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26-10-2013, 06:39 PM
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Futura
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A few gems from the national library's newspaper archives, found while trawling through them this afternoon.
Police in 120mph Car Chase - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110693030 'Immaculate' Phase III in canberra classifieds for $800, 1974 (2/3 down second column) - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110769677 The Swansong for the mighty HO - 1972 - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article102003623 Another from the Canberra times - "Deathtrap or family fun car" bemoaning in one part how dangerous HOs, XU1s and the rest will be when they're old, like three or four years old. heh. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article101992363 And another from 1972 about the police interceptors with GT-like gear under a Falcon 500 body - being sold off and replaced - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article101995783 There's a lot of cruft there, and the interface can be a little unwieldy trying to find precisely where a search result appears, but it's still grand reading. |
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26-10-2013, 06:44 PM
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Futura
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And as a last - a letter to the editor posted in 1972 that reads like just about any forum post here re: the supercar-scare beat-up: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article101994903
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26-10-2013, 06:47 PM
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26-10-2013, 07:18 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Excellent reading
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26-10-2013, 07:47 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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The Phase 3 ad for $800 sounds like a scam, when a HR premier is going for $1400 and a Hillman Hunter GT is $1500.
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26-10-2013, 08:26 PM
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Phase 3 is "$800 t.o.t.". Never seen "t.o.t." in an Ad before? Maybe it means 'take over terms' or something like that???
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27-10-2013, 08:32 AM
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I am Groot
 
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Some excellent reading there Nanoraptor, cheers for that.....
On the subject of T.O.T I bought my XC GXL the same way, the poor bugger that I got it of could hardly afford the repayments let alone feed fuel to the 351, it was 9 months old and had less than 3k on the clock....... T.O.T was a very popular way to get in to a new(ish) car without having to jump through all the hoops of getting a loan, getting a loan back then was not as easy as it is today.....
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27-10-2013, 09:01 AM
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Almost laughed out loud reading about the poor coppers trying to chase down that stolen GTHO. They wouldnt have had a chance.
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27-10-2013, 01:03 PM
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I am Groot
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These days the police would just wave the car goodbye with no chases, being perceived as too risky, with the thief getting off free if he did get caught. |
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Old newspaper articles about Falcons in the day
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