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Old 17-03-2017, 08:40 PM   #1
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Exclamation XB Falcon John Goss Special Found in Ireland..

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Old 17-03-2017, 10:07 PM   #2
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Default Re: XB Falcon John Goss Special Found in Ireland..

Some years ago (2003) John Goss himself attended the Ford 100th anniversary occasion in the US (Dearborn).

There he found three JGS' in the car park!:

http://www.aussiecoupes.com/jgs.html
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Old 18-03-2017, 01:01 AM   #3
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Default Re: XB Falcon John Goss Special Found in Ireland..

WOW, IMHO it looks sooo much better with a black grille. Nice find.
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Default Re: XB Falcon John Goss Special Found in Ireland..

...and I thought the Irish were just buying up our Escorts.
It'd be a blast muscling that one down the hedge rows.
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Old 18-03-2017, 12:19 PM   #5
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G'day , Bloody great...I love seeing there are fans in Europe too...Nice car..One of our local cops has a huge passion for Fords and he owns a really beaut fully restored John Goss Special.. He is also the co-ordinator for our local Cranks and Tinkerers Car Show in June each year and organises a good contingent of the FPV/Tickford and XR Club of Tasmania to come along..
Here's his car during the restoration..Just recently he's done a major engine rebuild too...He's actually a top bloke and his JG is a beaut..Had to be ready for his wedding day as you'll see ...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaWIaXNoYNo ..Cheers Rod..

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Old 18-03-2017, 12:20 PM   #6
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WOW, IMHO it looks sooo much better with a black grille. Nice find.
Yep, black grill is a huge improvement
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Old 18-03-2017, 12:36 PM   #7
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G'day...Here's the awesome Irish one on You Tube...Love it....Great clip too..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNr5VC1vr5s&t=127s Cheers Rod
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Old 18-03-2017, 03:36 PM   #8
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That's one ugly numberplate. Gorgeous looking coupe though, well looked after. That black grill gives it a lot more muscular look.
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I grew up in the XB- XC Falcon era, (owning an XB myself) and as far as the Falcon coupes went, the John Goss special was one of my favourites at the time, beaten only by the XC Cobra coupe three years later in looks IMO.

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Xc cobra is the greatest looking Aussie ford by a mile...regardless of it's history.
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Old 18-03-2017, 05:35 PM   #11
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G'day...ABSOLUTELY...But the John Goss Special ain't too shabby...
Here's an Aussie Cobra at a U.S. Car Show...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnoYCXmvYNY ..Good little grab of a US take on our Cobra...Cheers Rod..
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Anyone see the irony in a guy called Brock hunting down a Ford Coupe.
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Old 18-03-2017, 11:22 PM   #13
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wow a john goss in ireland. madmaxcars.com has found under 200 coupes in oz shipped to America for u.s.a collectors.
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Old 19-03-2017, 12:27 AM   #14
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Some years ago (2003) John Goss himself attended the Ford 100th anniversary occasion in the US (Dearborn).

There he found three JGS' in the car park!:

http://www.aussiecoupes.com/jgs.html
Does USA have the age restriction for vehicle imports ? Maybe one day our unloved BA onwards Falcons may make their way to the States and be worth something when they are past 18 years old and can be registered there.
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Old 19-03-2017, 10:01 AM   #15
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Default Re: XB Falcon John Goss Special Found in Ireland..

G'day "Look at da bitch "...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qq4aPwp7cGg
This New Yorker from the Catskill Mountains if memory serves me correctly loves our Falcon coupe's and this is one of them...He would love a new Falcon but the bloody Yank authorities make it nearly impossible to import one...
Ah well , their loss...but this bloke loves this one.....Cheers Rod...
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Does USA have the age restriction for vehicle imports ? Maybe one day our unloved BA onwards Falcons may make their way to the States and be worth something when they are past 18 years old and can be registered there.
Looks like it's 25 years:
http://jalopnik.com/here-are-the-fou...uni-1682067632

I think though the popularity of Australian Fords in the US (and to a lesser extent the UK, although they were officially available there in the 70's) is largely to do with the Mad Max films.
But who knows, there may be a flow-on effect from 2028 onwards.
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Looks like it's 25 years:
http://jalopnik.com/here-are-the-fou...uni-1682067632

I think though the popularity of Australian Fords in the US (and to a lesser extent the UK, although they were officially available there in the 70's) is largely to do with the Mad Max films.
But who knows, there may be a flow-on effect from 2028 onwards.
Wow sucks then, looks like they are stuck with XF/EA/EB era cars, not the highest point in the falcon legacy.
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Old 19-03-2017, 05:55 PM   #18
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Wow sucks then, looks like they are stuck with XF/EA/EB era cars, not the highest point in the falcon legacy.
G'day , That's really , really interesting....and you're right...it really sucks..
Maybe an EB GT is about the best of the current era, not that this would be too bad. Something like this https://www.tradeuniquecars.com.au/b...-market-review
To be honest , the 25 year rule is plain ridiculous...Not just Aussie cars are they not allowed to get but so many nice European and Japanese too..
Ah well , 2027 some yank might enjoy a nice Series 3 TE/TS or TL 50 or the first of the mighty BA XR6 Turbo's or something..Only another decade...2033 for an FG , or 2039 for the first FGX's... Nah , their loss , not ours...
Cheers Rod...
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Old 20-03-2017, 08:34 AM   #19
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Default Re: XB Falcon John Goss Special Found in Ireland..

Quite a few Falcon/Fairmont's made it over to the UK, you could even buy them new in the 60s/70s/80s through the local Ford dealerships, GT's an all....

This site has a whole lot of info on the UK Falcon/Fairmont's, though it looks like it hasn't been updated in years, a lot of stuff seems to have vanished of it now, but you get the idea......

http://www.aus-ford-uk.co.uk/index.html
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Old 20-03-2017, 05:47 PM   #20
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found this taken a year ago, bound for the u.s.a, wonder if these were all cheap barn finds, not restored at all, crazy.https://youtu.be/7K-CfWh9nwQ

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Old 20-03-2017, 07:59 PM   #21
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found this taken a year ago, bound for the u.s.a, wonder if these were all cheap barn finds, not restored at all, crazy.https://youtu.be/7K-CfWh9nwQ
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Old 01-04-2017, 12:16 PM   #22
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G'day Re the 25 year import rule.... I suppose this South Australian bloke who did this was exempt...I wonder was he allowed to actually drive it in the U.S. after the show...Probably not...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfBnNZA0agE Nice GT though...
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