There goes 23 seconds of my life I'll never get back.
@carculture33769 ай бұрын
You should consider yourself lucky because it's 20 more seconds of enjoyment than my girlfriend gets, I'm only joking, I don't actually have a girlfriend, I'm dying a virgin.....
@mrmister57292 жыл бұрын
The amount of air this AU got, it really earned the name Falcon 🤣
@MrGutfeeling2 жыл бұрын
🤣
@captain13342 жыл бұрын
The 4.0 intech in them are indestructible
@captain13342 жыл бұрын
More so if you build it
@BrentonCrude Жыл бұрын
Ba boom tsssh!
@danielreynolds64982 жыл бұрын
In-line 6 great engine sad to see it no longer in production in Australia.
@itznsdominator35212 жыл бұрын
Or anywhere.
@omgwtflmaololrotfl23682 жыл бұрын
As a AU XR6 VCT owner from South-Africa and my baby is well cared for I can say it's has been the most reliable car I have ever seen. The car has been in the family since 1999 was my father in laws car and he gave it to me. She has never left either him or myself stranded next to the road never. I love my AU. I would love to own a Barra Falcon one day. Very sad that the plug got pulled on Aus and Falcon brand. Aussies over engineered these cars. Thank you for my Aussie car. It also has it Vin plate still in it saying made in Aus
@dylandesmond2 жыл бұрын
Barra inline 6 billet Blocks are produced by bullet in Australia, they can take 3000hp with no issues.
@danielreynolds64982 жыл бұрын
@@omgwtflmaololrotfl2368 one time I was travelling through the Namibia desert and got overtaken by a EL falcon !!!!
@danielreynolds64982 жыл бұрын
@@dylandesmond I saw a vid on hoon tv on that. Incredible
@GTFORDMAN2 жыл бұрын
I've owned 3 Fa;cons in my life an EA Wagon, an EL Sedan and now an AU Sedan, the EA was off roaded and once driven from Melbourne to Tamworth with no oil because the rocker gasket failed and i didnt have any money to replace the gasket or top up the oil because i lost it all at the casino (lol) but i still needed to get home so i pointed it north and sent it and it made it with no issues!, the EL i had it for 10 years and was driven extremely hard without any cooling fans (for 10 years!) no issues and now my AU went for 3 years without any kind of a service because i was just in such bad financial shape but it never complained once and racked up some big k's
@Whyunounderstand2 жыл бұрын
I think ford should get you to test all their cars haha
@barbraabsalom45312 жыл бұрын
Jeez , I thought I was tough on the old au , racking up the Kay’s & towing heavy regularly but I suppose I give it a fair bit of love as far as religious basic maintainence .
@leonagahan9539 Жыл бұрын
I had an AU that had about 5 years without servicing at all. Then we changed the oil. And that's the end of the story, it's still on road and running like it never missed a service.
@fnp8652 жыл бұрын
You know what, I reckon the final stop wasn't even a catastrophic failure, it probably just got too hot. I wouldn't be surprised if you could let it cool down, put a new sump and oil in it, and the thing would just start up like nothing had happened. I was shaking my head for the last half of the video as the AU just refused to stop.
@classicrestostv1fletch764 Жыл бұрын
Bearings would be toast mate - but yes, she would have probably started again.
@garybob2122 жыл бұрын
I am blown away that it starts better than my AU, even with the blown up sump
@swingingvoter43092 жыл бұрын
I have owned second hand Falcon AUs, Falcon AU2s, and still have a couple of BAs and Territories. Falcons were the sort of car where all the plastic bits fell off, but kept going. Very reliable, bullet proof, and cheap second hand.
@barbraabsalom4531 Жыл бұрын
No plastic part has ever broken on our au wagon , it’s loaded with no fu*ks given , driven daily , left in the weather 24/7 , 18 years of maintained abuse , not even a crack in the dash . B series crap is a different story though .
@ItsSweetShot7 ай бұрын
My BA wagon is 22 years old and its still going strong as. drives beautifully.. and the interior is perfect. It might not be quite as reliable as an AU but IMO all Falcons are good if they are looked after in the first place.@@barbraabsalom4531
@Paul-qq7mh2 жыл бұрын
Hahaha!! These fords are indestructible. My mates got a 2006 BF wagon and he blew 2nd and 3rd gear in the auto about 3 years ago, he drove it from Melbourne to Sydney and back for new years eve 2 years ago he continues to drive it as a work vehicle to this day and still going strong. Great video by the way.
@MrRandomcow6662 жыл бұрын
mate... that's bloody gold content right there. brings back memorys of all the cars I destroyed back in my youth
@crazzed42 жыл бұрын
Now that was a strong little motor in that ford. That was frigging awesome to watch guy's. That jump was sick.
@SkiRacingOz2 жыл бұрын
4.0 litre inline 6, not little by any means
@burnin_vibez2434 ай бұрын
Nah man trust me it’s a 4.0 they aren’t little compared to commodore v6s and can make easily 400whp with a turbo kit and tune from TI performance (straight bolt ons)
@Samuelpizzuto2 жыл бұрын
Gotta Support a new Channel, looks like you boys put a lot of work into this! And looks like a lot of fun keep it up
@carculture33762 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the support mate! I have a demanding job that takes most of my time so I'm not able to upload very often, but when I do upload content its to the highest quality I can produce.
@neilstleon62512 жыл бұрын
I've had AU falcon wagons for the last decade. Apart from annoying oil leaks and electrical issues these cars drive beautiful and super comfortable. Nice console and door trims. Economy is decent if driven sensible. I get 9L/100KM combined running and better on highway. Driven lots of other cars but nothing beats AU falcon dollar for dollar.
@tomhocking56062 жыл бұрын
I run my 360,000 km AU on lpg, and has been running on lpg most of it’s life. It has absolutely no issues running on it and still works perfectly. Despite being a 4.0L and a heavier car i still get 500km on a single 60L lpg tank, or $10/100km. Insanely underrated car
@neilstleon62512 жыл бұрын
@@tomhocking5606 that's excellent mate. Those intech straight six engines run beautiful on gas. The previous AU wagon I purchased in 2010 I had fitted with LPG at 170km and put 495km on the clock and it never missed a beat. In the end the solenoid stopped working as well as all the dash lights and I couldn't get anyone to fix it. I have a Petrol one now and it gets 9L/100km. The gas one used 13-14/100 but gas was 58c to 79c so very cheap. Hang onto it if it's going good mate. I've test driven lots of other cars but I always come back to the old AU because they drive so nicely and have a tonne of room. They are a king bed on wheels.
@barbraabsalom4531 Жыл бұрын
The intech & dedicated lpg is a beautiful marriage , the gearbox & diff ratios are well mated for torque & towing , tickford got it right . Then ford mated the b series with lpg & it’s not as good a paring , towing heavy at 100 is a pain in the ass , gearbox or final drive left the same as for a petrol Barra which has way more power & torque , so it’s constantly up & down , 3rd & top . I’d much rather tow with the lpg au2 we own , than the lpg bf3 we also own .
@neilstleon6251 Жыл бұрын
@@barbraabsalom4531 yep. I had a BA wagon on gas for a few months but didn't like it and it burnt an extra 1 to 2 litres gas per 100km than the AU wagon. My mum has a petrol BA. It goes well but uses substantially more petrol than my AU petrol wagon.
@bradleypark19362 жыл бұрын
Haha. Thanks for this. "I'll prove there is still no sump" - also proving there was at least a bucket of dirt in the engine. Can't believe it was still running eh. Have fun fellas. Subscribed. Cheers.
@mussnasir85872 жыл бұрын
Is this still available?? 😎🇦🇺
@carljohnson82862 жыл бұрын
HELL YEAH BROTHER, THAT'S WHAT I LIKE TO CALL QUALITY CONTENT 👌
@philatkinson77642 жыл бұрын
Drove $300 au Ute with 400000kfrom Newcastle to sharkbay via the nullabore and perth did 400k to a tank of power steering fluid?s no problem .have ba ute now.
@burnin_vibez2434 ай бұрын
Could have just spent $80 on a new power steering pump and $100 on a high pressure line, power steering pumps are easy to fix on au falcons
@PUNCHARD800ftlb2 жыл бұрын
if only those Duke boys had an AU instead of the dodge charger
@carculture33762 жыл бұрын
I'd love to do a dukes spec jump! Maybe in the future when i have more than just a 50 dollar budget to make an episode I'll get a nice set of ramps made up and do a real jump.
@barbraabsalom45312 жыл бұрын
If they had had an au instead of that ( ut ooh ) mopar crap , the show would still be running !
@adammoffatt38322 жыл бұрын
@@barbraabsalom4531 🤣Ford lovers are hilarious hemi 265 still better than an au engine 30 years later.
@barbraabsalom45312 жыл бұрын
@@adammoffatt3832 Did you read the torture I have put my au through in the previous comment ? . I have never seen a hemi with over a million Kay’s & never had the head off , yet I have seen shitloads of au’s both private owned & even more taxis . Some people blindly follow a brand/model with no real world durability evidence & then try & shit on another that actually has built a true following from real world ownership with extremely high mileage & proven durability . Your 265 mopar engine has an envious reputation for power output in relation to capacity but to say they regularly achieve 100000 Kay’s in real world use is rubbish , show me one & I’ll eat my words , otherwise leave your 265 where it belongs , in a museum.
@adammoffatt38322 жыл бұрын
@@barbraabsalom4531 I've seen many hemis go around the clock more than once yeah those au motors are great but I would prefer a hemi anyday.
@patrickgriffith14622 жыл бұрын
“One owner well maintained, driven to church on Sunday’s, highway ks”
@SwaggingWithBen2 жыл бұрын
Haha well done! Subscribed 👍 Your AU runs better without a sump than the registered XH on my channel.
@mr.t-rex6972 Жыл бұрын
With your videos, the best 2hrs on KZbin!!!
@EliteIV2 жыл бұрын
fuck me dead, the abuse it still took even after the sump was non existent and the motor had no oil is amazing. up the might falcons mate! awesome video, subscribed!
@televisionandcheese2 жыл бұрын
bet it would've started back up again after a min or so to cool down, or at least a big kick on the side to get it unseized if it locked up lol
@carculture33762 жыл бұрын
Its funny you say that. I honestly think it just ran out of fuel and then ran out of nitro. But the episode went for wayyyy to long as it was so we had to end it there. I'm sure the reason it stop wasn't because it was seized but because it had no more fuel to burn.
@4ndy5302 жыл бұрын
It won't be long until WD gets his hands on an AU to really test out! 🤣👍
@burnin_vibez2434 ай бұрын
God I hope so, more people need to see that ford can build reliable cars, it’s just components that give out on them (aka auto trans, coil pack, ball joints) but the motors if looked after properly are unkillable, im speaking from experience I own an au xr6 wich is the same motor but with variable cam timing and I do nothing but abuse it and it loves it😂
@aussiebob13152 жыл бұрын
awesome vid, remember when i bought an AU falcon 15 years ago travelling OZ for $500 , couldn't kill it... roos smashing the front end /radiator in The NT doing 180kph on the speed limiter (open speed limit back then) finally brang it down
@williamfied95002 жыл бұрын
If neutral drop got there hands on a good au it would be there longest video yet
@PUNCHARD800ftlb2 жыл бұрын
LOL "get over here"
@BuzzNuttz0012 жыл бұрын
The legendary AU lol and that's coming from a Holden guy haha
@bossdog14802 жыл бұрын
You just totalled probably the most reliable Falcon ever made. I had an AU ute and she was the best Falcon I have ever had, even better than my BA which although a lot more powerful drinks fuel like mad by comparison. I expected her to put a leg out of bed running it without oil but it didn't.😂
@incomingshell32682 жыл бұрын
If you put a sump back in that, straighten the oil pickup .....You could have sold that to a Melbourne Taxi Company.......
@barbraabsalom45312 жыл бұрын
& you forgot to mention it would do another million Kay’s !
@DA_BEAMERRRR2 жыл бұрын
My dad used to import these cars in my country from Australia, he used to own a Ford fairlane in the mid 90s I think,since I heard this I now want one lol
@julesdenaro65072 жыл бұрын
Well, I've owned 1 1998 el sedan, 2 au's 1 was a 1998 Fairmont giha sedan and the other was a 2001 marlin ute. I've also owned a 2004 bf 1 tone ute and a bf 2006 xr6 turbo ute and now I owne a fg xr6 na unfortunately but the au was most definitely the most durable and reliable by far because I put them through hell and that's being polite and the fg is the wife's car so she doesn't get beat on all the time which is nice. But yeah go the mighty ford 💪 they will never let you down well they never let me down 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@vootronic2 жыл бұрын
This can’t be real. My new all time favourite car channel
@TomBudin2 жыл бұрын
drifting with the car on top i lost my shit hahahahhahahahahaha!!!!!!
@geoffbell1662 жыл бұрын
It's a wonder that jump did not deploy the airbags,they are a strong car that's for sure,made Ozzie conditions...
@DMack64642 жыл бұрын
Airbags were prolly disabled, surely the front impact they did earlier would have set them off
@gacattack12342 жыл бұрын
I think you have just invented the extended family outback bus addon, Incredible!
@DMack64642 жыл бұрын
Diet think of that, a fuckin ghetto minibus
@samiam22092 жыл бұрын
Are you parting this au out? I'll give you 100 bitcoin for those ball joints.
@its_tricky_dick2 жыл бұрын
If nobody believed you even without showing the sump they clearly don't know anything about Australia's greatest car
@cootason2 жыл бұрын
I've been slowly doing my Fairmont Ghia up, 2002 Series 3. just did my front brake calipers and a few other minor things over my ownership replaced the exhaust pipe. other than that super reliable still have the boot lid to get replaced but yeh bloody good cars and always have the grunt when you need it.
@michaelhungate75064 ай бұрын
Ford always made a super tough straight 6. Here in the US the 300 six is virtually indestructible and are very sought after.
@danielreynolds64982 жыл бұрын
That air was crazy!!!
@omgwtflmaololrotfl23682 жыл бұрын
My AU XR6 VCT has a nice life. Parked in the garage. Gets started every week warms up and then she goes to bed again. Take her for a drive on Sundays to buy ice cream with the family. She will go to my duaghter one day. She is not going anywhere.
@lmc72332 жыл бұрын
she wasn't that rooted could of grabbed a sump for $20 and got it cranking again and chucked the turbo on it (before you killed it ahah) good thumbnail bum i thought she was flying
@carculture33762 жыл бұрын
I WISH I HAD THE BUDGET TO TURBO IT!!! hahahaha.
@KlockorinoАй бұрын
“You can’t spell Australia without AU.” -Spotto
@barbraabsalom45312 жыл бұрын
He’s really surprised by a lack of structural damage ( apart from the sump ) but I’m not , I hit a dead wombat at 45klm on the right front , I turned the car in circles to check for damage & thought to myself I better get the front end checked but never did as it still drove straight . Then a year later I ran over a concrete gutter at nearly 60klm whilst towing a trailer , it was a wild ride , but nothing broke ( I discovered the ford one tonne rated wheels are SasF ) . I did eventually get the control arm bushes & ball joints all replaced at 450000kkm as it had a knock when going over bumpy roads every so often , funny thing is the d/head spanner twirlers broke the air con pressure switch off & that altered the base idle in the computer ( idling too fast ) & the front end knock is still there every so often ! , must be the struts , I’m just about to get ford to reset the base idle in the computer , I couldn’t break the car but some mechanics can do it very easily !
@leonagahan9539 Жыл бұрын
I did hit a kangaroo (only the tail thankfully) - the only mark on the car was a little dust/dirt mark that wiped straight off from where the tail slapped against it.
@DavidKing-jx3sg2 жыл бұрын
The xf were bullet proof too Had an ex taxi that had been round the clock, couldn't kill it
@bradcollin70714 ай бұрын
drove my AU home from work on a stinking hot day with no harmonic balancer or belt, no water, no power steering, still started and ran perfect
@tncpowell2 жыл бұрын
brilliant video mate. Good to see the AU doing what it does best, getting flogged into the ground, LITERALLY.
@oldschoolrapguy23642 жыл бұрын
I have owned 2 falcons an xf sedan I drove for a few years great car rust got too much but running gear is perfect now I have an eb sedan been driving since 2007 it's got 400,000 on it and still runs like new never had a problem with it and I've drivin it pretty hard a lot but now I'm older I look after it and my old man brought an xf wagon in 1986 serviced it until about 1989 and couldn't be stuffed servicing it after that he drove it like the maniac that he is started every single time no problem until he got rid of it in 2002 with over 800,000kms on it that thing was the meaning of indestructible wish we kept it
@MrWilliam.Stewart2 жыл бұрын
Good to see the Queensland torque wrench being deployed on those wheel nuts.
@facurojas44772 жыл бұрын
At the same time that Falcon was being manufactured, in Argentina we still had the original 60's Falcon body with different headlights and bumpers as the "current" Falcon, damn
@MrGutfeeling2 жыл бұрын
OMG!!!
@NisMopar062 жыл бұрын
Loved the video and the Neutral Drop shout out. I don't think any taxi drivers would be surprised though🤣
@duke33462 жыл бұрын
Bloody hilarious work gentleman...bloody hilarious 😂
@lukey1392 жыл бұрын
Think you just taught Whistlin Diesel what a real jump is, in a mighty AU, Straya.
@izzy0310962 жыл бұрын
Whistlin diesel annoys the hell out of me aye. Something about him seems like an entitled little prick. Can’t watch his stuff with genuinely collectible cars…
@NikNak2 жыл бұрын
RIP to my ears when that intro music kicked in
@carculture33762 жыл бұрын
I've been waiting for this comment.....I'm sorry about that mate, I edited that piece and watched it a heap of times with headphones on (on my editing software) to make sure it was all good and it sounded sweet. I uploaded it and the first time I watched it when it was uploaded to KZbin it was 10x louder then it was in my editing software, I was pissed! But I couldn't change it because it was already up. RIP: For your ears.
@TheKnobCalledTone.2 жыл бұрын
You didn't kill that AU, you just converted it to NT spec. 🤣
@hdtace21442 жыл бұрын
Yamaha Jog and AU Falcon. Doesn't get any better than that. OK maybe a Postie bike.
@izzy0310962 жыл бұрын
Most Yamaha products are bloody brilliant. The majority of the best Toyota engines have Yamaha heads, I don’t think that’s a coincidence…
@MartinJones1232 жыл бұрын
Where are you guys located? I'm a new subscriber and would like to see more videos with trashed up cars 👍 A new Hilux wouldn't beat this in my opinion lol
@carculture33762 жыл бұрын
Hey Martin, I'm always on the move with work but this was filmed at a secret location near Cairns
@MartinJones1232 жыл бұрын
@@carculture3376 Oh right, that AU is one tough car and if you filled it up with fuel it probably would've kept running... The AU's can run without oil or coolant because Ford has engineered some fail safe feature into this engine...
@offgridnzdotcom10272 жыл бұрын
love it. hard too get a coon that hasn't shredded a set these days 👌
@focusfolks Жыл бұрын
Look at that Falcon fly!
@thejukeytp7131 Жыл бұрын
so sad the au will never explode in popularity in the us
@julesbailey67702 жыл бұрын
That jump at 7:40 is the funniest thing I’ve seen in a while 😂
@RisingSwell2 жыл бұрын
Remind me to keep my AU very very far away from you guys lmao
@allenmoore98482 жыл бұрын
F.O.R.D. Found On Rubbish Dumps / Fix Or Repair Daily is how I remember them. You guys are having too much fun
@XsnipxrmainX Жыл бұрын
I was hyped seeing that jump then I heard ken's voice man what a dog of a world. You're hectic
@kyrieeleison1905 Жыл бұрын
that motor at the end was reving way past limiter.. they injector cut on the limiter, and you were not running on injectors... it was propably reving past 7000.. i havent heard one reving that high normally before
@j_edwards60752 жыл бұрын
At that point I think the single litre of fuel that was left in it was more expensive than the car itself.
@leonagahan9539 Жыл бұрын
See, you gotta rewatch the videos to understand all the reasons you're entirely wrong. You evidently missed something. That thing could ramraid Fort Knox and the bonnet catch would still work.
@CraigFenton1819 ай бұрын
AUs are fantastic. Proof is in the pudding. 😂
@angusframe7102 жыл бұрын
best reliability test i’ve ever seen way better than whistlin diesel
@Anthony-os8id2 жыл бұрын
I will pay you points on the ramp That was some decent air time 🤣
@rymandal2 жыл бұрын
Whistling diesel mixed with a bit of hoonigan with a sprinkle of all Aussie adventures
@TheRguru1 Жыл бұрын
Falcons don't die. They just get crashed by a P plater.
@veyrondb2 жыл бұрын
You can't spell beautiful without AU
@burnin_vibez2434 ай бұрын
The funny thing is, if you didn’t bend the frame it’s probably still fixable😂
@aussiegruber869 ай бұрын
Every falcon I owned fell to bits
@mickbrentonАй бұрын
WTF!!! That jump is the best I've ever seen you mad bastard!!!
@rennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnne2 жыл бұрын
your stuff is genuinely entertaining keep it up 👍
@theshed88022 жыл бұрын
AU Falcon, designed for the suburban jungle of school runs and shopping centres. It's gotta be tough!!!!
@Truckers9811 ай бұрын
I was driving my AU for over 4 hours before I noticed that I FORGOT it had oil in it, nothing bad happened just topped it off with oil and that's that
@Affectionandpringles26326 ай бұрын
I drove for 2000 km empty dipstick on mine 😂
@aslkdfjhg2 жыл бұрын
The only thing that killed the 4.0 in Aus was petrol prices.
@RobbiRocks9 ай бұрын
Some bloody good Dukes Of Hazzard stuff going on here, Cool stuff, Cheers Ya'll
@lachlank46932 жыл бұрын
Unreal video mate very entertaining. That jump was insane
@australiantruckspotting88832 жыл бұрын
Geez the AU flew quite well !
@timfordfalconxf77142 жыл бұрын
HAHA love it when i saw ( What i think ) IS/.was a Torana on top on it
@stevesloan67752 жыл бұрын
I have a new respect for your jumping skills
@morris24502 жыл бұрын
We did these sort of things at parties and my brother's work end of year parties.
@classicrestostv1fletch764 Жыл бұрын
Yep - and this is what the Commodore was up against. No wonder every Taxi company ran Falcons.
@speedandchromephotography2 жыл бұрын
The mighty falcon 🙌 put a few through their paces in my time but never a full send like that mate 🤝
@brettmitchell64312 жыл бұрын
“One lady owned, always serviced.”
@I.Live4oldcars.prospecting2 жыл бұрын
HaHaHa that's so awesome. Love the video. Just found your channel. Aussies always do it better. Biggest problem with the AU is the body's they rust bad. Mate I would love to destroy a few shit boxes with you boys. Keep up the great work.
@beauzeller5097 Жыл бұрын
Now ya gotta put a vs Commodore to the same test lads
@carculture3376 Жыл бұрын
Been looking hard for a busted up commodore, but everyone wants a million dollars for one (even ones that are buggered)
@RICHYSUNCLE Жыл бұрын
18:26 bro looks cracked out of his mind
@georgedavis3322 жыл бұрын
It's no coincidence that the periodic symbol for gold is AU
@knifethrower97332 жыл бұрын
Having a Torry on the au made the au way better 🤣
@lancecooper46462 жыл бұрын
7:34....🔥👍
@stevenwickham27422 жыл бұрын
On a mission from god ! .
@carculture33762 жыл бұрын
Big adventure
@williamfied95002 жыл бұрын
Its got pickup
@Mketti7 ай бұрын
Least abused Au falcon on marketplace
@flyingtigers78562 жыл бұрын
I'm tipping that engine heat seized. Let her cool down, a splash of water, turn the fans on and good to go!
@geeelll72162 жыл бұрын
We all go through goofy stages in life. You’ll soon look back and realise it’s a waste of time.
@malkobitches2 жыл бұрын
Incorrect Australian Stephen Merchant, the falcon won that drag....
@davidvincent14562 жыл бұрын
Australia made such a shame the yanks screwed over Ford and Holden and wrecked our car industry. but thx boys for your yahoo videos keep them coming