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#1 Posted : 19 years ago
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Howdy Johns the name had this for the last 12 years. Started out as the family car but when the motor blew i took the chance to give it a bit more go. 387 stroker Clevo 12:5.1 cast iron 2V heads with 4V valves. Hank the crank botton end balenced and blue printed. Auto is a C10 with 2,500 histall kevlar bands and clutchs and bigger pump. Thick wall tail shaft and ends with a 9" disc breake rear end. Fuel system is made up of a custom sump on the back of the long range tank. Water seperater filtter into a holley blue pump through -8 lines to a mallory 3 port return reg to a 750 holley.I hope you like it as much as i do. Big John


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looks tuff. good work
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#3 Posted : 19 years ago
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Hey man, im a holden man, but by far my favourite blue oval car is the XC! A mate of mine recently sold his Cobra - very upsetting day for me! It was 100% original! Cant remember the number, but it was low! Number 17 i think (ill make a call and verif
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awsome car.
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very very nice, im impressed
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Nice.........
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#7 Posted : 19 years ago
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mate just joined the forum, love the GXL.
I'd like to buy it, someday.......
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Unfortunately that XC GXL is no longer. This happened to it





XB Fairmont sedan : 11.
XB Fairmont sedan : 11.07@123.02mph
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Ouch!! Hope no one was hurt,what happened,truck reverse into you?

This is Ford Country
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It's not for me to comment on. Only the owner or ex owner should I say to comment on.

XB Fairmont sedan : 11.11@121.92mph

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XB Fairmont sedan : 11.07@123.02mph
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Line up the road with the truck. If the GXL was parked it sure
was parked in a funny position. Hard to know the full story just
by this picture but I'm guessing the truck was not to blame.
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Gee and I was going to ask where he got the headlights from.

So Big John, what's the story?

Will you rebuild?

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#13 Posted : 18 years ago
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This is what happened. The LSD hat in the diff cracked, letting the clutch plates slip which in turn locked the rear up and flicked it around into the parked truck trailer. The car is gone i wrecked it out. I now have an 1967 XR which i will put all of th
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#14 Posted : 18 years ago
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hey man, i recently just bought a 302 XC Fairmont GXLE, and that thing WOOPS, its got a 2 1/4 Inch spilt twin exhaust, so loud! but its done 300 000kms so it was cheap as.
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Man that hurts just looking at it!
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#16 Posted : 18 years ago
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12.1 comp ratio lol huge, fuel guzzler y did u go so high insane lol , but was a sweet ride should have made a convertable lol
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#17 Posted : 18 years ago
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shame nice looking car or was....reg
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