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I reckon this XM Falcon ute - snapped by the Alfa Male during a recent weekend in Melbourne - is a ripper!  However, AM's brother in-law (pictured, looking bored) would appear to be less impressed.  What wrong with him?  Get with the programme, bro! U M P H (uppermiddlepetrolhead.blogspot.com.au.) iPhone images.

In the 1960s, 70s and 80s, Ford Australia and General Motors Holden generally matched each other model for model, with the former's Fairlane being the latter's Statesman equivalent, the Falcon / Fairmont the opposite number to the Belmont / Kingswood / Premier line-up, Cortinas and Toranas pitted against each other in the medium-sized class and Escorts and Geminis doing battle in the small car category.    This is true of the light-truck market, too ; there's no doubt the Chevrolet light truck was GM's answer to Ford's F100, F250 and F350 range.  However, the Chevvy offering never quite took off in Australia the way the F-Series did, making them a much rarer sight on our roads. The example shown here was anything but nasty, irrespective of what the rego plate might have us believe.  It appears to have recently been restored, with first-rate duco and chrome, a really tidy interior and a pristine tray.  The wide steel wheels, complete with original hub-ca

I've kicked off this series of photos - taken on Day One of the 2018 Baskerville Historics - out of sequence, just to give readers a teaser of what's to follow.  The racing was door-to-door, especially in the HQ Holden series.  However, the sideways action wasn't confined to that category, with plenty of thrills to be seen from cars of every make and model.  Be sure to check out my images of a very tail-happy Jag exiting Corner One, as well as all the open-wheeler, sports-racing, sports, and modified and production saloon competitions! If you haven't already done so, may I suggest you visit my related post, Baskerville Historics 2018 # 1: Grid and Pits Photos ,   on Upper Middle Petrol Head?  There you'll find plenty more photos of the event, plus there are many, many more classic car-related images from Tasmania, mainland Australia and around the world elsewhere on the site.