Cars you don't see many of anymore

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Originally Posted by barra240t

It is my mission to get this on the road in 2021! I've just been very lazy.

I rescued this old duck before anyone else could buy it, it was too tidy to see it be run into the ground by a P plater. 64k on the clock. Once one of Ford Australia's best selling vehicles, put together by Australians in Sydney's Homebush plant.

A cheap piece of Australian automotive history, slowly creeping up in price, but it isn't about money, its about showing what wind up windows were and no power steering.

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That brings back some great memory’s. The old man and I bought a ka lazer from a wrecker in about 1991 that had a front ender. Bought all the bits required to repair and paint. And a KB 5 speed. Even had to straightened one of the front rails.

Became one of 3 cars the old man had, that I learnt to drive in. Once I got my p’s it kind of became my car. Damm I flogged it with my mates all over Brissie.

It certainly taught me how to keep a car running. Remember Points? Nothing like pulling them out, giving them a rough grind on the nearest concrete gutter, eyeballing the gap in the dizzy, and getting ya home.

And how bout the 165kph top speed fully loaded on the gateway motorway.

Lucky we are still alive