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The original Mustang was one of those rare occasions when a design hit the bullseye so well that anything that came after never really matched the original. The same applies with the S550, the original was perfection, the facelift didn't really improve it. So to me, the Eleanor Mustang took a perfect design messed it up with plastic add-ons. Different, yes. Better, no.
For some reason, I've always preferred the cleaner look of the above Hardtop body style over the below Fastback.
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When I look at the pics you've shown, I think you're right, the remake Eleanor is really just a caricature of a fastback Mustang, it's a bit overdone. And I do prefer the hardtop over the fastback as well.The original Mustang was one of those rare occasions when a design hit the bullseye so well that anything that came after never really matched the original. The same applies with the S550, the original was perfection, the facelift didn't really improve it. So to me, the Eleanor Mustang took a perfect design messed it up with plastic add-ons. Different, yes. Better, no.
For some reason, I've always preferred the cleaner look of the above Hardtop body style over the below Fastback.
Also, from my post above, I wasn't calling the Mach 1 the original Mustang, it was the original Eleanor from the 1974 Gone in 60 Seconds. I have it on DVD, I think it's a better film, less story, less gear changes, more actual car action.
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The 65/66 fastbacks are the greatest Stangs ever IMO
️The upgraded magnum 500 style wheels here are sheer perfection
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️The upgraded magnum 500 style wheels here are sheer perfection
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An eclectic mix used on the Mustang today......................
Working left to right -
ADS Adapt - Used as a light drying aid to mop up remaining drips of water after blow drying. Great on glass and door jambs too.
Bilt Hamber Atom Mac - Applied to the brake rotors after cleaning the wheels, then again after the final rinse/before blow drying. This stops flash rust forming on the rotors, turning the freshly cleaned black wheels orange.
Carpro Reset - The best soap on the market! Used as a wheel cleaner as well.
Working left to right -
ADS Adapt - Used as a light drying aid to mop up remaining drips of water after blow drying. Great on glass and door jambs too.
Bilt Hamber Atom Mac - Applied to the brake rotors after cleaning the wheels, then again after the final rinse/before blow drying. This stops flash rust forming on the rotors, turning the freshly cleaned black wheels orange.
Carpro Reset - The best soap on the market! Used as a wheel cleaner as well.
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Rare Aussie Ute: 1959 Chrysler Wayfarer Flexes Hemi-6 on American Soil - autoevolution https://share.google/vxZsd8PnNKntCRfdr
How about THIS Deyon
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How about THIS Deyon
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A rare car indeed. Cant ever recall seeing one.
Only pet peeve i have with these type vehicles ( ElCamino, Ranchero, etc, ) is their makers calling them pickups.
They are not pickups. What they are is station wagons with the roofs removed.
A pickup has a separate, detachable cab and bed and a completely different suspension.
Calling them pickups was just for marketing.
Only pet peeve i have with these type vehicles ( ElCamino, Ranchero, etc, ) is their makers calling them pickups.
They are not pickups. What they are is station wagons with the roofs removed.
A pickup has a separate, detachable cab and bed and a completely different suspension.
Calling them pickups was just for marketing.
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The correct terminology for these vehicles is Coupe Utility, or Ute. The likes of the Ranchero and El Camino only existed because the US executives of Ford and GM spotted what their Aussie counterparts were doing with Falcon and Holden. The key factor here being that they were based on a monocoque passenger car platform with the corresponding car-based interior for comfort. People think that the likes of the Falcon and Commodore Ute were less capable than the bigger Ranger/Hilux/Rodeo, they were NOT. A Falcon Ute for instance had a bigger bed and a higher payload, not to mention having a proper large capacity 6-cylinder engine, so it could pull the chrome off a tow ball and didn't sound like a tractor doing it.
THE first ever Coupe Utility / "Ute" -
Your comment regarding the wagon connection is correct. For the 1st generation Falcon, you can see how they arrived at the Falcon Ute and Van, which were Aussie-specific models developed off the sedan and wagon. I've always said that the original Falcon was doing the platform sharing thing well before it became industry jargon in the 2000's. A similar theme continued right through till the end, for example the VE Commodore Wagon and Ute shared tail lamps, same for the earlier VT through VZ generation.
Your argument about pickups is the opposite here. People calling the likes of the Ranger and Hilux a "Ute" to me is incorrect, to the point of being disrespectful of what Ford and Holden pioneered all those years ago. The Coupe Utility / Ute is basically the only contribution Australia made to global automotive development. No, Ranger/Hilux ect are body on frame vehicles with second-class interiors, they are a pickup truck not a Ute.
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The following was the final straw after far too long tolerating/thinking things would get better...............................
To me, the "teamwork" was non-existent, it was everyone for themselves.
Family staff never had to own up to their mistakes; it was always quietly covered up so as to not cause a family feud. This then leads to number 7.
If you stand on a pedestal and dictate what the "team" should and should not do, then you can't pick and choose who that applies to, lead by example and the "team" will follow.
I mean, they pay the wages for the "team" do a job on their behalf, so I guess there is a sense of entitlement that goes with that.
Yep.
Sadly, I'm ashamed to say that I probably turned into number 1 on that list after being subjected to 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 for such a long time. No doubt they are better off without me being around.
To me, the "teamwork" was non-existent, it was everyone for themselves.
Ha ha, no way in hell, I was told "you can't expect to be patted on the back". And yet I could expect every little thing I did to be put under a microscope, or achievements belittled immediately with piece of criticism, even if it wasn't me who did what they were criticizing.
Family staff never had to own up to their mistakes; it was always quietly covered up so as to not cause a family feud. This then leads to number 7.
If you stand on a pedestal and dictate what the "team" should and should not do, then you can't pick and choose who that applies to, lead by example and the "team" will follow.
I mean, they pay the wages for the "team" do a job on their behalf, so I guess there is a sense of entitlement that goes with that.
Yep.
Sadly, I'm ashamed to say that I probably turned into number 1 on that list after being subjected to 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 for such a long time. No doubt they are better off without me being around.
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I think you're definitely better off without you being around there.
I got hauled up to HR once, accused of talking disrespectfully to my manager, in my defence I was just using the same tone she did. I was lucky I had two people backing my side of it, and I was there supervisor, so I guess I had their respect, because they had my back. Not being sexist either, two of the best managers I had were women, they trusted us, and we trusted them.
I got hauled up to HR once, accused of talking disrespectfully to my manager, in my defence I was just using the same tone she did. I was lucky I had two people backing my side of it, and I was there supervisor, so I guess I had their respect, because they had my back. Not being sexist either, two of the best managers I had were women, they trusted us, and we trusted them.
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Finally got this off my back, the Mustang's first service.
Servicing has become a major source of anxiety for me. Handing over the keys to something I've spent so much time, effort and mental capacity keeping a certain way, well it's become harder and harder for me to deal with. There have been far too many times when something has gone wrong via the careless actions of others, which are painful mental scars that I can do without.
This was top of mind when I elected to skip the 3-month / 3000km inspection. At the time, the car only had 900 km on the clock, and after speaking with the service manager, she basically said don't bother. She also explained that 3000 km inspection does not have any bearing on warranty. So, I skipped it. More on this shortly.
Now that I've had the car for 12-months, there was no escaping the 1-year / 15,000 km service. When I rolled up at 8.30 this morning, my salesman was there to greet me. He apparently noticed I was on the list and wanted to check in with me. When he asked who was working on the car, I said I wasn't sure, but I'd asked for a master tech. He then went to make sure a certain guy was put on it, which was a massive weight off my shoulders. The service adviser could see I was on edge too, when asked when I wanted the car back, I said ASAP, to which she said "yeah, I can see you are pretty anxious". It was that obvious.
When I explained skipping the 3000km inspection and the lack of kms on the car, my salesman insisted they stamp for both the inspection and todays 15,000km service. When I picked up the car, both had been filled out. This isn't them or me doctoring the books, just the reality of a very unusual situation where the car is 1-year old but hasn't even cleared the 3000km mark yet.
Also, I'm extremely grateful for what my salesman did today. He sold the car, his job was technically done. Especially 12-months after said sale. He knows my service department backstory, so I'm appreciative of the effort he put in, above and beyond what his job description entails. When we first me in 2022, he had been in the job just a few months. He's since earned himself several Ford sales awards, not just at a dealer level, but within the wider Ford brand. No doubt making sure his customers are looked after before, during and after delivery is key to that. Car salesman often get a bad rap, but not this one.
And finally, look who's back........................
Servicing has become a major source of anxiety for me. Handing over the keys to something I've spent so much time, effort and mental capacity keeping a certain way, well it's become harder and harder for me to deal with. There have been far too many times when something has gone wrong via the careless actions of others, which are painful mental scars that I can do without.
This was top of mind when I elected to skip the 3-month / 3000km inspection. At the time, the car only had 900 km on the clock, and after speaking with the service manager, she basically said don't bother. She also explained that 3000 km inspection does not have any bearing on warranty. So, I skipped it. More on this shortly.
Now that I've had the car for 12-months, there was no escaping the 1-year / 15,000 km service. When I rolled up at 8.30 this morning, my salesman was there to greet me. He apparently noticed I was on the list and wanted to check in with me. When he asked who was working on the car, I said I wasn't sure, but I'd asked for a master tech. He then went to make sure a certain guy was put on it, which was a massive weight off my shoulders. The service adviser could see I was on edge too, when asked when I wanted the car back, I said ASAP, to which she said "yeah, I can see you are pretty anxious". It was that obvious.
When I explained skipping the 3000km inspection and the lack of kms on the car, my salesman insisted they stamp for both the inspection and todays 15,000km service. When I picked up the car, both had been filled out. This isn't them or me doctoring the books, just the reality of a very unusual situation where the car is 1-year old but hasn't even cleared the 3000km mark yet.
Also, I'm extremely grateful for what my salesman did today. He sold the car, his job was technically done. Especially 12-months after said sale. He knows my service department backstory, so I'm appreciative of the effort he put in, above and beyond what his job description entails. When we first me in 2022, he had been in the job just a few months. He's since earned himself several Ford sales awards, not just at a dealer level, but within the wider Ford brand. No doubt making sure his customers are looked after before, during and after delivery is key to that. Car salesman often get a bad rap, but not this one.
And finally, look who's back........................
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Happy to hear they looked after you, and so they should.
And while I am a little nervous when I hand my keys over, I'm glad it's a 14 year old Toyota with enough imperfections to not have to worry too much. The place I go to even has a gravel car park.
And while I am a little nervous when I hand my keys over, I'm glad it's a 14 year old Toyota with enough imperfections to not have to worry too much. The place I go to even has a gravel car park.
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Post-service wash on the Mustang today.
Wheels & Tires - Brake Buster for the rubber, Koch Chemie GSF for the wheels, Atom Mac for the rotors. Afterwards, the wheels got wiped down with Amplify and the tyres dressed with OG Tire Dressing.
Body - Washed using GSF, dried with the EGO and any remaining water drips taken care of with a towel and ADS Amplify. Door jambs dried using Amplify, likewise engine bay and exhaust tips. Glass via Koch Chemie RRW.
Interior - A very quick vacuum, a little Griots Interior Cleaner for the door sills, the touchscreen lightly wiped with Invisible Glass on a TRC FTW towel.
With the Mustang clean again, the rotation dictates it was time to be put back under a cover to allow something else to come out and play. This time, its Old Blue..................
The Falcon had sat in storage uncovered for 6-weeks, so it had a healthy layer of dust on it. I didn't feel like it needed a full wash, just a freshen. So, after an initial rinse, I foamed the whole car with Carpro Reset. While that soaked, I went around and scrubbed each tyre with Brake Buster. A thorough rinse followed before driving back into the garage and Atom Mac applied to the rotors. After blow down with the EGO, ADS Adapt and two TRC Gauntlet's finished things off.
From here, the door jambs and engine bay were dried with Adapt, the glass touched up with RRW. I then wiped the wheel faces with ECH20, followed by dressing the rubber with OG Tire Dressing. Finally, the driver's side was given a quick vac and the rubber floor mat cleaned with ONR.
I've always loved the look of this car when covered in foam, the outline of the headlights in particular.
The star players today, from left to right.................
- Obsessed Garage Tire Dressing
- Koch Chemie GSF
- Armour Detail Supply Adapt (for waterless wash/drying aid)
- Koch Chemie RRW (for glass)
- Armour Detail Supply Amplify (for drying aid)
Wheels & Tires - Brake Buster for the rubber, Koch Chemie GSF for the wheels, Atom Mac for the rotors. Afterwards, the wheels got wiped down with Amplify and the tyres dressed with OG Tire Dressing.
Body - Washed using GSF, dried with the EGO and any remaining water drips taken care of with a towel and ADS Amplify. Door jambs dried using Amplify, likewise engine bay and exhaust tips. Glass via Koch Chemie RRW.
Interior - A very quick vacuum, a little Griots Interior Cleaner for the door sills, the touchscreen lightly wiped with Invisible Glass on a TRC FTW towel.
With the Mustang clean again, the rotation dictates it was time to be put back under a cover to allow something else to come out and play. This time, its Old Blue..................
The Falcon had sat in storage uncovered for 6-weeks, so it had a healthy layer of dust on it. I didn't feel like it needed a full wash, just a freshen. So, after an initial rinse, I foamed the whole car with Carpro Reset. While that soaked, I went around and scrubbed each tyre with Brake Buster. A thorough rinse followed before driving back into the garage and Atom Mac applied to the rotors. After blow down with the EGO, ADS Adapt and two TRC Gauntlet's finished things off.
From here, the door jambs and engine bay were dried with Adapt, the glass touched up with RRW. I then wiped the wheel faces with ECH20, followed by dressing the rubber with OG Tire Dressing. Finally, the driver's side was given a quick vac and the rubber floor mat cleaned with ONR.
I've always loved the look of this car when covered in foam, the outline of the headlights in particular.
The star players today, from left to right.................
- Obsessed Garage Tire Dressing
- Koch Chemie GSF
- Armour Detail Supply Adapt (for waterless wash/drying aid)
- Koch Chemie RRW (for glass)
- Armour Detail Supply Amplify (for drying aid)
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Those blokes in the background look a little suspicious,Finally got this off my back, the Mustang's first service.
Servicing has become a major source of anxiety for me. Handing over the keys to something I've spent so much time, effort and mental capacity keeping a certain way, well it's become harder and harder for me to deal with. There have been far too many times when something has gone wrong via the careless actions of others, which are painful mental scars that I can do without.
This was top of mind when I elected to skip the 3-month / 3000km inspection. At the time, the car only had 900 km on the clock, and after speaking with the service manager, she basically said don't bother. She also explained that 3000 km inspection does not have any bearing on warranty. So, I skipped it. More on this shortly.
Now that I've had the car for 12-months, there was no escaping the 1-year / 15,000 km service. When I rolled up at 8.30 this morning, my salesman was there to greet me. He apparently noticed I was on the list and wanted to check in with me. When he asked who was working on the car, I said I wasn't sure, but I'd asked for a master tech. He then went to make sure a certain guy was put on it, which was a massive weight off my shoulders. The service adviser could see I was on edge too, when asked when I wanted the car back, I said ASAP, to which she said "yeah, I can see you are pretty anxious". It was that obvious.
When I explained skipping the 3000km inspection and the lack of kms on the car, my salesman insisted they stamp for both the inspection and todays 15,000km service. When I picked up the car, both had been filled out. This isn't them or me doctoring the books, just the reality of a very unusual situation where the car is 1-year old but hasn't even cleared the 3000km mark yet.
Also, I'm extremely grateful for what my salesman did today. He sold the car, his job was technically done. Especially 12-months after said sale. He knows my service department backstory, so I'm appreciative of the effort he put in, above and beyond what his job description entails. When we first me in 2022, he had been in the job just a few months. He's since earned himself several Ford sales awards, not just at a dealer level, but within the wider Ford brand. No doubt making sure his customers are looked after before, during and after delivery is key to that. Car salesman often get a bad rap, but not this one.
And finally, look who's back........................
I'm glad it went good but as soon as the warranty runs out like I've said before do the basics oil change yourself.
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Wash day for the Wildtrak! It's been a few weeks since I've got my hands on this vehicle, so it was covered in road grime after a string of wet days. And it was perfect detailing weather today, not too hot, not too cold, no wind. With the music on, the very definition of bliss.
To start with, I removed the rubber floor mats and cleaned them with P&S Undressed, then followed with a light misting of P&S Swift before letting them dry while I got started on the rest of the car. Undressed was also used to deep clean the tyres, followed by foamed Brake Buster for the wheels and wheel arches. I then applied Koch Chemie Wet Gloss.
For the paint, I went with KCx Active Foam for the pre-wash. After a very thorough rinse, I foamed with Carpro Reset for the contact wash. The drying aid / topper today was Feynlab Hybrid Ceramic Detailer. I've featured this product before, and perhaps I didn't give it the full praise it clearly deserves. This would be one of the easiest of its type to use, in particular how quickly it flashes away to a streak free finish. The gloss and slickness are excellent too. Two things I would critique, I'm not crazy on the scent, not unlike the useless P&S Dream Maker, and the price is fairly steep in Australia, $42 for a 500ml bottle.
Following that, I went with ECH20 for the door jambs and roller tonneau, glass via ADS Hero at 128:1. After a vacuum, I went in with Nextzett Cockpit Premium to wipe down the seats, door trims and dashboard. I tend to forget how nice this product is, especially how it wipes on and flashes away to leave a rich OEM finish. The low price point is impressive considering how capable it is. Again, my critique here would centre around the scent, namely the urinal-cake aroma. It's not a deal breaker, but if Nextzett changed the scent, Cockpit Premium would be almost perfect.
For the tyres, I wanted to go with ADS Ghost. Having cleaned the tyres with Undressed, they still needed a little more. In recent times I've used mineral spirits / mineral turps to deep clean larger profile tyres like this. Today though I went with Tarminator, which is the secret sauce. For whatever reason, Tarminator works much better than mineral spirits, requiring less product and less aggression with the towel to completely strip the tyre back to a bare surface. After that, I applied two layers of Ghost about 10-minutes apart. The tyre may look glossy here, but that's just how it appears on camera.
All done!
To start with, I removed the rubber floor mats and cleaned them with P&S Undressed, then followed with a light misting of P&S Swift before letting them dry while I got started on the rest of the car. Undressed was also used to deep clean the tyres, followed by foamed Brake Buster for the wheels and wheel arches. I then applied Koch Chemie Wet Gloss.
For the paint, I went with KCx Active Foam for the pre-wash. After a very thorough rinse, I foamed with Carpro Reset for the contact wash. The drying aid / topper today was Feynlab Hybrid Ceramic Detailer. I've featured this product before, and perhaps I didn't give it the full praise it clearly deserves. This would be one of the easiest of its type to use, in particular how quickly it flashes away to a streak free finish. The gloss and slickness are excellent too. Two things I would critique, I'm not crazy on the scent, not unlike the useless P&S Dream Maker, and the price is fairly steep in Australia, $42 for a 500ml bottle.
Following that, I went with ECH20 for the door jambs and roller tonneau, glass via ADS Hero at 128:1. After a vacuum, I went in with Nextzett Cockpit Premium to wipe down the seats, door trims and dashboard. I tend to forget how nice this product is, especially how it wipes on and flashes away to leave a rich OEM finish. The low price point is impressive considering how capable it is. Again, my critique here would centre around the scent, namely the urinal-cake aroma. It's not a deal breaker, but if Nextzett changed the scent, Cockpit Premium would be almost perfect.
For the tyres, I wanted to go with ADS Ghost. Having cleaned the tyres with Undressed, they still needed a little more. In recent times I've used mineral spirits / mineral turps to deep clean larger profile tyres like this. Today though I went with Tarminator, which is the secret sauce. For whatever reason, Tarminator works much better than mineral spirits, requiring less product and less aggression with the towel to completely strip the tyre back to a bare surface. After that, I applied two layers of Ghost about 10-minutes apart. The tyre may look glossy here, but that's just how it appears on camera.
All done!
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LookingWash day for the Wildtrak! It's been a few weeks since I've got my hands on this vehicle, so it was covered in road grime after a string of wet days. And it was perfect detailing weather today, not too hot, not too cold, no wind. With the music on, the very definition of bliss.
To start with, I removed the rubber floor mats and cleaned them with P&S Undressed, then followed with a light misting of P&S Swift before letting them dry while I got started on the rest of the car. Undressed was also used to deep clean the tyres, followed by foamed Brake Buster for the wheels and wheel arches. I then applied Koch Chemie Wet Gloss.
For the paint, I went with KCx Active Foam for the pre-wash. After a very thorough rinse, I foamed with Carpro Reset for the contact wash. The drying aid / topper today was Feynlab Hybrid Ceramic Detailer. I've featured this product before, and perhaps I didn't give it the full praise it clearly deserves. This would be one of the easiest of its type to use, in particular how quickly it flashes away to a streak free finish. The gloss and slickness are excellent too. Two things I would critique, I'm not crazy on the scent, not unlike the useless P&S Dream Maker, and the price is fairly steep in Australia, $42 for a 500ml bottle.
Following that, I went with ECH20 for the door jambs and roller tonneau, glass via ADS Hero at 128:1. After a vacuum, I went in with Nextzett Cockpit Premium to wipe down the seats, door trims and dashboard. I tend to forget how nice this product is, especially how it wipes on and flashes away to leave a rich OEM finish. The low price point is impressive considering how capable it is. Again, my critique here would centre around the scent, namely the urinal-cake aroma. It's not a deal breaker, but if Nextzett changed the scent, Cockpit Premium would be almost perfect.
For the tyres, I wanted to go with ADS Ghost. Having cleaned the tyres with Undressed, they still needed a little more. In recent times I've used mineral spirits / mineral turps to deep clean larger profile tyres like this. Today though I went with Tarminator, which is the secret sauce. For whatever reason, Tarminator works much better than mineral spirits, requiring less product and less aggression with the towel to completely strip the tyre back to a bare surface. After that, I applied two layers of Ghost about 10-minutes apart. The tyre may look glossy here, but that's just how it appears on camera.
All done!
Deyon we had about 8 nice day's in a row but unfortunately the Amarok still hasn't been washed since 1st August.That's how bad our weather has been this year.
Ps, I asked to clean it but was told NO! which is making my right eye twitch every time I go into the garage....
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That's how bad our weather has been this year.
Ps, I asked to clean it but was told NO! which is making my right eye twitch every time I go into the garage....
It's been all over the shop here. We had a string of days in the high 20's / low 30's, then back to cold and wet, crazy wind, heavy rain......................