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Seen in Morden, south London.
No MOT history, so it must have been off the road for a long time, any MOT from 2006 onwards should show up.
Registration number: AKW 128T
✓ SORN
MOT: No details held by DVLA
Vehicle details
Vehicle make ROVER
Date of first registration 17 April 1979
Year of manufacture 1979
Cylinder capacity (cc) 3900cc
Fuel type PETROL
Export marker No
Vehicle status SORN
Vehicle colour BLUE
Number of owners unknown
Late 70s BMW 323i laid up in W.London, the reg was DYR601V, last tax expired in Oct 2017, last MOT expired in Apr 2018.
Begegnung mit Einheimischen außerhalb von Luanda. Es ist die Zeit des schweren Bürgerkrieges, es bestehen Gefahren auch durch Landminen. Die Bevölkerung ist verarmt, besonders außerhalb der Großstädten.
Encounter with locals outside of Luanda. It is the time of the heavy civil war, there are dangers also through landmines. The population is impoverished, especially outside the big cities.
I finally got some good photos of my 1979 ALIEN Xenomorph MOC. Big thanks
to my wife (for putting up with 3 years of tinkering on this thing), my
neighbors (who let me borrow their camera, since mine died), everyone who
encouraged me at the many shows I've taken it to (and the 2 trophies!), and
my daughter for constantly saying how cool it is. I'm finally done working
on it for a while, and eager to share the photos. Currently I am editing a
mass of shots from all angles, but wanted to put a few images out into the
ether, in hopes you may find them as you shift eagerly in your theater
seats this evening. Enjoy, there is more to follow.
At North Bakersfield returning from Famoso to the UP yard at Kern Junction on the MBKBK 23 local 23rd November 2022.
Yes this is the 18 inch tall vintage 1979 one. Made by Kenner.....
I am in repair mode since I fixed Chewbacca :)
I have had this Alien for awhile. His left arm was hanging loose.
I am working with a bungee cord to put the arms back. together.
He has four screws in his back. So he can be taken apart.
I would not have done this if he wasn't screwed together !
He is still pretty tight even with out his screws. But is workable.
I had to cut his right arm band.
Feels blaspemous ! Each arm is independently connected via an O ring to a central pillar. But since I am going to the effort to fix the one side. Is only logical to do both. But the right arm O ring is still forty yrs old ! So I would rather not take it apart again. When or if it breaks.
I have not got around to getting the repro dome and fifth back spike.
But fixing his arms and a good cleaning needs to be done anyway :)
Getting this figure is a grail achieved for sure.
1979 was the final year for the passenger car-based Ranchero utility truck, being based on the intermediate LTD II (a rebadged Torino) between the 1977 and 1979 model years. Since the compact Falcon Ranchero was dropped in 1965, Ford moved its utility model up to the larger intermediate Fairlane/Torino platform, which was rebadged as LTD II for 1977 to be a smaller option for full sized LTD customers in response to GM's new downsized full size models.
The LTD II was among the largest passenger cars ever built in the intermediate class and was only available with V8s. With fuel economy a growing issue, Ford effectively replaced the dated LTD II with a new downsized intermediate with compact dimensions and offering similar or greater interior and cargo room, the 1978 Fairmont and Mercury Zephyr on the new Fox body platform. The Ranchero continued to the end of the 1979 model year with either a 5.0 (302) or 5.8 liter (351) V8.
By then passenger car based utility trucks were declining and Ford officially offered no successor to the Ranchero, though the 1981 Durango was built by an aftermarket company using the downsized Fox platform Fairmont and officially distributed and sold by Ford dealers with factory warranty.
This is a 500 series standard model.
Factory delivered suggested retail price $5,866 for standard 500 series, curb weight as delivered 3,698 lb, maximum 1,250 lb load rating with heavy duty package, 3,500 lb towing capacity when equipped, 133 HP (5.0/302 V8) or 151 HP (5.8 liter/351 V8).
1979 Ranchero brochure: www.lov2xlr8.no/brochures/ford/79ra/79ra.html
I took this photograph at Brittens chicane during the AMOC Intermarque Championship race at the Aston Martin Owners Club's meeting at Oulton Park in May 2017. It's David Falkingham in his 1979 Triumph TR7, which according to the programme of the event had a 4.6 litre engine. The TR7 was introduced in 1974 and had a 1,998cc 4-cylinder inline engine and this car morphed into the TR8 with a 3,528cc V8 engine. Presumably David Falkingham's car has the later Rover 4,552cc V8 engine.