Meet the family

motto · #1 05-12-12, 13:26

Hi Mike.

You'd be old enough to remember the ads on TV for the new Ford Falcon with the 'Million Pound Drive' front suspension. They were spruiking that it had cost a million pounds to develop what was a not very well executed McPherson strut. Within a few years it wasn't that unusual to see a Foul-can (We always called them that, we were a GM family) on the side of the road with a front wheel back underneath the car due to the failure of the fore and aft stabiliser rod. Not impressed.

David (Still a GM man)

Mike Kelly · #2 06-12-12, 00:43

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Originally Posted by motto

Hi Mike.

You'd be old enough to remember the ads on TV for the new Ford Falcon with the 'Million Pound Drive' front suspension. They were spruiking that it had cost a million pounds to develop what was a not very well executed McPherson strut. Within a few years it wasn't that unusual to see a Foul-can (We always called them that, we were a GM family) on the side of the road with a front wheel back underneath the car due to the failure of the fore and aft stabiliser rod. Not impressed.

David (Still a GM man)

Hi Dave

Not quite old enough to recall those TV ads

But I do remember the local cops using light blue Ford Anglia's , the 105E model.

The first Australian Falcon, the 1960 XK, suffered from weak ball joints , they were not strong enough for the rough country roads . Ford beefed up the ball joints in the XL model and that solved the problem. They used that exact same front suspension design on Falcons right thru to 1987 .

My neighbour down the road is a Falcon collector, I will ask him about the stabiliser rods failing, he will know about it .

Mike

hrpearce · #3 31-01-13, 20:46

Our first borne is 18 today, party tomorrow.

Marc van Aalderen · #4 31-01-13, 20:53

Hi Robert,

Congratulations! We had that great event last year when our oldest daughter turned 18.

Cheers,

hrpearce · #5 03-02-13, 00:10

Greg's party was last night and one of the guests didn't want to go home until after midnight so she could celebrate her 17th birthday as well. I ended up driving her and another girl without a licence home at 12:15 and arrived home again at 01:15. On the way home a kangeroo I had passed decided it would be a good idea to ram the side of the car, fortunately no real damage was done. Quite a fiew of the guests didn't realise we lived so far out of town and how much wildlife we have to dodge on the road.

Keith Webb · #6 03-02-13, 09:40

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Originally Posted by hrpearce

Greg's party was last night and one of the guests didn't want to go home until after midnight so she could celebrate her 17th birthday as well. I ended up driving her and another girl without a licence home at 12:15 and arrived home again at 01:15. On the way home a kangeroo I had passed decided it would be a good idea to ram the side of the car, fortunately no real damage was done. Quite a fiew of the guests didn't realise we lived so far out of town and how much wildlife we have to dodge on the road.

I almost clobbered a sheep this afternoon on the way back from Jindabyne - this is after dodging countless kangaroos and wallabies. It must have wiped the dust off the side of the car.