Those of you with F0rd tasts

[playwme]

Interesting bit of information I picked up elsewhere on the net recently. Apparently once the Phase 4 idea was canned a lot of the spare JG33 blocks they already had got put into Fairlanes and F350's. Might be worth checking the numbers if you come across either of those models rusting away in a paddock somewhere.

[Taily]

Interesting bit of information I picked up elsewhere on the net recently. Apparently once the Phase 4 idea was canned a lot of the spare JG33 blocks they already had got put into Fairlanes and F350's. Might be worth checking the numbers if you come across either of those models rusting away in a paddock somewhere.

Seem to remember reading somewhere (twenty+ years ago, so may have it wrong) that some of the F-series ambulances and either LTD's or Fairlanes as you say got some of them too, along with the odd set of 4V (can't remember open or closed chamber) heads.

I think I'd be wary of the coupe in the link. If they couldn't be bothered removing the top shock mounts/rubbers etc to paint it, what else have they rushed on during the rebuild? The donk would be a bit whiffy without its PCV fitted if it is a bit long in the tooth too.

[trash]

Interesting bit of information I picked up elsewhere on the net recently. Apparently once the Phase 4 idea was canned a lot of the spare JG33 blocks they already had got put into Fairlanes and F350's. Might be worth checking the numbers if you come across either of those models rusting away in a paddock somewhere.

i havnt heard that one before 33= gt 4 dr sedan 66= gt2dr coupe so if they were put into fairlanes or f100 they would not suit body as the engine and body numbers are the same in the older fords i always believed that the phase 4 goodies got put randomly into the xa gt witch became option rpo 83

[mckackie]

I spoke to a bloke at the Sydney Motor Show years ago named Eric Banes......a feller who looked to be in his early 70'S.....about the Ph 4 concept in the XA's . he said it was canned 'coz a motoring writer (can't remember where he worked, Syd herald or Wheels mag but his name was Evans) had a major dummy spit about young people killin themselves in super cars, and after some kind of government knee-jerk legislation, planned models with go fast packs were canned, so, according to Eric, the Ph 4 bits did go into LTD's Fairlanes, F100's etc, with most of the top loader gearboxes being re-geared for commercial vehicles, and most of the 9-inch diffs going to anything from special orders to commercials, and the GT sedans in the XA's were to be very limited, sort of co-inciding with Ford Australia's withdrawal from motor racing in Australia, and sort of with the last of the Monaro go-fast packs decline too. (but the rise of the Sandmans & Sundowners?)