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Old 29-04-2010, 05:17 PM   #1
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Default i6 turns 50 today.
The legend lives on
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Old 29-04-2010, 05:21 PM   #2
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Didnt realise it was a baby boomer. It will sooner or later be pentioned off and stuck in a nursing hime (my garage will be one of them) but a shame, a real characterful engine especially with a hairdryer stuck on the side.
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Old 29-04-2010, 06:22 PM   #3
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past 2015?? Hopefully
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Old 29-04-2010, 10:01 PM   #4
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Happy birthday i6! Hip Hip Hooray!!!
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Old 29-04-2010, 11:53 PM   #5
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I didn't realise I shared a birthday with the I6.
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Old 30-04-2010, 09:43 AM   #6
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Hip Hip hooray!!!!!!!!!
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Old 30-04-2010, 10:00 AM   #7
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Old 30-04-2010, 10:10 AM   #8
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awesome, certainly has been a real work horse hey
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Old 30-04-2010, 06:26 PM   #9
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a pretty good innings for the mighty inline 6, when your on a good thing...........
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Old 30-04-2010, 06:48 PM   #10
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i love the inline 6,tough,durable,heaps of torque and very easy to work on.hope it lasts another 50 but somehow i dont think it will.
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Old 30-04-2010, 06:50 PM   #11
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Old 30-04-2010, 07:12 PM   #12
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The amount of ks u can get out of the i6 before a rebuild.hard to beat.The only good gmh motor was the nissan one.
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Old 30-04-2010, 09:30 PM   #13
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Congratulations, Ford,

with your oldest child's birthday. I hope you will have many more celebrations like these, and that your next year will be a successful one
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Old 30-04-2010, 09:37 PM   #14
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The amount of ks u can get out of the i6 before a rebuild.hard to beat.The only good gmh motor was the nissan one.
What about the red motor, that was pretty good, remember Brocky with a 202 cubic inch (3.3 litre) and served it up to the V8's.
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Old 30-04-2010, 09:50 PM   #15
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with your oldest child's birthday. I hope you will have many more celebrations like these, and that your next year will be a successful one
Ford must hate its child, they did nothing to celebrate its birthday in the engine plant, not so much as a mention of its birthday.
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Old 30-04-2010, 09:56 PM   #16
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What about the red motor, that was pretty good, remember Brocky with a 202 cubic inch (3.3 litre) and served it up to the V8's.
aaaahhhhh ........i`m pretty sure they got lucky that day
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aaaahhhhh ........i`m pretty sure they got lucky that day
Aaaahhh, I'm sure he did it more than once
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Happy Birthday to the old girl, she's had a good life so far.
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Old 01-05-2010, 02:06 AM   #19
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Aaaahhh, I'm sure he did it more than once
Xu1`s only ever won the big one once, and i`m positive , and falcons had a bad day on that day the only reason they won ;).

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You're righ mik, I just meant that they served it up to the V8's. They did win other races besitdes Bathurst and they did beat lots of other V8's over the line for minor places.
All in all they were still a great motor.
Anyway, happy birthday to the Ford 6, my favourite was the 250 2v. A friend had one in an XB manual, did it go or what.
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Old 01-05-2010, 11:40 AM   #21
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Xu1`s only ever won the big one once, and i`m positive , and falcons had a bad day on that day the only reason they won ;).

http://www.mount-panorama.com/facts/...t-1000-winners
Same can be said about the Phase 3, only ever won one bathurst.
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Here's to the best motor ever put in an aussie built car!!
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That's pretty crap, they could have done something. Although it scores a mention in the tail end of the Ford media release about the Falcon's 50th.
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Old 03-05-2010, 05:16 PM   #24
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Go the mighty ford 6...transporting the world reliably for decades...Well done!
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Old 03-05-2010, 06:33 PM   #25
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The i6, being behind one of them will be the best place to be come 2012

Crappy jokes aside...

Long live the mighty i6!! One of the best motors ever made
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I was getting frustrated when bolts were breaking on the exhaust manifold of a 170 the other day, then it occurred to me that it's 46 years old! Plenty of the old girls still around and kicking, some without a rebuild, says a lot about the quality!
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Old 06-05-2010, 10:18 PM   #27
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happy birthday dear ole' i6.
they tried to kill if off several times but it would just come back even stonger
absolutly bulletproof

my grandparents towed a large caravan around australia twice in a 13yo(@ the time) XA wagon with only regular services....... and it is still on the road today
that old 250 just refuses to die
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You think they would give it a gold tappet cover or something,
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