor to the Phase 4

  • @JC-gw3yo
    @JC-gw3yo 3 года назад

    How about more technical details. I believe the engines were Cleveland design. What did the suspension look like ?? Detail please for us gear heads

    • @Rob-fc9wg
      @Rob-fc9wg 2 года назад

      Steering, brakes and suspension straight off an 1850s Cob & Co mail coach.

  • @MrPomdownunder
    @MrPomdownunder 4 месяца назад

    I moved to Australia at the height of the Ford V Holden era.... Lots of arguments over smoko on Monday mornings..

  • @Steveaustin007
    @Steveaustin007 5 месяцев назад

    I had a memorable conversation with Howard Marsden . He said the drivers were very brave , and that they used to get up to 160mph.
    I said I didn’t think the standard gtho went that fast. He said the cars in 1971 we he ran the show , the cars weren’t standard.

  • @Robert-mn8gc
    @Robert-mn8gc 7 месяцев назад +2

    The Problem with the Ford Falcon XY GT were they couldn't STOP when released from the Factory.
    A well heeled Guy bought one 4 his wife . He drove it & wouldn't let his wife drive it .
    Some how he tracked down my mate John Bennett who checked the Vehicle over . It had NO VACUM ( approx 6-7 inches) when it required 16-18 inches.
    My Mate John built a Brand New set of Headers & some other things l dont recall. His prowes sorted the issues & somehow Harold Marsdon from Ford Australia 🇦🇺 found out & within a very short time ⏲️ every Ford GT made its way 2 Doncaster 2 Johns Workshop 2 be Fixed .
    Security Guards were Hired & this led John 2 assist Ford as a Trouble Shooter 4 Ford for the next 30/40 years . And along friendship was formed between Harold & John . I have been a Mate of Johns 4 aprox 30+ yrs .

  • @davidmellott5049
    @davidmellott5049 4 года назад +1

    Was the original 351C in these Ford Falcons the same motor used in the US with the 4-barrel large port heads, or was this the special much sought after, heads created for road courses in Australia? I now have a set of the Australian heads on my Boss 351C they have a way better bottom end than the big ported 4 barrel original heads that were on my Cleveland engine from the factory. Much better for street use also.

    • @Twenty_Six_Hundred
      @Twenty_Six_Hundred 4 года назад

      Correct the bottom end was the same but top end were manufactured in Australia at the Geelong plant. Alot better flow and produced much more HP

    • @ldnwholesale8552
      @ldnwholesale8552 3 года назад

      The GTHOs were closed chamber 4Vs.
      And yes the 302 closed chamber heads are a LOT better to drive than those useless door stops [4Vs]

    • @Rob-fc9wg
      @Rob-fc9wg 2 года назад

      @@ldnwholesale8552
      Americans have never heard of a 302 Cleveland.

  • @Marcus_from_OZ
    @Marcus_from_OZ 4 года назад

    No mention of the QC option?

  • @bryancleveland2711
    @bryancleveland2711 11 месяцев назад

    Does anyone know why most of these cars were 4 door? Does it have any advantage?

  • @ror312gallery19
    @ror312gallery19 5 лет назад

    my dad bought a white four door in 1962,the year we moved to babylon,long island,, ,from brooklyn.ny, he was always trying to get the best gas mileage, and space to fit our family,,4 from 1957 to 60, 4 more from 1962 to 68,,,,vw bus, and amc rambler 4 door came very soon after,,,then we moved to cork,ireland in 1967,,,!
    cheers to all from italy

  • @barryspicer6782
    @barryspicer6782 3 года назад

    Soon after Bill Brown put his GTHO on it's roof, another car did the same i the background.
    Anyone know who that was and what that car was?

  • @glenphillips9068
    @glenphillips9068 6 лет назад +12

    John goss reminds me of Paul hogan.

  • @patbarrett9263
    @patbarrett9263 5 лет назад +2

    certainly was a different falcon than the one sold in the states

  • @stephenc8956
    @stephenc8956 16 дней назад

    Never underestimate the power of the story.
    Good times..

  • @vk4987
    @vk4987 6 лет назад +14

    They missed the opportunity to explain what changed in each successive model, particularly the three ho s, and why the changes. Everybody just forgets why homologation specials existed and what was learned to create the next one. 😥😥😥

    • @ldnwholesale8552
      @ldnwholesale8552 6 лет назад +3

      Ph1 HO, lumpy grumpy higher compression 351 W. Closer ratio boxes and shorter diff gears.
      Ph2 HO 10-1 Clevo 4V that breathed far better with those canted valve heads, again close ratio and shorter diffs. Which where options on Normal GTs as well.
      Ph3 HO. A lot of improvements to the Ph2 engine. Bigger cam, more compression. Better intake, better carby, better stronger big block gearbox. Vaccuum tank for the brakes. Real power was around 380. Suspension was refined and brakes tickled up. Inc very heavy duty[and heavy] Mustang rear drums. but still pleasant to drive around town. Though 3.50 diff helped there.
      Ph4 HO, all of the ph3 plus more including better oil pans.15x7 Globe alloy wheels. In a wider track sleeker car. Heavier but pushed less air. Ask John Goss about the aero compared with XB!!

    • @webbfast
      @webbfast 5 лет назад +1

      The GTHO Phase 3 won Bathurst in 1971 but it was beaten by the Peter Brock LJ GTRXU1 Torana in 1972.
      So that's the best Ford could make soundly beaten, and it was almost repeated in 1973 but for a fuel miscalculation.

    • @xhxr8515
      @xhxr8515 5 лет назад +1

      Bruce Webb if you look at the qualifying times the 1972 he will see that v GTHO would have nailed the Holdens. Although the Torana is a traffic race car .

    • @chargerwoh
      @chargerwoh 5 лет назад +1

      I’ve always thought the real battle took place of NZ tracks but they didn’t have the big straits so the charger dominated nothing wrong with the other 2 brands owned a few of them but as far as what came off a showroom floor the charger would take them all except the falcons top speed

    • @leoncutajar1369
      @leoncutajar1369 5 лет назад

      @@webbfast After 1972 they were no longer factory cars so it doesn't count.

  • @iamrichrocker
    @iamrichrocker 5 лет назад +2

    my GrandPa had one..pristine with those clear see thru seat covers that stuck to your ass and back in the summer..slow as hell but as a 5 year old i thought it was such a neat car..still do..

  • @chrissouther1563
    @chrissouther1563 4 года назад

    Where can I get 1967 quarter panel patches?

  • @jacklarson6281
    @jacklarson6281 5 лет назад +8

    God Bless the V8

  • @351kostakis
    @351kostakis 3 года назад +1

    Fantastic

  • @jx4312
    @jx4312 4 года назад +4

    with all the technology after all these years converting it to colour film would of been good.big difference race paint and cars bright colours of 60-70s.

  • @johnnymunro4650
    @johnnymunro4650 2 года назад +1

    What about the e49 charger

  • @yummybaconandeggs8804
    @yummybaconandeggs8804 5 лет назад +5

    My father had a phase four ordered when they cancelled them. Good God I remember he insisted it had to have automatic transmission, it would have been interesting to see what happened.

    • @wizzard5442
      @wizzard5442 4 года назад

      Were any HO's ever available as autos? I think not, engines too powerful.

  • @jamesgovett2501
    @jamesgovett2501 4 года назад +4

    I was a young teenager back in the early seventies & l suppose l was a lucky young couta as l worked for a few different Ford dealers & a couple of Holden dealers as well as one Chrysler dealer & l remember especially @ one dealer the boss used to flip a coin between another young work colleague of mine when we had to pickup a Falcon GT or the very slim chance of a HO from another yard or dealer, l would always call heads! & 7 times out of 10 l would win the toss & off l would go with the trade plates & literally thrash the bloody daylights out of them!! You didn’t have to worry about speed or red light cameras in those days why even the cops had to have a reason just to pull you over @ random! Geez just as well they were fords as l used to think the poor bastard that bought it wouldn’t be too happy if he knew that some young tyke was flat lining & doing wheelies in the car he just bought!!! as l couldn’t afford one on my meagre pay at least it was a consolation that l could thrash the daylights out of a new/used one! It was good fun l can tell you, l did the same at Holden dealers l worked for with XU-1’s & l loved the HG 350 chev powered Monaros & the fireball 318 Valiants & the odd 340’s, man they were the days!!!!

  • @markissboi3583
    @markissboi3583 4 года назад +2

    John Gross 14:30 Paul Hogan i thought for a moment🤔👍

  • @tandjrogers
    @tandjrogers 6 лет назад +3

    The narrator got it a little wrong at the start. It was the 'GALLA-H-ER 500', not the 'GALL-GH-ER 500'. Thers was no 'G' before the 'H'.

    • @raymossop7959
      @raymossop7959 4 года назад

      He stated that the GT'swere only paint gold however Ford painted 6 or 7silver for Gallher cigeretes. There is at least one that has survived.