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when talking about the Ford Falcon Cobra yopu said the standard falcons came with a 4 cyc, No all falcons were either 6 or 8 cyc.. check facts , and the mustang in place of the aussie cobra is just wrong
@@mbatts731 yes, however the narrator was speaking specifically of the Falcons that preceded the Falcon Cobra. In that case no Falcons were built with a 4 cyl engine.
@@racketman2u Are you serious ? All Holden’s run 6 cylinder truck motors until the first V8 ‘s added to the Monaro . Most Monaro GTS models sold were only standard 6 cylinder ladies shopping trolleys. Only an American suit would badge them as GTS.
E38 was 280bhp with a 3-speed manual gearbox, and the E49 was 302bhp with a 4-speed manual gearbox. The E49 stopped the clock at 14.4 seconds down the quarter mile.
R/T charger had a six cylinder triple Webbers putting out 302hp to the rears and at the time the fastest down the quarter mile by .2 of a second than the phase 3 it still is an awesome beast.
More research was needed as so much info was wrong. The GTR XU-1 was never available as a 4 door but the A9X which didn't make the list and is probably the most sort after and lowest build number Holden was available in 2 and 4 door. And the HK GTS 327 was made in 1968 and into the first half of 1969 (I own a 1969 built one).
There been to many mistakes in the vid ...Better check the background info , before give misinformation 😊 Bv: The Sierra RS 500 Cosworth, did not have 204 hp, but 227hp/165Kw & 276 Nm torque( 204 lb-tf). The " normal" Cossie did have 204 hp. Fact: In race trim...the RS500 easely produced +480hp and a torque of 450Nm....
I think you got most of the information wrong about every single car but none more so than the XC Cobra. Most of the footage you showed was a Mustang. No Australian Falcon between 1960 and 2012 was ever available with a 4cyl engine. They were a short production run as they were left over hardtop shells Ford couldn't sell. They were available with either a 302 (4.9) or 351 (5.8) Cleveland V8.
You are correct. The XC Cobra was basically an XC 351 Hardtop Ghia that didn't sell. It was the same with Holden at the time when changing between body shapes that were about to come out. The next range was the 1979 XD Falcon and the 1978 VB Commodore. With Holden it was the HX LE Monaro and the HZ Kingwood. They used the leftover bodies of the HQ Monaro and just added all the leftover bits from all the top of the range models like the Statesman. The next model, the HZ in 1978, was only in 4 door (except the ute)
loved the way you talked about the ford cobra - australian model - then mixed in pictures of the mustang series 2 shit box from US , monaro is pronounced with a loud r -
CLASSIC. I was looking for this comment. So pathetic. You have a voice over, that is very 'I command respect, I have the knowledge', and then show 2 totally different cars, as one car!!!
The XRGT was only in GT GOLD with 7 painted in silver for the Gallahger cigarette company which was a sponser of the Gallahger 500 precurser to the Bathurst 500. As for the XB GT it was produced from 1974 to 1976 after which came the XC. The XC cobra were originally blue and then they were painted white. Ford had 400 coupe shells left that no one was buying so they painted them all the same and made them limited editions with 302 and 351clevelands . And the XYGTHO P hase 3 was the fastest 4door production car of its time.
Xy gtho phase 3 were the fastest production 4 door until the Vauxhall lotus Charlton. XA falcons gt got derated in power because the Australian gov didn't want overpower supercars on the road. Tho a handfull made it through These cars Got de tuned for racing side as well as they were going to fast down the Conrod straight.
@@shrimpcanary9618 Only the XA GT Phase 4 was banned the standard XA GT was allowed. Only 4 Phase 4's were built, 3 Red Pepper race spec cars and one green road going production car.
Of the Aussie Fords on this list, the XC Cobra would probably be the least desirable. The Cobra was a run-out special, trying to get rid of coupe bodies before the new body style came out in 1979. The most desirable Aussie Ford on that list - the XY GTHO Phase III.
How did a Commodore ute make the list....and the A9Torana hatch didn't...it won Bathurst by 6 laps and Brockie broke the lap record on the last lap. And im a Ford fan...
Wow somebody doesn't know what they're talking about when it comes to the 1978 XC Ford Falcon Cobra, There was only 400 Produced in 1978 I own car number 355 in Pennsylvania USA And why were they showing an ugly Ford Mustang Cobra 2 when they were talking about The Australian XC ford Falcon Cobra A Lot of misinformation Get your facts straight before making a video
Ford only made 31 Bathurst specials , with the hood scoop and many other parts that were for reliability on the race track . Not much in the way of extra performance.
I like this, "the XR GT was only available in two colours", the two mentioned were never available, whilst displaying a gold car, GT Gold! There was five colours available, and I have only ever seen Gold ones when they were daily drivers, also, the model spaned 2 years and the production figures were, 684 GT Gold, 1 Alvis White, 1 Russet Bronze, 8 Gallaher Silver, 1 Ivy Green met for a total of 695 cars!
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The Australian Ford Falcon XR GT had a high performance 4 Barrel 289 together with a Hurst shifter and steering wheel from the Mustang and was ONLY available in Gold with around half a dozen or so specially painted in white for the cigarette sponsors for the Gallagher 500 race, and was never available in the blue as the car you showed was an XR Fird Fairmont, but the next model the XT was similar but with a 302, the next was the XW GT with a 351 Windsor and also a HO model first with a 351 Windsor then later a 351 Cleveland, then the XY GT with 351 Cleveland and also the GT-HO which was the Fastest 4 door car in the World at the time in 71-72, a True Muscle car by any means and only lost its fastest crown to the shitty built Aston Martin Lagonda sedan, other Falcon GT’s followed on, but You really need to get your facts right as incorrect information is not on!
Well said James. It would seem someone's facts are "Blurred". In the part about the Cobras he even talks about a 4 cylinder Falcon. As to the numbering system I have no idea as to what that is based on. I really hope I don't get a thanks for watching.
What a dope, Mustang Cobra in still shots, not to mention so much other wrong info! I mean the Torana was the first 6 cylinder in Australia! Was it?😂😵💫😂😵💫😂😵💫The Charger was based on a US Charger! Really. The Aussie Charger looked nothing like the US box! Only interesting fact in the video was 8 out of the 10 cars were Australian!
thank you for getting the liters correct when talking about the 351 (5.8) every other motoring channel gets it wrong by calling it a 5.7 liter! and the Chrysler Charger RT came with a 265 Hemi straight 6, there were plans to bring in the V8's the next year but those got shelved due to the "supercar scare" btw, the only Australian Falcon to be fitted with a 4 cylinder as an option was the 2011 FG Falcon!
I urge anyone interested to do your own research. E.g. XR GT only came in GT Gold. There were only 400 XC Cobras produced and it was a stripe and wheel package. It had no more power than any other V8 Falcon you could order at the time. Also a base XC falcon came with a 3.3L inline 6. All V8 falcons handle and stop like all '70s muscle cars which is crap, something to do with 500kg+ of cast iron over the nose. I could go on. There a lot of 'facts' in this that sound made up.
The XA-XC were a pig to drive on a winding road. They went from front heavy to tank slapping, ass heavy. It wasn't a surprise the LJ and A9X Torana out-performed them on handling, and they had their problems too.
The RT E49 Charger had a 265 Cubic Inch Hemi 6 cylinder with triple 2 bbl Webers making 325HP, it was also the fastest accelerating muscle car in Oz at the time...The Ford GTHO Phase 3 was the fastest 4r Door production car in the world at the time, also many Australians would place it at number one....
far to many mistake... All XR GT's came in GT gold with the exception of 13 cars. Monaro is not pronounced the same as Camaro. Its Mon-R-O. The R8 Malloo was not the first to be offered with a 6 speed manual trans, Holden-HSV first offered in in 1991 in the VN SS Group A. Torana is pronounced wrong... this video has so many mistakes its ridiculous and i cant be bother correcting any more... anyone watching should just assume its all incorrect
The Ford Falcon XR GT was only available in ONE colour, GT Gold. There were only 13 cars ordered in other colours, and they were special orders for different car dealerships
Im no Aussie car expert but had thought the valiant charger GT only came with a straight 6 Hemi engine. No matter what though, the Aussies are so lucky to have had muscle cars available with everything us american car nuts have always wanted in ours. That series of hot Ford Falcon sedans would've been hot sellers here in the US for sure.
Every single thing said about the Aussie Charger was completely wrong. Everything. Build numbers, colours, engines, discontinuation, linking it to a "American Valiant Charger" you name it. Insinuating it was unpopular by reason of discontinuation was the biggest joke- at that time Chargers were so popular there was a waiting list and Chargers made up 50% of all Valiants coming off the production line at Tonsley Park.
Great to see some Aussie cars here-Love GT Falcons and Monaros. For those not in Australia, 6 cylinder engines were standard in almost every model from the late 40s odd upwards. I'd have added the HDT VK SS Group A in there myself, as well as the HT/HG GTS350 Bathurst Pack Monaro. Did you know they very nearly made an XU2 Torana with the V8 instead of the 6-that would've been amazing to get
Miss information on Australian cars and the biggest motor ever fitted to a ford falcon in Australia was exclusive to the Ford Australia ceo at the time in 1970 Bill Bourke got them to pull out the 351 Cleveland 5.8 litre & then 428 Cobra jet 7.0 litre was slotted in the Ford Australia ceo car
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Most people would agree one offs for the big nobs in the boardrooms dont count- otherwise any experimental race car they ever dabbled in on test tracks but never sold would count- like the 360 4 speed pacer that was built and tested on the racetrack by Chrysler Australia before 360's or 4 speed boxes were available in Aussie Valiants.
Every Holden made from 1948 until the 1968 HK model only had six cylinder motors. Similar story with Falcons and Valiants. Sixes dominated here The Torana XU1 was notable for a six cylinder triple carburettor hot motor in a small body light car.
You didn't do much research on this did you? The Australian R/T Charger was nothing like the American Charger. It was a unique design to Australia. The R/T was made for a few years starting with the E38 which was a 265 6 cylinder Hemi with a 3 speed manual behind it. The R/T E49 had a more powerful 265 Hemi and a 4 speed manual. There was an E55 which was a 340 V8 but it was not very popular due to the oil crisis of the mid 70s. The Australian Charger was built right through to 1980 and was the most popular car Chrysler Australia ever made. The Australian XC Falcon Cobra was built especially to homologate the Ford Falcon Cobra for Australia's Touring Car Championship. They were built in 1978 and 400 were made. Why 400? Because Ford Australia had 400 spare 2 door body shells sitting doing nothing and they didn't want to scrap them so they made the 1978 Ford Falcon Cobra out of them. Of the 400 that were built 200, maybe 201, had the 351 Cleveland, the rest had the Australian 302 Cleveland. They could be optioned with automatic or manual.
Just to clarify, the E38 and E49 were built to race at Bathurst. The 340-engined E55 was originally meant to follow the E49 for Bathurst, but the media-driven Supercar Scare happened, to Chrysler Australia pulled the pin on the E55 race car and instead got rid of their stock of 340s by selling the softer E55 as an auto-only tourer. The E55 340 developed about 37 fewer horsepower than the 265 E49. Also, the XC Cobra wasn't built especially to homologate for Bathurst. It was specifically developed to get rid of excess 2-door body shells. There was, however, a limited run of Bathurst Cobras within the Cobra production run. "Cars numbered from 002 to 0031 were known as Option 97 specification, the so-called "Bathurst Cobras", fitted with parts to allow homologation for racing, including twin radiator fans switchable from the dash, a gearbox oil cooler, suspension bracing and reworked rear wheel body housings. They were most easily identified from the other 370 Option 96 Cobras via their large (and functional) rear-opening bonnet bulge."
@@gilesflower Lol, you didn't read my comment very well. I never mentioned Bathurst for the Cobra, I mentioned the Australian Touring Car Chanpionship. The Cobra was developed for the Australian Touring Car Championship and to celebrate Moffat's 1-2 win in 1977, the John Goss Special before it was built to celebrate Goss' Bathurst win, and Cobra was suggested by Edsel Ford because Ford Australia asked him for advice. The 400 coupe shells would have been used for something else but Moffat had the 1-2 win and Edsel suggested Cobra. What better way to finish off the XC range considering the XD would be released in 1979.
The 340 would have been popular, the problem was, they Never advertised it or made any mention of it being available, other than a couple of magazine tests....oh and Alvin Purple. If you went into a dealer, they would try NOT to sell you a 340 Charger. By 1973, the VJ ran the 360 V8, which they also tried not to sell. Also by 1972 Chrysler Corp had sworn off motor racing in the US, the 340 was detuned by then, then became unavailable the next year. Most of the 340 engines and New Process gearboxes (4 speeds) that CAL got, were from 1969 and a few 1970 ones....which had the steel cranks and big valve heads.
@@blurredcarz The video is titled "Muscle Cars of the Outback". I was born in Australia a long time ago and have never seen a POS Jensen or Chev Monte Carlo on our roads, the Sierra I only ever saw on the race track here, those 3 cars had nothing to do with the "outback". So many mistakes in this vid. You should do the right thing and delete it. I learnt a long time ago, if you're going to do something, do it right. Perhaps you should take heed. And don't thank me for watching, because will never watch your vids again. Oh yeah...Yankee go home...
The GM Holden Torana GTR XU1 "was the first production car in Australia to be fitted with a six cylinder engine"? ROTFLMWAO! Try again and you may get it correct next time.
Why was the XR GT said to only come in two colours yet most of the footage was of a gold one? I know the gold is a factory colour because I picked one up for a client last year (2022), original untouched barn find.
GREAT video!!! Love those cars! BUT, at the end the 1978 Ford Falcon Cobra pics were mixed in with the American Ford Mustang Cobra with the same paint scheme...very different cars there, I know, I owned a 1975 Ford Mustang similar body design. But well done overall! Cheers!
@@blurredcarz Well, take the good with the bad and carry on. I love seeing cars from other countries that American's don't know anything about. I currently own and drive a 1993 Nissan Gloria GT. LOVE IT! Won 2 car shows with it pre-Covid. It's a "JDM" and right hand drive. Turns head everyday.
The 78 Ford Falcon was a nice car but again the clip showed a mid 70's Mustang Cobra which doesn't even look like the Falcon. I was surprised that you kept coming back to the Mustang while describing the Falcon. Also the 67 Ford Falcon's only available colors were blue and white yet you showed a gold Falcon. I love the video but try to correct the inaccuracies before premiering it.
Only bronze to the public- not sure how many as race cars I believe in green and white- also only about 695 made not the over 4000 quoted . At least the picture was correct.
There 's a lot of wrong info on the Cobra here. Firstly the pictures are mostly of an American Mustang Cobra which is not a Falcon, secondly, there were only 400 Australian XC Falcon Cobras built. Also, I don't believe any Falcon came with a 4 cylinder engine until the Ecoboost engines of the 2000's.
As Americans, we can build a few of these, namely the '67 Falcon and '71 Falcon since our 1970 Falcon 4-door body (the very last year of the old-school 'Falcon' model we had) was very similar to the Australian versions. Also, the Cosworth Sierra could be built on a Merkur XR4Ti. The Jensen Interceptor--we definitely had those here, although I believe he may have confused the Jensen FF (believed to be the first AWD/4WD cars sold in the world--as opposed to 4WD trucks/Jeeps) which we didn't get due to packaging for the 4WD system made them not crash-test worthy and/or the steering wheel could never be left-hand drive. I do wish we got the Cobra Falcons as opposed to the pigs we had here, aka Ford Torino from around the same years. Thankfully we did get some later year Holdens here starting with the 2004 Holden Monaro which was badged as the Pontiac GTO, and a few models later ending with the Holden Commodore (Pontiac G8 and finally the Chevrolet SS in 2017).
You could not build a replica of the Aussie Falcon as we Aussies had to strengthen the bodyshell as the original Falcon( USA spec) would not hold up on our roads.
Tne Holden HK Monaro GTS 327 gave Holden it's 1st Bathurst 500 mile win in 1968. THE HK Monaro was released in 1968 a few months after the Holden HK series was released.
About 500 Capris were converted by specialist Basil Green Motors to run the 302 Ford Windsor V8 engine. These models were known as the Capri Perana and were very successful in local touring car events, winning the 1970 South African championship and, in a different format, the 1971 championship as well. No Mk II and Mk III Capris were exported to, or built in South Africa.
Enjoyed the video as I'm very ignorant of Australian autos. That said, I'm sure I'm not the first to notice the mixing in of the US Ford Mustang II from the mid-70s with the number one Ford Falcon Cobra from Australia. While they had the same paint scheme, they certainly don't look the same...and I'm not even a Ford guy.
Almost everything said in this video is wrong. In some cases, the images shown contradict what is being said so the video disproves some of its own claims. As a car enthusiast in Australia, I can tell you that almost everything this clown says is bullshit. You don't have to take my word for it a quick internet search will debunk most things said here.
@@blurredcarz see 14:27. Better go to SpecSavers, Blurred. That car (an American Mustang) has an Illinois number plate on the back. It’s click bait bullshit. Just another example of the “quality” of this video. Absolute garbage. I want a refund of the 14 minutes and 27 seconds of my life that you wasted.
Another thing you left out along with all just about everything else that is totally incorrect is that the R/t Charger only came with a 265 ci six that was a high performance triple Weber car straight from the factory and was the fastest accelerating six cylinder car in the world at the time doing the quarter mile in the 14’s and NEVER did the R/T come with a V8, the 340 4 barrel was in the E55 and other models of chargers and Valiants had the 318 & 360’s, do your bloody homework for a start before you spread crap around man!
@@raviscott4853 fastest accelerating Aussie production car- 6 or V8. For 25 years until 1997 when Holden finally made something quicker. Sorry, cant remember which Holden now, its been ages since I researched that.
How can you be talking about the XC Cobra and be showing a Mustang Cobra instead? 175HP? Dude, you are getting your Cobra's mixed up badly. Do you want this channel to grow at all?
@@blurredcarz You're totally wrong on so many points it's actually embarrassing that anyone could believe them, the factual information you should have posted is all available for free online so why post bullshit instead of doing some simple research? I owned 3 of the cars featured in your video, including what was most definitely NOT the first 6 cylinder car in Australia. You're only out by a few decades on that point, and its not even the worst of the wrong information. Why?
As an Aussie, I don't mind you stuffing up the names, but gee mate, you got so many things wrong. XR GT only came out in Bronze. Torana XU1 was only a 2 door, never a 4 door. The 1978 Ford Cobra had over 325HP, not 175HP. And there were only 500 built as they were the last 500 Hardtop bodies. Ford stopped making 2 doors after that. Only 300 of the 1971 XY GT HO were made. The other 1250 were just XY GT's. The GT HO was for homologation for racing.
This is the first video I ever pressed the thumbs down on....... mixing the XC Falcon Cobra pics with what I guess is a Mustang is a crime.... And so many other obvious flaws.
Great cars but the narrative is so inaccurate I couldn’t watch the whole video. I gave up when the valiant charger only had 318 and 340 engines apparently. When it was known for 300hp hemi six cylinder with triple side draft webers.
Love most of these cars, however some of the information given is totally inaccurate, especially with the final car, the Ford Falcon Cobra. The original 1978 Australian Ford Falcon never came with a four cylinder engine, the standard engine was a 3.3 liter 6 cylinder engine and the other options were a 4.1 liter 6, and the Cobra's came with either a 302 cu in v8 and a 351 cubic inch v8.
"Your go to spot for the best car videos on the internet" I thought was a bold statement at the start.. But it didn't take long to realise that it was just the very first wave in the sea of incorrect information that is this video. I mean. Just take it down guys. You're embarrassing yourselves
Oh... come on man! compared to some of the mistakes us americans make, this is not all that shocking 😂. Thank you for watching the video! Taking the time to leave a comment is awesome! Thank you
Drove one - absolutely terrible driving position with the steering shell slightly to one side. Went pretty good though. The shame was the Charger. A little more development and that would have been a truly great car. Phase 3 - simply the best.
Ford XR GT only came in gold. America never had a Valiant Charger. In the USA the Valiant is a Plymouth. The Red XB GT Hard Top you showed is owned by Eric Bana the Australian actor. The XB GT had less power than the XA GTHO4 not more power. every car guy in Australia knows that.
The Phase 4 XA was like it's predecessors, a homologation special so Ford could race their hot Falcons. The XB was not a homologation special, just a standard Falcon hardtop with flash dash and stripes. Only 4 XA GTHO Phase 4's were built before the government stepped in with the "supercar scare" and production stopped overnight. I think only 2 still exist. Holden and Chrysler had cars in the works for racing but they were stopped as well.
Falcon Cobra, based on the XC Falcon Hard Top XC Falcon had 4 motors, 3.3L inline 6, 4.1L inline 6, 4.9L V8. 5.8L V8. XC Falcon had 5 body types, Sedan, Station Wagon, Panel Van, Ute, Hard Top. at 13:25, at 13:53 and at 14:24 is a Ford Mustang 2 Cobra and not a Ford XC Falcon Cobra The XC Ford Falcon Cobra was 1978 only with a total of 400 cars made, using a 4.9L V8 or 5.8L V8 At not no point from 1960 to 2009 did the Ford Falcon ever have a 4 cylender motor.
Yeah nah , Ford Falcon XR GTs were sold in many colours , Russet Bronze, Avis White, Ivy Green, Polar White, Gallagher Silver, Sultan Maroon I don't know were the vid got its info .
The phot of the red and later light blue are Jensen FF (Ferguson Formula 4 x 4) with 2 vents behind the front wheel not an Intercepter (rwd) 1 vent. Also showing a phot of a Mustang for the Falcon Cobra, very shoddy .
You some how missed South Africa who also had muscle cars like the 1971 Ford Fairmont GT Super rhino. The car was made in Australia, but never sold in Australia. We did have the Fairmont, but not as a GT. Chevrolet also had the SS and others that were not the same cars as the USA and were made in Australia, not holdens, but made by holden.
Don't forget the Basil Green Peranas... Why were you showing a Mustang 2 Cobra as the Falcon Cobra?? There can't be that many people who would confuse the two...
as an owner of an XB 2 door , 73 , they do not handle well at all , they push in corners because of the front wieght of the motor , but they are fun to drive , and trail breaking helps :)
