The story of Darrin and his 1972 Ford Fairmont was something I was destined to be a part of.
The car, which is exceedingly rare in the UK, happened to be purchased by my father who was unaware of Darrin at the time of buying.
Funnily enough my father only purchased the car because it was located two miles away from a small village in Essex, the exact area we relocated from. By sheer luck he happened to be visiting the area that week to attend an old friends party.
Subsequently he found out that there was an Australian chap in the local area who grew up with this model of car and had desperately been trying to acquire the Fairmont when he saw it pop up on eBay.
And the rest is history…
A story that had to be told. Cars really are part of the family.
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Some information about Ford Fairmont/Falcon XA:
Sold between March 1972 and September 1973, the XA series was the first Falcon to be designed (with assistance from Ford's US headquarters) and manufactured in Australia. It featured an entirely new body which was larger and more roomy than that of its XY series predecessor, giving it the "coke-bottle" look. The XA range also had a longer list of options, although the choice of engines carried over from the previous XY Falcon range. All V8 302 CID and most 351 CID "Cleveland" engines were now Aussie made. GT Falcons could have Aussie or imported 351 CID V8s fitted. Wagons, utilities and panel vans now featured a longer wheelbase than the sedan. Fairmont wagons had a dual-action tailgate that could be opened either downwards or sideways, optional on base model Falcon and Falcon 500 Wagons.
The addition of a two-door hardtop to the range marked the first time that this body style had been offered on an Australian Falcon since the XP series of 1965-1966. The hardtop's longer doors with frameless windows were shared with the utility and van, with a different shape glass to suit the commercial vehicles' body apertures. The shorter doors of the sedan and wagon with their framed windows were also available with optional quarter vent windows, though these were very rare, mainly fitted to cars in the hotter parts of Australia. This option was available in the subsequent XB and XC models, though very scarce.
The XA Falcon range were the first Falcons fitted with in-dash vents for face level flow-thru ventilation, although they only worked while the car was in motion.
A total of 129,473 XAs were built. While successful, the XA Falcon range proved to be short-lived as it gained a significant frontal appearance update to become the XB series in September 1973.
Sedans and Wagons were introduced in March 1972, the Hardtops in August 1972 and the Utilities and Vans in October of that year.
Gear Used:
Panasonic GH5
Panasonic Lumix G X Vario Zoom 12-35mm F/2.8
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Edited on Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe After Effects & Adobe Photoshop
Zhuyin Weebill-S
Deity V-Mic D3 Pro
16 авг 2021
