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10-01-2020, 08:19 AM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/sydn...oid_VIP_sticky
I’d hate to have seen this BEFORE it was “improved “!
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Steve Current rides 2012 Mondeo Titanium wagon (TDCI) Moondust silver 2016 Focus Trend, 1.5ecoboost, 6sp manual. Frozen white Previous 2004 Berlina Wagon (LS1) Vespers Blue 1995 Camry 2.2, white 1971 Ford Fairmont wagon 302w, C4 Polar white 1971 TC Cortina, 2L 4sp, Ermine white |
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10-01-2020, 08:59 AM
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I saw the same add and had similar thoughts. Looks like big money has been spent, but to me it looks like a monstrosity. He did mention he has parts to make front end original but at $350K I doubt he will have any interest.
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10-01-2020, 11:54 AM
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OMG
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 Now $400k  .
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10-01-2020, 03:08 PM
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10-01-2020, 09:50 AM
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Poor bugger must have the shakes - he's obviously inadvertently tapped the zero key one too many times when he was typing the asking price...
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10-01-2020, 05:26 PM
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10-01-2020, 11:26 AM
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This is why drugs are bad.
Can only hope it wasn't actually a Cobra, but even still, to do that to any Hardtop is a mortal sin.
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10-01-2020, 11:40 AM
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Why would you fit a Mercedes engine into this? Seems very very unusual.
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10-01-2020, 01:29 PM
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My eyes !
They burn !
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Fordless Stuff this,I'm going to play a few shots & see what happens. |
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10-01-2020, 02:15 PM
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Steve Current rides 2012 Mondeo Titanium wagon (TDCI) Moondust silver 2016 Focus Trend, 1.5ecoboost, 6sp manual. Frozen white Previous 2004 Berlina Wagon (LS1) Vespers Blue 1995 Camry 2.2, white 1971 Ford Fairmont wagon 302w, C4 Polar white 1971 TC Cortina, 2L 4sp, Ermine white |
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10-01-2020, 06:22 PM
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Shenanigans..............
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Roger Cordia strikes again!
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11-01-2020, 06:28 AM
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You lot have no imagination, this isn’t my idea for a ford coupe but this guys had the balls to dull something different
How many over restored coupes do we want? The market will dictate if he’s hawking the right price,
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Pariahs C.C. What could possibly go wrong I post images with postimg.cc (so I don’t forget) |
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11-01-2020, 06:34 AM
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Same ****-Different Day
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11-01-2020, 09:16 PM
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Pariahs C.C. What could possibly go wrong I post images with postimg.cc (so I don’t forget) |
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11-01-2020, 09:25 PM
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Wonder if I paid full price would he at least update the tape deck from 1984?
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2016 FGX XR8 Sprint, 6speed manual, Kinetic Blue #170 2004 BA wagon RTV project. 1998 EL XR8, Auto, Hot Chilli Red 1993 ED XR6, 5speed, Polynesian Green. 1 of 329. Retired 1968 XT Falcon 500 wagon, 3 on the tree, 3.6L. Patina project. |
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26-01-2020, 06:19 PM
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I have imagination as he obviously does, but I also have taste. 
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26-01-2020, 07:05 PM
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Looks like its got the Cobra build plaque on the glove box, last photo in the advert. Can't quite make it out or get the number on my computer screen.
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Escort RS2000 Restored factory a/c and alloys. TD Cortina Unrestored 35 000km 6cyl manual. Mk1 GT Cortina Project. FG XR50 Daily. |
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26-01-2020, 07:48 PM
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26-01-2020, 08:10 PM
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https://fordforums.com.au/showthread...=cobra+numbers
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Escort RS2000 Restored factory a/c and alloys. TD Cortina Unrestored 35 000km 6cyl manual. Mk1 GT Cortina Project. FG XR50 Daily. |
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11-01-2020, 04:52 PM
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Apart from the paint job, is it a real Cobra ? Build number ? VIN ?
And if it was genuine at the start of its life, it is certainly a Frankenstein Cobra now, with little or no heritage left. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but this would only be attractive through the bottom of many beer glasses. |
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11-01-2020, 06:20 PM
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So much want !
Said nobody ever !!!     
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11-01-2020, 07:26 PM
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im sorry but looking at that looks like its hard rear ended some one and the bonnets folded up ant they just painted over it to look good
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yes still (as money n time permit) doing the rebuilding the zh fairlane with a clevo 400m 4v heads injected whipple blown with aode 4 speed trans to a 9" ....... we'll get there eventually just remember don't be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the Ark...Professionals built the Titanic! I have taken up meditation... at least it's better than sitting around doing nothing !! |
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11-01-2020, 07:32 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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I reckon that was someone's 30 year project that just wouldn't end.
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2016 FGX XR8 Sprint, 6speed manual, Kinetic Blue #170 2004 BA wagon RTV project. 1998 EL XR8, Auto, Hot Chilli Red 1993 ED XR6, 5speed, Polynesian Green. 1 of 329. Retired 1968 XT Falcon 500 wagon, 3 on the tree, 3.6L. Patina project. |
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11-01-2020, 07:55 PM
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I couldn't yeh just nah !
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11-01-2020, 08:41 PM
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Apart from the “rear-ended” bonnet (thanks Wodahs), my favourites are the classy Stupid-cheap auto checker-plate floor mats and the oh-so-professionally applied Dynoc on the dash. The skull gear shift is an added bonus!
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Steve Current rides 2012 Mondeo Titanium wagon (TDCI) Moondust silver 2016 Focus Trend, 1.5ecoboost, 6sp manual. Frozen white Previous 2004 Berlina Wagon (LS1) Vespers Blue 1995 Camry 2.2, white 1971 Ford Fairmont wagon 302w, C4 Polar white 1971 TC Cortina, 2L 4sp, Ermine white |
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11-01-2020, 09:09 PM
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Thunderbird anyone:
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 BAII RTV - with Raptor V S/C. RTV Power FG G6ET 50th Anniversary in Sensation. While the basic Ford Six was code named Barra, the Turbo version clearly deserved its very own moniker – again enter Gordon Barfield.
We asked him if the engine had actually been called “Seagull” and how that came about. “Actually it was just call “Gull”, because I named it that. Because we knew it was going to poo on everything”. |
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11-01-2020, 09:11 PM
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Where to next??
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I can't seem to find any for sale right now but surely a correct matching numbers vehicle in restored condition wouldn't go for that?
There is a Phase 1 and Phase 2 GTHO for sale for less!
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Cobra....improvements?..
Hybrid Mode