Ford Australia is credited with creating the long wheelbase (LWB) luxury car in Australia, by cleverly adapting the Falcon wagon’s longer floorpan to accommodate a longer, sleeker and more luxurious sedan body, with the 1967 ZA Fairlane.
A lesser-known fact is that the first few generations of Fairlane (and Statesman, for that matter), actually came as vinyl beach-seated, spartan-trimmed, three-on-the-tree manual versions. While this seems antithetical to the luxury vibe the Fairlane was known for, these were the default choice for ZA, ZB, ZC, ZD and the XA Falcon-based ZF Fairlanes.
This example on Carsales is a 1970 ZC Fairlane Custom factory manual, and pretty cool if you ask us. These things are very rare indeed, which is reflected in the moderately high $25,000 asking price and the fact there are no other Fairlane Custom manuals listed for sale on the site.
Equipped with the 3.6-litre (221ci) inline-six, which was the larger of the two options in the family (the smallest being 3.1L/188ci), the Fairlane offered 104kW of manual-driving pleasure.
Admittedly the photos aren’t of the best quality for this example, but it appears to be a fully original survivor, down to its black trim, gold paint, with the only aftermarket addition being a wood-rimmed, three-spoke tiller.
With 450,260 miles on the clock, the old girl has been around, but judging by the condition has been well looked after and preserved.
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