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CAPTION for XA Coupe stopped -
never use non genuine Ford parts on your Ford.
Dont let your car smoke your sponsors cigarettes.
-Murphy never had to walk this far to the dunny at Bathurst.
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My friend Ross painted Jim Richard's old Sicrome mustang in this colour scheme , but I feel it looks better on a coupe . would love to see someone use it for a racing coupe here in NZ
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Would also love to see Team Cambridge colours on a Falcon Coupe. Was on Faheys Mustang-Mike Feisst photo.. I feel that Ketts car with its bigger and different wheels and power bulge on the bonnet does not really do the original colour scheme justice.Would look great on my Monaro as a Grady Thompson tribute.If the colour and car combo arent exact, but some interpretation ,then the originality is gone.
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Of all the paint schemes on all of Moffats coupes, this one is my favourite. Unfortunately, adoration is linked to success, and this colour scheme came in 1979, when even Moffat couldn't make a Falcon coupe beat the Toranas. He only raced limited ATCC rounds, and had a miserable Bathurst.

By the way, beautiful photos Pete.
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Wow, this is amazing! I wonder how much it was? I like the last catch point on the windscreen: "Never to be repeated". How true is that.
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These are awesome Pete! Got any more? The vehicles in the background are just as interesting as the Cobras. Look at the line of Sandmans and Sundowners (is that what they called the Falcons?).

By the way Pete, the Corvette in your Avatar, is this the same car John Bowe is racing at Monterey this weekend?
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mark powell wrote:My friend Ross painted Jim Richard's old Sicrome mustang in this colour scheme , but I feel it looks better on a coupe . would love to see someone use it for a racing coupe here in NZ


Mark, George Sheweiry Jnr is building an XC hardtop with this colour scheme.
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As several people have noted time and money are great healers of neglected cars


Boy, this is amazing! What a transformation.
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Hi Steve,yes and he has secured pole up against some stiff local opposition.I hope he does well.Attached picture of Brock at Goodwood 2009.
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The day we took these shots Lahood car sales wanted $8000 for the Phase 4 when the two Phase 3,s in stock where $6000. I should have bought it,oh well another opportunity lost.
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mid-year wrote:[ATTACH=CONFIG]10236[/ATTACH]Hi Steve,yes and he has secured pole up against some stiff local opposition.I hope he does well.Attached picture of Brock at Goodwood 2009.


Thanks Pete, amazing photo! Who drove the car at Goodwood?
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mid-year wrote:The day we took these shots Lahood car sales wanted $8000 for the Phase 4 when the two Phase 3,s in stock where $6000. I should have bought it,oh well another opportunity lost.


Sounds cheap now, but at the time that would have been a lot of money! But, even still, would have been a bloody good investment.
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Wow, I love this photo. This must have been very early 1974? It was painted blue later in the year wasn't it? Pretty sure it was blue when it won Bathurst.
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