WEBVTT - 100th Anniversary of the Model T Ford, 22 June 2025

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<v Speaker 1>On Perth six PR. This is Remember When with Harvey D.

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<v Speaker 2>Gan Well.

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<v Speaker 1>I imagine many of our listeners have at one time

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<v Speaker 1>or another owned a Ford car, and no doubt quite

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<v Speaker 1>a few of you probably still do well. This year

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<v Speaker 1>marks the one hundredth anniversary of Ford production in Australia,

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<v Speaker 1>with Henry Ford's famous Model T the first car off

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<v Speaker 1>the assembly line at the Ford factory in Geelong, Victoria.

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<v Speaker 1>And it was seventeen years earlier, in nineteen hundred and

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<v Speaker 1>eight that the first Model T was born, and that

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<v Speaker 1>was in America, of course. Now having the studio with

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<v Speaker 1>me a couple of likely lads that are well known

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<v Speaker 1>in motoring circles and they've seen the evolution of Ford

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<v Speaker 1>over the years. Wilf Chambers and John Luca welcome to

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<v Speaker 1>Remember When, gentlemen. Thank you, Covey, Thanks Ivich. Now first up, folks,

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<v Speaker 1>I feel obliges to acknowledge that last night a few

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<v Speaker 1>of us gathered to help Wilf celebrate our birthday milestone

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<v Speaker 1>of his own. Now we're not going to be so

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<v Speaker 1>indelicate as to say what that milestone was. All I

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<v Speaker 1>will say was just a few years less than the

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<v Speaker 1>one forward is celebrating.

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<v Speaker 2>Are a few?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, quite a few. Actually, how did you both pull up?

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<v Speaker 2>Boys?

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<v Speaker 1>You look all right?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, fantastic.

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't have a drink until I get home. That

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<v Speaker 1>was obviously some form of soft drink in the wine

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<v Speaker 1>glass atitude which last night.

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<v Speaker 3>Actually yeah yeah, definitely definitely one win and the mixture

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<v Speaker 3>of ace.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, okay, we'll believe you lots, wouldn't Boys. Forward ended

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<v Speaker 1>manufacturing in Australia on October the seventh, twenty sixteen, with

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<v Speaker 1>a Blue XR six. I think it was rolling off

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<v Speaker 1>the production line that day. Now, clearly continuing to produce

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<v Speaker 1>cars in Australia was no longer viable. What do you

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<v Speaker 1>think the reasons behind that were?

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<v Speaker 4>It's a traycy, it's actually happened. I think it's the

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<v Speaker 4>labor costs and around the world totally different in Australia.

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<v Speaker 4>All the cars are coming these days are imported and

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<v Speaker 4>is the cost of Labor's probably the key factor. And

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<v Speaker 4>I think they probably maybe lost support from the government.

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<v Speaker 4>They used to throw a lot of money at the

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<v Speaker 4>car industry, so I'm not sure if that's stopped, but

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<v Speaker 4>definitely the production side of cars from overseas China and

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<v Speaker 4>Thailand all that it's probably the biggest killer.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I guess that is the simple explanation for US,

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<v Speaker 1>isn't it. You just can't you can't compete in those markets.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I think a sadness is but as people well

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<v Speaker 3>in Australia, what's happened in Australia and all aspects you know,

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<v Speaker 3>you go to even just your underwear bonds has not

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<v Speaker 3>meant in Australia anymore. And the manufacturing, so that's just

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<v Speaker 3>a simple thing manufacturing has got. But I think the

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<v Speaker 3>cost of labor and the cost of component around the

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<v Speaker 3>cost of the labor said of it is we're one

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<v Speaker 3>of the highest wedges countries in the world.

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<v Speaker 1>So I think that's the sad part of it.

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<v Speaker 3>There's and I think the government, well I'm not going

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<v Speaker 3>to say i'm aunt the governments, but i think governments

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<v Speaker 3>don't realize how lucky we are of the people who

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<v Speaker 3>are the workers, and they're not respecting the working people.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, well said wealth, no doubt at all. Well, matach

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<v Speaker 1>you beck a bit boys, and I've dug add a

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<v Speaker 1>model T sort of a commercial or a very much

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<v Speaker 1>mini fature and i'd like you to have listened to

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<v Speaker 1>it say what you think.

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<v Speaker 5>In nineteen oh eight, the popular automobile, the Model T Ford,

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<v Speaker 5>was launched. Henry Ford, born in eighteen sixty three in Detroit, Michigan,

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<v Speaker 5>learned engineering through apprenticeship and started making cars in his backyard.

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<v Speaker 5>In nineteen oh five. He introduced the mass production method,

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<v Speaker 5>leading to the Model T Forard in nineteen oh eight

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<v Speaker 5>with a twenty horsepower engine. Mass productions significantly reduced manufacturing

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<v Speaker 5>time from one car per hour in nineteen oh eight

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<v Speaker 5>to one every twenty four seconds by nineteen fourteen. The

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<v Speaker 5>Model T's price dropped from nine hundred dollars in nineteen

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<v Speaker 5>oh eight to four hundred dollars in nineteen fourteen. With

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<v Speaker 5>reduced production costs, workers wages increased to five double the

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<v Speaker 5>industry out of range, over fifty million Model TEA Forwards

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<v Speaker 5>were sold, marking the my car are.

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<v Speaker 1>Globally interesting to go back in time though, over that

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<v Speaker 1>little vignette I suppose you would call it. And it

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<v Speaker 1>was established in March thirty first twenty five in Geelong,

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<v Speaker 1>and apparently all the heavies from America came over from

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<v Speaker 1>Ford and decided on Geelong because it just had everything

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<v Speaker 1>had a port. It had plenty of space and plenty

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<v Speaker 1>of workers.

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<v Speaker 4>Correct, Yes, that's what happened. See the model of Tea

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<v Speaker 4>in nineteen twenty five has actually seen its way out,

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<v Speaker 4>so we've probably got the tail end of the Model

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<v Speaker 4>TSS it finished in nineteen twenty seven. Actual, in fact,

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<v Speaker 4>they came from Canada. They were right and drive vehicle.

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<v Speaker 2>They were brought in a knockdown situation.

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<v Speaker 4>And did I say the word hold them, but holding

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<v Speaker 4>that motorworks or carriage builders were actually the ones that

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<v Speaker 4>were assembling in the Model T Forwards in Australia before

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<v Speaker 4>they actually built holding cars in the forties, but they

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<v Speaker 4>were actually coach builders and they actually assembled the team

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<v Speaker 4>Model Forwards in Geulyng.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay interesting, yeah, And just talking about the cost of

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<v Speaker 1>the vehicles. From my research, I discovered how much was

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<v Speaker 1>it about one hundred and eighty five pounds the Model

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<v Speaker 1>T cost, which in today's money would be about eighteen

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<v Speaker 1>five hundred dollars. It's not a bad deal.

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<v Speaker 2>Before my time, have you that we'll explain pounds. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not sure pounds are actually.

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<v Speaker 1>Well two dollars to a pound, John, do you know,

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<v Speaker 1>John Settled?

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<v Speaker 3>I know?

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<v Speaker 1>Please, Indeed cent some dollars man.

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<v Speaker 3>So yeah, well when you think of the value of it,

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<v Speaker 3>but then then once again it goes back to the

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<v Speaker 3>costs of it.

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<v Speaker 1>What was a man paid.

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<v Speaker 3>The men's wages was sort of a penny, a dollar,

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<v Speaker 3>two dollars something like out there, like Henry Ford was

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<v Speaker 3>a leader. I'm actually just reading his book at the moment.

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<v Speaker 3>What Henry Ford did for the workers, and I think

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<v Speaker 3>I think has set the benchmark for the working capacity

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<v Speaker 3>of the world of mass production if you actually what

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<v Speaker 3>I watched a YouTube video this morning of building the

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<v Speaker 3>forwards and what he did with his the migrants to

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<v Speaker 3>commend their country and how good it was his staffed

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<v Speaker 3>commodation for ed kad the staff and things that out there.

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<v Speaker 1>So I think it was I think.

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<v Speaker 3>It was a steerword for the future, and I think

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<v Speaker 3>it's I think somebody it should be complimented. Thanks so

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<v Speaker 3>much for what he's done for the production of the automobile,

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<v Speaker 3>which I love the automobiles, and that's what I think

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<v Speaker 3>is important from there.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, indeed, all right, boss, We're going to take a

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<v Speaker 1>break and we'll come back with a bit more about

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<v Speaker 1>the general evolution of Ford over the years and just

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<v Speaker 1>a tick. This is remember when with Harvey Degan on

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<v Speaker 1>Perth six PR. Welcome back and Facts if you've just

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<v Speaker 1>joined us. We're having a chat about the fact that

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<v Speaker 1>this year twenty twenty five is the one hundredth anniversary

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<v Speaker 1>of the first Ford car rolling off the production line.

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<v Speaker 1>It was a Model T Forward at the Ford plant

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<v Speaker 1>in Geelong. And we've got Wilf Chambers and John Luca

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<v Speaker 1>who know all about Fords any other make of car

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<v Speaker 1>for that matter, taking us through the years that Ford

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<v Speaker 1>has been in existence. What was the car? John, you

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<v Speaker 1>direct this question to you. What was the next vehicle

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<v Speaker 1>that Ford produced in Australia. What was after the Model T.

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<v Speaker 4>Model T Then came the Modelay nineteen twenty eight and

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<v Speaker 4>again it came from Canada, so they were right down

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<v Speaker 4>drive vehicles back then again in a knockdown form. The

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<v Speaker 4>Modelay ran from nineteen twenty eight through to thirty one.

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<v Speaker 4>Then the B model came out nineteen thirty two. In

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<v Speaker 4>thirty three, our first ute was developed here in Australia.

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<v Speaker 2>They called him trucks. In America we call them utilities.

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<v Speaker 4>That was a coop that was the back was cut

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<v Speaker 4>off and they built a tray at the back of

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<v Speaker 4>the vehicle and turned him to utilities, which is quite

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<v Speaker 4>unique to Australia.

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<v Speaker 1>Wasn't that as the result of a farmer who went

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<v Speaker 1>to Ford and didn't you say? I'm paraphrasing this so

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<v Speaker 1>I can't remember his exact words, but he said something

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<v Speaker 1>like I need a vehicle to take my family to

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<v Speaker 1>church on a Sunday and to take my stock to

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<v Speaker 1>the markets on any other days in the week.

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<v Speaker 4>Spot on Harveyes exactly what was said. He needed a

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<v Speaker 4>vigglar go to church with his wife and family and

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<v Speaker 4>throw the kids probably in the back, and then we.

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<v Speaker 1>Must run the wife in the back.

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<v Speaker 4>You don't know, Yeah, what could be made the dogs

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<v Speaker 4>on the front, so who knows. But then they needed

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<v Speaker 4>a work vehicle that he could obviously earn some dollars

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<v Speaker 4>out of as well, And that's how the utility was

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<v Speaker 4>born here in Australia.

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<v Speaker 1>So again, after the Model A and the Youth, what

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<v Speaker 1>when did the Falcon first make its appearance.

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<v Speaker 4>The Falcon was probably in the early sixty so that's

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<v Speaker 4>when we probably came into production of real Australian cars.

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<v Speaker 4>I think it was probably the x K Welf. I

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<v Speaker 4>think it was sixty two, a little bit behind again

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<v Speaker 4>the other brand holding which had brought the FX holding

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<v Speaker 4>out in forty eight, so they were sort of caught

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<v Speaker 4>a bit hopping there in history. So they were a

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<v Speaker 4>little bit behind times as that went ahead of times

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<v Speaker 4>in the early late twenties, but when it came to

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<v Speaker 4>full production Australia, they were a quarter.

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<v Speaker 2>A bit short.

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<v Speaker 1>And we can remember, can't we the incredible rivalry but

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<v Speaker 1>you mentioned Holden of course, the incredible rivalry between Allan

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<v Speaker 1>Moffatt driving his Ford and Peter Brock driving his hold

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<v Speaker 1>and particularly Bathist.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh yeah, exactly right now, Bathets was sort of and

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<v Speaker 3>I still went on for a long time. But I

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<v Speaker 3>think as important as the Moffatt and Brockie were the

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<v Speaker 3>two steerwinners off that as I can talking to Billy

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<v Speaker 3>Lee last night about it, who's a mud Holden fun

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<v Speaker 3>We were just talking rave about it and high Brock

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<v Speaker 3>he just finished one race, is about the finie. But

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<v Speaker 3>his car was a legal car, but actually the windscreen

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<v Speaker 3>is all cracky. Actually went into the pets, cracked the

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<v Speaker 3>wind screen. I just knocked the windscret and finished the race.

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<v Speaker 3>Didn't finish the race completely but without a wind screen.

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<v Speaker 3>It's just amazing what happens from there. But yeah, Ford,

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<v Speaker 3>I think when you see the one two Fords, I

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<v Speaker 3>think it was just well, racing is sort of there's

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<v Speaker 3>a big part of Australia us from there.

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<v Speaker 1>Indeed, I wanted to touch on a very very important event

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<v Speaker 1>in Perth that I'm lucky enough to have been invited

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<v Speaker 1>to play a very small role, and that is the

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<v Speaker 1>Buy any All every two years forward open Day at

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<v Speaker 1>usually Basondeen Oval. Has been elsewhere, but Basandeen or Steel

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<v Speaker 1>Blue Oval seems to be its permanent home. Now when's

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<v Speaker 1>the next one?

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<v Speaker 4>The next one's on the fifth October this year at

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<v Speaker 4>Steel Blue Oval, Bason again where we put on the

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<v Speaker 4>all four day run by the Mustangitus Club of West

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<v Speaker 4>Australia and the gd Folk Club of West Australia. All

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<v Speaker 4>funds that are raised through that event we then donate

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<v Speaker 4>the charity and with help from yourself too on the

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<v Speaker 4>day you do support us Harvey, which you would much appreciate.

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<v Speaker 4>We don't actually give cash out for that event. The

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<v Speaker 4>charities that we give them money to we actually buy

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<v Speaker 4>goods or services or product and we just sort of

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<v Speaker 4>seek the charities that we find a bit harder than

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<v Speaker 4>the ones that get a lot of us, the three

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<v Speaker 4>governments and other supports.

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<v Speaker 2>So that's what we do.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, And there are always different charities ANTHI will favorite

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<v Speaker 1>year and they're always very very grateful for the efforts

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<v Speaker 1>that you make.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>Once again, we were chatting with Greg Hill now who

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<v Speaker 3>were the co chairman's for about fifteen twenty years, and

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<v Speaker 3>we were just discussed last night of all the different charities, Noah's,

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<v Speaker 3>our Camp, Quality, Manor Ink and Guide Dogs for Black

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<v Speaker 3>Guide Dog Blame Guide Dogs. And I think when you

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<v Speaker 3>see the results from that there and you know what

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<v Speaker 3>it goes to. And as John says, the product you supply,

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<v Speaker 3>you supply, you don't supply the cash at all.

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<v Speaker 1>You supply on my product.

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<v Speaker 3>Like I remember Manorinc I Sae just having this beautiful

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<v Speaker 3>big van because there's like eight thousand kids we learned

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<v Speaker 3>or once as a learning curve of us as well,

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<v Speaker 3>we learned about the eight thousand kids go to school

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<v Speaker 3>every day without breakfast. And we bought this fan through

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<v Speaker 3>Macanonie Forward equipped it out from and Manorink had just

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<v Speaker 3>taken breakfast and kids at school, so I think when

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<v Speaker 3>you look at that there, it's a good feeling for it,

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<v Speaker 3>and it's a great feeling of achievement and it helps

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<v Speaker 3>you sort of progress and what Chardi work you want

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<v Speaker 3>to do.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, and unless you go to Steel Blue Oval, I

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<v Speaker 1>don't think you can fully appreciate the fact that there

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<v Speaker 1>are so many avenges and classic forwards still in existence.

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<v Speaker 1>They're still being driven. I can't I should know. But

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<v Speaker 1>are there any Model Teas amongst them?

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<v Speaker 4>We have probably Molitar for a while, but there's been

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<v Speaker 4>Model Te's Model like cars turn up and through their clubs.

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<v Speaker 4>So there's two big groups in Model A Club and

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<v Speaker 4>a Mutal Tea Club. I'm not sure who's coming this year.

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<v Speaker 4>The entries are starting to open up right now. If

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<v Speaker 4>you go to the all four day dot org Ace

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<v Speaker 4>e Ben, you can register your vehicle to come in there.

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<v Speaker 4>We drew put about four and fifture to five cars on.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it's a.

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<v Speaker 3>Good event and I think it's important to it's sort

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<v Speaker 3>of the cross section like I as an individual, Okay,

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<v Speaker 3>I'm probably a known as a patrol head as well,

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<v Speaker 3>and people say why forward, Well, I've just got to

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<v Speaker 3>establish something. The first card I did sort of at

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<v Speaker 3>a faster speed than the sort of the speed and

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<v Speaker 3>it was actually a Ford Casseer back in nineteen sixty

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<v Speaker 3>three which I didn't have my license, but just I've

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<v Speaker 3>always driven forwards as well. But I think the important

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<v Speaker 3>factor is that the cross section of a manufacturer and

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<v Speaker 3>a manufacturer may have left the country, but a manufacturer

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<v Speaker 3>still a very big manufacturer in Australia, and I think

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<v Speaker 3>that's what's important, and to sort of that.

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<v Speaker 1>Ford have stayed Ford the world has stayed.

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<v Speaker 3>With Australia and back to Australia where Holden hasn't and

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<v Speaker 3>they've changed it completely. So I think with Ford, with

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<v Speaker 3>the presentation of all the different models they've got and

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<v Speaker 3>the Mustang naturally of course, and things that get there,

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<v Speaker 3>which I think is so important and on the day

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<v Speaker 3>like we get as I said, we've been doing it

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<v Speaker 3>for nearly twenty years and it's just a great achievement

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<v Speaker 3>and the enthusiasm, like you still get the amount of

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<v Speaker 3>people where Bolden had a show. I'm not knocking holding,

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<v Speaker 3>please don't get me wrong, but they had only probably

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<v Speaker 3>about two hundred and fifty cars at maximum. So when

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<v Speaker 3>you get out on a day, so car showers are

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<v Speaker 3>a big thing in life now as people are just

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<v Speaker 3>a classy cars and different things from there, so it's

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<v Speaker 3>important that way.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I mean all vehicle brands have have got their

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<v Speaker 1>ups and they're down their positives and their negatives. I

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<v Speaker 1>think it's interesting to note though that Ford Cars won

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<v Speaker 1>Wheels Car of the Year seven times since the award

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<v Speaker 1>was established in nineteen sixty three. Amazing. It's not bad

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<v Speaker 1>as with the Ford Everest being the most recent. That's

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<v Speaker 1>I was having a chat to Lauris from Macdernie Ford

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<v Speaker 1>and he had one of those on show well nearly

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<v Speaker 1>two years a year and a half ago now and

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<v Speaker 1>it's very impressive.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, the Ford Ranger and the Everest and the Musti's

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<v Speaker 4>been a big plus for the Ford Motor Company in Australia.

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<v Speaker 4>I think it's probably been their survival car or cars,

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<v Speaker 4>so they've done very well. And macan Ani Ford's are

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<v Speaker 4>if I mentioned that they're a great support of our organization,

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<v Speaker 4>been there through the All four day as club and

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<v Speaker 4>actually I looked up today that's Dennis beck and established

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<v Speaker 4>in nineteen seventy five, so it's actually their fifty three

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<v Speaker 4>year as well. Yeah, so yeah, so I privately owned.

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<v Speaker 4>I are it's still the only privately owned Ford Motor

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<v Speaker 4>Company dealership in Perth.

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<v Speaker 1>So the cars, this is a naive question. I know

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<v Speaker 1>it is, but there may be other people who are

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<v Speaker 1>as uninformed as I am on this. The cars that

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<v Speaker 1>bear the Ford badge, Now where are they assembled?

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<v Speaker 4>Well, the Everest in the range, as far as I know,

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<v Speaker 4>they're all built in Thailand, and the Mustang still built

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<v Speaker 4>in America.

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<v Speaker 1>So I got a question for you, Harvill, what's this?

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<v Speaker 1>So what was your first car? My first car was

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<v Speaker 1>a green Morris Minor. Oh fantastic, Yeah, good built classic?

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<v Speaker 3>Has had it to spread screen or full screen?

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<v Speaker 1>What the wind screen? I think it had a full screen?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, okay, it was after an eighteen fifty five and I.

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<v Speaker 1>Didn't go very fast and I wanted it to. So

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<v Speaker 1>what's the future there do you think for Ford?

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<v Speaker 3>I think, once again it goes back to the manufacturing side.

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<v Speaker 3>I think they're the parent company worse in America and

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<v Speaker 3>things that I think is still very loyal to the product,

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<v Speaker 3>and I think a product is such an important thing.

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<v Speaker 3>And I think the stability of what they're producing on

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<v Speaker 3>the vehicle, Like once again, you look at the you

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<v Speaker 3>Mustang when it was out twenty sixteen, but even they

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<v Speaker 3>were the current shit the leadership was two thousand and seven,

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<v Speaker 3>two thousand and five. I think, I think when the stability,

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<v Speaker 3>if that is so important, and I think that to

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<v Speaker 3>me as an individual, I think it's just great to

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<v Speaker 3>see that that a manufacturer is still producing cars, like

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<v Speaker 3>we're not going to get into electric cars today. But

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<v Speaker 3>all I'm saying is, I think is are you're not

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<v Speaker 3>a fan of electric cars completely? Well? Actually I think

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<v Speaker 3>I don't want to see it. And here but in

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<v Speaker 3>channel seven I think you've got I think I prove

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<v Speaker 3>them know on electric cars of the connection of the

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<v Speaker 3>batteries and the failures of the fires, and I think

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<v Speaker 3>that's the biggest thing from there.

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<v Speaker 1>But no, I'm not a fan.

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<v Speaker 3>If if miss Uber come to me to pick him

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<v Speaker 3>up on the Tesla, I would not get into it, Sorry,

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<v Speaker 3>but I would'tet do you feel that you is passionate

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<v Speaker 3>about that?

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<v Speaker 2>John?

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<v Speaker 4>Probably on the fence of myself. I've driven electric car

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<v Speaker 4>it must have been they do go quite well, but

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<v Speaker 4>I am a petrol head, So like Wolf, I do

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<v Speaker 4>on the get to.

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<v Speaker 2>The bows and filling it up and going. Well, I

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<v Speaker 2>wonder if you're.

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<v Speaker 1>Driving around in the country and you suddenly haven't got

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<v Speaker 1>any battery power left. You can't exactly take a can

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<v Speaker 1>down to the local service station and fill up with electricity,

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<v Speaker 1>can you?

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<v Speaker 3>No?

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<v Speaker 4>Exactly right, So Australia a vast wide state that we

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<v Speaker 4>and we do a lot of traveling and get away.

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<v Speaker 4>The EV's probably aren't quite there as yet. I know

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<v Speaker 4>they've taken off in Europe. In Europe you travel short

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<v Speaker 4>distances and most people work within the city. So I

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<v Speaker 4>think we're probably a little bit ahead of a soul

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<v Speaker 4>here in Australia for evs. They are out there, but

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<v Speaker 4>you probably won't see me one for a while.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, I'll just sort of opinion is we won't be

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<v Speaker 3>sitting here in twenty five years time, however, having a

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<v Speaker 3>discussion we were discussing and turning combustions of Henry Ford.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm not knocking any electric carriers are going to get there,

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<v Speaker 3>but we won't be having that discussion. Electric cars, electric

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<v Speaker 3>carris I believer, come and go. Nate the Belt the

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<v Speaker 3>first electric car in eighteen forty five with Jill batteries

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<v Speaker 3>and it lasted two and a half years.

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<v Speaker 1>Now you've just given us a clue here. So in

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<v Speaker 1>twenty five years time, Welf, I'll book you in for

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<v Speaker 1>another interview. Great your centenary anyway, that's right.

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<v Speaker 2>Then, Harvey mob an electric wheel chair.

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<v Speaker 1>You'll probably forget to plug that in as well. Boys.

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<v Speaker 1>One quick reminder again for people to put in their

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<v Speaker 1>diary all four day at Steel Blue Oval.

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<v Speaker 4>So it's October fifth, twenty twenty five, is still Blue Oval.

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<v Speaker 4>Entrances are online out to book your cars in and

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<v Speaker 4>for the gates of open nine point thirty on the

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<v Speaker 4>day for entrance comes through the public coming user cars.

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<v Speaker 1>Will Chambers, John Luca, thank you for your time on

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<v Speaker 1>remember when it's been an absolute hurt and all the best.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you so much for having best wishes to you too,