Famous & Infamous Fords - Where Are They Now?

[blackwood]

G'day punters,

The aim of this thread to try and track down or find out what happen to some
of Australia's more famous or infamous Fords.

These cars aren't racecars or well known showcars/magazine feature cars.

They may have had famous or infamous owners or have been at sometime
driven by a famous or infamous person/s.
Perhaps they featured prominently in news reports or TV shows.

So here we go,

MIA FORD No. 1

Anyone know of the whereabouts of an FC LTD once owned by Christopher Dale Flannery?
When Chris "Mr Rent-A-Kill" Flannery was brought up to Sydney by George Freedman,
he bought himself a gold FC LTD. It may or may not have been a Cartier Edition.

This car narrowly avoided machine gun fire when Chris and his family were fired
upon after returning from an outing.

In the mini-series Blue Murder, it is depicted that Chris' LTD would not start one afternoon.
He is then picked up by some men in an XF Falcon and never seen again.

No. 2

Does anybody know the where-abouts of the P6 LTD Wheels Magazine had then
Prime Minister Malcom Fraser test drive?

IIRC, Mal was not impressed by Ford's new flagship at the time.
However this is an interesting piece of Ford Aus history and it would be nice to know if it still roams the roads.

[Bossxr8]

Needle in a haystack, especially because neither car is really significant in terms of history really, not like a famous racecar or showcar like a Moffat Falcon or Bill Bourke XW.

[Mr Hardware]

No. 2

Does anybody know the where-abouts of the P6 LTD Wheels Magazine had then
Prime Minister Malcom Fraser test drive?

IIRC, Mal was not impressed by Ford's new flagship at the time.

In a recent wheels magazine they got him to test drive the last LTD in a bit of a historical article. I don't remember reading that he didn't like the P6.

December 1976 and July 2008 were the issues if you're interested.

Have a read of the 2008 one here if you're interested

[Tickford GT]

Wheels January 98
Auto barn express EL GT
Tickford shipped an EL GT to England to see how fast it would go
on the auto barn in Germany
that car is now in my shed
cheers glenn

[Coogs289]

does this include special "one-off" cars (special options - e.g colour etc.)?

[Mr Hardware]

i doubt it, i'd bet its just about famous/infamous cars.

[Auslandau]

Max's Coupe would be the number 1 famous FORD in Australia ...... hands down.

Where is it? Don't know as I have heard a few bits and pieces. I am sure someone knows!



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[XR Martin]

Originally Posted by Tickford GT

Wheels January 98
Auto barn express EL GT
Tickford shipped an EL GT to England to see how fast it would go
on the auto barn in Germany
that car is now in my shed
cheers glenn

Be interesting to know where the EF XR6 they sent over there ended up also

Also does anyone know what happened to that EB Fairmont Ghia 'Cobra' which was built for Edsel Ford II when he visited Australia.

[4VCLEVO]

Originally Posted by auslandau

Max's Coupe would be the number 1 famous FORD in Australia ...... hands down.

Where is it? Don't know as I have heard a few bits and pieces. I am sure someone knows!

I thought it was the one in the cars of the stars museum, could be wrong.

[gcg2503]

Originally Posted by Tickford GT

Wheels January 98
Auto barn express EL GT
Tickford shipped an EL GT to England to see how fast it would go
on the auto barn in Germany
that car is now in my shed
cheers glenn

pics?

and article if you have it handy - that would be interesting

[UKXR8]

Originally Posted by XR6 Martin

Be interesting to know where the EF XR6 they sent over there ended up also

I know of 2 EF XR6 sedans that were over here, I owned one that was used for a magazine although I never did find the article. I sold it a few months ago and it is now living in Oswestry. Last I heard of the other it was up in Edinburgh.

[TZENU]

Would love to know where Howard Astill's Pioneer XA Coupe is now.... That thing was insane!

[BIGJB]

Originally Posted by TZENU

Would love to know where Howard Astill's Pioneer XA Coupe is now.... That thing was insane!

I think I have a photo of it somewhere. Saw it in Melbourne..... must have been around
the late 90's from memory.

[Fev]

How fast did the EL GT end up goin on the autobahns?

[XC_Lizzard]

Originally Posted by 4VCLEVO

I thought it was the one in the cars of the stars museum, could be wrong.

It is (or was, I assume it still is) in the "cars of the stars" museum in Keswick, England.

==> http://www.carsofthestars.com/

[LTDHO]

Originally Posted by XC_Lizzard

It is (or was, I assume it still is) in the "cars of the stars" museum in Keswick, England.

==> http://www.carsofthestars.com/

Yup still there.

[GTP-814]

Originally Posted by Tickford GT

Wheels January 98
Auto barn express EL GT
Tickford shipped an EL GT to England to see how fast it would go
on the auto barn in Germany
that car is now in my shed
cheers glenn

So what was the outcome of the test

[rob20v]

I saw one of the famous 25 mark one Escorts with mark two running gear (e.g 2 litre engines). It had been stored away.

[Nikked]

Originally Posted by auslandau

Max's Coupe would be the number 1 famous FORD in Australia ...... hands down.

Where is it? Don't know as I have heard a few bits and pieces. I am sure someone knows!

The original car is over in England as been said. It was converted back to Mad Max 1 sometime after the 2nd movie. The stunt double coupe is in a shed somwhere in Broken Hill

[XR Martin]

Originally Posted by Fev

How fast did the EL GT end up goin on the autobahns?

About 237kmh I think. (it was an auto GT) About the same speed they got for an ED XR8 Sprint a few years earlier.

[Fev]

Not bad! hell scary driving at that speed in a standard car though..

[buggerlugs]

It's not a Ford but the valiant ute Paul Hogan fell into outside the pub in Croc Dundee lives just down the road............and still runs like a dream...........

[JD86]

awesome thread, id like to know more about the el gt shipped to england

[Tickford GT]

Originally Posted by XR6 Martin

Be interesting to know where the EF XR6 they sent over there ended up also

Also does anyone know what happened to that EB Fairmont Ghia 'Cobra' which was built for Edsel Ford II when he visited Australia.

The red EF XR6 they fill the the boot of the GT with parts i have the list they sent with it as it was cheaper to sent it with the GT
Cheers Glenn

[Tickford GT]

Originally Posted by gcg2503

pics?

and article if you have it handy - that would be interesting

here some photo taken at the Classic and Sportscar show, held at the National Exibition Centre in Brimingham England in 1999

scroll down the page

http://www.newcastlegtclub.com/Membe...lenn%20el.html

[Tickford GT]

Originally Posted by gcg2503

pics?

and article if you have it handy - that would be interesting

i have the wheels article i can email to you just pm us
cheers Glenn

[Fantome]

The stunt double Mad Max coupe usually sits out front of the Silverton Hotel in Silverton 25 kms west of Broken Hill. It was there when I went through at 2.30pm yesterday. Disappointedly someone has keyed the left hand side, no respect.

[TRUBLU4DS]

Originally Posted by XR6 Martin

Also does anyone know what happened to that EB Fairmont Ghia 'Cobra' which was built for Edsel Ford II when he visited Australia.

I actually came across this car for sale yesterday in a mid 90's Unique Cars mag.

[sd1800]

Originally Posted by Fantome

The stunt double Mad Max coupe usually sits out front of the Silverton Hotel in Silverton 25 kms west of Broken Hill. It was there when I went through at 2.30pm yesterday. Disappointedly someone has keyed the left hand side, no respect.

Its funny because after you said that I had a look on Google maps to see exactly where Silverton is, and on Google street view you can see the Black Coupe parked there in front of the Pub!

[cs123]

Originally Posted by sd1800

Its funny because after you said that I had a look on Google maps to see exactly where Silverton is, and on Google street view you can see the Black Coupe parked there in front of the Pub!

Arghhh. I fell for that!