Old Home Movies - Ford Falcon, Holdens, Chryslers. Old School Australia

Something a bit different. I found these old family home movies so thought I would share them. They feature our XK and XL Family cars plus other Holdens and Chryslers as well as other cars as part of the 1960’s Australian streetscape. Feel free to fast forward to the cars while I enjoy a nice trip down memory lane. Thanks for watching 👍

[@markbehr88]

Something a bit different. I found these old family home movies so thought I would share as there is so e footage of our XK and XL family Falcons plus there are a lot of other Holdens, Chryslers and more as part of the 1960’s Australian streetscape. Feel free to fast forward to the cars or just enjoy a trip down memory lane of old school Australia. Thanks for watching 👍

[@ricksampson6780]

Thanks for sharing the home movies Mark, sixties nostalgia is always interesting.

[@markbehr88]

Thanks. I love that kind of stuff. Apart from the cars, it is a slice of Australian life from a time gone by. 👍

[@Xchardtop]

Sorry Mark after seeing you as a 3 year old I can't take you seriously anymore ! loved it Mark, brings back memories back for us all growing up as kids in the 60's and 70s. ❤❤❤❤

[@markbehr88]

@@Xchardtop Ha ha. Thanks. 👍👍

[@markbehr88]

Sorry everyone. The comments were turned off for some reason? They are on now. 👍

[@erroneouscode]

My first road car was an XK Falcon wagon. 144 auto. 0-60 in a week. Memories of driving it in the city and surrounds of Melbourne and those razor blade tyres fighting against tram rails in the road determined to take you in a different direction.

[@markbehr88]

But still a cool car. You don’t see many XK wagons now. 🤔👍

[@erroneouscode]

@@markbehr88 So many of them and utes lost tailgates to rust and it got hard to find decent replacements. The window seals failed early on (loose string threads everywhere ring a bell) resulting in incredibly annoying rattling windows and allowed copious amounts of water inside the doors to rust them out and destroy door trim panels. For years later there wasn't really any decent alternative to the anemic sixes so modders mostly ignored them. I had a few clapped out XM and XP utes at the time too but none were put back on the road. This was the mid 70's. I remember making some coin parting out the 5 stud wheel parts of the utes though. My wagon had 4 stud and I put after market hotwire mags on it that I got from a wreckers that came off a Datsun 180B if I recall correctly. White with black curtains in the back it was first shaggin wagon. 😁

[@markbehr88]

@ Yes, they were throw away cars for a long time for sure. Very few survivors now. 🥺

[@noelgibson5956]

​@@markbehr88 My grandfather bought an XK Falcon brand new.....white 144 manual. Sold it in 1978 for a TE Cortina, brown 3-3, 3 on the floor. He had a good run out of both cars.

[@markbehr88]

@ Very cool. 👍

[@OLDS98]

Thank you for sharing your family memories Mark. I am glad you have the memories and fondly share them. Holden was indeed popular.

[@markbehr88]

@@OLDS98 Thanks very much. It’s nice to have his to look back on. The cars are a bonus. 👍

[@paulchasteauneuf2098]

Nice memories and great to see the old cars when new. Thanks for sharing

[@markbehr88]

@@paulchasteauneuf2098 Thanks very much. 👍

[@khylerin70]

Amazing, and thank you sincerely for sharing such a personal thing as these home movies. Preserved forever for posterity, your parents could never have guessed you could and would honour their parenting and efforts. Your father was indeed by all accounts a very capable and decent man, and your parents would indeed be so proud of you all. Thank you once more for presenting this personal account of your heritage. 👍👍

[@markbehr88]

@@khylerin70 Thanks very much. That’s very kind of you. 🙏

[@area51isreal71]

Mark I love your videos, very informative and accurate. This one though is something else, it sure got my grey matter mulling over trips in a EK and later HD wagons when I was a kid. After years of watching Dad changing gears on those two, getting a lift from the neighbours AP5 Valiant Regal with push button auto made my head explode. I couldn't believe that you just pushed buttons to make it move. I had so many questions for my Dad that day after school and he explained that you could buy cars that you didn't have to change gears in. My curiousity was peaking now and I used my allowance to buy car magazines. Wheels, Motor Manual and Restored Cars edited by the legend Eddie Ford where my choice. I started taking notice of visiting family members cars. HQ Holdens were pretty common, but I remember a VE Valiant Regal for it's absolute silence and smoothness. My mates Fathers white XW Falcon wagon, three on the tree with a 221, but compared to Dad's HD this was a revolution. An LJ 202 Torana four door SL four speed for it's get up and go, a green Datsun 1600 which I still remember (by now I had a license) as a ball of fun to drive. A HQ Belmont wagon with a 253, GTS dash, column auto and bucket seats belong to a cousin was the ducks nuts I thought at the time ands it still stands out in my mind. Thanks again for the post mate, very enjoyable.

[@markbehr88]

Thanks very much. I am really glad you enjoyed it. I thought, apart from seeing Australian life back in the 1960’s it would also elicit some great memories - and it sounds like it did just that. Thanks for sharing. You had a voracious appetite for cars - just like me. 😀👍

[@HAL-dm1eh]

Thanks for sharing your life with us! That was back when cars were so beautiful and yet so simple. To me, they were rolling works of art. I loved seeing all the people on the city street back then. I was a child of the 70s and the self service gas station reminds me of trips with my grandma in her '77 Sedan DeVille. She'd get her full service, her fluids checked, windshield cleaned and she'd give em a good tip. I remember even as a little kid in the backseat, it was so satisfying seeing the windshield get cleaned by them. I wonder how that kind of thing looks to today's youth. 🤣

[@markbehr88]

@@HAL-dm1eh Thanks very much. In many ways it was a better time. Sure, we have technology now but many other standards have fallen, even from 10 years ago. 👍

[@markbehr88]

You should buy yourself a 1977 Sedan Deville for old times sake. 😄👍

[@brianandglendaharkin9457]

Great memories for you Mark of family and friends 👌. Yes they complained I think about the ball joints on those early Fords. didn’t last on dirt roads 🤔. Sounds like your Dad was a hard worker . I’m sure your neighbour car was a HD Holden 🙀. Dad Had a X2 HD wagon for a while got out of his Plymouths 😢. But out near Dubbo the X2 motor let go big time so she was toed back to Dubbo and replaced the 179 with a 186 yes still had the carbs and 2 pipes of the motor . Dad sold it at Muswellbrook Ford on a white VC Regal with blue Trim . That HD really started to get some serious rust in it when only 5 years old . Dad had the VC for 10 years and never had rust . And it was always on dirt roads . Sold and bought a CL 👌🇦🇺✌️. I remember those early Fords well great stories . As I’m older then you Mark .

[@barrycuda3769]

I hada VC Regal in the early eighties in NZ , it was imported from Australia , and must have done , god knows how many miles, because I had to get the motor , and automatic reconditioned , and get another diff , I even had to replace the worn out speedometer. But it was really tidy with zero body rust , however, I had to find another rear bumper, because, for some reason it was very rusty. Once I got it all sorted it was great , I think my favourite ever car.

[@erroneouscode]

Also, the spring/shock tower on the XK would eventually suffer metal fatigue and crack around the holes where the upper control arm mounted through it. Worse scenario the control arm could tear loose.

[@markbehr88]

Thanks very much. Yes, you are right. That is a HD. The neighbour who used to live there before was American and he had a turquoise R Series Valiant. I always thought it was very American and a bit strange as a kid. 😀👍

[@markbehr88]

The VCs are terrific. I know you guys have watched my episode on it. 👍

[@markbehr88]

Yes, We never had any issues. I don’t think the XK was given a hard life but the XL went to our farm many times over 10 years and never seems to have had any suspension issues. 👍

[@chrisweeks6973]

You're very fortunate to have these memories, Mark. 👍

[@markbehr88]

@@chrisweeks6973 I agree. Thanks 👍

[@Frederick-t9z]

Looks like Wollongong beach

[@markbehr88]

@@Frederick-t9z Yes. I think you’re right. 🤔👍

[@gazzasharley]

Was 8 years old in 65 my dad loved his xp falcons he had few of them had two myself but preferred holdens you could be served in s pub on Sundays if you were s travelling

[@markbehr88]

Great days hey? 👍🤔

[@JimmyShields-z2h]

Thanks for sharing family home footage, i grew up in 80's, having twin brother we go with dad for the day helping do farm work. Sowing season we go get fertiliser in old wheat bags in old AA160 International truck, ever farmer had International or Dodge V8 truck, odd Austin. Local fire truck was flat nose International with V8, dad took us to property fire n told stay in the ute we were 3 i think. When go see grandparents mums side we use go in HD Holden ute, dad, 3 boys n mum, tight fit. By eight dad told me follow him, he drove AW6 International tractor home i could just see over dash of the ute. Old time dances i remember going to, few bush Christmas at the hall. On farm we were chasing, moving sheep, working in shearing shed. Feeding hay out holding tight on back tractor forks, farm work all year around, in the rain counting lamb tails after musleing lambs.

[@markbehr88]

@@JimmyShields-z2h Thanks. Great memories. Thanks for sharing. I love to read this stuff. 👍👍👍

[@brianandglendaharkin9457]

Tell you what Mark I’d have one of those old Fords in a Ute or car . To anything new in a car yard today . Keep up the great clips .

[@markbehr88]

@@brianandglendaharkin9457 Fair enough. Thanks. 👍

[@ashleytidd-w9i]

That DBB Number plate suggests you bought the XL wagon about August 63.Pictures of early release NSW EH's had DB...... plates.

[@markbehr88]

I think Dad bought it second hand. I actually have a copy of an old classifieds ad when it was resold. Check it out on the channel. 👍

[@barrycuda3769]

Testing, testing.

[@barrycuda3769]

Hey , it worked .

[@markbehr88]

Testing my patience! 🫣

[@markbehr88]

@@barrycuda3769Yes. It kept changing to no comments. Annoying. Looks like it might be fixed. 🤔

[@davidcoote4831]

Fascinating footage Mark. Your father was amazing. Was there anything he couldn't do???

[@markbehr88]

@@davidcoote4831 Thanks very much. He was. While working full time, while building the house, he also cast all those concrete inserts and built that huge brick wall, he bought, repaired and rented out black and white TVs as a sideline, he designed and built a solar hot water system for our house in the early 1970’s (before they were commercially available). At one stage we had a little TV we watched in the back of the XL Falcon wagon as we travelled along. He could fix pretty well anything, including video recorders, cars, anything. Pretty amazing Dad. ❤️👍👍

[@noelgibson5956]

My father owned lots of now interesting cars before and after i was born. Would you believe he never got photos of most of them?! If he did, they were just coincidental were the car just happened to be in the shot, but only the front left hand corner, or something. How many young men buy new cars......and never get a bloody photo of the thing! Green HR Holden ute.....no known photo taken. White VC Valiant wagon......ditto. Alfa Romeo 1750 Berlina sedan.....ditto. He was never a car guy, more into anything electrical or electronic.....but still!

[@markbehr88]

@@noelgibson5956 Yes. That is a shame. My Dad wasn’t really into cars but we managed to take some good photos. 👍

[@noelgibson5956]

​@@markbehr88 I haven't seen the entire video yet, but living in nearby Kirrawee, I hope you've identified the locations! A lot of it looks like the Sutherland shire before my lifetime. 🤠👍

[@markbehr88]

@ Yes. Sylvania is where we lived. 👍

[@khylerin70]

@@noelgibson5956 you are dead right friend. I'm 55 and have had dozens of car's, but picture's???... only a few. If only there were camera phone's back then 🤔

[@noelgibson5956]

21:47....... could be Grays Point.

[@markbehr88]

@@noelgibson5956 Thanks. 👍

[@markbehr88]

Comments keep getting switched off! 😡