Long trip

[willysjeep]

I was on a long trip the other day and saw a couple of nice classics and did a barnfind[again]. I will post the barnfind pix in a different post. But here is some of the beauties that i've seen in King Williams Town in the Eastern Province of South Africa

The GT and the Mustang is in perfect nick. The Triumph however need some work.

[Black Edition]

Nice pics dude

[NSXType-R]

That Mustang looks pretty cool.

[nota]

The GT .. is in perfect nick.

I guess you know how much those old SA-spec Fairmont GTs are worth in Oz now. Quite a few have been re-exported back 'home'


Pictured car is basically a rebadged 'XY' series 1971~72 Ford Falcon GT.
The XY is the most collectible GT model and basis for the storming GT-HO Phase 3 variant (Bathurst Special)

Allow me to share this page which contains an interesting period road test of Fairmont GT, from the South African perspective

African Muscle Cars

Its acceleration is phenomenal: it can reach 120 km/h cruising speed from a dead stop inside 10 seconds, and cover the 400 metres sprint (a quarter-mile mile) in 14.7 seconds from a standing start, with two up. Under drag conditions, carrying only the driver, it could possibly break 14 seconds.

^^ not bad for a small-block 4-door sedan of the day, and the (slower) automatic transmission version at that!

[f6fhellcat13]

Nice find!
Are there any RHD Mustangs?

[Matra et Alpine]

Know there are companies in the UK doing RHD conversions.

[nota]

Are there any RHD Mustangs?

A personal favourite with local flavour



But for a more serious answer...

RHD Mustangs

Today, these 209 cars are genuine collector’s items as they were the only Mustangs ever sold by Ford with right hand drive.
All other RHD Mustangs have been converted by companies outside Ford.

At the turn of this century and in partnership with Ford Oz, Tickford (Australia) briefly converted Mustang Cobra coupes & convertibles. They also built a few 'homologation specials' for production racing, the Cobra RA variant, which was basically a RHD version of Ford America's Mustang Cobra R. Only fifteen or so Cobra RA coupes were built, iirc

How to Make an Australian Mustang - AutoWeb News
AutoSpeed - Converting the Drive (with pics)

Not sure how many were exported but Tickford got the job of developing a right hand drive conversion and then scored the contract to carry out the actual conversions for all Mustangs destined for RHD markets. In Oz they were sold and warranteed through regular Ford-Tickford dealers

But in the strictest sense these later Mustangs were not constructed and completed purely by Ford Motor Company itself