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Old 29-01-2011, 05:01 PM   #1
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interesting - aparently the the 'xm' shaped falcon carried right through till 91 ??. found this pic ,and can honestly say iam not very turned on by it.sort of volvo looking -ha ha


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Old 29-01-2011, 05:14 PM   #2
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only thing would be kerb weight, I'm pretty sure they got the 221 in the 70's that would make it rather brisk (and scary).
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Old 29-01-2011, 05:16 PM   #3
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Argentina's love for the Ford Falcon
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11968544
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Old 29-01-2011, 05:33 PM   #4
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So Argentina had this when we had the EA. So who wins?
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Old 29-01-2011, 05:37 PM   #5
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i don't like it...it's just the yank falcon we ''aquired'' it & made it work. some older ford lovers might have a different opinion, i'm 28...i grew up with XF's in the family, then when i was into XF's & such as i was starting to love cars, my dad had a AUII.


to me, it's as much a ford falcon as the holden cruze is...



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Old 29-01-2011, 05:42 PM   #6
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Want to buy one...?
At least 10 pages of them....
http://www.ooyyo.com/used-cars/ford-...gentina/page-1

This one is diesel....
http://www.ooyyo.com/used-ford-falco...648783774.html
quite a few others are aswell according to the adds, although i think something is getting lost in the translation....
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Old 29-01-2011, 10:37 PM   #7
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I once showed my father this image and asked him what kind of Ford it was. He couldn't believe it was a Falcon.
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Old 29-01-2011, 10:59 PM   #8
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interesting - aparently the the 'xm' shaped falcon carried right through till 91 ??. found this pic ,and can honestly say iam not very turned on by it.sort of volvo looking -ha ha
You would be very surprised how many 'old cars' were still in production many decades past their release date.

The original Beetle (1938–2003), Citroen 2CV (1948—1990) and Mini (1959–2000) were still made into the late 90's and perhaps even early 00's. Minor adjustments were made along the way but still almost identical.

Edit, the dates in brackets are the model production dates from wikipedia.

Mostly made in poorer countries where safety wasn't a priority.
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Old 29-01-2011, 11:05 PM   #9
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I once showed my father this image and asked him what kind of Ford it was. He couldn't believe it was a Falcon.
Looks like a 60's Chevy Impala front on it.
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Old 29-01-2011, 11:07 PM   #10
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That Falcon also had a negative image - the government torture squads used green ones when they used to go out and knock on people's doors at 2 in the morning (this was at the height of the brutal "dirty war").


Sort of like how some people don't like Alsatians because they were used by some goverments security forces.
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Old 29-01-2011, 11:08 PM   #11
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Looks like a 60's Chevy Impala front on it.
a mini one maybe...like it had sex with a cortina
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Old 29-01-2011, 11:09 PM   #12
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didn't the run the 60's mini body untill the 90's? fairly sure i had seen a few around with fuel injection
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Sort of like how some people don't like Alsatians because they were used by some goverments security forces.
had that a few times growing up...once when i was about 11-12, i corrected the random bloke at the shop, that it was a german shepherd - never herd of an alsatian at that age, but i grew up with ''savage'' german sheperds.
i learned to walk alongside one in fact, a long haired girl i used to hang on to as a little tacker
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Imagine what they would think if they saw our falcon's, reckon they would love them even if they could'nt afford them
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I've been facebook friends with the Argentinian Falcon car club for 6 months and they are very active with runs and displays. But isn't that what customising is all about? Whe you don't have much, you don't believe you are missing out
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Club-a...26955923990509
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Old 30-01-2011, 02:06 PM   #16
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Old 30-01-2011, 02:15 PM   #17
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be sure to check out the galerias!

http://www.todofalcon.com.ar/
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i reckon these headlights are the same as ZJ ZK fairlanes!!!
what do you reckon..
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Old 30-01-2011, 03:25 PM   #19
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You would be very surprised how many 'old cars' were still in production many decades past their release date.

The original Beetle (1938–2003), Citroen 2CV (1948—1990) and Mini (1959–2000) were still made into the late 90's and perhaps even early 00's. Minor adjustments were made along the way but still almost identical.

Edit, the dates in brackets are the model production dates from wikipedia.

Mostly made in poorer countries where safety wasn't a priority.
True! They still make a variant of the old late 60's Hillman Arrow/Hunter (remember them?....No?! Can't blame you!) in Iran.
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