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Old 20-08-2013, 04:59 PM   #151
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this popped up on facebook yesterday.any one know any thing about it?
Wow that is terrible, just a mustang profile with falcon back and front.
No better than what the magazines do that you all like criticise for the same thing.
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Old 20-08-2013, 06:31 PM   #152
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Thank god it's a photoshop. That thing is an abomination.
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Old 20-08-2013, 07:41 PM   #153
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Thank god it's a photoshop. That thing is an abomination.
It would only work if you started with a XA-C Hardtop picture, and photoshopped FG/H features into it, IMO.
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Old 20-08-2013, 07:55 PM   #154
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Old 21-08-2013, 08:26 AM   #155
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I just skimmed through the thread so not sure if this was asked.
What happened to al the cars now that the discovery centre is closed down did they keep them or crush them.
I was at the Broady plant a few weeks back, near FPV they have from what I can remember

- the first XK
- 351 EA/B/D?
- a red AU XR8 of some kind
- Predator

I think there was a few more
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Old 21-08-2013, 02:31 PM   #156
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Nikked, nice job! But I find it plays it a bit too safe, something missing..

Reminds me of a Toyota Solara.
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It's a shame a lot of these pictures have died. Is there any way of adding them back in, or do we need to start from scratch again?
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Old 21-08-2017, 03:19 PM   #158
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It's a shame a lot of these pictures have died. Is there any way of adding them back in, or do we need to start from scratch again?
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Old 12-01-2018, 01:44 PM   #159
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XC Coupe concept:

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Old 12-01-2018, 01:48 PM   #160
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Wow, where did that come from? Have never seen it before.
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Old 12-01-2018, 01:56 PM   #161
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+1 where did that come from ? looks "fastbackish"
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Old 12-01-2018, 01:57 PM   #162
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I've seen it before.
I'm feeling it was a Wheels mag from the 80s?
Dodged a styling bullet there I reckon
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Old 12-01-2018, 02:23 PM   #163
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XC picture was found on the internet.

A couple more, this time XA Concepts

XA_Hardtop_Concept.jpg

XA_Falcon_Concept.jpg

And that's my 500kb upload limit maxed out.
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These are externally hosted, would rather have uploaded them.

XA Concepts:















EA26 Concept:


(looks quite close the VN at that point)
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Old 12-01-2018, 03:39 PM   #165
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Amazing stuff, thanks so much!
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Old 12-01-2018, 05:13 PM   #166
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XC Hatchback


XC GT Coupe proposal

XB Coupe


XE Ghia with hidden headlights

EA Interior proposal

Early coupe design sketch

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Old 12-01-2018, 08:52 PM   #167
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You start looking at clay models then get to the finished model......thinking of some poor nong who has to work out where every screw and bolt has to fit and what type..

Then years later we start modding them our way. I really admire car designers and their teams
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Old 12-01-2018, 10:43 PM   #168
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Those coupes look terrible with a B-pillar. I'm so glad they kept the pillarless aperture and the signature shape that it was - no mistaking an XA/B/C hardtop profile - perfectly angled & proportioned to work with the rest of the body shape.

That bulky rear end is more like Mustang II, but the II is even worse because it's convex, and had those horrible bulky lights whacked on - like the UC Sunbird's backward step.


The EA interior prototype looks like it was created in the earlier part of the 80s based on the seat trim. You can also see how heavily influenced they were by the relationship with Mazda - the door trim style is very reminiscent of the 80s 929. It's also amazing to see how much of the original concept made it into production - with minor changes to the boot & fuel buttons, and the shape of the area above the centre air vents. Even the profile of the glovebox went into production.

The hidden headlights on the XE would have been interesting in rural areas. Bonnets already copped enough stone chips on the front fascia - the headlight covers would have been peppered. Even my VL Calais flippers, that are less exposed due to their size & angle, suffer a lot of chips. I wonder if Ford had the concept before Mazda used it on the 929? https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped..._Cosmo_001.JPG
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Old 13-01-2018, 12:15 AM   #169
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1920 Palm Tourer. Holden bodied Ford

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Old 13-01-2018, 02:33 AM   #170
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I'm a little puzzled why they even considered changing the body of the coupe after the XA.

Especially when they could have looked like that.
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Hey, does anyone remember the Ford Festiva (maybe a WF?) from the late nineties full of Sony Xplod gear? It was a pale lime green metallic, lower half in satin clear.
I remember seeing it at the Melbourne motor show & eventually the Ford Discovery Centre.
I’m after pics.....
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Just a bit of trivia,re:the images of the “XA”.But,does anybody know what XA actually stands for?Any body who gets it ,you can go to the top of the class!Cheers
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Just a bit of trivia,re:the images of the “XA”.But,does anybody know what XA actually stands for?Any body who gets it ,you can go to the top of the class!Cheers
I'll have a guess.

The 'A' stands for the first uniquely Australian designed Falcon. The X remains as it's a further development of the same chassis (platform).
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The 'A' stands for the first uniquely Australian designed Falcon. The X remains as it's a further development of the same chassis (platform).
Your sort of there.I will let it run for a while yet.Cheers
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X for experimental, A for Australia.
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Interview with XA designer Jack Telnack on Autoline.
Talks about designing the XA at 1 hour 23 min.
The XA clays were first done in Australia, later the team went to US and recreated the clays for approval.
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Hey, does anyone remember the Ford Festiva (maybe a WF?) from the late nineties full of Sony Xplod gear? It was a pale lime green metallic, lower half in satin clear.
I remember seeing it at the Melbourne motor show & eventually the Ford Discovery Centre.
I’m after pics.....
Vaguely. Was it called the Festiva Demon?
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Speaking of the XA, Ford US was pressuring Ford AU to adopt the Torino platform but it was too big for the AU market and would have conflicted with the established Fairlane line that was making good money for Ford AU. Ford US persisted and AU designers tried shortening the front and rear of the 1970 Torino body to make it work.

I've never seen the design but I made this several months ago, blunting off the front and rear of the Torino body to see what it may have looked like.

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Hey, does anyone remember the Ford Festiva (maybe a WF?) from the late nineties full of Sony Xplod gear? It was a pale lime green metallic, lower half in satin clear.
I remember seeing it at the Melbourne motor show & eventually the Ford Discovery Centre.
I’m after pics.....
This one?







Photo's taken from the Ford Discovery Centre in 2009. I didn't take many pics of the thing though.

The "Demon" was another version. A wheels & decals style of thing.
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