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Workers in Sydney Illegally Move a Parked Car with a Forklift

If there's one thing car guys hate, it's people touching their stuff without permission and we're pretty sure the owner of this Ford sedan is a car guy. Even though he parked it in designated spot, a couple of workers decide to move it across the street using a forklift.
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The reason seems to be that a large delivery truck had arrived and needs to get inside the yard on the right. But just because you can do something for your own personal gain doesn't means you actually should do it.

The car's owner won't take lightly to seeing this video, especially since the forklift could have damaged the underside or bent the chassis during lifting. On their first attempt, the nose-heavy Falcon almost falls off and using cardboard to protect the paintwork hardly seems like an affective move.

Ford has pretty much stopped making these awesome large sedans, so even though this one is a bit old, it will be worth a lot of money with time. So shame on them for not taking care of Australia's automotive heritage.

It's interesting to note that this is Sydney, which last time we checked was in Australia, but the guy with the cardboard is speaking some sort of Arabic dialect with the guy filming the video. Meanwhile, the guy behind the wheels appears to be from China.

It's kind of weird to watch a small forklift pick up a massive Ford Falcon sedan. However, the specialist bit of equipment is designed to lift all sorts of heavy things. See that big block hanging over the rear tires? That's a counterweight that weighs at least 1 ton and it's made entirely out of solid metal, compensating for the weight of the car.

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About the author: Mihnea Radu
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Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida.
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