ON TOPIC - ford 100th anniversary australia, with porsche connection Options

[wonkipop]

of interest to all ford (and porsche fans).
and the one and only @emerygt350

made it down to the ford 100th anniversary celebration in geelong victoria aus yesterday. took the XG ute for a well deserved blast down the freeway for the day and got the engine hot and cleaned out the combustion chambers.

great day. too many fords. overwhelming.

but this stood out.
waited my whole life to see these two cars brought together again.
still remember bathurst 1000 1977.
ford got a 1 - 2 finish and staged it ala le mans with the GT40s a decade earlier.
right down to holding back the #2 car as the ailing but leading #1 almost crippled made it to the end.



there they were.
together again. both cars survived. i think ford put them away in a warehouse straight after the race. occasionally they come out. but this was the first time i had seen them in the metal and the first time i can remember side by side.



drivers names speak for themselves.




with a lovely tribute to the late co0driver of #2.
alan hamilton.
the porsche connection.















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sitting right opposite in the tent was this.





i am pretty sure this was the real thing and not a replica.
no signs. no explanatory card or identification. like you were meant to know what it was and if you didn't........
one of three phase IV GTHO falcons built for bathurst in 1972 then abandoned and aborted in the super car scare run in the newspapers. infamous.
only two of the race cars survive.
pretty sure this was the real thing.
every other replica on display on the day had a sign explaining what it was.

price...........value...........who knows.


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tons of other stuff there of great interest. some of which came out of the ford museum which went into storage after ford shut down local production here 10 or more years back.

they still run a test track and engineering design office outside geelong where they do work for ford international, but the aussie ford has been and gone.

[Maltese Falcon]

And in just 7 more years the Ford flathead v8 will mark its 100 year anniversary ! MSDS exhaust headers has been mfg these for aftermarket since 1985 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[emerygt350]

And in just 7 more years the Ford flathead v8 will mark its 100 year anniversary ! MSDS exhaust headers has been mfg these for aftermarket since 1985 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Love that two into one center exhaust port..