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Old 01-11-2009, 09:01 PM   #31
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Don't forget Ford AU is designing the new platform Ranger T6. It should blow any R5 pipe dream to the weeds.
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Old 01-11-2009, 09:07 PM   #32
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Old 01-11-2009, 09:40 PM   #33
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On a sidenote, that FPV Galaxie concept was interesting.....

Pity it looked too much like a BA Fairlane. (And yes I am aware that the Galaxie was Fairlane on 'roids to start with.)
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Old 01-11-2009, 10:47 PM   #34
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On a sidenote, that FPV Galaxie concept was interesting.....

Pity it looked too much like a BA Fairlane. (And yes I am aware that the Galaxie was Fairlane on 'roids to start with.)
Now THAT was a sexy machine!


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Old 01-11-2009, 10:51 PM   #35
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That should have been the way the fairlane departed!
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Old 01-11-2009, 10:56 PM   #36
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The R7 was fantastic.

It's what the F6-X should've looked like.
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Old 01-11-2009, 11:11 PM   #37
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Definitely! Needed more publicity. The Galaxie nameplate has quite an Australian heritage...

The trouble is, theres no more fairlane platform to work off anymore. But given the right execution it would have dusted HSV's Grange in sales...
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Old 02-11-2009, 02:24 AM   #38
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What motor was it running?

Boss 290?

Any more specs?
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Old 02-11-2009, 06:27 PM   #39
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What motor was it running?

Boss 290?

Any more specs?
Lots of stuff at
http://www.trueblueford.com/fairlane...laxy540_1.html
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Old 02-11-2009, 07:36 PM   #40
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The R7 was fantastic.

It's what the F6-X should've looked like.
Nah, I think thats what the Ghia shouldve looked like, and the F6 X shouldve looked like the R7 on steroids (which in hindsight was a Territory on steroids) so my make believe F6 X would be totally off the hook!
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Old 02-11-2009, 08:24 PM   #41
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Old 02-11-2009, 08:37 PM   #42
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Here's a better pic of the R7



Taken from here (more pics) http://www.netcarshow.com/ford/2002-r7_concept/

The R5 was a styling exercise that served many many purposes. It showed the world a preview of the up coming BA Falcon 'face'. The interior had the Territory colour palate of black/orange/grey/eucalyptus and theatre seating (higher in the rear). It had some BA trim pieces, note the door trims (below) first shown on the 2000 concept car) and it was testing the waters for both a Falcon based soft-roader (moderate ride height AWD) as well as the RTV ute.



I still have an email on my work PC from the late 'uncle' Geoff Polites (I still can't believe he responded in person, they were special times at Ford Aus) explaining he wanted to take both the R5 and R7 concepts to production but the sales failure of the AU Falcons meant they could only afford to do one of them. In the end that was the R7, aka Territory ;)
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Where is this Ford discovery centre? I would very much like to go there!
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Where is this Ford discovery centre? I would very much like to go there!
Geelong in Victoria. If your ever in the area it's a MUST SEE !

http://www.forddiscovery.com.au/
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Old 03-11-2009, 08:42 PM   #45
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Geelong in Victoria. If your ever in the area it's a MUST SEE !

http://www.forddiscovery.com.au/
If your in the area yeah but I wouldnt make a trip just for the Discovery centre. Its not that big.
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Old 03-11-2009, 09:14 PM   #46
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Is the galaxie 540 at the Discovery Centre?
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Old 04-11-2009, 04:25 PM   #47
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Would kill for my G220 to look like that hopefully its on show at the FDC have eyeballed those pics on Trueblueford for months trying to work out how they made those bars.
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Now I know where the RTV came from!

And that Fairlane concept thingy (Galaxie) is one HOT ride!!
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Is the galaxie 540 at the Discovery Centre?
When I was there in March, no.
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