Nice one Ellis. I really liked the Big M guise for this car the most, before it sprouted the big rear wing.
Nice one Ellis. I really liked the Big M guise for this car the most, before it sprouted the big rear wing.
Here are a couple of shots from the collection from Baypark
Wow, those are great! That car was in such contrast to Leo Leonards PDL Mustang II, with its tall wing, super soft suspension. But the cars were so evenly matched.
Some pics of the Gurney Eagle engine getting ready for action to go back into the Falcon
The new bootlid made from all aluminium as the original was.
Its about time I rolled some progress pics on. The car is slowly coming along, as any restorers know it can be a slow hard slog when you have all the other commitments in life, but I will get more pics soon.
GB
...Graham,thank you and your family for a great 'New Years,evening,come Surprise 50th birthday for you, meeting your family and friends was a real pleasure,look forward to discussing 'Paint and Body' with regards, Myles and Stephanie,Originally Posted by Graham
special big 'Hello' to the kids!!
PS; ....check out the fenders on the 'Winfield' version!!!!
Nice work Graham, thanks for the update. Great to see the progress you're making.
Hows progress going on the Falcon Graham?
I'm another in the Big M Falcon Coupe fan club - would also love to know if there has been any progress.
A few scans;
Hollywood 5 car race reminded me of a race at puke back in the 80s all understood except an Asian
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Aren't those mufflers hideous?
I have to assume the car was never designed to wear mufflers, as they'd naturally be added within the bodywork. There must have just been no space for them under there. The early photos of the car from its first season show it without mufflers. They don't make an appearance until 1979.
I was just looking at this photo when I finally realised my blue Falcon panelvan is parked behind this car.
My understanding is that this significant car could be for sale? Can anyone confirm this? Graham has owned it for many years, and has been carefully collecting as many of the original parts for it as he could, slowly reconstructing the car. Like many Sports Sedans, much of the running gear was taken for newer projects, and Graham has tracked down one of the cars where a bunch of the parts ended up. Would really love to see this car back out racing again. It'd be very high on my shopping list if I had the coin...
I remember seeing the bare shell sitting on the ground outside of Doherty's shed near Seymour in the early 90s, looking very sad.
David, thats probably around the time Graham Booth bought it. He has slowly been collecting many of the original parts ever since. Robin Doherty would have put most of the running gear into another Sports Sedan I assume?
Steve I was hanging around Winton a bit in those days & that was the general "chat" amongst the boys, a red Commodore IIRC, but I'm only going on 20 y.o. memories.
I wonder if thats the car Graham Booth purchased to help with the restoration of JRs Falcon?
Steve, do you know if this car is for sale?
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