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[@richardcrowell284]

We have had emission regulation's here in Australia since the seventies and we do have safety standards which are star rated ANCAP tested. In New South Wales vehicles over 5 year's old have to undergo an annual inspection. The car building industry no longer exists in Australia. The red Escort is a locally assembled vehicle, they came from the UK in complete knock down kit. The Ford Falcon and Holden Utes were built on the sedans or wagons from the time. The Falcons started life from an American Ford imported in the early sixties. The Ford with the air cleaner hanging out was an Australian Ford Fairlane, it is a stretched Falcon we also had the LTD.

[@simbob26]

Actually…. I call bullshit on that whole statement. Australia’s emissions regulations, safety requirements and road taxes are far in excess of those on the USA, including back when most of those cars were built. The difference was that Ford, Holden and Chrysler developed muscle cars which were tailored to meet those regulations, and didn’t just throw their hands up and admit defeat. Chrysler’s 6-cylinder Hemi only existed in the Aus/NZ market… Ford’s 6-cylinder Barra engine, that everybody is so crazy about today, also only an Aus/NZ product. When we manufactured vehicles here for the performance market they were great. Too bad that all stopped 5 years ago!

[@glenod]

the yanks, some, are just catching onto the Barras. some are getting them sent over there now.

[@alwynemcintyre2184]

The rear bar wasn't a styling thing, it was a practical thing for strapping ladders and planks of wood to. Because it's a work vehicle.

[@SalisburyKarateClub]

We had Fairlanes here. The main difference between what we call a truck as opposed to a ute. Is a ute can be driven on a normal car licence, but a truck needs a heavy vehicle licence.

[@Dr_KAP]

But there are also small trucks that aren’t utes you can use a normal license for as we used to own one 😂

[@YonduBruh]

yeah well kinda body make/class matters and defines the vehicles light/heavy commercial vehicle. but also in saying that, no one is calling a van with a tray or those mini trucks a ute lol

[@DaClown30]

Ute is short for "utility". Basically a car/truck that can more than just carry people with some kind of tray or tub. Not limited to 2 doors. Also the roll bars are more "sports bars" and apparently help with the aerodynamics. The bar at the back of the ute is usually in place to carry long items, ie. Ladders.

[@firecrakka]

Yep... ute version of roof racks. Perfect for ladders or wood/sheets from Bunnings. 😜

[@godamid4889]

The little red escort was a British design iirc, and a bullet on wheels. The roll bar serves a dual purpose for tying down loads. The ute with the bar at the back would have used it to lay ladders/lengths of timber so that they don't scrape against the duco and leave space in the tray for all your tools and gear. And yes, we had the Fairlane. It was the top end model of the Falcon. I think the Fairmont was in there too.

[@ianmontgomery7534]

My daily drive is a 1999 AU1 Fairmont Wagon running on dual fuel (petrol or LPG).

[@godamid4889]

@@ianmontgomery7534 a classic!

[@gregorturner9421]

yeah you can see the ladder restraining little bolts sticking up on the rear.

[@noahridesmtb5886]

its a sports bar not a rolll bar if you rolled it would do little to nothing to help you

[@godamid4889]

@@noahridesmtb5886 ok, Norbert.

[@hudsonsled454]

*It's great you have such strong opinions on things you know absolutely nothing about* 😂👍🇦🇺

[@joshkleine21]

Like the firm comment about American Vans and Panel Vans being the same, then seconds later a Panel Van comes on screen and he’s like “look at that hearse thing” 😂

[@bigorsetomatoesauce6403]

Nah its the those falcons are either a mitsi or pontiac 🤣

[@danieljones7843]

6:53 The “fusions” you two are pointing at are FGX falcons and the “focuses” are actually BA-BF falcons. 16:34 that is an XA Falcon wagon. The air intake is a dead giveaway that the engine inside that is a 351 Cleveland V8, that intake was actually standard on the XY Falcon GTHO phase 3 which was the fastest mass produced 4 door sedan in the world when it came out in 1971

[@HowlingCurve]

The El Camino is as close to an Aussie ute that you guys in the states ever got, a traditional ute is also defined as a sedan/estate car body in the front and a tray in the rear.

[@simbob26]

That is correct, although the correct terminology is “Coupé Utility” but we never really ever called them that here. They were first called “utilities” and then in time, as all good Aussie words are, shortened to a single syllable… “Ute”

[@petersargeant1555]

Falcon utes sold in South Africa badged as Rancheros.

[@CJColvin]

Don't forget the Ranchero as well mate.

[@dhiquobgnaloo]

At the 7 minute mark you were debating what some of the cars in the shot were ,they are all ford falcons just different years some are v8s some turbo 6s.

[@n8dagr881]

roll bars on utes saved me and my friends lives when we rolled the old falcon, its something i swear by

[@JoSantz07]

The back bar is to carry things like ladders or timber. It's not a protection bar

[@julzhunt7790]

The term Ute is for Utility vehicle so any vehicle that can carry 2+ people and has a utility tray at the back is a Ute.

[@jonlowing7907]

Phezz, you're missing the point with the rear bar on the ute; it's for carrying cargo like lengths of timber or ladders, etc. Same with the front one, except it doubles as a rollover bar.

[@leandabee]

I've been following this guy for awhile now, and love his passion and enthusiasm. Love his outfits too 🥰👌

[@graemejohnson9025]

America is the Only Country in the World where they Think.. Driving a Big Stupid F Series is Dope... it's look at me, and how big my absolutely useless, wank truck is... The F650 is a True Mummy i have small penis car...

[@ydenneki]

14:30 If you look closer you'd realise that the back "roll bar" isn't a roll bar at att but a tradesman bar for tying down extended items like ladders or lumber.

[@gamortie]

The back “roll bar” is actually for racking your ladder

[@tyrschampion471]

As an Australian im telling you an El Camino is a ute

[@tristanjohnson4477]

8:49 My mum has one of these but it's blue. I've driven it and it's so much fun.

[@ianmontgomery7534]

Ute comes from the coachbuilding term - coupe utility which is a pick up based on a sedan.

[@murdoch6390]

The bar at the back of the Ute is so you can put things like lumbar or ladders or super long cargo between the two

[@123456789oldenholden]

😂 we have stricter safety and emmisiong regulations than any part of the usa, have done for about 40+ years. Also those utes bars are not for roll over protection, it's for ladders and other gear tradies use so it's easy to tie down and not resting on the roof or tailgate.

[@NumanAir]

The sports bars on the Ute are not roll bars. They are purely there for looks. If you are a tradesman or tradie (builder carpenter etc) the extra bar was for carrying timber ladders etc.. the Utes were popular for tradies.

[@kaylz6418]

Hell yeah. I have a 2010 Ford Falcon XR6 50th Anniversary high performance vehicle. It’s a smooth ride!!!

[@darrengray2309]

There bloody Aussie designed Falcons

[@MissMahnae]

The roll bar is not to protect you it’s to carry things! It’s a bloody Ute for working and carrying work materials

[@donnacrowston3619]

When he talks about the back of the Ute's, the back can have either a tray back or a style side. The tray back is usually a aluminium flat tray & some trays have what we call drop sides. The drop sides on a tray back are a little under a ft high & go the full length of the tray . Both sides & the back have the drop sides & are attached by hinges & sth sides are removable. The sides are for when you need to carry a load that can't or shouldn't be carried on a flat bed tray.

[@ptxlvr7150]

The catch about the Ford F series, is that the F series starts with the F150, and goes up to the F700, or F800 I don't remember exactly which one. But that would be like a box truck/dump truck/ school bus. It is all those trucks, whereas the Silverado and the Ram both are just pickups, nothing bigger. So the sales numbers are not exactly fair. Ford numbered the larger trucks a F series so they could count all those in the sales figures, so they had an advantage.

[@azzaskates]

Ute has an open tray on the back. Short for utilities vehicle. Most labour workers will own these for quick and easy access to grab tools.

[@SteeleFalcon]

It's not just a roll bar it's a rack for carrying long stuff that's why there is 1 at the back of the Ute as weĺl

[@helenmckeetaylor9409]

No emissions regulations.. what!? Of course we do!!!

[@308V8HZ]

I'd say the G.T.H.O's and the G.T's would be the most expensive cars on that whole lot , that's why they park em away from other cars . Common practise down here is to build a HO or any other GT model Falcon out of a standard XR , XT , XW or an XY model falcon , I've seen hundreds of replicas over the years and there absolutely stunning !!! MAD MAX RULES BABY .

[@70chevs]

The Mustang ute was definitely custom built. You see a lot of cars in Australia that have been converted into utes. I've seen versions made from 57 Chev, 64 Chev Impala, 80's Volvo, Mercedes, Subaru Impreza and a four door Nissan Patrol wagon turned into a 4 door ute. I'm sure around the country there are many others.

[@gjamieson1956]

Look at the early ford escort especially the rally

[@AMB3Rjade]

Ford and Holden were good, until they got sold off over seas. Now the new models are getting recalled for dangerous defects 🤣🤦‍♀️ Just not the same now they're no longer Aussie!

[@vhwft]

They aren’t roll bars fools hahahah they are ladder racks and for being able to but stuff up top.

[@darrengray2309]

The roll bar on the back is there for tying lengths of wood too a builder probably owns it nothing to do with looks

[@deanhill281]

Tradies use rear bar for loading timber on top.

[@trevorchapman1694]

The roadrunner is a Plymouth

[@bigorsetomatoesauce6403]

From now on I shall call a BA/BF falcon a mitsi or a pontiac

[@michaelberman4478]

Also FORD ----Fix Or Repair Daily.

[@noelwebb6843]

For Old Retired Drivers; F'd On Race Day.

[@MelodyMan69]

Hey Guys, the first Ford Falcon built in Australia was a copy of the American model. It was tested at the Proving Ground but FAILED. Suspension broke, body has fractures from rough roads and the Engine and Transmission "went to lunch". It was obvious that Australia needed to re-engineer the US offering and that has been the case ever since. AUSTRALIAN DESIGNED New Models are simply tougher Cars.

[@vernonwright8886]

These guys have Fun ING KRUGER

[@thetarotbogan]

He's talking as if he is in the 80's. Things are very different here now. They're all mainly Falcon's designed and built here.

[@donaldthomson8965]

ford are the leaders in ute's in australia and made the fist utes early 1900 and the holden is a GM some part are from oversea/s made on holden car i was a carrier for GM in melbourn 1978

[@Aquarium-Downunder]

I want a Ford F-850 I only reason the Ford F-??? sell so well is you don't have the Ford Falcon Ute

[@paulheywood2116]

Ranchero and el Camino

[@michaelmayo9048]

Ford Australia has Nothing to do with jaguar

[@aaronstephens6350]

70% of the cars/utes are ford falcons!! Greatest cars ever made!

[@M-T-G-flynn]

Tat White car Is my neighbour’s😂

[@SKIT..CENTRAL]

If you don't need your truck licence they're not called a truck

[@jjtt_2004]

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[@trevorchapman1694]

What he said at the stsrt about Australian regulations is just wrong.

[@rodneyjones4890]

It`s not pink, it`s wild violet.

[@MelodyMan69]

That is NOT PINK. Its a colour called PLUM CRAZY.. .. ..

[@matth4638]

Trouble with a lot of the US fords the dimensions were never quite right.

[@DeanMehrtens]

No nothing American about those cars… they are near all Aussie made and designed as well as the European small cars. Worst vid I’ve seen.. very poor.

[@DeanMehrtens]

Wow you two should try gathering some facts before you talk then you might not sound completely ignorant and uninformed. Just saying 🥸

[@petemedium2185]

Re the roll bar at that back of the Ute you commented on. The owner looks like he's a tradie ... a tradesman with the trailer at back .... so he would use the 'roll bars' to strap building material onto, not to prevent a roll over. Lots of tradies add that extra bar at the back for that reason.

[@hbpdi001]

Yeah, it’s called a “ladder rack” as tradies strap their ladders onto them

[@peterwhite7252]

@@hbpdi001 and 4x2 i mean 2x4s etc

[@PJGannas]

Absolutely, Utes were made for working in Australia and you can correct me if I’m wrong but the first one was to be able to carry pigs to the slaughter and then be comfortable enough to go and get the groceries after, as that one is but the show cars are fukin awesome Love the Xc coupe❤️

[@Notric]

We do have those regulations and standards too, ours are nearly as high as California. We just made different cars to the US.

[@ianmontgomery7534]

Most of our regs follow the EU.

[@judileeming1589]

I ❤️this guy. He flips out at the parked cars in the street and he is forever searching for a Sundowner panel van. GMH (General Motors Holden) had an equivalent panel van called the Sandman. Both companies had fully Australian based design teams. It was a sad day when the factories closed down. Also, we have had catalytic converters on all cars for decades and yes, our population is smaller than the USA but we still have some of the best air quality in the World (when we have bush fires the air quality is bad though). Regarding car ownership, my son’s family of four adults means four cars in the driveway and out on the street.

[@fugawiaus]

There was also the Chrysler valiant drifter.

[@kaylz6418]

Ahhh the Sundowner/Sandman I remember the drive ins and all the Fk trucks rocking!!!

[@firecrakka]

Phez really needs to stop talking with such authority on things he knows nothing about. 😆

[@reefsurfing3273]

Yep 👍

[@mattyg4870]

💯

[@erwinzyx]

14:31 - The rear 'roll bar' isn't for protection. It's used for tying down long items in the tray of the ute, such as ladders or planks. 17:33 - Ironically, most Aussies would look at this truck and think it looks ridiculous, because it's just not practical.

[@talesandtrailswithbodie216]

I guess these two American blokes never used a ute such as a tradie would. Stupid comments thinking that the rear bar is used for cosmetic use or as a roll bar, and thinking it’s only to be supported by a bloody tonneau cover! Bahahaha!!! Yeah we are dumb Aussies according to their comments. And YES Ford was the parent company to Ford Australia, but most of these cars are Aussie designs. You blokes sound a bit jealous saying it’s basically an American car show. You American Blokes come on down here and grab some Maccas mate. Lol.

[@Notric]

Fez, Please check out a history of Aussie Ford it will show you the development that took us in a different direction to the US. Also when he said about the V6 he actually meant the Straight 6 Barra engine that is in our Falcon's. I have one in my 2010 FG Falcon Ute.

[@angelabryant9079]

Actually I saw a guy on yt here in the U.S. engine swap a barra into a fox body! Everyone was stunned when he popped the hood and it was a straight 6 turbo that had a blue oval emblem on it. It's Fords answer to Toyotas 2jz! I wish we had that engine option over here...

[@Notric]

@@angelabryant9079 I will have to check that out. I might hold on to my FG till some American will buy it from me, the value is just going up and up now.

[@bruizey7319]

@@Notric Hey brother, I have a 2011 XR6T ute as well, The barra into fox body was done by Benny's custom works (he travelled to the states to build it for drag week)

[@phunkmonkeycookiegarage7773]

I think Wasteland Firebird is fast becoming a cult hero here due to his overwhelming appreciation of everything new to him lol I can't wait to see the video of him transversing the Summernats, especially when he finally finds his Sundowner lol

[@WastelandFirebird]

Summernats was great! kzbin.info/www/bejne/bqOXo6SDfZlnntU .... and we found a Sundowner! kzbin.info/www/bejne/mn26kKl4a9qgo9k

[@fugawiaus]

The long shot at 6:53 shows falcons which are essentially 4 door mustangs in size. The red falcon at 8:50 is a GT with a 5.4 l quad cam vvt v8 with 315kw. The blue car at 9:43 is a Capri which was ford UKs “mustang”. Started as a 4cyl and grew to a 3.0l v6. The red car looks like an rs 2000 escort with a 2l 4cyl. Behind is the cortina it replaced. At 13:32 he says it’s a custom paint job but that was a limited model from the factory called a goss special celebrating John goss winning bathurst. At 14:03 the rear bar makes the roll bar into “roof racks”. At 18:25 the little car is a British ford Anglia. 18:51 THAT is a fairlane. In fact ford put this to the US people against the first crown vic. The people loved the fairlane better because of the more euro styling but ford went with the crown vic anyway. These could have been all your taxis and police cars.

[@andrewb0502]

Sorry Fez, literally everyone of your guesses about the make, model, origin story of the cars was completely inaccurate

[@reefsurfing3273]

Yep

[@Smokey7186]

The roll bars are not really roll bars. They are more so for carrying ladders and such

[@madskelli]

Thank you for making this video! @wastelandfirebird is having fun exploring Australia and seeing it’s unique car culture! ❤️

[@Bambi_Sapphic]

14:30 that's not for protection my guy, it's not a roll cage. That's a so you can lay pipe/wood planks and so on in your tray. Its a rack to lay and tiedown stuff on. Front of the pipe/plank sits over roof on the front bar and the bar at the back is where the other end of the pipe/plank is rested and tied on

[@andrewb0502]

What is Wasteland Firebird talking about in the opening statement? Australia has had strict laws and regulations governing all those things on an increasingly strict basis since the 70’s! The biggest misinterpretation that citizens of other developed countries have about Australia is that the whole place operates on a care free “she’ll be right” basis which is an absolute fantasy. Australians who travel abroad anywhere are always surprised at the lack rules affecting them overseas.

[@Bathoven95]

I know right. 🤣 it’s like he couldn’t be bothered reading a little about Australia’s car manufacturing history. There is a reason why politicians like to through around the term nanny state when they think the government is over regulating.

[@zaccat693]

Some of the Cars like the Ford Laser Wagon at the start are actually Mazda rebadged. Some of the small Ford's are English like the Capri and Cortina

[@almostyummymummy]

Oh, god!! The Capri. How I love that car. I miss mine. Poor girl. There's something to be said about a well put together Transit. Especially as shown here. But the panel vans have a wonderful personality of their own. So, as you say, they go together well.

[@markpaweena781]

Difference between Ute and truck is weight capacity. Ute is driven on STD car licence, not a commercial vehicle licence

[@harryhatter2962]

It is NO an American car show at all....for a very LONG time Ford Australia, designed their own vehicles totally independent to the USA, they developed their own motors and did their own marketing to penetrate international markets too and the thing that KILLED Ford in Australia was when the Americans wanted to take control again, like Star Bucks and many other American ideas, they just didnt work in Australia!

[@reefsurfing3273]

Guys that F650 looks awesome but WTF do you do with that complete overkill and you guys have these as daily drivers LoL

[@johnzamora8061]

A truck in Australia is any vehicle with a tray that exceeds a 1 ton load capacity. Tues regardless of tray type are generally a max 1 ton load capacity.

[@Dr_KAP]

Tues?

[@johnzamora8061]

@@Dr_KAP utes autospell fucked me up

[@Dr_KAP]

@@johnzamora8061 😂

[@liandren]

Just think of the ute this way. Its the mullet of the car world. business up front, party out the back.

[@shane35188]

How is it a American car show America isn’t the only place in the world that have car shows they didn’t create the car show it’s a Australian car show

[@charliew4823]

Boys Australia has some fairly strict safety regulations for cars going back to the 70's and 80's and that's what killed the limited run cars that raced at Bathurst

[@Smokey7186]

Car laws here are more strict than 80 percent of the rest of the world and very expensive to make it legal.

[@datwistyman]

This bloke has a few kangaroos loose in the top paddock 😁

[@michaelmayo9048]

Miles You calling us peices of shit ?... you want to fight me mate ? hes at the bar

[@DaveWhoa]

in Australia we'd shorten Phezz to Fez, but then elongate it to Fezzo. Please don't ask for clarification as to why.

[@blacksorrento4719]

Men talking about cars, you enjoyed this didn’t you? My brother in law had a Ford GT351-HO it was absolutely the best Ford ever, one only has to have followed Bathurst. My son had a Ford Fiesta sports, it was manual, he had to sell it when he married because his wife couldn’t drive manual. He now has a VW Golf, he misses his Fiesta, it could fit his very tall body frame better than the VW Golf, no one can sit behind him anyway, he has it pushed so far back to accommodate his legs. Australia most definitely did have the Ford Fairlane, we owned 3 of them.

[@petercaldwell8674]

I was going to watch the video until l saw the comment about the guy looking for a Sundowner panel van, l can assure you guys their are far better car shows all around Australia than the one you're looking at so glad l checked comments first. Also not sure where this guy got info about laws etc here regarding vehicles but they aren't correct.

[@helenmckeetaylor9409]

Ford Falcon =base model Ford Fairmont = next level Ford Fairlane=Luxury level Ford Fairlane Ghia=top Luxury level. AND It's NOT an American car show. ALL these cars were designed engineered & manufactured HERE in AUSTRALIA

[@rongt859]

Ford Escort RS brilliant Rally car built in England , the small mustang looking car is a Ford Capri also English , Aussie Ford 6 is an inline 6 The bullet proof Barra 6 kzbin.info/www/bejne/nnuZgGSno7Kgl80

[@rohanallen7798]

Isn’t it even more confusing in the GM America (I believe USA ford owner) owned GM Australia (Holden) the direct competes to Ford Australia

[@Aquarium-Downunder]

The car stanards are higher in Australia than the USA, many cars made in the USA are not aloud on the roads in Australia because the cars are not up to the regulations

[@iamnaton1]

the bar on the back of the ford ute isn't a roll bar it is for carrying loads ie planks or long poles you lay the load on the bars and tie it down :).

[@DarkMatter1992]

14:25 it's not supposed to look pretty, but it has a very practical use as a ladder rack.

[@zig3085]

You guys should check out the song I Am Australian seekers edition

[@ronaldhammer5186]

We have Ford Fairelanes they are biggest Ford's out in Australia.

[@boggy269]

These guys are sooo wrong it is unwatchable !

[@christophernicola9293]

That car with the air filter hanging out the bonnet was a fairlane ..

[@archcollie5708]

That rear bar is a tradie bar, for ladders and stuff. It's not a roll bar. And what looks like roll bars are really ladder bars, or spot light bars, or they exist to add coolness. In another of Firebird's vids he shows the Sundowner and the Sandman. I owned a genuine 1970 Holden Torana XU1 in Dolly Yellow. Sold it for $2000. Worth squillions now. 😢 Those were the days.

[@flamingfrancis]

It isn't likely they will understand what a tradie is......you are talking to Yanks.

[@Austtube]

The old rivalry. Ford and Holden's enthusiasts hate each other. They are brands like football teams. Like Coke vs Pepsi. It all changed when former Prime Minister Tony Abbott (Conservative coalition), dropped all tariffs on cars. Holdens were owned by General Motors but were made in Australia. It was a unique brand. Many Labor people want to bring back a car with an Australian brand, made here and identified with. Fords were also made here, the brand is generic around the world. Now, Holdens are really just GMs with a brand stuck on them. So the fight for Australia's own brand of car is over. Or is it? There is now talk of tariffs returning and a new contract with Tesla for a new Australian e-car line... Anyway, here is a clip from when the war between Holden and Ford owners was really serious. When we had a real identity with a product in Australia. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZ6vqHl-bduampo

[@WastelandFirebird]

Thanks for watching! We did eventually find a Sundowner. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mn26kKl4a9qgo9k

[@hypecamera]

In your video at 14:33 talking about the 'roll bar': That ute is probably used by a tradie, the 'roll bar' isn't really a roll bar but more of a utility bar for strapping lumber or pipe lengths to it for transport to construction jobs.

[@colmastro4373]

Those "roll bars" on that black ute aren't roll bars, they're tradie bars. Used putting long objects on it that don't fit in the tray, that way you can fill the tray up and have more things to tie on the bars ontop.