Nice Looking Indonesian Barn Find XR Wagon

[aussiblue]

Oops I mean "Barn Find" (Can a Moderator edit the title please) See http://www.fordforums.com/f532/need-...-wagon-288841/

If this is genuine it looks in reasonable condition.

[DJR-351]

Can you post pics here? not a member over there so can't see them......

[aussiblue]

OK; how's this?

[DJR-351]

Cheers aussiblue....

That's a nice straight looking example for sure, plenty in Aus would pay good money for that, me included....

[Tassie f100]

Being a Fairmont makes it even rarer

[GasoLane]

Originally Posted by aussiblue

Oops I mean "Barn Find" (Can a Moderator edit the title please)

Fixed.

[malazn mafia]

How did that end up in Indonesia ?

[aussiblue]

How did that end up in Indonesia ?

Don't know but the original owner apparently took the V8 out of it to put it in his Mustang.

[Tassie f100]

It's not all that far to Indonesia from OZ so there are probably a few cars that have got shipped over

[BigJamo]

Its an awesome model and looks pretty neat.
How much would it cost to get back here though?

[aussiblue]

May even have been assembled in Indonesia noting http://www.motoring.com.au/falcon-facts-19831/:

By August 1973 Ford Australia had exported 100,000 cars and the XA Falcon was being assembled in Thailand, New Zealand, South Africa, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia.

[GasoLane]

Originally Posted by aussiblue

May even have been assembled in Indonesia noting http://www.motoring.com.au/falcon-facts-19831/:

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[aussiblue]

oops try http://www.motoring.com.au/falcon-facts-19831/

[aussiblue]

I wonder if Ford dealers or even Ford in Indonesia still hold any spares that the stocked to service the locally assembled Oz Fords. Dare one hope?

[HO 3]

Originally Posted by aussiblue

I wonder if Ford dealers or even Ford in Indonesia still hold any spares that the stocked to service the locally assembled Oz Fords. Dare one hope?

Rare Spares and Co went there years ago and fleeced the spare parts.............

Cheers Mick

Thats a nice find.

By the way I swear to god that a Ford XD-XF falcon wagon appears in the first Jurassic Park movie.

The location in the movie says its San Jose, Costa Rica. Who knows for sure.

The driver is on the left so maybe its a US model.

[Tassie f100]

Originally Posted by moneypit

Thats a nice find.

By the way I swear to god that a Ford XD-XF falcon wagon appears in the first Jurassic Park movie.

The location in the movie says its San Jose, Costa Rica. Who knows for sure.

The driver is on the left so maybe its a US model.

Don't reckon it is.Different taillights,metal bumper and I reckon the tailgate is flatter.

[Charliewool]

Doubt very much that there's any Aussie cars in Costa Rica?
It's a left hand drive country, Plus no vehicle lasts more than 2-3 years with the state of the roads once outta San Jose.
I'm back there again in August, so I'll keep me eyes peeled though.

[Kieron]

That Jurassic Park car is an yearly 80's US Fairmont.


Would be interesting to see that XR's compliance plate. Could just be a personal import, saw many Aussie cars around the Kuta area owned by expats running businesses up there back in the 90's and many are restored there which may be the case with this car.

[Mont5.0]

Originally Posted by moneypit

Thats a nice find.

By the way I swear to god that a Ford XD-XF falcon wagon appears in the first Jurassic Park movie.

The location in the movie says its San Jose, Costa Rica. Who knows for sure.

The driver is on the left so maybe its a US model.

That looks nothing like an XD- XF wagon.

[Charliewool]

"Despite the fact that Michael Crichton set his Jurassic Park story in Costa Rica, the Central American country was never used as a shooting location. It consistently lost out to Hawaii when it came to filming the movies."

[CoupeKing]

It would be a great find here, let alone over there.

They love our classic cars, plenty of videos on YouTube.

This guy, LOL!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0TjKMZvmGk

[Sprint XR8]

The XD-XF wagon tailgate was shared with the US Fairmont.

The long wheelbase XD Falcon wagon’s one-piece lift-up tailgate was a first for a locally-designed wagon and came directly from the Ford Fairmont/Mercury Zephyr wagon range. The XD wagon’s tailgate joined Ford’s local history of lifting the right US parts when needed including the Mercury Comet front guards for the XP Falcon, the coupe roofline for the XM-XP Hardtops, the rear US Fairlane sheet metal used to turn the local Falcon into the ZA Fairlane and more recently, the use of F-series tail lights for AU Falcon utes and beyond.

https://www.shannons.com.au/club/new...s-ford-robbed/

[malazn mafia]

Originally Posted by Tassie f100

Don't reckon it is.Different taillights,metal bumper and I reckon the tailgate is flatter.

That is one ugly mother of a car, thats an insult to the XD-XF to say it looks like that

[Big_Damo]

I agree not even close

[FERG_51]

Nice looking XR wagon, don't think ive ever seen a vinyl roof on a wagon, looks cool.

[EDManual]

Originally Posted by CoupeKing

It would be a great find here, let alone over there.

They love our classic cars, plenty of videos on YouTube.

This guy, LOL!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0TjKMZvmGk

haha, just looked at some of his other videos! That car really looks nice!

[CoupeKing]

Originally Posted by EDManual

haha, just looked at some of his other videos! That car really looks nice!

Yeah that guy sure has style, and a heavy foot - boots filled with uranium.

Couple more clips from that part of the world:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlxQvKgYy1k


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZpBY9QgUuo