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Old 16-01-2018, 07:10 PM   #181
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Old 16-01-2018, 07:18 PM   #182
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Great place to visit! They even had a AU Fairmont Ghia cut in half. (And the first XK Falcon!) Out the back though!Cheers
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Old 16-01-2018, 11:08 PM   #183
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Old 16-01-2018, 11:23 PM   #184
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These pics make me miss the old Ford Discovery Centre..... What great place that was...
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Old 17-01-2018, 07:48 AM   #185
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How good does that sail plane on the FG ute clay look. Wouldn't allow the hard-lid to lift in the current form, but that could be worked on. Would have been a nice addition to the XR6/8 utes. Blind spot visibility may have been a negative factor though.
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GTV Ute
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Top pic(next to the purple concept Falcon) is the good old A.C.T police 351 XB Falcon.Remember it well.Cheers
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Old 17-01-2018, 08:38 PM   #187
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This one?

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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.
That's the one DFB FGXR6. Cheers mate

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Old 24-02-2018, 07:31 PM   #188
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Old 25-02-2018, 11:21 AM   #189
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Bloody great stuff ..AWESOME
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Old 25-02-2018, 11:42 AM   #190
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Saw this one @ the old Ford Discovery Centre.Cheers
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Old 26-02-2018, 02:47 AM   #192
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With their mainstream models heavily borrowing from recycled german designs for decades, until recently, what they actually produced in their factories was far from inspiring.
Hold on Ford did the same.. just updated and updated an XK with American bits.
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Old 26-02-2018, 08:30 PM   #193
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Old 25-03-2018, 05:46 PM   #194
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I was wondering if anyone has any pictures of the BA and BF design sketches or prototype concepts/clay models being worked on? I cannot find one single thing on Google Images!
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Old 26-03-2018, 05:56 PM   #195
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Great shots Dauphin. I really have a great appreciation of the guys/girls that had the skills and foresight to design, mould, tweak, and build the Falcon's we see and drive today!
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Old 26-03-2018, 10:30 PM   #197
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Old 26-03-2018, 11:20 PM   #198
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This is the R5 from 2001.

A crew cab Falcon ute with suicide doors. Yay or Nay?

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What happen to crew cab Falcon ute ?? Did ford company send to crusher ?? or still lying around somewhere hiding at geelong ford factory?? and would like to see some photos of engine experiment or testing room where they built and play with Barra engines.... cheers
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Not entirely sure if this is an actual concept or not.

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Anyone know what's happened with the Discovery ctr vehicles (saw the note earlier about them being stored on the old site but...)? These cars were created in the best days of FoA, something hard to explain to my kids...i'd love the opportunity for them to see what was and what could have been. Some are obsessed with 'Ford', they don't know why, but they are (well programmed by dad!).
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Wonder why Ford reversed the headlight arrangement on the FG, larger main lamp on the outside looks better imho.
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They wanted the bulk more towards the center to make the car look smaller, something along those lines.
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Anyone know what's happened with the Discovery ctr vehicles (saw the note earlier about them being stored on the old site but...)? These cars were created in the best days of FoA, something hard to explain to my kids...i'd love the opportunity for them to see what was and what could have been. Some are obsessed with 'Ford', they don't know why, but they are (well programmed by dad!).
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They wanted the bulk more towards the center to make the car look smaller, something along those lines.
sounds plausible but I like low and wide any day...
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isnt that only a wheels mockup ? the dude who did it also kept the monaro ***
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Apparently the design itself was done in house at Ford.

Edit: Yes - it was in fact Wheels' interpretation - I misread the article.
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Our artist’s illustration is based on an XR8 Coupe design study penned in 2012 by former Ford Australia designer Jordan Demkiw, now working for Ford in Cologne. Demkiw says his XR8 Coupe sketch was one of a number of body styles designers investigated
https://www.whichcar.com.au/features...uilt-the-coupe
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Apparently the design itself was done in house at Ford.

Edit: Yes - it was in fact Wheels' interpretation - I misread the article.

https://www.whichcar.com.au/features...uilt-the-coupe
would be good to see the one ford did
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GTV Ute
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Wow the Ford Capricorn looks like an abortion. Thank Ford it never saw the light of day

GTV Ute is a very weird concept, looks like a vehicle you’d have a high chance of losing your head while driving along in
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