Thread: Holden v's Ford

Originally Posted by Redback

sorry

Baz.

Originally Posted by wannalandy

And yet again ford fans forget about the A9X winning by six laps and busting the lap record on the last lap . Can't say i've seen or heard of a ford doing that ?????

and the Jags who finished first and 3rd when the lead car holed a radiator and spent 12 mins in the pits and still finished on the podium, now the XJS, that was a car.

Originally Posted by CraigE

Sorry but the Sierras had to resort to cheating to even win. Well known and doccumented facts. Then the Nissans were not production or even close to production cars. At the time the average Holden touring car was $250,000 with spares and the Nissan was close to $1million. I loved the days of mixed racing with all makes but the Ford Sierra and Nissan "Godzilla" Skyline destroyed that.

the sierras only cheated once and that was only one team, so thats not really a fair comment. It was only the ANZ Sierras that used the lighter flywheel.

and lets not forget the year that Skaife and Richo won with the car smashed in a heap at forrest elbow, fortunately for them the race was declared and the results were taken on the previous lap

my brother used to have a td cortina v6 it was from africa they did factory v6 cordies there same motor as the capri,they also did the capri with the 289 in africa,he sold that cortina about 10 years ago for $15,000 so they would be worth a bit now i recon

Cheers Greg

I dont care who won Sandown, well the brand anyway, Lowndes won and i am happy, Jamie Wincup is going to be a true champion, and I reckon Lee Holdsworth is aswell.

I used to be all holden, then i bought a Disco and sold my commodore, and Russell Ingall moved to Ford so i followed him with no real care about what badge was on the car. Now if i was going to buy a family car i would test drive everything and buy what i liked best, i would have to say that the Mitsubishi 380 VXR is one nice car. Matt

Originally Posted by JohnE

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

You certainly have a vivid imagination, from the XA Ford on, the Falcon was designed wholly in Australia by Australians, where's your comparison to the EA to AU, not like holden which have always been desingned by Yanks, Krouts and Poms, t'is a FACT, Regards Frank.

Originally Posted by CraigE

I believe there was also an Opel variant as well. Realistically for what was around at the time they were a good car. A heap better than the XD. But not as good as the old Kingswood
Very few things are original.

Why didn't they (GM) race the HQ's, not the Kingswood, 4 door family sedan against the Ford 4 door family sedan, why, because they were crap, Regards Frank.

Originally Posted by Redback

I think you'll find that it's the other way around, from the 68 HK (FIRST ALL AUSTRALIAN DESIGNED HOLDEN) to the current model, were all designed here in Australia, with the 253 V8 and then followed by the 308 in later models, the variants were exported to England, South Africa and rebadged as Vauxalls and Aust spec models went to NZ and Asia, as a swap we got Vauxalls or Holden Toranas/Sunbirds, then we got the Chev variant the Gemini then the Astra, Badge cars they call them now.

Baz.

The 68 holden was a Opel Rekord, designed in Chermany, all of the rest you have back to front, Regards Frank.