I PURCHASED THIS CAR LOCALLY AFTER A FRANTIC PHONE CALL FROM MY SON WHO WAS AT A CAR SHOW AT THE BEENLEIGH SHOWGROUNDS.
HE KNEW ABOUT FALCON TURBOS THAT WHERE BUILT AS DICK JOHNSON SPECIALS, BUT THIS ONE DIDN'T LOOK RIGHT.
HE GOT THE GUYS PHONE NUMBER SO I COULD LOOK AT IT LATER.
HAVING HAD A LOOK MYSELF, THIS CAR WAS ONE OF MIKE VINES TURBO BUILDS, WHICH CONSISTED OF THE SAME NORMALAIR GARRETT KIT THAT WAS READILY AVAILABLE TO SPECIALIST TUNERS AT THE TIME, CDT USED THE SAME KIT TO BUILD THE DICK JOHNSONS.
THIS CAR WAS BASED ON A "S" PACK 4 SPEED MANUAL, 4 WHEEL DISC BRAKES, LONG RANGE FUEL TANK SPECIAL ORDER CAR FROM FORD. THE PURCHASER BOUGHT THE CAR NEW FROM A DEALER, MIKE THEN FITTED THE KIT ALONG WITH A LOT OF EXTRA MODS OF HIS OWN TO MAKE IT LAST, THE LIST IS WAY TO LONG FOR THIS SPACE.
I HAVE REBUILT JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING, INCLUDING REPAINTING IT, HAVING KEPT IT AS ORIGINAL AS IT WAS NEW, EVERYTHING WAS THERE BUT JUST NEEDED A FRESHEN UP.
THIS CAR DOESNT HAVE THE APPEARENCE OF A HOTTY SO IS FUN TO DRIVE AND DOESNT ATTRACT THE POLICE.
SADLY THESE CARS WHERE TO QUICK FOR MOST OF THERE OWNERS AND HAVE MOSTLY DISAPPEARED, PROBABLY WRITTEN OFF, SO TO FIND ONE IN THIS ORIGINAL CONDITION WAS RARE A MUST HAVE.
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