WHEN I FOUND this forlorn Ford Falcon sinking into the grass at Flynn's Wrecking Yard in Cooma NSW, my eyes lit up. I thought it would be another terrific project after the two Holden Commodores I've brought back to life in the past few years.
Like many of the cars at Flynn's - including the just-finished blue six-cylinder VC Holden 'Coomadore' I bought there early in 2022this Falcon has sat doing nothing for a long time, being brought into the yard around 2007 (according to the expired rego sticker) as an old bomb that no-one wanted. As with the Commodore, Wayne Flynn, the owner of the yard, thought it a good idea to not sell any parts from it, to keep the car complete in the faint hope that, one day, it would be bought and saved...
Well, that day has arrived... I've just bought it and I'm going to save it!
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