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16-10-2011, 07:58 PM
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Is anyone watching this? ABC 7.30pm on Sundays.
http://www.abc.net.au/tv/wideopenroad/ Very interesting series on the history of Australian Automotive industry. Sorry if it is a repost. Cheers Col
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16-10-2011, 10:05 PM
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Was this any good? i missed it tonight
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16-10-2011, 10:11 PM
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Yes it was really good actually.
Next week is looking at muscle cars 
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17-10-2011, 01:23 AM
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Watching it now on iview.
Disappointed about the comment about Australian Six though, saying that with a big six cylinder motor it was the ancestor to the commodore. The six had a straight 6! Shouldn't that mean it would be the ancestor to the falcon...big straight six...not a wimpy 3.something v6... *sigh*
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17-10-2011, 10:55 AM
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17-10-2011, 08:38 PM
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Just a tad longer than 9 years... 
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18-10-2011, 09:43 AM
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Bring on next week,then maybe we will see IF the producers are a tad one eyed
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19-10-2011, 06:07 PM
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17-10-2011, 06:08 PM
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Had they have said it was the grandaddy to the Australian 6 cylinder car in general would have been a bit closer to the mark. Also with old matey having a whine about Lew Bandt and the ute, "Oh Holden were just months away from making these too"... Big deal, the best ute got built first, and that's how history remembers it. Ed
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17-10-2011, 10:32 PM
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17-10-2011, 09:36 AM
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Did anyone watch last nights program on the ABC on the history of the car in Australia ? It was brilliant and next week at 7.30pm it is all about the muscle cars.
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17-10-2011, 09:41 AM
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Sure did! Really good. Can't wait till next week. I recorded it as well
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17-10-2011, 09:49 AM
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is this it?
http://www.abc.net.au/tv/wideopenroad/episodes/
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17-10-2011, 09:59 AM
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Yes , for anyone who missed it, there is a repeat on ABC 2 at 8.30pm tonight.
I never knew Henry Ford was a tight a##e !!!
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17-10-2011, 04:48 PM
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17-10-2011, 09:57 PM
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18-10-2011, 09:12 AM
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17-10-2011, 10:01 AM
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Yeah watched it
Rather interesting in the 20s they were doin speed trails between states As well as opening private property gates they done was it sydney to melbourne in 9 hours 1 bloke had to open 75 property gates and copped 85 speeding fines |
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17-10-2011, 04:06 PM
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What about the desert crossing ? Now that would of been tough........
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17-10-2011, 04:08 PM
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I wanted to but the Wallabies were losing to the All Blacks, and as painful as it was I had to watch.
I will be iViewing it and then watching next week for sure. |
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17-10-2011, 04:41 PM
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Absoulutley top show just like the surfing history show the same company made
That Francis Bilby must have been quite a crazy guy, round Aussie 8 times on a bike then changed to cars in the 1920s classics here  http://www.abc.net.au/tv/wideopenroad/webextras/ |
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17-10-2011, 05:53 PM
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Was a good show , and seeing as abc made it without hyping it off was good :
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17-10-2011, 06:00 PM
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I started a thread on this in the Entertainment section. I called the ABC shop and booked a copy of the series to buy. Seems like next week will be a ripper!
More comments here: http://www.fordforums.com.au/showthread.php?t=11346057 Cheers Col
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17-10-2011, 10:34 PM
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lol..people say i`m a tight **** but i say that i`m just economical.
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17-10-2011, 10:37 PM
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Great episode!...
Loved the sloper.. and the Australian Six !
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17-10-2011, 11:09 PM
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I started a thread on this a couple of days ago.
Me and my car will be on in week 3. Had a great time filming and the interviewer was none other than Nick Carrol, Toms brother. Nick did the Bombora surf show. When I met him at the airport he only had a jumper on, a pair of jeans and thongs, very casual. He introduced himself as Nick and I said " You've really got the Tom Carrol look going mate", He said "Thats my brother" Doh. I really enjoyed the show and I thought it had been well researched. http://www.fordforums.com.au/showthread.php?t=11345645
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17-10-2011, 10:43 AM
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for anyone that missed it, its being replayed tonight at 8:30pm on ABC2
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17-10-2011, 11:23 AM
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Looks to be a good series so far, not as lightweight as I'd feared. The melb to syd racing in the early days was very interesting - sub10hours on those roads in those cars - that's impressive!
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17-10-2011, 11:24 AM
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The bloke who bought my ZF Fairlane was featured quite a bit in it
I wonder if my old girl gets any airtime in it! |
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17-10-2011, 12:05 PM
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Watched it, cracker of a show! Hilarious regarding the cyclist who after cycling around Australia decided to then drive around Australia! What were they thinking in some of those old bangers. Beautiful cars mind you.
Next week should be good though, I'd imagine the PH III would be in the spotlight being the king of Aussie Muscle. By the end of the show Dad wanted to buy back his EH haha! |
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