Early falcon owner from Australia

[SLOWXL]

New here on the HAMB, names Nathan from australia and just bought my first "old" car which is probabaly still a new car by your standards

Its a 1963 aussie falcon, plans are to put it on air and just drive it till I have money to buy a bit older project but this will do for for a 19 year old!

Cheers, SLOWXL
http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/2618/10084454xv5.jpg

http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/5913/30428209wz3.jpg

[pinup65]

i like your car and might see you around

[THAT MONSTER KID]

welcome from another early falcon daily drvier in vic.

[falconwagon62]

Even cool in the USA, John Howard here...no not that John Howard. I am President of a Chapter of the Falcon Club of America www.ovcfca.com (http://www.ovcfca.com) WELCOME.....Here is one of my 2 door wagons..

[stu.d.baker]

Welcome & congrats on your ride!

I'm nearly road-ready w/my '62 2dr daily driver.

[Toast]

Welcome aboard, cool Falcon

[kropduster]

cool, welcome aboard....ROADKILLER and i have been building his falcon at my place....

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=185578&highlight=falcon+gasser

[SLOWXL]

Thanks for the welcome guys! Good to see the old falcons have a bit of a following! Love the wagon John! ^ That gasser is nuts!! Love it! And also stu.d.baker I would love a 2 door, only problem is they didnt make them in Aus till the XM model, And im not very keen on them or the later XP shape, Might import a US 2 door one day

[SLOWXL]

Also.. THAT MONSTER KID and pinup65 Id love to get a heap of early falcon owners from Victoria together, would be a cool cruise! You guys should send in some photos of your cars to www.oldfalcons.com (http://www.oldfalcons.com) my cars the only xk-xl falcon there would be good to see some moe early birds in the gallery

[godspeed32]

any pics of the dash i see right hand drive....cool

[SLOWXL]

Here you go mate, RHD dash in all its messy glory, this was off the ebay add, looks alot better now, found an original radio also

[Richard]

Welcome. I'm wondering if the thats the OG bumper and grille? They stopped using those in " 62 in the U.S. Thats a bitchen car, Aside from right hand drive what makes it Aussie? Here's a pic of my Ranchero and one of my sisters vert. Regards, Rich

[SLOWXL]

My car is all OG mate, after this model they didnt resemble the US falcon as much

Your falcon with the rounded back window is what we call an XK falcon here, then in my model they moved the indicatiors into the front bar insted of the grille and put a more square back window pillar in the car, After mine the completly changed the front and rear ends and had the XM and XP falcons

XK
http://www.geocities.com/earlyfalcons/XKhistorypic2.jpg
XL
http://www.geocities.com/earlyfalcons/XLhistorypic2.jpg
XM
http://www.geocities.com/earlyfalcons/XMhistorypic2.jpg
XP
http://www.geocities.com/earlyfalcons/XPhistorypic2.jpg

The XK was basically just a RHD american falcon, the XM had subtle differnces but was still designed in america, after that they were designed in Aus

[louie the fly]

Hey man. What part of SA you in? You should take that to Uraidla, 1st Sunday in December. I hope to have my Dodge back on the road by then. It's the best show in SA.

See you there.

[THAT MONSTER KID]

mines a polsihed turd need a fair bit of love, not worthy of a photo but it does nicely as a daily and still turns the head of the average joe.

[SLOWXL]

mines a polsihed turd need a fair bit of love, not worthy of a photo but it does nicely as a daily and still turns the head of the average joe.
Mines no show car either, "restored" about 13-15 years ago, a hell of alot of bog, ratty interior, but I still love it

Also louie the fly, not sure if you were talking to me but I live in Victoria, about 45mins from MT Gambier, I got my car from SA thats why it had them plates on it when I took the photos, Regoed in VIC now

[louie the fly]

Cheers, I worked that out 5 seconds after I posted. What a DH! Anyway, thats a cool car. I looked at a Fish shop coupe once. It had a dark blue velvet interior. Looked like it was owned by Cheech & Chong.

[fugness]

fuck me, thats the cleanest XL i have ever seen!!!

[SLOWXL]

Haha you must not have seen many XL's!

Nah its not bad, good from a far anyway. Should be bagged by the end of this year, then it will be awesome!

[fugness]

mate., i've seen plenty of the bastards, dont worry

PLUS, i look at my old heap of shit XL in my garage for the last 10 years almost, hahaha!!! Mine a bit different to yours. Frenched number plates, twin frenched aerials, front and rear roll pans, tube grill, twin headlights, no bumpers, no chrome, flat paint, YEAH BABY!!

[fugness]

oh, forgot to add 200ci big block, hahaha.

[SLOWXL]

Got a picture man? Id love to check that out! Sounds cool

[fugness]

yeah i do, in my PC back in Aus, hahaha

It was in Hot Rodding once, about 8 years ago, hmmm, i think i have a copy floating around somewhere.

Currently it is being readied for flat orange paint, or purple, cant decide, waiting for Cragar!!! plus i scored some MASSIVE 14 inch rims, LOL. But it's probably gonna sit in my garage gathering dust till i get back to Aus full time

[shanks]

unless it gets stolen , but roadsters and herpies ,have slowed that process down too...
huh

[fugness]

I would rather you "steal" the boat than the falcon, hahaha. Or please steal my newer falcon, that could do with painting as well.

Isn't it odd, i have ZERO pics of any toy i have ever owned.