1973 Ford Falcon [XB] 1980 Ford Falcon GL [XD] 1988 Ford Falcon GL [EA] in Bullet Down Under, Movie, 1994 a.k.a Signal One
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@CAROLDDISCOVER-FINDER2525 Жыл бұрын
I'm sitting in the middle of United States and it's still broke my heart to see that falcon XB wrecked. That's the best-looking falcon I've ever seen! I was just getting into the movie 2.
@Steve211Ucdhihifvshi Жыл бұрын
The xa was prretty badass too, I had a shitbox XF that was a pre owned movie or tv car, i now know why it was such a shitebox, they beat the living hell outta those things on set hahaha.
@jamesfrench7299 Жыл бұрын
The XF was a floating lounge on wheels.
@robmanueb. Жыл бұрын
Growing up in New Zealand the Falcon coupes were pretty common. If you couldn't afford a Mustang you got one of these instead. You could still pick them up for reasonable prices in the early Nineties. All the classics went a bit mad in the early 2000s, then settled after 2008 crash, but by that stage Falcon coupes had become rare. They are effectively gone from NZ now, I think the Aussies came and got a few of them then the Americans caught on. You can see them at car shows but they hardly ever come up for sale, when they do they cost an order of magnitude more than a Mustang.
@psynriter Жыл бұрын
@@jamesfrench7299 I think you'll find it to be a CD James. My parents had a XE Fairmont the model between XD and XF.
@ricohact Жыл бұрын
@@jamesfrench7299 XD
@kingsleypurvis8707 Жыл бұрын
In hind sight, it should have been a punishable crime to wreck a coupe like that.
@battlestarmarc Жыл бұрын
Shame they destroyed that 73 falcon. What a awesome looking car.
@xpusostomos Жыл бұрын
That was the only crime
@witzendoz Жыл бұрын
nowadays they sell for the whole budget of that film LOL
@MikeWhiskyTango Жыл бұрын
$250,000 at least. I saw a rusty coupe shell w/o engine selling for $40,000
@xpusostomos Жыл бұрын
@@MikeWhiskyTango my god
@barovelli Жыл бұрын
1:30 "There's someone dead on a clothesline". "is he dry yet"?😆
@AllCelebzNElitenNeckMaskz Жыл бұрын
doing the 666 with his hands lmao even back then ....wanker he is
@rhettcorbett33465 ай бұрын
He is just hanging around.
@johncunningham48203 ай бұрын
Yeah , I laughed at that too . Australia.............
@straingedays Жыл бұрын
As a former spray-painter in 1994. XB Ford Coupes were nightmares to block sand & prep., with rear quarter's that seemingly never ended. Was tormenting seeing this one get trashed.
@bashka57435 ай бұрын
I’m about to start my XB project 😂
@johnfisher7143 Жыл бұрын
That XB coupe would be worth more now than the entire budget for that scene 😢
@soundsolutions Жыл бұрын
Yep, and it was a 6 cylinder at that.
@homlesy117211 ай бұрын
true
@westerlywinds56849 ай бұрын
Are there still any Falcon Ute’s left down under?
@roytrenneman2200 Жыл бұрын
Those hills hoists are built well!
@Steve211Ucdhihifvshi Жыл бұрын
used to be, til the company sold out to china mate. Sad sad story.
@gjmob Жыл бұрын
@@Steve211Ucdhihifvshi We still have a 1976 HH in the back yard.
@dunxy Жыл бұрын
I reckon one in my backyard is close to an antique!
@andrewperry605 Жыл бұрын
We used to have three of us hanging off one
@GettinReal Жыл бұрын
They all sold out ; (
@iain1969 Жыл бұрын
Death via Hills Hoist, Jacko, a bloke called Bazza, Ford Falcons, a form guide, Darling Harbour, monorail, a nippy Blue Cattledog....this is the most Aussie show ever!!!!
@davekrab3363 Жыл бұрын
&white bay powerstation!
@fanatamon Жыл бұрын
King oath.
@mborder8428 Жыл бұрын
A girl on the old Telecom public phone booth.
@xpusostomos Жыл бұрын
And it didn't even need a Holden
@alanmacpherson3225 Жыл бұрын
They should have been sucking down some VBs, chomping on a Four and Twenty plus smoking some Winnie Blues to top it off.
@robroaring7175 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely top class work by Mark “Jacko" Jackson. Huge budget, impeccable script, had me on the edge of my set the whole time….. 😅
@seanwalsh4142 Жыл бұрын
Jacko would make a great corrupt cop.
@Warpedsmac Жыл бұрын
Jacko...how is this even possible?
@peterkerr4019 Жыл бұрын
at least he wasn't singing 'I'm an individual'!
@liamgross7217 Жыл бұрын
Never heard of this movie….. I can understand why.
@kyliejm2 Жыл бұрын
Jacko didn’t win an Oscar for this?
@sofascialistadankulamegado1781 Жыл бұрын
XB is the most beautiful Ford ever made.
@fanatamon Жыл бұрын
Lovely.
@fanatamon Жыл бұрын
They’d sell like hot cakes if they did a re run.
@xpusostomos Жыл бұрын
Not sure, the XA front had a lot more shape
@MuscleCarLover Жыл бұрын
@@xpusostomos Agreed, XA definitely has the nicer front end, I'd argue the nicer rear as well on the sedan side
@xpusostomos Жыл бұрын
@@MuscleCarLover yes, the XB became more bland at the back.The one good thing about the XB was the Mustang bonnet scoops
@davidcooke8825 Жыл бұрын
So much raw acting talent, such compelling production values, brilliant writing. Makes me proud to be Australian.
@theofontaine5564 Жыл бұрын
Outstanding police work by Jacko
@scribzone192 Жыл бұрын
Oi!
@spavliskojr Жыл бұрын
Jacko! thats his name! I knew his face but couldnt remember the name! thanks
@purebloodheretic4682 Жыл бұрын
Energizer 🐰👍
@aaronleverton4221 Жыл бұрын
Me brain hurts!
@landau46t Жыл бұрын
An andabloodyvidual ya can fool me 😂
@splattbastard Жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting. Sad to see the Falcons wiped out. Pretty tricked out XB.
@robroaring7175 Жыл бұрын
Sadly, that looked like a factory sunroof on the coupe. Incredibly rare option.
@gamerdrive5565 Жыл бұрын
Probably worth more now than the profit that show ever made 😂
@MuscleCarLover Жыл бұрын
@@robroaring7175 Yeah, you NEVER see them with a sunroof
@rheniumzandor9938 Жыл бұрын
That 73 Falcon is a beautiful car
@IntrospectorGeneral Жыл бұрын
Happy memories of waking up on the old Hills Hoist with a hangover and no idea how I got there.
@xpusostomos Жыл бұрын
😂😂
@sunsetgarage755 Жыл бұрын
Love the water randomly placed everywhere they needed to do another handbrake turn.
@Steve211Ucdhihifvshi Жыл бұрын
Trust me the xd needed all the help it could get to spin the tyres. They were such a slow pos. I ahd an xf with the 250 x flow man it was such a bag of dogshite. My next car was an ef xr8 not much better than an b series ii xr6 turbo that was just better off the lot. Still all the plastics fell apart, But after a fair bit of work shed get up and create instant clouds of white smoke lol
@dunxy Жыл бұрын
It rains indoors all the time in Sydney!
@xpusostomos Жыл бұрын
@@Steve211Ucdhihifvshi serves you right for buying a 250
@carasiaone Жыл бұрын
@@Steve211Ucdhihifvshi Just need a lift mate! And OR Oil. Cortinas were pretty nice with the 250
@rayjaymor8754 Жыл бұрын
@@Steve211Ucdhihifvshi depends on which version of the XD. The GL with the 250 that they were driving was absolutely slow AF but that was the stock standard "granny" car. The Cleveland motor in the upper models was a monster, Dick Johnon won two championships in a Cleveland based XD. But of course a B series Xr6 will be better, there's about 20 years difference of technology there lmao (plus the B-series cars had the fkn Barra engine, comparing that to a Xflow is nuts lol)
@christophergallagher3066 Жыл бұрын
Outstanding work by Jacko. Terrific bloke, should see more of him.
@fondu-design Жыл бұрын
oi!
@TassyDeval6 ай бұрын
I was 17 years old back in 1980. Bought my first car for 400 bucks. It was a XA falcon. Put a twin 2 inch exhaust onto tuned extractors via two 18 inch hotdogs put on back to front. People swore it was a V8. It drank more oil than petrol and would still do 115 mph. Oh, the memories.
@V8AmericanMuscleCar Жыл бұрын
These 70s Falcons are so sexy!
@cmelft2463 Жыл бұрын
Remember being a child and my grandfather would let me hold the steering in his old XB and steer down the street as we drove to the park - rest his soul - miss the old man and his car.
@cudadog11 Жыл бұрын
There's no way that 3.3L auto XD is catching anything.. 😂
@xpusostomos Жыл бұрын
Could catch a 3.3 auto XB apparently
@alanburge2725 Жыл бұрын
I am loving this. Mucking around in cars. Dry Aussie humour. Jacko. Shots of Sydney. This has the lot.
@discombubulate2256 Жыл бұрын
back in the 90's i used to drive the exact same way on those exact same streets. ahh, the memories.
@jimmywaters8929 Жыл бұрын
Jesus, those rear drums on the XD, must be getting hot😅
@Fabulousprofound168 Жыл бұрын
RIP Falcons x2 😭
@felipev8927 Жыл бұрын
R.I.P Falcon XB 1973...
@tomorExtreme Жыл бұрын
It's the authentic missing trim panel from the front right quarter of the XD that shows the attention to detail of the film crew.
@xpusostomos Жыл бұрын
Or the consistency of the Ford factory
@WorksOnMyComputer Жыл бұрын
@@xpusostomos lol
@psynriter Жыл бұрын
Used to walk about the rail yards around there with mates as a rail buff teen at night, now it's all units and casino and .. crappola
@afungula1 Жыл бұрын
Yep I miss that Sydney
@T.W.I.T. Жыл бұрын
funny thing about this is that they wouldn't have a XD Falcon cop car when The EA falcon was around... 🤣
@germanshepherdlover2613 Жыл бұрын
Yeah, 1979 vs 1988 😀
@jamesfrench7299 Жыл бұрын
They were being used as taxis until 1990. My dad drove an XD taxi in 1984 and again in 89!
@T.W.I.T. Жыл бұрын
@@jamesfrench7299 Taxi is different.. they always kept the cars up to date with the police.
@jamesfrench7299 Жыл бұрын
@@T.W.I.T. I know. I heard there was a Valiant AP5 or 6 still being used in 85 and there were still plenty of Holden Kingswoods in use until the 6½ age limit was introduced in NSW in 1990.
@Skull-Beneath-The-Skin Жыл бұрын
@@jamesfrench7299 Footage was from 1994 movie, therefore no chance there were XDs or not the even a Kingswood cop car. As for an ap6 (would have been 20 years old in '85) still being used as cop car, the fairy which you "heard" that from, needs a kick in the nuts.
@ripoffrecords Жыл бұрын
As a teen with mates I was actually chased by Jacko once when he was with some bird eating in the window of a pizza joint in Camberwell and we sang "You're a fucking idiot you can't fool us". 🤭
@BigRick50 Жыл бұрын
Jacko really was a fantastic actor.
@barrycuda3769 Жыл бұрын
Are you serious ?
@jamesfrench7299 Жыл бұрын
The XD's looks still mesmerise me to this day and I first noticed them in 1980 as a seven year old. I was astounded such a radically modem looking car emitted the same sound as the previous models like the XB. Fun fact: the development of the XD seen here chasing the XB began in 1973 as the XB was introduced.
@davidcarr2649 Жыл бұрын
The planning and development of the XD began in 1976 when Ford Australia decided to use the floorpans of the XC to base the new all Australian built Falcon chassis upon. The XD shares only the floorpans in the (smaller on the outside, but just as big on the inside) chassis. Apart from the floorpans, the XD is a whole new car. Of course, there were a few shared items otherwise like, rear vision mirrors, indicator and wiper stalks, plus a few more cost saving bits. There's even parts that are used in all 7 generations of the Falcon 1960 - 2016 and are easily interchangeable.
@jamesfrench7299 Жыл бұрын
@@davidcarr2649 I must have read it in Wikipedia, although 1976 might have been when they knew what the final design of the car would be like but 73 was the absolute genesis of the future model project without having any idea what the final product would comprise. The XD brought two innovations for an Aussie car, one that would be the norm for the future, plastic fuel tank and moulded plastic bumper for the front clip which enhanced the Grenada based look. The Granada looks wrong to my eyes with it's steel bumper. Yet people keep thinking Holden was the bees knees when they were generally behind Ford in design and usually played catch up if at all. Plastic bumpers, alloy head engine, over head cam sixes, sixes that remained home grown where Holden used one from another car maker altogether getting unearned praise and then relying on an American GM division for the 3800 V6, yet claim to be Aussie as Aboriginal art! Ford left them in the dust for being Australian.
@rsoul7282 Жыл бұрын
@@jamesfrench7299 while we are in the realm of ‘fun facts’, have a look at the origins of Aboriginal art. They were taught to create their current style by an art teacher by the name of Geoffrey Bardon. Has acrylic paint been an ancient technique used for generations in Australia before European settlement?
@jamesfrench7299 Жыл бұрын
@@rsoul7282 You mean the coloured dots in sections? We have very stereotyped and inaccurate simplistic portrayal of Aboriginal culture trotted out by the media.
@rsoul7282 Жыл бұрын
@@jamesfrench7299 just about any piece of Aboriginal art that you will see is created using acrylic paint. It replicates their traditional drawings that were stencil based, or drawn in sand. That and rock etching, and many other techniques. Please don’t mistake my comment for racism, I have seen genuine art in person with my own eyes, and it is mind blowing, all I’m saying is that much of what folks consider to be aboriginal art is of a technique that only dates back 50 years or so.
@robertfletcher11 Жыл бұрын
OMG this clip has given me 1970's flashbacks. I hadn't thought about Jacko for years.
@gjmob Жыл бұрын
I remember seeing him interviewed when he went to the states and at the end the host said, "well I guess that's why the football players here wear helmets".
@Tiger351 Жыл бұрын
I'd love to know where they found a base model 6 banger XB coupe for this, pretty much all of them would have had V8 transplants by 94, also a bit weird to see a bog stock "police pack" XD that long after production (most got stripped for parts pretty early). Then there Mark "Jacko" Jackson, former AFL footballer and a bloke known to do pretty much anything for fame 🤣 even ended up joining with infamous underworld figure Mark "Chopper" Reed on his talk tours at one point.
@valdore5939 Жыл бұрын
About 20 years ago, while in a junkyard looking for a LH mirror for a HQ Holden. I actually found a 6 banger XB coupe. This would've been about 2002ish, or somewhere around there. She was completely rusted out. And they were literally cutting it in two to fit in to the yards car crusher. It was sad honestly. We can bullshit about a cars value today. But back then, when no one else loved, and wanted them. All they were good for was scrap. Just heart breaking.
@commodorenut Жыл бұрын
Jacko needed cash once Energiser batteries stopped using him in their ads….oi 😂
@girlsblouse7866 Жыл бұрын
Along with Warwick (you're not me) Capper later on.
@aaronleverton4221 Жыл бұрын
VFL player. Also WAFL player. Never an AFL player.
@brianlove8413 Жыл бұрын
Most of them rusted out before they could be converted. I had a shop in Dandenong over 30 years ago, A guy couldn't pay for an engine job, so he gave me in leu, the complete running gear out of an XB GT coupe that had rusted off its wheels!
@paulmcmahon6875 Жыл бұрын
Whoever was throwing that XD around done it well, impressively smooth slides for a fairly large car.
@martinXY Жыл бұрын
Ah the days of the XD falcon. The first time Australians had seen a car with square headlights. See square headlights at night and you knew it was a cop. Or a cab. It was a confusing time.
@noelgibson5956 Жыл бұрын
Plenty of cars had square lights before the XD:- XC Fairmont, TD Cortina, Volvo 260 series, VG Valiant, UC Torana to name a few.
@martinXY Жыл бұрын
@@noelgibson5956 I knew someone much smarter than me would say something different. And correct. All I have is a teenage memory from a teenage brain, so that's not much to go on. I remember when the XD came out, every cop car and every cab was suddenly an XD. Maybe I lived in an area where we had more cops than Volvos 🙂
@1966human Жыл бұрын
I had one of these new Fords in the day, I got is from the Altona auctions, it was an ex Police car, It had good visibility through the front pillars of the front window, the bloke with the blond hair was a famous AFL player, He had a smash hit with a song at the time.
@mercoid Жыл бұрын
He did Energizer battery commercials for the U. S. market back in the 80’s too. They can be seen here on KZbin. Worth a look. They’re pretty funny.
@glensgraphix Жыл бұрын
Mark "Jacko" Jackson. Big bastard too. Shit actor though.
@Tiger351 Жыл бұрын
Mark "Jacko" Jackson, the song was out a few years before this film.
@bengibson3955 Жыл бұрын
@@Tiger351 "I'm An Individual" We must've been starved for entertainment, hey? :)
@batmanlives6456 Жыл бұрын
Mark “Jacko” Jackson I believe
@garage3119 Жыл бұрын
Just goes to show the strength and reliability of the good old Hills Hoist.
@SIXX2772 Жыл бұрын
YES!!!!!...THE MADMAX CAR!!!
@xpusostomos Жыл бұрын
Pretty sure mad Max was XC, not that it matters much since they altered the front end
@SIXX2772 Жыл бұрын
@@xpusostomos Wrong...it's an XB 1973 model..exact car in video
@psynriter Жыл бұрын
Damn straight it is... Was lol
@psynriter Жыл бұрын
@@xpusostomos XB it was .. I thought it was a XC as well for years because of the headlights but no. It's an XB... Weird tho isn't it ?!?
@SIXX2772 Жыл бұрын
@@psynriter I been fascinated with that car since 84 lol
@BioluminescenceOfTheSpirit Жыл бұрын
R.i.p those falcons.... Some of the best auzzi cars of their day
@BlowmeRoger Жыл бұрын
Mark Jackson driving the cop car, got to love his hit song in the 80s, Im an Individual
@drzorderz470 Жыл бұрын
Drifting falcons in a warehouse full of meth look like Sydney hasn't changed one bit
@bradevans7935 Жыл бұрын
Except that all of the warehouses near the harbour are all gone now, replaced by apartment blocks, and XB and XD Falcons are (almost in the case of the XD) too valuable to drift anymore. Only thing that hasn't really changed that much is the amount of meth around the place.
@WorksOnMyComputer Жыл бұрын
Never has a beaten up ex fleet XD Falcon six cylinder sounded so good when going really slow. The foley guy on this series, must have put in some overtime. Also props to the guy who spent the morning watering the concrete in the warehouse for the cars to skid on. No, I don't know why the floor would be wet either. Its just that kind of movie, so go with it.
@thesteamybox7936 Жыл бұрын
"Is that blood?!?!" "No it's lipstick...melted" plot twist!
@aaronleverton4221 Жыл бұрын
Laurie Moran, playing Jacko's partner Bazza, played Corporal Doyle in The Cowra Breakout. Doyle was the mini-series stand-in for Private Ralph Jones, a WW1 vet too old for frontline combat in WW2, but assigned to guard prisoners. He and Private Benjamin Gower were posthumously awarded the George Medal for manning their Vickers Gun until overrun by escaping Japanese prisoners, at which point Gower removed the breech block of the Vickers and hid it, rendering it useless to the escaping prisoners. Both men were hacked to death by the gun they did not abandon.
@alanmacpherson3225 Жыл бұрын
I remember that series. As I recall the Vickers had its field of fire limited by 2 upright pieces of wood.
@danielmackey6791 Жыл бұрын
I call bullshit ..... jacko opened that XD driver's door without a coat hanger...
@gjmob Жыл бұрын
None of the doors fitted properly and the left ones were badly rippled under the body mould and had a quick jam job paint, so you just know that its going to have a short life.
@danielmackey6791 Жыл бұрын
@@gjmob fukn fantastic comment mate ... eat a dick ....you must not be a car guy
@afungula1 Жыл бұрын
No way an xd door handle could last more than 2 openings. Used to carry aleast 2 spares at all times.
@danielmackey6791 Жыл бұрын
Was meant as a joke ... sorry for trying to have a laugh
@gnrsgl Жыл бұрын
Wow this brings back memories that blonde cop was in a few ads here in NZ in the 90s
@brettmorton7365 Жыл бұрын
Energiser, oi I remember those 😂😂
@imidsikkey Жыл бұрын
Throw a set of sway bars at that XB at once! 😅👌 What a scene!
@billyfunt61 Жыл бұрын
Hills Hoist. Tuff as fk! Couldn't do that stunt today.
@watsisbuttndo829 Жыл бұрын
Lucky they didn't side swipe the hills hoist or neither of those cars would have driven again.
@germanshepherdlover2613 Жыл бұрын
Jacko you legend 😀 XD is still a good looking car in 2023
@jamesfrench7299 Жыл бұрын
Out of that body shape, the XD still looks good, whereas the facelifts, the XE and XF have aged horribly.
@xpusostomos Жыл бұрын
@@jamesfrench7299 don't think the XE has aged
@jamesfrench7299 Жыл бұрын
@@xpusostomos You see it that way, I don't and I used to admire the XE's slightly left of field frontal appearance. It represented advances but the XD has the prettiest front by far and I find the taillights more pleasing and in keeping with the overall design. The Grenada mark 2 continued with the same styling beyond the XE I believe, even though it dates two years before the XD's debut.
@xpusostomos Жыл бұрын
@@jamesfrench7299 pretty similar but the XE tail lights were like Mercedes which seemed more modern at the time. At least we can agree the XF was an abomination
@mynamea.n.s.s5472 Жыл бұрын
If only one more car was to be made by Australian ford co I wish they bring back the old school the old school memories 😊
@mynamea.n.s.s5472 Жыл бұрын
Imagine a 70s style car with fg shit and everything that a modern day car has YEAHbOI
@westerlywinds56849 ай бұрын
Reminds me of my time in Sydney, between 1986 - 1990. I moved on to Canada instead but I have fond memories. I remember heaps of those Ford Falcons, as well as in Ute’s.
@dadgarage7966 Жыл бұрын
Is that the guy from the Engergizer commercial?
@sachac5435 Жыл бұрын
Yep
@markaylott1780 Жыл бұрын
Can't beat the good ol' aussie movies 😳😆😅😂🤣
@climber222 Жыл бұрын
Back when Sydney was a great place and you could pick up a decent xb coupe for about 1000 bucks
@afungula1 Жыл бұрын
I miss that Sydney
@climber222 Жыл бұрын
@@afungula1 me too mate
@xpusostomos Жыл бұрын
I can't remember a time you could get a decent one for 1000
@climber222 Жыл бұрын
@@xpusostomos yeah I might be exaggerating a bit, I wenr through a few decent runners for that though.
@psynriter Жыл бұрын
Houses were affordable on a blue collar wage.. Was a great place. Agreed
@damien0505 Жыл бұрын
How have I never seen this? Will have to check out the movie! Mark stops in at work every couple of months, will have to ask him about the chase! 😁😁
@donotwantahandle1111 Жыл бұрын
My first Falcon was a an XD station wagon v8 with worn rings. Best Falcon I've owned.
@mysty0 Жыл бұрын
@6:00 "You find your man and we'll PUT him at the scene!" ..
@bradevans7935 Жыл бұрын
That sounds like the NSW police of the time.
@mysty0 Жыл бұрын
@@bradevans7935 theyre still that way, Australia wide
@bradevans7935 Жыл бұрын
@@mysty0 Yep - the best money can buy!🤣
@brokebroken4567 Жыл бұрын
Awesome never knew this one even existed thanks!!
@fatso8437 Жыл бұрын
Best acting award goes to: The Hills Hoist
@aardvarkbiscuit2677 Жыл бұрын
I still remember swinging on ours when I was a kid. Mum would get so mad.
@milfordh.mercado2787 Жыл бұрын
Ahhh no😢😢 there goes another mad max to the junkyard.
@iggytseАй бұрын
I remember Jacko promoting this movie on the radio. Saw it on TV but the only thing I remember was Jacko training at City Gym.
@fry_me Жыл бұрын
How did I miss this piece of Aussie comic genius? Those show's that weren't meant to be funny but were accidentally hilarious are our gift to the world. Comedy gold! Jacko didn't even utter "Aw good eyes Bazzah!" 2:01 nor did the voiceover even sound like him....so who was in the back seat? The editing was top shelf. 5 out of 5 "Ya can't fool me(s)".
@generalvoltage1821 Жыл бұрын
I assume we lost Bazza!!
@benpasquale6353 Жыл бұрын
i never even heard of this movie...damn il have to get it somehow
@nickkostakis96006 ай бұрын
Great show brilliant thank you very much I love the two door Falcon ❤😊
@fanatamon Жыл бұрын
Great scene those xbs were superb and they were everywhere through the 80s and 90s then they just vanished now they worth a fortune.
@couttsy222 Жыл бұрын
Gotta love the row of dunnies at 0:55!
@johndrake2729 Жыл бұрын
That '80 looks like a Granada, whereas the '73 is more of a cross between a Mustang and an AMC Javelin.
@77PacerStudios Жыл бұрын
Yes, that's because they fall into the same "pony car" category. Personally, I have a '73 Ford Falcon XB in my Hot Wheels collection. Mine is colored Metallic Blue with Silver rear wing and silver hood.
@aidanfeighery6634 Жыл бұрын
Yes, XD Falcon styling was based on the Mk.2 Granada
@Tiger351 Жыл бұрын
Yep the 79-81 (XD model) Falcon was loosely based on the Mk2 Granada, even shared a few common parts (headlights, some of the exterior trim and the long wheelbase LTD used the Granada rear lights. I've owned 2 of them previosly (and an XB wagon).
@commodorenut Жыл бұрын
It was ford global styling at the time. While many cues came from Europe (the earlier XC Fairmont is a lot like the mid 70s Granada too) the side pressing style and swage lines on the XD were also shared with the Fox body Fairmont/LTD in the US. Even the early Fox mustangs had a similar swage. XF tail lights and the Fox mustang update tail lights are also similar in style too.
@bradevans7935 Жыл бұрын
@@commodorenut XD-XH commercials used the XA-XC tailgate and tray inner panels with the updated exterior styling. XD-XF wagons used the Fox-body Fairmont tailgate. All part of keeping development costs down where possible, just like they used Mercury Comet front guards for the XP Falcon, and 'compact Fairlane' suspension and steering parts to beef up the XL and XM when early XK's were found wanting under Aussie conditions.
@rhettcorbett3346 Жыл бұрын
Gotta get this movie. Another Coupe wrecked. If we only knew how much they were going to be worth.They are Aussie Muscle Car Classics. And Jacko. He's a Individual you can't fool him. Location looks like the old warehouses in Sydnem. Where some of the classic Midnite Spares was filmed.
@xpusostomos Жыл бұрын
You're kind of 40 years too late to stop it
@Pablo668 Жыл бұрын
I had no idea the XD Falcon came with a column shift.
@dunxy Жыл бұрын
Never ride in a taxi in the 80’s???
@Pablo668 Жыл бұрын
@@dunxy I did once or twice back then. Memory is failing me I guess.
@psynriter Жыл бұрын
My dad got a XD Fairmont as a company car. Had 4.9 on the guard. It was yellow and had black carpet I think from memory. One of those Huge old digital clocks in the dash and mmmmaybe it had power windows
@Fontgod Жыл бұрын
XB now worth more than the entire movie budget.
@polz8 Жыл бұрын
Early 90's was the peak of Australian cinema. Muriel's Wedding, Priscilla Queen of the Desert. And... whatever this is.
@kattanablade Жыл бұрын
dont bring those horrendous Australian tv memories back please
@CailenCambeul Жыл бұрын
Looks like Matlock Police meets Midnight Spares. I met Jacko once. He seemed like a decent bloke.
@zwastiunburzy3688 Жыл бұрын
Jacko IS an indi-bloody-vidual and you CANNOT fool him!
@theonenamedhaze Жыл бұрын
I was more heartbroken seeing that XB dented than Bazza getting squashed 😂😂
@captaindew3106 Жыл бұрын
1973 Ford Falcon she the last of the V8 as said in Mad Max film.
@JohnSmith-bn7bl Жыл бұрын
XDs had V8s. so did the XEs. the XFs that followed only had 6s
@straingedays Жыл бұрын
Mad Max was: "last of the V8 Interceptors" Sequels are in a fictional apocalyptic world Interceptor, was old lingo for a Hwy Pursuit We've had loads of V8 Cop cars since 1973
@michaeledwards8058 Жыл бұрын
Mark Jackson had a car yard too I believe back in the 80s full of muscle cars
@keithcragg6474 Жыл бұрын
Good work to the stunt drivers, the XB drove like a tank and the XD drove like a brick, well done
@davidclarke6658 Жыл бұрын
I was thinking that. I couldn't imagine driving my dad's XD like.
@rayjaymor8754 Жыл бұрын
especially as that XD was a GL, pretty sure those ONLY came in either the 3.3 and 4.1 I6 options... absolutely slow as dogcrap at the time. Admittedly the one I drove was the EFI version in an LTD. Thirstiest car I ever drove but even at 20 years old it was super comfy.
@laurenhorwood109 Жыл бұрын
Ford Falcons. Greatest cars ever made
@simonz28 Жыл бұрын
it was like a 6 minute duracell ad
@witzendoz Жыл бұрын
Loved the column shift police car lol😂
@brianlove8413 Жыл бұрын
Most of the were unless they were H/way patrol.
@cudadog11 Жыл бұрын
And bare basement model 3.3L no less..😂 a VW Beetle would outrun it.
@witzendoz Жыл бұрын
@@brianlove8413 I've owned a few column shifts in my youth
@alanburge2725 Жыл бұрын
A mate had a XD Fairmont 6 cylinder. Comfortable. Tough as old boots. What a car.
@dunxy Жыл бұрын
Door handles….
@deanstevenson6527 Жыл бұрын
XB Hardtop with the Jacko Energy Bunny on the back...Oi! 🥝✔️
@glenphillips9068 Жыл бұрын
Mark Jackson looks like the male version of Pauline Hanson.
@vancewilson9413 Жыл бұрын
Best thing I've ever seen 😎👍
@nihilistic7840 Жыл бұрын
"you find your man and we'll put him at the scene" said before any evidence was found ... some things never change
@the_H369 Жыл бұрын
Good advert for Hills Hoist Australia..
@johnmoyle41953 ай бұрын
Bazza done himself a mischief
@54mgtf22 Жыл бұрын
Did Jacko receive an Oscar nomination for that performance? 😂
@jean-marcandjoshua-petsjournal Жыл бұрын
The hills hoist, very a Australian. The XB, noooooooo! Nice acting Jacko.
@dischargedarrowgetback43227 ай бұрын
Any run-of-the-mill car can be transformed into the best chase car depending on the driver. Conversely, the latest sports cars equipped with superchargers can turn into baby carriages depending on the driver.
@steventurner8428 Жыл бұрын
Today in 2023 that XB would be worth a fortune with many people bending over backwards to own it, me included. To think we grew up with these and many others and never thought "Hey" I think I will keep this and not just scrap it. Dumb!, we were so dumb!
@weppanx Жыл бұрын
If we had of known that they would turn all our cars into rusting tin cans ,and remove Holden and Ford from the buying guide ,I think most would of held on to them. I blame slack arse men and their 'job' getting scrap metal. More than anything else. Although I do blame noodle pricked men trying to be race car drivers and writing off all the HQ's and Toranas and many others throughout the 90's and early 2000's..
@gmannoname1492 Жыл бұрын
whoa I can't believe we made tv shows this bad, how different Sydney looks now
@WorksOnMyComputer Жыл бұрын
Oh the Australian film and tv archives are going to be a real treat for you.
@donstevenson2660 Жыл бұрын
If that was set in the U.S., it would have been a Fairmont vs a Maverick Grabber, and no one would have cared.
@livinginavwvan207 Жыл бұрын
Hey OP do you know the movie or TV show where a red chevelle (I think) would come out at night and ram people off mountain road cliffs? I saw it back in the 80's and am trying to find it. It was either a made for TV movie or an episode from a 70's/80's cop show
@brisman1963 Жыл бұрын
Her: You need some tyres with grip! Him: These are comfortable.
@Samsgarden Жыл бұрын
The XD was the beginning of Ford’s demise
@noelgibson5956 Жыл бұрын
XD to XF was a golden era for Ford. Sales were off the charts. EA was beginning of the rot.
@xpusostomos Жыл бұрын
@@noelgibson5956 XE losing the V8 was the beginning of the rot
@alexander1485 Жыл бұрын
is this Mad Max before things hit the fan testing out the new pursuit special?
@jimgolden96662 ай бұрын
Is that Jacko? Jocko? I remember some spikey white-blonde haired aussie actor from the early 80's on a series about a semi truck, and he also did battery commercials when I was a kid. The guy driving looks like him :)
@timhinchcliffe5372 Жыл бұрын
Those sure are some damn strong plastic rear windscreen louvers for someone to hang off of... normally they fall off if you slam the boot too hard.
@shakespeare_hall4788 Жыл бұрын
He had his feet hooked around the Towel rail on the Boot lid!
@markmakineste Жыл бұрын
If only they knew that in 30 something years, an unbent XB hardtop would be worth nearly half a million dollars, they'd never have wrecked in on camera :(
@scottjeppesen7389 Жыл бұрын
But it they saved them all and there were lots of them around, it WOULDN'T be worth more than anything else