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13-02-2009, 02:42 PM
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MCF Feature Car 1973 Ford Landau
Some of you out there (non Ford lovers that is) might not be aware of what a 1973 Ford Landua actually is. Well here you go, in 1973 a limited production of only 1385 vehicles were made based on the XB Falcon Series. The Landau was basically ‘the top notch version‘ of the coupe, it had everything you could possibly have in the 70’s - the only options you could order for this vehicle was a cassette deck and leather trim, when Davids Landau rolled off the production line it had both. When cars were rolling off the production line in the 70’s you could order them in basically any configuration you wanted except when it came to the Landau! Back in 2001 David Mitchell purchased this in his words ” Original , Untouched , very rusty and negletced car”, he had found a rare peice of Australian Ford motoring history. Since being in his possetion for the last 8 years David has given it a new lease on life. The past 5 years have been a busy time for David and his car, at first like most builds, it was only going to be a minor rebuild. Well that soon went out the window and a long came a new super tough power plant consisting of a stroked 351 pushing the cubes out to 383 cubic inches of Ford Muscle, with alloy heads, 11.2 comp, a 830 Holley carb and crane ignition. This combo throws out 420 angry ponnies to the rear wheels. The Landau also received a new lick of Stratoshepre Grey wich is the original colour for this car, that specific grey was only brought out on the Landau and the LTD.  …some other prick got their hands on it and filled the car with bogg and after only 6 months started to fall apart, conveniently they dissapeared shortly after the job was done…“After the first respray ended up being a disaster, I found Brendan at Classic Cars, he started from scratch stripping the car back to basic. Reapiring all of the dodgy reapirs the last idiot did, completed the engine build and was a huge force behind getting the car to where it is today”. .. I took out Runner Up for the best Coupe at the all Ford Day Geelong in 2008..The car was built to be a tough cruiser but let me tell you with that angry stroker under the hood it is no slouch at the track, so far Davids PB is a 12.2 @ 117 mph. Transfering the power from the stroker is a C6 Auto with a 3800 stally. With the ever trusty Ford 9” spreading the power out to the bags via a set of 3.7 locked gears. To give the Landau that ultra tuff look she received a set of nice fat Convo Pro’s with a set of 295’s tucked under the rear guards, you can tell straight away this car means business. Pearched prominantly on the bonnet is an ultra tuff Torino Shaker. “Other than the drama with the first paint job the build went suprisingly trouble free. I have had a few little problems here and there she chewed up a few fuel pumps but nothing really major has gone wrong touch wood” What’s Next? “When the car was built it did have leather trim, i would like to go back to Leather but as always with cars the budget blew out so that can wait for a little while”. Quick Specs David Mitchell 1973 Ford Landau Colour : Stratosphere Grey (Original Colour) Age : 43 ENGINE Make : 351 stroked to 383 Carbie : Holley 830 Heads : Alloy Ignition : Crane Exhaust : Twin 2.5” Crank : Comp : 11.2 Cooling : Thermo Power : 600 + Est Fly Wheel HP Performance : 12.2 @ ?mph TRANSMISSION Gearbox : C6 Full manuel Converter : 3800 rpm Stally Diff : 9″ 3.7 Full Spool SUSPENSION & BRAKES Shocks & Springs : Pedders Brakes : Stock INTERIOR Seats : Standard Instruments : Speco and Standard Dash : Stock RUBBER & RIMS Tyres : Rear - 15 * 10” Front - 15 * 7” Wheels : Centreline Convo Pro’s THANKS Brendan Canning from Classic Car Restorations, Paul Munroe Engineering, Mark, Andrew and Barny from Hallan Performance and most of all my wife Sharleen and my son Shaun..
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13-02-2009, 03:29 PM
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Virgin Racer
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Location: AUSTRAL, NSW Ride: 383ci XD FALCON / AU FAIRMONT 5L Posts: 766 |
what a beast, i love the landau & first ltd front end
 two thumbs up mate.other bits that are unique to the landau are the rear qaurter windows are smaller the handbrake is a pedal with twist/pull release there headlight covers are vacum operated the back seats are shaped like two bucket seats they only came out with the 4v/FMX/9" driveline they were the first ford to have 4 wheel disc brakes standard power steer/windows/mirrors and air con were all standard they all came factory with vinyl roofs underneath the vinyl roof there were some real bodgie efforts to cover the filled area for the smaller qaurter windows. they were an awsome 2 door sports/luxury coupe and i love them. |
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18-02-2009, 09:16 PM
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very tough ride mate great job
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20-02-2009, 07:36 PM
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Location: Geelong Victoria Ride: 2004 BA XR8 Manual and 1966 XR Falcon Posts: 304 |
Very nice indeed. Love the tough look of the Landau's. Sounds tough too.
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21-02-2009, 08:46 AM
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Nice car, very clean
 love the big ass Landau's. I remember one in a Street machine in the 80's called 'Doctor death'. Wonder if it's still alive
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23-02-2009, 07:30 AM
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Hey simpson you hit the nail on the head, Me (non ford lover) didn't know i thought it was just some after market ad-ons to an XB. Very nice Ride though !!!! You learn something every day.
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23-02-2009, 11:28 AM
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thanks mate yeah i had no idea really, definitely didn't know they where so rare
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