Toni Hugget from Molong owns this tough 1967 Ford XR Fairmont.
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Strangely enough it was her husband Jason's car and there's a story behind how it now comes to be hers.
Jason bought the Fairmont when he was just 16 and learned to drive it while on his 'L' plates.
When he Toni started dating, they drove the XR around for a couple of years before they were engaged in 1996.
The Fairmont was taken off the road and stripped back with plans to restore and sell it to raise some funds for their wedding.
Like many of the best laid plans, they failed and when Toni fell pregnant with the first of five children the car got pushed to the back of the shed where it sat in primer until about 2004.
I'm finally getting used to driving it and we get to meet people with a similar passion and to learn a few more things about old cars.
- Toni
It copped a coat of paint in the original colour, Sultan Maroon, but once again life got in the way and the process of setting up their own business plus enjoying family life soon zapped time out of the car project.
It was in 2015 that they finally got back to the XR project and they had it back on the road in 2017.
By this stage it had dawned on Jason that he'd never held up his end of the deal in selling the XR to pay for a fancy wedding so given that the car had stayed with them for so long he decided the next best thing to do was to give Toni the keys.
So Toni is now the proud owner of her '67 Fairmont.
"It's running a 302 Windsor V8 with a 4 speed top loader gearbox" said Jason.
The XR was the first Australian built Ford to feature a V8 powerplant and would originally have run a 289 cubic inch V8.
They've complemented the package with a set of Convo Pro mag wheels with big 295 rubber under the rear to further toughen the raked stance.
"I'm finally getting used to driving it" said Toni "and we joined the Parkes based Central West Car Club this year to meet people with a similar passion and to learn a few more things about old cars."
Aside from giving the XR a bit more TLC and driving it more often there's no future plans for it. "After all this time it's not going anywhere" sad Toni "the kids will end up inheriting it one day."
For more information about the Parkes based Central West Car Club, you can look them up at www.centralwestcarclub.com or follow them on Facebook.
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