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Love your work Peter🎉 I will be doing the same too 1970 XW wagon

The amount of parts you need to keep track of is staggering!

Xa was ford's first Australian foray in building a car from scratch, and ford's engineers were informed by the ntsb that occupants were getting worse injuries in accidents than they should, and after the engineers did a thorough investigation discovered that the xa was to strong, so for the xb the structural steel was thinner, and had less spot welds so the energy wasn't transferred to the occupants

I'm looking at this and I reckon it would be awesome to see a resto back to original. You just don't see bone stock old Falcon's, Kingswood or Valiant's anymore. Of course this is just my personal preference but if I was to see this parked next to an equivalent GT or something I'd be all over the wagon! Everyone does a GT but no one does a base model. These were the bread and butter of Australia back in the day.

Good on ya Pete saving this old beauty 👍

Great stuff Peter! Keep up the good work. 😊

Well done saving this one

Like anything worthwhile, you put the effort in and you get the results you want

The things that can bite and sting/poison you to death down under

That spider is like us having a rattlesnake in our backyard…

I really "dig" this project Peter! I think the original green colour is stellar - such a throwback (you just don't see these hues anymore). I hope you find the energy, and time to do this ride justice. As always, thanks for sharing your adventures with us.

ALWAYS GREAT CONTENT PETE,YOU INSPIRE ALOT OF PEOPLE MATE TO GET THESE CLASSICS BACK ON THE ROAD.AWESOME WORK.

Hey Pete , still loving your videos after all these years , keep those classics alive !

Nice vid Pete, you always have a nack of giving me itchy feet. Oh hey, I spent last weekend up at Adam’s place in Riddles Creek helping him do the final sand on his XW. Excavation work has dropped right off over the past two months as we wait for some big contracts to start up so I’m starting a trimming business in the Somerville factory to give us a second income stream and will throw most attention and effort into the most profitable entity

good to see you saving these older cars, i have a 68 fairlane 500. a 69 f 500 and a 69 base modle fairlane. parts i get in the states are just crap so i am saving and repairing all the factory parts i can.even wheel cylinders.keep up the good work sir!

Hi peter can i have your email address please

This promises to be good. I watched Jason Hill do the resto on his Aussie Ford Fairlane and the engine work you did for that car. I’m sure to enjoy watching this Aussie Ford Station Wagon get restored.

What happened to the other XA you found on its roof in the outback?

Love your passion Pete. Really love that wagon. My earliest memories are of my fathers XC wagon. he wanted a PV but his old man wouldnt help with $$ instead made a cool as wagon. Imagine your xc but in a wagon! 250 out 302 in, c4, fairmont grille, gs bonnet, snow white with 14 x 8 12 slots on the front and 14 x 10s on the rear air shock rake and that same wagon roof rack all polished up, and two baby seats in the back!!!!! Cool as. BTW I have a bargain XB for you. I sent a message to grahams restos page. I know you have heaps of cars but wanted to hit you guys up first before advertising elsewhere. cheers

put a pice of aluminium food carton foil over the bolts then jam the socket over them, shims the head out enough (still watching) bottom of the front sills look bad like anything while its all still in place, once its all cut away its alot easier to see the way back, i think you should make this into a nice one not just a banger absolutely no problem fixing the front sill section etc, like you say its just time and willing to do it, great car!! i'd go with new sills and ct the lower skin sections off the A, B pillars and D if need be then you have a full new sill with just a lower skin section to refit on the pillars, never worked on the same car there before so i dont know if the pillar skins are the only pillar section over the top of the sills in my opinion better than doing the long weld along the length of the sills, could be a pita if it warps

You seem to be getting more good surprises than bad ones. XAs were a very rare sight in my early 80s childhood recollections. Noticed plenty of XBs and XCs. A fellow church parishoner had a white sedan which was the first I ever noticed. They upgraded to a white XC sedan by the mid 80s.

Shes definitely a fixer upper Mate

Thanks Peter. Definitely worth saving. Will you put the 4 headlight GS grille in it. Don’t forget your roof rack is here too. Btw I just bought a 1917 Model T Roadster. All stock. 👍

I always preferred the XA front end once the XB and XC

XAs & Bs were rust buckets in the 80s when I was driving them Im amazed any lasted this long I had some very rusty Falcons that one is good.

Let’s be honest here guys, secretly we all knew that this XA wagon would become a project rather than a parts car 😎😎 but I’m happy about that. Personally I’d dump the EJ, just too ugly for my taste, and do the ‘long roof’ XA 👍🏼👍🏼

Poking around on that XA is like an archeological dig - you never know what you may find.

This will be a great series 👍

Wagons need to be a protected species. Long live the Aussie wagon. Our coach would use his EH wagon to pretty much drop the whole team home after the game. We were much smaller then and seat belts weren't mandatory.

This is great watching you work on the XA. I have a XA Ute to fix up so you are inspiring me.

It’s great to see you happy and enjoying your cars, agree that the wagon needs to be saved. Looking forward to seeing you drive it, long roofs look cool when slightly lowered.

Mate. When is the XC getting done?

I'm excited about the XA Pete - look forward to further videos. Jan and I had an XR 289 wagon with cruisomatic auto and electric tailgate windows back in the '70's - what a sweet drive that was.😊

Its in much better than the XA wagon wrecked in the 90's for its 302. The arid environment it has lived in has definitely saved its structure.

Anything is worth fixing if it is valuable to you. Plenty of people restore cars and other things that have limited money value, because the thing is either beautiful in their eyes or has aesthetic appreciation, or has some other sentimental value or appreciation for craftsmanship, or historical significance. Not every value is about money. And btw, the XA Falcon is a very nice looking car, one of the better designs created by Ford Australia.

Definitely fixable

Very interesting, and glad you are optimistic about it. Getting the sills made sounds like an opportunity too good to miss. So much to look forward to. 😊👍

You keep doing what you do Peter ! It’s a shame how many people part out cars to make $$$$$!!! restoring these old rare classic wagons is must as not many left !

Exactly....... have to save what we can. We won't get anymore 🇦🇺

Can he FIX IT ? .. YES HE CAN ! 👌

The Grey colour's is called Ford silver grey, used on many Ford vehicles

Keep doing what you’re doing ,if it makes you feel good .its not about the value it all about the memories

Looking forward to the wagon metal work

I think the bolts with the locking tabs are exhaust manifold not bell housing

Seems like for a long time.. 90's and early 2000's, couldn't give cars like that away, but they seem so cool now, especially wagons!

Hi Pete,yes I agree...that wagon is very doable and I am very looking forward to seeing you bring it back to life. Cheers,Rach

Pete, have you any interest in using a microphone? Love your videos, but sometimes you're a bit hard to hear.

Oh i see its a 6 cylinder model... a poverty spec luxury car. I can think.of an essential upgrade, then, Peter..

A luxury car with wind up windows..in 1983.. that omission dates it a bit!

Hi Peter, I have sent you an email about the clock wiring and I’m not sure if you still use the same email? suzieandpeter…….?