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About the AU Falcon

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  Me again. In this third page, I'll give you a bigger insight of the AU series Ford Falcon. My original idea is to do a junkyard rescue for one of these cars which is part of my bucket list so here it goes. The series at a glance  The AU Falcon is the 22nd series to date and another evolution for their lineup. First, their cars are more aerodynamic with the drag coefficient of 0.29 for the sedan and 0.34 for the wagon. Compared to the previous EL series, it's an 11% improvement. Second, the new design has shed 35 kilograms (77 pounds) of weight with a stiffer bodyshell of 17.5% along with 8% better fuel economy. And finally, this series has introduced new features including independent rear suspension and variable cam timing in it's 6 cylinder engines. Styles come in sedan, wagon or utility. There's also the luxury spinoff the Fairlane and up the top LTD. The list of engines consist of the following. 6 cylinder engines (4 litre) *     Intech: 157 kW (211 hp), 357 Nm...

What I'm Planning to do

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  Hello again. It's been 9 months since I've moved into Pakenham and still getting on top of things. It has been a journey as I started off with not having enough stuff for my house and initial chiropractic appointments starting twice a week which were costing me money but nowadays, I've been better financially. I've been learning a lot over the course of time and therefore getting the hang of anything independent living. Anyway ever since a couple of months after my move, I had thought up of doing a project car for my bucket list. Yes, it'll cost me a lot of money but I'd still like to pursue it. Along the way, I thought of other things along the horizon like learning to work on cars and making money selling parts as well as flipping cars. And I have people around me who are for the hobby I'll pursue working on cars even staff members at Repco plus others. A friend of mine Claire mentioned I would meet more people with the new skill. There are people who I ...

Introduction

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Hello everyone and welcome to my blog. My name is Tristan Throup and I've been starting my new life ever since my move 8 and a half months ago and eventually building myself up. I originated from a small regional town called Neerim South which is east in the Australian town of Victoria. I have moved to Pakenham which is the outest south eastern suburb of Melbourne to start a new life. What happened was my life hadn't panned out in the end when I was living in Neerim South. I had a tough life growing up and along with personal circumstances out of my control primarily because I wasn't well understood and I felt I've been a misfit. I wanted to have friends, I wanted to get a job and do anything I can please but it didn't help with the fact I have Autism most of the local community didn't understand me. However, I've looked outside of my then regional area where there are bigger better places to explore so I looked at Melbourne. This isn't in Florida by the...