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Stories and photographs accumulated in seven years on the Web. Most are quite old, so check the date at the top of the page. They are mostly Australian, but one thing they all have in common is Ford...

Features Archive

Big trip home for Aussie Model Ts
Happy tenth birthday to the Flying T
When an exchange engine was a quantum leap
The first Mustang did not gallop, it really flew

Mustang_- some fast facts & oddities
Qantas actually began with a Model T Ford!
1967, and Fairlane sets a weight-saving milestone
Ford's early V8s were regular record-busters
1937 and a GP is won by a stock V8 Ford
Celebrations as Falcon turns 40

Falcon - a brief history
Cortinas built by Renault and Mack trucks built by Ford
1959 and Broadmeadows builds its first car
Yes, there was a Falcon Convertible (HRB 333, where are you?!)
1956, and 2-pedal driving arrives
WW2 and it's a gas (producer)
WW2, when Ford sailed the seas
1968 and the Falcon that showed up Euro rally cars
1918, the arrival of the `steel horse' in Australia
1981 and Capricorn, the Ford that never was
In WW2, they said it couldn't be done...
1937, and Homebush plant opens
1937, and Australia's first real `tin top'
1934 - the ute is born!
1933, arrival of the little Fords
1932, the first V8 arrives
1930, and Henry goes west
`66 Mustang gets time-warped

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