Upper Middle Petrol Head:

The Correspondent for the Australian Capital Territory has been staking-out subterranean carparks again and has captured this elegant Falcon coupe.   Generally, Australia's "Big Three" car manufacturers - Ford, GMH and Chrysler - used to go model for model, so that each offered an equivalent of the cars within the others' lineups.   This was certainly so by the 1970s, with all three having a range of Aussie-built six and eight cylinder sedans, wagons, utes and vans, and a coupe - Ford's Falcon hardtop, GMH's Monaro and Chrysler's Charger - being examples of the latter. However, it was Ford who first introduced a two door as part of their 1964 XM range, beating the others by several years. The XM hardtop was followed-up by the XP but then, inexplicably, Ford dropped two door Falcons for the entire XR to XY series (1966 - 72), even though there were equivalents available in the US-market Falcon lineup of the time. Perhaps

Some people - including, I suspect, the contrarian who took today's photos - reckon the 240Z's a nicer looking vehicle than the 260Z 2+2 version.  Maybe the 240Z is the purer of the two; it might also be that they're better performers, given the small weight advantage they've got over the four-seater 260Z, notwithstanding the slight boost to the latter's engine capacity. However, I can't help but feel that the 260Z 2+2's rear window line is one of the best looking I've ever seen.  Actually, the entire car's design is about as perfect as it gets and, while we're on the subject of perfection, the example shown here is absolutely magnificent!  I'd happily have either model but, given the choice, I'd be hard pressed to go past a beauty like today's featured car! U M P H (uppermiddlepetrolhead.blogspot.com.au.) Smart phone images by GMB.