Ford XB Falcon station wagon - TV commercial (1975)

[shaftkilla]

the xr,xt,xw,xy,xa,xb and xc falcons were the only decent falcons they ever had.

[tooter351]

holy cow.. u tend to forget how long those buggers were.. My old man had a xa wagon as a company car back in the day.. he referred to it as "a bloody wet bar of soap on the road"... I would own one in a second today though... with a 351 of course!!

[TheReformed1]

@tooter351 Now I'm proud to say, we make one helluva a car over here. We have many models in each category that will either stand up to or are superior to Euro and Japanese competition, for quality, fit, finish and mehanically.

[martymopar]

No it wasnt based on the 69 American Falcon!!!!!!!!! XA,XB,XC was Australian creation!!!!!! Addmitedly there is later Mustang and Torino flavorings and the same front end concept as early American falcons......But uniquely ours!!.....Dont believe me drive one!!!!!! We had our own Cleveland plant near Geelong. A far Superior 351.....Dont believe me?....Why did Demotoso drop the american clevo in favour of ours?????

[TheReformed1]

@martymopar Yeah back in the early 70's in particular U.S. auto manufacturers out out some pretty crappy product. The unions hadn't learned yet that there were other products from import that we could buy. Took the unions a while, but they realized eventually, that they weren't king and they finally stopped throwin soda pop cans and bottles in the door and fenders, to piss the new owners off and then they started actually making sure they would work with precision once they saw non union robots.

[ioriorioriorio]

This was based on the 1969 american falcon....wicked cool,

[Seattlecarnut]

I've never seen these commercials for Australian Ford. But it's funny!

[thegoingthing]

I remember seeing this ad at the Ford discovery centre 10 years ago. What a great ad, and a great era for Aussie advertising tongue in cheek, and a great era for Ford cars