Falcon XY 4WD
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From: RainbowWarrior on 20 Oct 2007 20:48 "Blue Heeler" <woof(a)bark.net> wrote in message news:5nvk0rFh4umiU1(a)mid.individual.net... > DAvid wrote: > >> "Noddy" <me(a)home.com> wrote in message >> news:47197970$0$74405$c30e37c6(a)lon-reader.news.telstra.net... >> > >> >"DAvid" <davideo(a)bigpond.net.au> wrote in message >> news:Q%cSi.2070$CN4.182(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au... >> > >> > > http://www.4wdonline.com/Ford/Falcon.html >> >> > SNIP< >> >> , and they >> > were fitted with a three speed manual with a Spicer transfer case & >> > front & rear axles. >> >> > SNIP< >> >> > Regards, >> > Noddy. >> >> They couldn't have been too serious a 4WD vehicle with a 3sp gearbox >> fitted. Unbelievable! I can imagine there were a few burnt out >> clutches. >> >> DAVO > > As far as I can recall The gearbox and clutch gave no more trouble in > the 4WD Falcon than they did in the 2WD one. > > Sadly the same could not be said for the transfer case, the diffs, the > wheel bearings and the actual ute body. > > I am devloping a morbid curiosity in respect to the processes you use > instead of logic and thought, so how about you tell me why you imagine > that a vehicle with a three speed gearbox could not be a "serious" 4WD. He probably thinks early Landcruisers at the time with 3 speeds weren't "serious" 4wd's either.
From: Noddy on 20 Oct 2007 20:55 "DAvid" <davideo(a)bigpond.net.au> wrote in message news:MlvSi.2380$CN4.1937(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au... > They couldn't have been too serious a 4WD vehicle with a 3sp gearbox > fitted. Unbelievable! I can imagine there were a few burnt out clutches. The original jeep had a three speed gearbox, and as far as four wheel drives go they were pretty good :) -- Regards, Noddy.
From: Daryl Walford on 20 Oct 2007 21:38 Noddy wrote: > "DAvid" <davideo(a)bigpond.net.au> wrote in message > news:MlvSi.2380$CN4.1937(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au... > >> They couldn't have been too serious a 4WD vehicle with a 3sp gearbox >> fitted. Unbelievable! I can imagine there were a few burnt out clutches. > > The original jeep had a three speed gearbox, and as far as four wheel drives > go they were pretty good :) Most likely they had a selectable low range so effectively they had a 6 speed gearbox the same as the Ford. Daryl
From: Noddy on 20 Oct 2007 22:16 "Ron" <dodo(a)hotmail> wrote in message news:Xns99D06B81ECDE1GPS(a)64.209.0.90... > Very interesting! > > Thanks for the story. Don't thank me, thank Eddie Ford. It's his story :) Just to add to it, I don't discount Heeler's comments that they were available through dealers in the area, but I also don't think there was ever any intention to put the things into production. I think what was most *likely* is that the 432 that were made was what the government contract called for, and that they were to be delivered through a handful of dealers in the areas where they were to be used. However, like all good government contracts I expect there were probably a small number of them that weren't required and those that were surplus were probably sold to the public/business through the dealers that were organising their delivery to the government departments in those areas. One thing that certainly doesn't make any sense to me at all is that Ford would be seriously contemplating the idea of such a vehicle for production when the market for them at the time would have been next to nothing. -- Regards, Noddy.
From: Noddy on 20 Oct 2007 22:23
"Daryl Walford" <dwalford(a)internode.on.net> wrote in message news:13hlbbtros03333(a)corp.supernews.com... > Most likely they had a selectable low range so effectively they had a 6 > speed gearbox the same as the Ford. They did, but you couldn't use low range without engaging the front axle. I think the Falcon ute was the same, although I never tried it. -- Regards, Noddy. |