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ford FALCON XD-XF

IT’S MINE

Manny Mavridis grins when he describes how he and a work colleague ended up swapping this Ford for a very tidy Mercedes-Benz W108. “It was one of those deals where we both walked away really happy,” he said.

The real story with this car, however, is that for the vast majority of its life – up until the last few years – it was a one-owner example out of South Australia that spent around 15 years in storage.

Whoever ordered the car way back in the early eighties would have appreciated the cloth seats and the dress-up trim that made the car stand out a little from the average family taxi. Under the bonnet is a 4.1lt alloy head six, matched to a three-speed auto.

It’s in remarkable survivor

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