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Old 31-05-2020, 08:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Sunfish View Post
FB or FC ? I forget. I think I had both. . Saw a perfect blue station wagon model today wth metal blinds in the rear. A slow Sunday drive on a clear day but pure nostalgia . I had a metallic blue one in perfect order given to me by a brother I think and none of them stopped that well. Weighed tons. And a pink and grey galah model that cost $50 in Year 12. The windscreen wipers were vacuum from the motor manifold and so required your date to put her hand out the window in heavy rain to give them a nudge .
That car is an FC. The FB was the later model with "wings and fins" and you describe the common colour scheme well as "pink & grey galah model" Had to smile at that! And I think all kids remember those vacuum wipers, and the fact that you could start it without the key if the key escutcheon was not locked.
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