Ford Falcon 500 XY Ute Restoration Part 58

[@glennmckay1186]

Coming along nicely good job 👍👍👍

[@DonsTrix]

Thanks very much Glenn. Much appreciated. :-)

[@stevendurieu6938]

Good vid 👍

[@DonsTrix]

Thanks mate. 😃

[@ericfehlhaber2012]

Good job Don it looks alot better.

[@DonsTrix]

Thanks Eric. It was a lot of work and I’m really glad to have it done. :-)

[@Paul-qq7mh]

Great video mate.

[@DonsTrix]

Thanks Paul. :-)

[@tongoio]

Good thing you do live on a hill with all the rain we've had! Good work Don your videos are really great

[@DonsTrix]

Thanks mate. Yes it feels like it hasn’t stopped raining for a year. I would really love to have a break from the rain.

[@PaulWGregson]

You took an impossible looking fit and aced it. I'm feeling inspired again.

[@DonsTrix]

Thanks very much Paul. That’s very nice of you to say. :-)

[@catherinemaguire-donvito5599]

Great channel!

[@DonsTrix]

Thank you very much. We try to please. 😁

[@tonykluytmans5336]

Hey, are you all going well?

[@DonsTrix]

Hi guys. Yes all is well, sorry we haven’t put out anything lately. we should have a vid coming out soon. :-)

[@dcr1545]

I remember back in 91 we wouldn't take one of them for $100. How dumb were we. It will never change. When you are young you know it all yet in reality you know so very little.

[@DonsTrix]

I know exactly what you mean. I think if I knew what cars to keep in the past I would be a millionaire by now. :-)

[@dcr1545]

@@DonsTrix for me it's absolutely not about the money, at all. It's about the memories and the feelings you get while driving them. Now how expensive all those old beauty's are I will never be able to get those feelings again. Once my mate was buying a XB 351 Coupe for $2500 with 6 month's rego. We went to pick it up and in this guy's backyard was SLR 5000's and I mean 2 or 3 of them, HQ Monaro, XU1 and more. He would have sold them all to us for $30,000 to $40,000 Max. A few year's later a guy gave me a HQ Premier 202 for a old TV. My X girlfriends Dad sold his VK Calias 5.0 to a wreckers for $500. The shit we did. Anyway as I said we weren't to know just how much we would miss them.

[@daleeamens1704]

Hi,Dale from Yamba here it's looking great, good to see you back

[@DonsTrix]

Hi Dale I hope all is well in Yamba. It has been very cold and wet here. I hope the weather has been a bit more kind to you.

[@Geoffroxx]

Top loader is what it's called.

[@joe2097]

Single rail is what it’s called

[@DonsTrix]

It is a single rail. And if I wasn’t so high on exhaust fumes at the time I probably would’ve been able to explain that properly. 🥴

[@phatridesgarage3760]

Good show Andrew, bit of everything which makes it fun. Brute force and bloody ignorance ! LOL, I can relate to that. Good to see the ute coming along nicely.

[@DonsTrix]

Thanks Tom, I have to confess every now and again, I need to do something different. Because I sure am sick of doing bodywork🥴. Maybe I should come down and play with some cranes and have a sandwich 😁. PS I have been looking into buying A bigger hammer 😏.

[@phatridesgarage3760]

@@DonsTrix you would be most welcome anytime Andrew 😅👍

[@dbhbubb]

Nice to see attention to detail. Enjoy watching thank you 🇬🇧

[@DonsTrix]

Thank you very much Des. Greetings to all of you in great Britain. I hear it has been very hot 🥵 over there lately. Ironically it has been freezing here,I don’t recall it being so cold for years. 🥶 :-)

[@MrJak427]

Hahah the wood and hammer is exactly how the assembly line did it There is pictures of them bending doors with a rubber mallet

[@DonsTrix]

That totally does not surprise me Jack. They certainly are rough. :-)

[@davidfalconer1639]

But weld those holes up the body tailgate .

[@DonsTrix]

hi David. I will be putting a tarp over it, as original. so I will be needing those holes

[@markbehr88]

Great work on that tail gate. You turned it from a sow’s ear into a silk purse.

[@DonsTrix]

Thanks very much Mark. And I’m not even a farmer, but perhaps I should take up weaving 😁

[@markbehr88]

@@DonsTrix hi there. Just wondering if you’ll have a new episode coming soon?

[@DonsTrix]

Hi Mark. Sorry I haven’t been able to get a video out lately. Hopefully I will have one coming out soon. Cheers mate. :-)

[@markbehr88]

All good 👍

[@cryptokangaroo6665]

Hi Guys just thought i would check up on you guys hope all is going well, wazza

[@DonsTrix]

Thanks mate. All is OK,Life‘s been keeping us on our toes lately. We should be able to get something out soon :-)

[@shanemorrison-g4d]

any wounder they had tarps on them

[@DonsTrix]

Thanks for your comment Shane. I have a bad memory you might have to remind me what I said ?

[@doctormengele961]

Comeing along nicely mate , she is going to be an absolute glamour when finished lovely work cheers

[@DonsTrix]

Thanks Doc. I really hope so. :-)

[@doctormengele961]

@@DonsTrix no hope about it mate IT WILL youve done the hard yards

[@DonsTrix]

Thanks mate. :-)

[@jamescooke3058]

Got it looking good mate top job

[@DonsTrix]

Thanks James. :-)

[@richardayoub5323]

Love the videos, XY Falcon in the shed, King Parrots in the back yard, doesn’t get more Australian then that, beautiful work. Cheers

[@DonsTrix]

Thanks very much Richard. I have to confess lately I have been feeling very blessed living in such a beautiful part of the world. :-)

[@aus-rider]

The gaps are much better with different hinges, a lot of the ax falcons with 302 and 351 had top rail 4 speeds, they are actually a good box.

[@DonsTrix]

I agree the Single rail gearboxes are an awesome gearbox. I had one In a Ford Fairmont XB with a 250 in it and it was unbreakable.:-)

[@MrButtonpresser]

That tailgate was made late on a Friday before a long weekend. Bazza from Broadmeadows couldn’t wait until he could knock off and take his boat out! Nice progress.

[@DonsTrix]

🤣😂 I think Bezza got up to a lot of mischief in the past, but he must’ve ended up a good Sailer . :-)

[@adamsrcsandadventure700]

Nice progress 👍👍

[@DonsTrix]

Thanks mate. :-)😃

[@stephengaraway3243]

When’s the next video coming

[@DonsTrix]

Soon Steve. I’ve been working on it but it’s not very interesting to watch. I should have an update out soon. 🥹

[@stephengaraway3243]

@@DonsTrix can’t wait mate love watching ur progress

[@TigerRogers0660]

Andrew, I feel your pain with that tailgate. When i put a new skin on my XT tailgate, it was all over the shop. The rest of my ute lined up perfectly - but the back end just looked like rubbish, no matter what we did!! It was the body more than the tailgate. But the original tailgate only looked fractionally better. Tiger.

[@TigerRogers0660]

You've made big improvements to it with a lot of work!!

[@DonsTrix]

Thanks very much Tiger. I only started getting somewhere after I changed the hinges. Which would have been nice if I had figured it out sooner. :-)

[@TigerRogers0660]

@@DonsTrix I don't know how you fixed that left side of the tailgate (which was sitting too high), without altering the other gaps. Pure genius!!

[@DonsTrix]

I just use the really really big hammer. 😁

[@TigerRogers0660]

@@DonsTrix Nothin' a hammer won't fix!!

[@babyfacedassasin4418]

The tailgate alignment looks heaps better with the old hinges. Coming along nicely Don.

[@DonsTrix]

Thanks mate. Yeah changing out the hinges was the ticket. I only wish I had changed them earlier. :-)

[@stenchcivic1515]

Make sure you install a tow bar with one hell of a tongue so no one gets near that tail gate. Keep up the fine work. It truly makes my day.

[@DonsTrix]

😂🤣 Maybe you I will fit a Bullbar to the back of it.😁

[@stevereibelt4920]

Mine is he same

[@DonsTrix]

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[@stevereibelt4920]

Sorry my tailgate and rear is the same had to custom mine

[@DonsTrix]

Thanks for your comment Steve. Tailgates on Utes are a lot of work. :-)

[@cryptokangaroo6665]

Hi guys it makes my day to see a new video pop up thanks again, great work as usual, Wazza

[@DonsTrix]

Thanks heaps Wazza. Hopefully our next vid won’t take so long. :-)

[@mickwhitehouse7537]

Awesome stuff mate keep it up

[@DonsTrix]

Thanks Mick. :-)

[@colinmaxwell5481]

G’day Andrew. You have really excelled there with the tail gate gaps and fine tuning surrounds. So satisfying to watch and nice to be in your company. Keep up the good work.

[@DonsTrix]

Thanks very much Colin, that’s really nice of you to say. I feel like a pleb most of the time.:-)

[@pangaute]

In regards to the panels and gaps it's not just ford, I'm working on a VF hardtop and the door gaps are all over the place, I guess people weren't as demanding back then 😃

[@doctormengele961]

You should see the gaps on an Series val its insane fing HUUUUUUUGE

[@DonsTrix]

I guess it’s just something we all have to get through. :-)

[@paulclark5243]

Good stuff Andrew, always good to watch the progress on the ute

[@DonsTrix]

Thanks Paul. I am very much enjoying the progress lately. :-)

[@olebrookswado7565]

I think Bazza Ballsack might have fitted all the panels in my Valiant ! Great vid mate 👌

[@DonsTrix]

I think Bazzaball sack! Was very busy in the 70s 😂🤣

[@tongoio]

Yep. He's done the doors on the Valiant I'm working on now. The gaps are shite

[@TheSuzukik5]

Brilliant work on the tail gate Andrew, that’s looking very nice now, massive difference, love those gaps now well done, 😎😍 also thank you so much for the nice comments and mention, much appreciated for your time, 😎😌 really looking forward to these videos, can’t wait for the next update, so happy to be subscribed for notifications. 😍

[@DonsTrix]

Thanks mate, that’s very very kind of you to say. I’m feeling quite relieved I’ve nearly finished the tailgate it has been the hardest part of the car so far. I have been enjoying the exquisite work you have been doing more like art then bodywork.👌😀

[@fixitnige]

Awesome job Don, I know how frustrating it can be when panels don't fit right. When the new tailgate for my truck arrived it was so out of true it was a joke but it was a new Chinese copy panel lol cheers mate Nigel

[@DonsTrix]

Thanks Nigel. I too am not a lover of those aftermarket panels most of the time, but often they are a lot better than the alternative.:-)

[@boxy351]

Andrew & Josh KZbin legends. Keep the videos coming lads.

[@DonsTrix]

Thanks heaps boxy. That’s mighty nice of you to say. :-)

[@jackharriet4814]

Always a treat to see how this ute is coming on. Greetings from UK.

[@DonsTrix]

Thanks very much Jack. My niece has just moved to the UK so greetings to all UK-ians 😁

[@nevilleeastough1496]

Well hello i have missed you, please keep the video's comming

[@DonsTrix]

Thanks very much Neville. We have been trying to be more regular with the videos. But sometimes it’s just hard to get them out when we want. :-)

[@floydmoore9432]

Just gotta say I really enjoy your videos, I have a couple of utes coming up for resto and the information in your channel is worth its weight in gold. Thanks very much for all the effort you guys put in. Cheers

[@DonsTrix]

Thanks very much Floyd. We are really glad they are of some used to you. :-)

[@poydapoyderson646]

What's the name of the other channel you mentioned, can't find it. Can you write it here please.

[@DonsTrix]

Hey mate. It’s bissett bodywork’s kzbin.info Josh

[@danjaz2000]

Loving the tailgate. I believe it’s common to have a technical tweak on the tailgate hinges to make them fit a bit better. It’s ok you may only have to take it on an off another 80 times but it will be close after that. Then repeat that process for every panel on the car. Staying strong here like your doing is critical. Making it all fit now only pays off when the last part is fitted at the end. But gosh will it pay. You will stand back and think “Ford couldn’t make it fit but I did” Keep up the good work. We will ride the highs and lows with you.

[@DonsTrix]

Thanks very much Dan, that’s very kind of you to say. It really is a labor of love working on these cars. Sometimes I just feel like there is no end in sight.:-)

[@mattcrick2156]

Hey guys, nice to see another progress video on the ute, little bit excited to see it with the tail lights in, I know it’s still a lot to go but damn it looks good 👍🏾

[@DonsTrix]

Thanks Matt. It was a lot of fun to see those lights in, totally agree. :-)

[@INTHEGARAGEwithGraham]

Nice mate. I do a bit of this myself. What state are you in?

[@DonsTrix]

Thanks mate. What state am I in you ask! Well I am an absolute emotional wreck😏after doing that tailgate. However I live in New South Wales.😁

[@INTHEGARAGEwithGraham]

@@DonsTrix 😂👍 I hear yu .The falcons I do are a bit newer but still built by the same Bazza

[@WesW3187]

You’ve done really well. I was thinking it’s all wrong. How are you going to fix it. But you fixed it. 🙂

[@DonsTrix]

Thanks very much Wes. It wasn’t easy, many hours of work went into that bloody tailgate! and I still have more to go. :-)

[@philb386]

Hi Andrew, looking good mate. You're not alone trying to get the tail gate gaps right, I must have spent a day sorting mine out, Its well worth the effort though. Im short 1 of the catches that bolt to the ute for the tail gate latch, did you get new ones, if so where did you get them, or did you get your original ones plated. Mine are cast shit metal and someone has melted one trying to undo seized screws by the look of it. Cheers from Phil, NZ

[@DonsTrix]

I had them plated Phil. I think I might have a spare one. If you are desperate. And my kind regards to all in New Zealand 🇳🇿. :-)

[@samperras]

You need brakes

[@DonsTrix]

Cryptic but true. Hi Sam I hope you are well all the best. :-)

[@chrisc2813]

Hello!

[@DonsTrix]

Hello Chris.😎

[@Smurphenstein]

What caused it? Perhaps government subsidies and grants of the local auto industry which was a disincentive to producing a truly quality product?

[@DonsTrix]

I think what fundamentally improved car construction. Is robotics they are millimeter perfect every time.:-)

[@jackharriet4814]

Panel gaps or build quality in a late-60s Aussie car like this ute was probably comparable to most car manufacturing across the world from that time - particularly Nth & Sth America, and most of Europe - similar manufacturing techniques etc.

[@terrenceseymour]

Bazza needs a slap

[@DonsTrix]

I think he has been renamed Bazza Ballsack! 🤣😂

[@wazheamadman6086]

No your not