CARS N' RUGZ ~ RICK'S FALC

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Good bita kit.

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A few weeks back I ran into my mate Ricky at a gig. I watched the cheeky bugga reach behind the bar once or twice and help his glass to a nice ale on the house. It wasn't too long after he was hanging upside down from the ceiling during the set.


While he might seem a bit skitz (which he definitely is), he has his head screwed on pretty tight (ARP studz). And for a good reason. Ricky is boosted, you see it in everything he does.

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(BC's, battery relocate, bigga Pulsar turbo, intake, phat front mount)

I love writing about cars. I also love writing about the headz that own them. So while he might be tripping his landy to find good surf, and spending long nights sorting out his Patrol/Maverick situation (becoming a body work beast) it's time to pay some attention to his Ford Falcon.

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Top bloke. After finishing at up at Tafe for the day he pulled into the shed for some quick pics and a run through. We admired how unbelievably good having a car industry was.

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Having a stare reminded me of my mates twenny thirst last year when Ricky pulled up in the falc.


We had that typical blokes moment where we all just packed up shop and went out to the car park for a geez. Sex, drugs and rock&roll are great, but fun machines and mans best friend are always cooler. 

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So as a pack we stood around the ute and listened to Ricky talk about his car. I remember him telling us about his admiration and aspirations of the Falcon generations (bar). Even as a kid it was clear to Ricky - he wanted a Falcon. Funny looking back. There's this clip in the Kitch video part where Michael Mieruszynski does kicky indy grab in front of an Aussie Fed Police Falcon and the raza approve.

 

I used to watch Michael and Dean's part over & over. For the skating but also because I couldn't stream the song used, and it took a minute before I bought the album. But the result was a strong attraction to how aus-spec that clip was. When I filmed/edited Ricky's part in Karass I made sure to include his old man dropping him at the skatepark in the Falcon. You'll have to skip to roughly the 14 minute mark.


It's funny how much skateboarding bleeds into everything. That philosophy; style in execution. It's the same with cars. While the falc might be real nice it's still driven like the AFP are comin to seize it (only in Mexico of course).

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Big love Ricardo. Always great to hang - skate soon and maybe even time to start getting clips again?

In the meantime here's one to track your trips to Mexico - Drive Zone.

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Adelaide based. No real consistency just yarns, plain and simple.

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