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[@Jordy120]

LOL...anyone would think you're a little bit passionate there Ian.

[@ozwraith1]

I got a feeling he's gonna have a Barra powered Holden ute over there soon 😂

[@corzahazard444]

They should have made the Efigy real, such a beautiful car

[@aussieswatching3135]

Totally agree 🇦🇺

[@johnd8892]

It was a real running car driving on Melbourne and Detroit roads for display and publicity purposes. Just a one off hand built car though. I think you mean it should have been put into production.

[@vampiric4real]

@@johnd8892 should of been over the remake of the chrysler

[@lrg162]

I was gonna make a similar comment. The Efigy would have sold by the thousands IMHO. Perhaps with just a few concessions to the interior for seating 5, and perhaps a slight change to the running gear, to make it a little more affordable on wheels and tyres, it would have been an incredibly popular, bot in Australia and I believe in the US as well.

[@lrg162]

@herctwenty11 Ummm, incorrect. You should probably do some research before making stupid statements. The concept came originally from Holden's Chief Designer, and was given the go-ahead, with the co-operation of several Holden suppliers, for a one-off vehicle to be built for the 50th Anniversary of the first FJ Holden. It was NEVER intended as a pre-production concept, as many of the vehicles in this video were, but it "could" haven been made, and "should" have been made.

[@sammy_dog]

the Hurricane also had what was the precursor to gps called a Pathfinder which used magnetic signals built into the road to guide the driver not bad for a 60's Holden

[@tedburnard841]

Around the same time (1970 for memory) there was another Holden concept car called the GTR-X. A very wedgy two door sports concept built on a Torana GTR XU1. I managed to get an official Holden poster of the car, wish I still had that now!

[@madmick3794]

TAFE got cars donated to their mechanic training units by many manufacturers that had testing units in Australia. This was usually from the "big four" building cars here in oz at the time, Ford, Holden, Mitsubishi Toyota. When I was doing my first year of training we were given a prototype and test vehicle that was a 1991 TX5 Telstar turbo 2 door soft top convertable. The year after we were given a "proof of concept" Mitsubishi VR-X AWD Magna, about 8 - 10 years before they went on sale. Last day of my second we had a delivery of a European Opal "mule" that was fitted with the VR/VS suspension, IRS rear, manual and Chev V8. No parts of vehicle's could leave the work shop, none could ever go on the road, once finished with they had to be crushed, not even the wheels could be kept.

[@graemejohnson9025]

Tafe.. used to supply the smash repairs at Bathurst.. they did amazing jobs on so called write off cars overnight..

[@paspax]

It's all about compliance with ADRs.

[@zeropoint546]

Those AWD Magnas are seriously under rated cars. The TJ shape in particular.

[@madmick3794]

@@zeropoint546 Agreed. When I was a bit older I bought the wife a very clean one as our family car. For a standard vehicle it was amazingly well sorted when pushed.

[@zeropoint546]

@@madmick3794 It's a shame they didn't sell very well. The AWD system was designed in Australia for the Australian market. They were considered a bit heavy for the power they had. I always thought they were almost quick enough, and that TJ shape is one of my favourite Australian made car shapes ever. I have always had a bit of a daydream of putting a turbo on one. People are giving them away. I saw a nice low K's one the other day asking for 5 grand. Well worth that I would have thought.

[@darrenbridge7159]

Memories, my dad took me to the 1969 Sydney motor show when I was eight years old. I remember being blown away by the Hurricane.That Rear dash cam thing actually worked ( they demoed it all day). Dad bought an Hk Monaro in gold with the classic double black stripe down the drivers side. I thought I was the coolest kid in town riding around in that thing. Thanks mate great reaction video.

[@jonogemini5965]

The base model Xuv by holden was called the crewmen

[@user-ei7zv8uu1y]

I worked at Holden 20 years ago, and the Crewman, Adventra etc were all in the planning stages well before 2003. Part of the strategy to wring out a million variants off the Commodore platform. Holden also had a warehouse not too far from HQ, where they kept about a half-dozen past concept cars in the back corner..

[@Braskus]

I see an adventra every now and again.. There was also the Cross8. or X8? Whatever.. the crewman 4x4 version.

[@noelwiltshire8926]

@@Braskus I have a Holden Crew Cab Cross 8. 5.7 litre V8, allwheel drive, and weighs 2.5 tons. I love it.

[@Braskus]

@@noelwiltshire8926 Damn that's heavy. You're up in land cruiser territory.

[@noelwiltshire8926]

We live in the south east about 100 miles north of Melbourne, We have towed a 3 ton fifth wheeler about 200 thousand Kilometers through the outback over 10 years. It still goes beaut. Love it.

[@noelwiltshire8926]

@@Braskus Apparently it is heavier than an Ford F 100.

[@chrisrosie0584]

Some American concepts were developed down here to, one of my favourites - Buick Avista. 5th Gen Camaro was pretty much a VE Commodore (sort of) under it.

[@griff420blazer4]

The torana concept on the commodore chassis would of been a good 1 for his list

[@IWrocker]

Sounds like I need to research more concepts and do my own video

[@kylereese4822]

@@IWrocker 1st car crushed probably not burning enough fuel(not polluting enough) aka to efficient(mpg) so it goes to the crusher....

[@allanhindmarch7323]

Holden made a production model of the XUV ute called the Crewman. It was pretty popular.

[@theghost6412]

I remember as a youngster walking into a panel shop and seeing a Holden 4 Door Ute and thinking holy hell that is awesome! It also had an extremely long tray so i think it was a cut down wagon. The guy had just finished building it and it was still in undercoat. 7 months later Holden actually began releasing their own factory built 4 door utes.

[@Ragnar6000]

These lifted Utes look awesome perfect for the Outback/open country dirt roads ect, sometimes all you need is just ground clearance!

[@graemejohnson9025]

My mate has a Holden Adventura wagon, he loves it.. it has a extra 1" lift.. and he has being trying to break it for the last 5 years..

[@scottsv96]

They did make those 4x4 ford falcon looking ute. Maybe around 1990

[@NeilBlanco]

That last 427 makes 572 BHP!!! And I'm with you on the 2 best utes. Those Fords were wicked...

[@graemejohnson9025]

Nup. Just copies of What Holden was making.. Robbie Madison has a HSV Maloo, in his garage in Australia..

[@markscott2360]

Holden didn't copy Ford they just had the ball's to put there's into production, 🤘👍

[@DavidHands]

The Efijy is worth checking out for sure. Also the Coupe 60, Torana GTR-X, MS8 Clubman, MS8 Streamliner, Bathurst Time Attack Concept, Torana TT36, Panelvan Concept, The Utester, and perhaps the Falcon GT Superoo Coupe.

[@bobarris]

You should checkout the 427 in bathurst at the 24hr race.

[@kellysmith7511]

Yes it cleaned up :)

[@bobarris]

@@kellysmith7511 did it ever!!! Bye bye Porsche bye bye Lamborghini bye bye Ferrari bye bye Corvettes.

[@jokaentertainment]

I work for Toyota here in Melbourne, we have a lot of the concept vehicles in our large bistro so we can walk around and view them.

[@gusdrivinginaustralia6168]

Film it for Ian to do a reaction.

[@daverussell457]

3:05 - "I worked for Chrysler". My first thought was, that's why he likes Chryslers so much... but then I remembered his dad had Chryslers when he was a kid.

[@shaneferris6742]

Holden toyed with the XU-2. A small LC/LJ based Torana with the 308 V8. Enough people were wrapping the 6 cylinder version around things to put an end to that monster.

[@noelwebb6843]

They built 3 V8 XU-1's, but were never being called XU-2, there was a V8 XU-1 street machine in the 80's, the owner was a metal fabricator who made his own X-U2 badges for his car

[@ldnwholesale8552]

The Bullshit 'Supercar' controversy got rid of Ph4 Falcons, V8 XU1s and 340 Chargers. Muttering Rotters and politicians. Should have been locked up!! Though the Vauxhall based Torana was not a very strong car. Though my Racecar got a little over the top with 570hp 350 Chev.

[@skullandcrossbones65]

G'day. My father in law owned a Toyota Corona Ute from the late 1960s. It was before the Hilux and was based on the Corona sedan.

[@danniielle]

This is such an awesome channel Ian! I've been watching your videos all morning. Something else about Aussies is that you'll find lots of us women are into fast cars too. I'm a rev-head from way back. My family had a real mix of cars over the years including a a HG Holden, a pink HQ Holden, an XF Falcon Fairmont Ghia, a '96 EFII Falcon Futura which I bought off my dad in 2008. My first car was a 1975 Ford Cortina XLE which I had for nearly 20 years. I wish I'd kept it now. I bought it as a 4 cylinder, 2 litre auto and rebuilt most of it, converting it to a 4.1L (250ci) inline six with 4 speed manual, lowered with beefed up suspension, taller 8" diff, electronic ignition, tuned exhaust, deep dish hotwire wheels, bigger brakes, chassis stiffening.... ooh I miss that car. It was pretty quick for a stock six too. It did 13s on the 1/4 mile. There was no escaping the rev-head "affliction" for me. One of my uncles is a panel beater and builds the coolest custom hot-rods and the other is a retired mechanic who owned a business called Folks Motors who were VW and European car specialists. I rebuilt my Cortina under his guidance in his workshop and we power tuned it on his dyno. Anyway, as I've said, I LOVE your channel Ian!! Keep up the awesome work! 😎😎 Oh yeah, one of the cars I learned to drive in was a Chrysler 265 Hemi Valiant that belonged to another uncle. That was a COOL car and really quick with the Hemi 6.

[@kevkoala]

I remember when I went to the TAFE in Wangaratta back in 1998, the auto section had an actual WB station wagon that never went into production as the WB range was either the Statesman or the utes/one tonners.

[@phillipevans9414]

There was a WB panel van though - wouldn't take much to convert one to SW, don't know if that's how the one you mentioned came about, just thinking out loud. Cheers!

[@midnightkitchen8379]

"Pinned by IWrocker" is not Ian's channel. Ian doesn't have a whatsup number Sounds like a scam. Thank you :)

[@ldnwholesale8552]

Not hard to bolt WB front panels on a HZ

[@kevkoala]

@@ldnwholesale8552 Anything from HQ to WB. I've even seen some Pontiac Trans Am front ends on Holden panel vans!

[@danieljones7843]

18:16 when you actually own an EF XR8 with those headlights, the look grows on you. I wanted an EL XR8 bar on my old EF XR8 for ages but by the time I found one, I ended up wanting to keep the EF bar.

[@greyman3515]

Great reaction to some amazing cars. Thanks for showing them as I may never have known about them otherwise.

[@midnightkitchen8379]

That is not Ian replying to this, FYI. That phone number below is not associated with Ian. As you can see that reply has an accent over the letter O in "Iwrocker". Thank you :)

[@TheSamleigh]

In the original TOP GEAR days I would get a feeling (similar to how you felt here maybe) when they took some of the new model cars around the track. The feeling was beyond euphoria. It was guttural, palpable & excruciatingly exciting. Oh wow! As I typed I had an unqualified epiphany. The following is a real thought & despite it sounding stoopid I’m still gonna add it here. The Dog Whisperer once stated dogs like squeaky toys NOT for play but to generate excitement. To get off on being excited. The invention of the car has been a big help in our evolution {the key to us still being around supposedly … evolution not the car). We created an industry to feed our need for excitement. Of course it helps that cars get us around too.

[@1936Studebaker]

We had the swing out drop down multi function tail gate on the 1971 XA to XC 1978, Falcon,Fairmont station wagons. The XH Ute actually was still using the XD mid 1978 Falcon Ute body. which took it up to 1998.

[@noelgibson5956]

An EA ute and van should have come out in 1988 - 89. I never forgave Ford for that oversight. After Holden dropped the WB, Ford got complacent and lazy, as they had no direct competitor to threaten their volume.

[@RolandjHearn]

Yes we did, I had a very rare four speed manual Fairmont 302 v8 XC wagon with the multi function tail gate. Loved that car, but I put it on its roof. Still breaks my heart.

[@kylietasker50]

@@RolandjHearn that was our family car in the 80s with straight pipes (no mufflers) loud as

[@ldnwholesale8552]

The XD ute tailgate was in use from 71 XA through to 98 XH. Most of the tray inners too were the same. From 66. Just different outside skins. Even the fuel tank interchanges,, want to fit efi to your ealy ute,, use an XG XH tank, it bolts in. And only carrys 12 gallons!

[@jgsheehan8810]

Our XA & XB Foulcan Wagons had drop or swing tailgates. They were an option i think, but i saw quite a few in the day. The Hurricane was the bomb for a 7yo I can tell you. :) it had the first appearance of the 253 V8, the rear view was closed circuit TV and as someone else says it had a magnetic pre GPS nav system. He missed a few of Holdens showcars, the Utester, The CrossX pre Crewman showcars, the Coupe60, the Torana TT36, Effigy, HSV HRT etc etc and Marilyn the Monaro Convertible

[@allanhindmarch7323]

I had an 86 XF falcon sedan for a while. It was a sweet ride.

[@deegribble4160]

The Holden hurricane looked like a car out of wacky races (an old cartoon) I watched as a kid

[@Mechknight73]

There was a Toyota sedan based ute before this one: the Crown. The Toyota Crown was Toyota's top of the line luxury car, almost up to the launch of Lexus. Crown utes are rare, but they do exist

[@owenshebbeare2999]

And there are Corolla hased utes in the 1970's.

[@DavidJayAU]

Thanks Ian I would never have known that a lot of these cars existed

[@ianmontgomery7534]

All the surviving Holden concept cars are now in museums here. effigy, GTR-X and Hurricane are at Birdswood Adelaide, i think.

[@carlwebster4217]

Yes you definitely need to check out the effigy because them $3m to build and it was built by Holden factory

[@gavin047]

I worked for Holden when they where restoring the hurricane about a decade ago. It got lost a found and restored. I had the privilege of sitting in it. I've have seen looked inside the hrt427 and a number of other Holden concepts including the efiji. Here the that the run and cruise past was epic.

[@mael-strom9707]

A couple of Aussie concept cars that actually made it into production... 1974 Leyland Australia Force 7 Coupe fitted with the Buick/Rover 4.4 litre V8 and the Bolwell Nagari (1962 - 1974) the earlier ones fitted with IL6s and the later ones fitted with the Ford 302 or 351 V8 engines. A newly developed supercar Bolwell Nagari 500 is in production and a few have been produced according to reports.

[@partymanau]

There used to be a Force 7 running around Lismore NSW a few yrs back.

[@kaindog100]

I would absolutely love a Nagari.

[@richardb8492]

We had a lot Aussie backyard manufacturers back in the 50's, 60's and 70's. Nota Engineering had a few concept cars that made it into production including the Fang and the Le-Mans which I was lucky to put a hand to back in the 80's. A lot of them could be found in and around Amaroo Park Racewat back in the day. There were several fibreglass companies making VW beetle bodies in the 70's and 80's. And cant forget Brabham who are now making concept and production street legal cars.

[@mael-strom9707]

@@richardb8492 There was also the C3 Corvette influenced '76 Perentti, albeit a 2+2 giving a longer stretched look. It used a Holden 1 tonner chassis and was powered by the Holden V8 of the era.

[@richardb8492]

@@mael-strom9707 IMO the Perentti looked better than the vette. We actually had a lot more concept cars that were serious innovations for their day. Like the HX GTS twin turbo that Holden unveiled at the 77 Melbourne motor show or the XF Falcon twin turbo AWD 6 that was built to compete with the GTR Godzilla. It was the predecessor to the SVO shown in this video.

[@stevefraser7501]

Swinging tailgates existed on Aussie station wagons in the 70s.

[@charlesemerson6763]

1975 when I was at Ultimo TAFE in NSW a couple of us went to the Powerhouse museum, don't think it was called that then, and saw the Holden Hurricane, XU-2 Torana and the Leyland P76 Force 7 two door. I think the P76 was the most interesting as it had a 4.8L, I think, V8 alloy engine block when everybody else was using cast iron. But I think the Hurricane used alloy heads in it's 253cu.in V8 engine.

[@petergreen3589]

Love you description of the Ford AU Arrow - Piss Ugly!! Nailed it!

[@danieledwards1081]

Gary Rogers Motorsport built 3 427 Monaros, 1 to compete in the first Bathurst 24hr GT race, won it on debut, then built the second for the following year and ran 1 and 2 in the 24hr, they then built a 3rd one only recently from parts they had left laying around. Awesome cars

[@norm70]

G'day Ian. Just letting you know that 100Kilowatts is equivalent to 135.962Horsepower Just seen something new to me here in this video. I never even knew that the Ford TERRA existed until this vid. Good job educating some Aussies mate........lol

[@shanevonharten3100]

I remember seeing the Ford Terra at AgQuip back in the day, had to laugh because I'd already built basically the same concept out of a HX holden 1 tonner. Awsome fun.

[@communalnoodle1356]

Holden built a 4 door commodore ute called the Crewman. HSV did versions of them. Oh we also had the Holden Adventra - it was an AWD Commodore wagon.

[@gusdrivinginaustralia6168]

HSV Avalanche

[@dantem5228]

2 of my favourites were the Torana Concept by Holden. (STILL NEEDS TO BE MADE REAL!!) And also mentioned the Effigy. One of the prettiest cars in existence. You should check out the Buick Avenir too. Australian GM designed concept for the US. Pretty pretty car.

[@anthonypirera7598]

Thanks for that it was great to see all them awesome cars

[@notthisguyagain4635]

Direct from the display at Birdwood National Motor Museum. 1969 Hurricane. Holdens first ever concept car was so groundbreaking it featured a reversing camera and a navigation system in the 1960s! Specifications. Engine 4.2 Litre (253 cubic inch) Holden V8. Transmission Four speed Manual transaxle. Place of Manufacture Holden by Design, Fisherman’s Bend (Victoria)

[@DaClown30]

Would have thought the 1970 torana GTR-X and the Holden Efijy were going to be on this list.

[@thatfelladownunder9396]

Yeah I was waiting for the GTR-X too.

[@norsehall309]

G'day Ian, l am very proud of our Car Designers in Australia it's very sad that we don't have the manufacturing process anymore, those that designed those concept car are all old Men and Woman now as new blood and designs are no longer required, this is a sad fact and a bitter pill as Australia will never get it back, loved watching the blog, cheers mate, Neil 🤠.

[@midnightkitchen8379]

Hello Nev. Hope you are doing well. Just letting you know that "Pinned by IWrocker" reply below isn't Ian, looks like it's an impersonator with a random whatsupp number. So please don't engage in that. Thank you :)

[@galactica1980]

We still do have designers and engineers at Ford Australia.

[@optimalrider22]

great vid, love your channel and love ross reviews channel you guys both make interesting content

[@2theCore777]

I've been watching Ross for years, great bloke ! 👍✌

[@lazerbrain8784]

Ford released a 4WD ute in the early 70's. Someone will give us all the details here. They shook every bolt to pieces, Rare as rockin horse shit and priceless today. Holden added 4wd ute, panel van and station wagon in the late 70's. Very rare.

[@milksheihk]

The Holden Hurricane had a concept nav system but it relied on magnets in the road surface, the rear brakes were inboard multi-rotor inclosed discs(completely surrounded by oil, oil cooled)

[@tonyrowe9612]

IAN, I ABSOLUTELY LOVED YOUR REACTION TO THIS AND THE SUMMERNATS34 VID,.. WE CAN DEFINITELY SEE WHERE YOUR PASSION LIES, and it's good fun watching you get so excitied about the AUSSIE car culture !

[@1971gtrxu1]

Hurricane was an experimental car to showcase possible future auto trends. It had the soone to be released 253 aussie V8. Rear-mounted with transaxle. Adjustable pedals. Oil cooled brakes. Pathfinder navigation system that read sensors on the road. Rear view TV. Tilt adjustable steering column.

[@ComicalGrowler]

Hi Ian, the quick and dirty way to figure kW to hp is kW is 3/4 of hp. eg. 300kW is approx 400hp. Hope that's useful

[@jasonvicary662]

I went to school with the boys who were behind making the Arrow AU Falcon in the No. 2 spot. The headlights are from a Mercedes CLK, don’t know why they went with this as they are essentially ford boys through and through. They also have built one of the most beautiful XP Coupe which has been featured in Street Machine along with this car and another more normal AU Coupe. Don’t know if they still do but they used to build limos and hearses mainly in a small country town in NSW Tenterfield, top guys

[@MikMech]

The Holden *Torana GTR-X Coupe* Concept. Along with the Holden Hurricane.

[@lanceoutdoors8895]

In Australia we had swing back Ute gate that also dropped down on the early Holden kingswood wagons and Utes in the 70s.

[@themisterchristie]

Being a Canadian, I'm also used to horsepower when it comes to engine power. I did a quick search and the conversion from kW to hp is roughly 1.34x. The HSV ute in #3 with 350kW was pumping out 469hp! And the torque 1nm is roughly 0.74 lb/ft the #3 600nm = 442.5 lb/ft. The number 1 car was 572.6hp! It's fun to see the difference in tastes between North America and Australia. Up here the Utes didn't take off well, but down under they're nuts for them. Up here utes sort of died with the Dodge Rampage from the 1980s. Subaru brought out the Brat later on, but it didn't do well.

[@col470]

Jim Hunter & Randy Salmont won their class in the 1987 Baja 1000 in a falcon ute

[@arkhsm]

You seem to REALLY dig the AUSSIE Fords. I'm the lucky owner of an AU XR8 220Kw (295hp); the one with the last and most powerful factory HANDBUILT 5.0L pushrod Windsors. It's torquey enough to bark the tyres from a standstill with a light stab of the gas even with its old 4-speed auto ! Love your enthusiasm for these old Aussie Specials !!

[@steveskrobot9496]

Ian, we had 2-way Tailgates in Australia in the mid 70's in the Falcon station wagons. Are you sure American wagons didnt have them in the 70's also?

[@IWrocker]

Yea American wagons had them in the 70s also, but never on big trucks for some reason until a couple years ago

[@arkhsm]

At least from the 60s !!

[@victoriabitters1691]

That Toyota Ute thing was in "development" shortly after Holden and Toyota teamed up in the latest 80s/early 90s to badge manufacturer the Toyota lexcen from the vr-vs series (if I'm correct)

[@sutherlandA1]

I think it was used as an inauguration showpiece for the opening of the Toyota Australia design studio

[@ciprianovieira7539]

Gday Ian , the holden hurricane was a real surprise for me. I didnt like it at first glance until I saw it with the roof open and rear vision camera back in 1969 ? So cool. My favorite car was the last one, imagine how much its worth 30 to 50 years from now

[@ariadnepyanfar1048]

With the crushing: Most concept cars haven't or can't pass safety tests. Others are crushed to protect the reputation of the brand, others are crushed to protect corporate secrets that aren't market-ready yet.

[@ianhelyar9553]

Yeah, gotta say, that Terra looked mighty fine!

[@ganug3280]

The Holden GTR-X from 1969 based on an early 6 cylinder torana with a fibreglass body. The vehicle was nearly production ready when the decision was made to end it. The vehicle still looks great.

[@chevychitchat]

My uncle had a Toyota Crown station wagon had the double swing tailgate. Back in the 70's.

[@scottycrapper6304]

Peter Brock’s VL commodore just sold here in Australia for a million dollars now that holden and ford have shut down they are all going up in value and will continue to, standard holden ss v8’s are up over 40k it’s crazy

[@stevenbalekic5683]

Our station wagons all had tailgates that opened straight down and swung out. Just pick the corresponding handle for either and open.

[@petezappa8748]

Another top vid Ian, that Ford Terra Ute, but with a Ford Barra Turbo would be godlike!! I would 1000% buy one!! & I also love that Ford Sandfire ute, wow!!!

[@mce_AU]

Ian to all viewers: "I'll have one of each please... except the bug looking thing."

[@IWrocker]

🤣🤣🤣

[@dylanzrim3635]

The 2 door AU falcon wasn’t a concept it was built by a father and son in a shed without fords permission.

[@commodorenut]

That’s right, it was a privately built vehicle. I remember seeing the red AU fronted coupe beside the ugly green one at Summernats in the early 2000s. Hillier brothers did it. They built hearses as a day job. They also did an XP coupe with a steel headliner in it that took out trophies at Summernats too.

[@lancegraham7722]

Who remembers Marilyn? The rag top monaro...that was awesome

[@TheSpartan300000]

The Momaro 427 ran at bathurst 24 huours race. they ran 2 years in a row and won both years, the last win with them was peter brock got his 10th win at bathurst, you should chedk the race with brock.

[@christopherhill3353]

Not just win the races but dominated the races, The last 10 laps when they where allowed to truly open them up showed just how much they had left in them. Fun fact for the 24 hour races they actually detuned the motor just to make sure they would be more reliable.

[@noelwebb6843]

They were rev limited

[@dianaperry1929]

WOOHOO….Going to enjoy this…..Cheers Ian…..💝🦘🇦🇺

[@Rassskle]

The EA Falcon was the first production car ever DESIGNED and built in Australia. The Toranas and others were modified from either US, English or German designs. Holden - Chevy, Vauxhall and Opel. Ford - Falcon, Pinto etc Valiant - Chrysler, Dodge etc The EA Falcon was a piece of shit only half built, but had great potential. The station wagon had a longer wheel base and handled better at speed than the sedan. The car had 4 major problems.... 1) was only half built 2) was a tinny box that looked like a slater 3) Had too much body roll 4) Was designed like an aeroplane wing. 4) At high speed the rear would lift off the road and send you flying into the countryside.....or trees, poles , houses. Etc 3). The car handled well and stuck to the road in tight corners ( no speed for lift off ) but only after you balanced it on full body roll. When cornering, the whole car would roll violently causing most drivers to spin out on city roads. lol The better drivers would catch the cars weight transference and keep it balanced .....then the car hunkered down and the tyres gripped like on rails. BUT.......most drivers do not have those skills or natural talent. So they had a heart attack first, shut themself 2nd and then all too often spun and crashed. The VN Commodore was released before Ford released the EA. The VN was a sweet looking German Opal but was only 30 % built. Both cars needed to be sent to a mechanic to be rebuilt properly......everything tightened. Both models also had too many parts from the previous model that did not FIT. The EA Falcons overheated at will....... They had thousands of parts left over from the previous XF model, but the XF was a German car and a totally different design. Most of the cooling system in the early EA’s was from the XF and didn’t work. lol As for the EA GT you are looking at in this video....... it would have been a mass killer. Just as dangerous as a V8 Torana. lol

[@richardcoulson7483]

1969 Holden Hurricane looks like the Ford GT in its body style and the pop up headlights and also it looks like it had a rear-mounted engine. Looks cool and I would have loved growing up with them on the road. Cheers from Australia mate

[@ron6866]

At holdens in Elizabeth south Australia pretty sure they use to take club sports etc for a run round track then after crushed them. I use to cry 😢

[@bill-xu3qo]

Brocky won the Bathurst 24 hr in 03 in a 427 monaro, driving for Gary Rogers Motorsport

[@vernontrickey4115]

your standard xa xb falcon wagons had fold down or open like a door tailgates as standard in the 70s !

[@shaneebz5292]

Just glad they didn't include the concept Torana. Was modelled off an Opel vectra

[@daverussell457]

The '76-'79 XC Falcon Station Wagon had an option of a 2-way tailgate.

[@tarshnottrash1483]

I was told by my father that my grandfather was involved in making the fibreglass moulds (I believe) for the Holden hurricane. I wish I could remember the details of the story better but had never heard of this car before I was told of that story

[@kylietasker50]

Isn't that the car that crashed at Eastern Creek dragway when they ran backwards and ended drag racing there

[@user-gn5hi2mk5u]

Iwrocker you rock man you rock

[@micko11154]

To convert kw to hp you multiply kw x 1.34, example 200kw x 1.34 = 268 hp!

[@noelgibson5956]

In their pre - Hilux days in the 60's, Toyota did a couple of car based utes, the first two generations of Toyota Crown that we got here, and the far less common first generation Toyota Corona ute. They were rare even when new. Can't recall if they were imported or done just locally for our market.

[@piglos]

I saw a 1st gen Toyota Crown ute just the other day

[@noelgibson5956]

@@piglos A good one could be worth some serious coin now! I haven't seen one for decades.

[@arffadailey8055]

Those Toyota crown ute were quite popular. My uncle had 2 of them. I know of one sitting in a paddock near the Murray River

[@markwaters3050]

GM Australia had a CEO by the name of Tony (I think) Hannenberger. When he retired and returned to his homeland in Germany, his parting gift was a one of a kind, tricked out Monaro coupe. Well, Tony took his car back to Germany with him, and does he have some tales to tell about the embarrassment his Aussie car has caused to European "super car" owners on the autobahns!

[@richardcrew4303]

Another great video. If you like the Ford XF Terra, search XY Falcon 4 x 4 ute. It was limited production but there have been front ands grafted to station wagons as well

[@ldnwholesale8552]

There was a very few wagons actually built,, 5? Utes were quite common. Thee was at least one XA ute too.

[@Me-dt3ul]

Ford had a falcon wagon in the mid 70's with a tailgate that opened both down and swung like a house door.

[@s13silly]

They did a Holden Torana modern concept back in the early 2000s and built one I think in 2011? It was a twin turbo compact, essentially the built concept looked like a shortened commodore.

[@davehall6661]

You should totally build a terra! Would be a awesome video series 👌

[@davidburnett93]

You might have to add ford Australia guy to mopar and gm. After all, in the car cruise video you did, your favourite car was the yellow xa GT coupe

[@marcbaur677]

9:27 this Ford Falcon looks like a modified european Ford Granada MK II. Greetings from Germany. 🙂

[@paspax]

Ford Australia had those tailgates on their station wagons in the 1970s.. 1960s in the US

[@greenhouse3505]

1 kilowatt = 1.34102 Horsepower & 1 Newton meter = 0.7375621493 ft lbs of torque... Just for your future reference ol mate ;)

[@davidoswald6194]

Dads ford xa 1971 station wagon, had a swing out, and fold down tailgate.....it was a pure production Fairmont station wagon....it had chrome wing windows too...like the xy...that the production xa didn't have

[@jennymark7403]

My hubby used to drive Holden Commodore as taxis, and was G M test motors V6s they used to say flog it hard, when trouble came up, he went to Holden h q and in 90 min motor out , motor in , back working with new test motor, he saw many concept cars down under there building, they even had corvette stingray there completely set up with Aussie suspensions, so the U S could evaluate this, after they crushed them

[@hendo4984]

Holden made a 4-door ute range named " CREWMAN " from 2003 - 2007.

[@steveryan3906]

The reason the 427 hsv didn’t make it to production was because it actually out did the corvette at the time in every way. General Motors head office wouldn’t allow another vehicle to out do their corvette, so it was canned.

[@mandymcinerney2816]

Old USA Wagons used to have two way tailgates in the 1960's

[@nobikeman]

Holden was actually taking deposits for the HRT427 but was going to cost more than the $220k to build. Gary Rodgers Motorsport made their own version prior to these and Peter Brock won the Bathurst 12hr GT race in one.

[@noelwebb6843]

It was the twice ran 24 hour race at Bathurst. They enter 1 car the first year & despite plenty of teething problems won the race. The second year they enticed Brocky back with a second car & entered both in the Nations Cup for development. The second year they destroyed the competition & recorded the only ever 1-2 finish in a 24 hour race

[@gusdrivinginaustralia6168]

That's why this car had to happen, so it could qualify to race.

[@arkhsm]

@@noelwebb6843 Only made 2 and yet were allowed to race still; I love how race sanctioning bodies would bend over backwards to help "Australias Own" car company repeatedly !!

[@noelwebb6843]

@@arkhsm they built 6, were scheduled to be manufactured however were banned due to twisting chassis. None of the cars in the open class were purely production cars

[@arkhsm]

@@noelwebb6843 Twisting chassis, I thought Holdens were built for rough Aussie backroads. Now you're telling me they're piss week ! If you want to see a strong production car watch the 70,000-mile trial FORD put 5 standard 6 cylinder Falcons through in 1965, it should blow your mind !!