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A Ranger ancestor

Australasia is the home of four-wheel drive utes. From production lines in Thailand, Korea, the USA and Japan, 4WDs have stormed Australian and New Zealand sales charts for years.

But long before the Ranger, D-Max, Navara and Triton became super-powers here, Aussie gave us a locally-made 4WD ute.

This is a rare Ford Falcon XY 4×4 ute - just 432 of them were ever made and they were exclusively sold in the Australian market. A few have

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