Holden v's Ford

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Originally Posted by numpty

My father never had either. His first was a Mayflower and then 2 Vanguards before a Fiat 1500, which got me into the Fiat bug (had 4 of them).
Was the 500 a special, as all the Bambino's I've seen were rear engined.

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The rear engine ones were the late models. The original Topolino was front engined.

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Originally Posted by Brian Hjelm

When my '97 XH developed a leak, the engine reconditioner said it was because Ford use "cheap **** gaskets". The head was skimmed, pressure tested, and inspected for corrosion. He said I was lucky as obviously the cooling sytem services had been done, flushed and inhibitor changed regularly, and there were no signs of corrosion. He said these heads regularly corroded badly between 5 & 6, which he claims was a design fault which Ford was well aware of and ignored.

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On the 4l the head bolts would stretch, blown head gasket usually at about 100-150k

Had two Falcon's, would never buy another Furd product, esp. as they made the inflammable Pinto and rollover Exploder. Bring back the 2 litre class I say and we can watch the cars that everyone drives these days,and they are faster around all tracks than the V8's:p

I'm tiring of this thread :zzz:.

So here goes nothing, the title says Holden v's Ford.

This means that Fords rule and Holdens challenge :twisted:.

I'm off to duck for cover :rocket:.

Have any of you seen the old cars race at Lakeside Raceway in Queensland i think the class was called Appendix "J",pre 1972 vehicles only i think it was,lots of mustangs,lotus cortina's,fiats,chev's,eh holens and the like,i used to go to it with my dad years ago it was brilliant :) not sure if they still have it?
Cheers Greg

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Originally Posted by googe

Have any of you seen the old cars race at Lakeside Raceway in Queensland i think the class was called Appendix "J",pre 1972 vehicles only i think it was,lots of mustangs,lotus cortina's,fiats,chev's,eh holens and the like,i used to go to it with my dad years ago it was brilliant :) not sure if they still have it?
Cheers Greg

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Have a look at this re Lakeside Raceway;

http://www.prsc.qld.gov.au/c/prsc?a=...pid=1159320011

And appendix J;

http://www.appendixj.org.au/home.htm

owned over 20 fords, always found them to be ok, had two valiants always found them to be rusty, had to 82 model cherokees always found them to be **** boxes but good for towing
only ever owned 1 holden and that was a HR, ok nothing to scream about but it was an old car and rusty lol, who cares anyway, a car is a car, a Landy is a priveledge to own

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Originally Posted by barryj

Have a look at this re Lakeside Raceway;

http://www.prsc.qld.gov.au/c/prsc?a=...pid=1159320011

And appendix J;

http://www.appendixj.org.au/home.htm

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A quick update on appendix j. My son in law is into racing and told me that group n has replaced appendix j.

http://www.cams.com.au/content.asp?P...s&ObjectID=218

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Originally Posted by barryj

I'm tiring of this thread :zzz:.

So here goes nothing, the title says Holden v's Ford.

This means that Fords rule and Holdens challenge :twisted:.

I'm off to duck for cover :rocket:.

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i'm with you:D fords fill front row at sandown today:D:rulez::twobeers::tease:

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Originally Posted by CraigE

Some American Fords. See any similarities??
There are others including from Europe, but would have to dig a bit harder.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...007/09/232.jpg
XL, XM, XP similarities.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...007/09/233.jpg
XR, XT Similarities.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...007/09/234.jpg
XW, XY Similarities
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...007/09/235.jpg
XA, XB, XC Similarities.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...007/09/236.jpg
BA Similarities.

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The best one i can tell about, because the photo is on a slide , is the 1978 Vauxhaull Cavalier, hired one when i was in the UK then, , in 1979, the first crummydore came out, guess what it was a vauxhaull cavalier, with a different motor and crappier trim.


john