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IMPORTANT

Where it began
Chief Superintendent
 HUGH HOOKEY 

The CANDY CARS  GT-HO Research shows  that  the candy colours  appearance of the Police cars was present in England circa 1968 with the fluro or day glo red /orange striping on white cars on Fords  & MGs

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It was the head of the Traffic branch of Victoria Police Chief  Superintendent Hugh L HOOKEY that instigated the use of S CARS 'SPECIAL' Candy coloured supercars 

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 COPYRIGHT& CREDITS

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IMPORTANT  Please Do NOT share or copy PHOTOS or NEWS ETC. unless for projects review  educational or study purpose

Please use a link to the website or relevant page *This website is for educational and historic information ONLY...the Victoria Police Museum has copyright on many of the photos compiled for the Police Transport History by Ian Meates POLICE FALCON GT HO Super 145 MPH HIGHWAY PURSUIT INTERCEPTORS candycars archive & education purpose non commercial use The Age The Herald The Sun & all Media items and adverts are copyright articles . Fair use applies as this is group and related website and facebook pages are for educational and historical study and archive record.

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CREDITS & SOURCE

*Acknowledgement This website is a result of information shared thanks to all the contributors for the valuable input the Police Living History Museum Cesar Ziccone,

Caroline Oxley |  Research Officer Victoria Police Museum and Historical Unit

Media & Corporate Communications| Victoria Police photos -Victoria Police History Museum via  Ian Meates Ron Veldman   

Jim Bartok, Kerry Meates Andrew Tootell Don Campanile Darin Sheahan Philip Copsey Peter Tampion Sergeant David Bell Snr Sergeant David Carey Aristotelis Pavlidis Mick Whykes Les Groom Nick Karadimas Peter Delis Murray King Paul King Cheryl Carstensen Chris Keating Mal Owen Robert Levier Ken Downie family  Ross Vasse and  Ian Meates who is the original source of collecting most of the Victoria Police Car & transport Photos we see circulated It took a dedicated 10 years to compile the 640 images and research the vehicle types worthy of recognition the Photos are copyright of the Victoria Police Museum, the State library of Victoria, the Herald Sun , The Age, The Ballarat Courier, The Truth, The Bendigo Advertiser, Police Life, The Border MAIL and other  related Newspapers and Magazines, Ford Motor company customer service,Victoria Police member contributors to this site *Aus Cop Cars & *Victoria Police Vehicles Facebook pages groups friends & all contributors..thx DRAGONSLiVED

Chris ISGOOD Administrator

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Disclaimer: News Items and Photos are Copyright Please do not copy only use within the limitations of "Fair use " which applies to This Website is a Study Group connected to 8 XA CANDY CAR facebook group is for Educational and historical purpose only this is a non profit study of Police transport history and Police vehicles of the Victoria Police Highway Patrol and related items of interest .The contents  and comments are those expressed as a result  of  information sourced researched supplied or an informed opinion or conclusion due to an absence of documented information on the content and subject This information is not to be relied on for its accuracy unless a source is recorded. Due to  the period of the early candy cars 1972 and 1973 being a sensitive political and economical challenge for the car manufacturers. There were denials  by Ford Motor Company that the  1972 XA  falcon GT HO ever existed and the  reference to that  model  was removed by Ford. The Ford Dealers were issued the Ford dealers bulletins that  stated so.

 Photos and reference material is Copyright  and  the property of the owners  and may not be reproduced  with the exception for use in educational purpose or school projects 

 If the use is  for educational purpose or accepted exempted  uses Please create a link to this website or related webpage https://8xagtho.wixsite.com/candycars 

 Fair dealing  applies the  material is obtained for Informative , educational, criticism and correction of fact .It is  an extension of INTERCEPTOR search & GT-HO RESEARCH concern the 8XACCG study group dedicated study of the  Police   Ford  PURSUIT FALCON GT 1967-1976  V8 289 V8 302 V8 351 and HO HIGHWAY PATROL  INTERCEPTORS and related cars   It is for non commercial use Any information on this website is for the user to form an opinion as to the accuracy and not to be relied on without cross referencing with independent research . The creator of this website is not liable for any legal claims whatsoever for any damages  for reliance any of the  information expressed on this website  

We accept no responsibility for the accuracy of this information and accept no responsibility whatsoever for the content and opinions they are purely for discussion. No claims legal or otherwise whatsoever or indemnity shall be made.

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FAIR DEALINGS

The main exceptions to copyright infringement in Australia come under the general heading fair dealing. Fair dealing is comparable to the United States' fair use; it is a use of a work specifically recognised as not being a copyright violation. In order to be a fair dealing under Australian law a use must fall within a range of specific purposes. These purposes vary by type of work, but the possibilities are:

  • review or criticism

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In order for a certain use to be a fair dealing, it must fall within one of these purposes and must also be 'fair'. What is fair will depend on all the circumstances, including the nature of the work, the nature of the use and the effect of the use on any commercial market for the work.

Fair dealing is not the same as fair use. This has, for example, been interpreted by US courts to allow for reasonable personal use of works, e.g. media-shifting, which would not necessarily be permitted under Australia's fair dealing laws. Australian copyright law does, however, have a number of additional specific exceptions which permit uses which may fall outside of both fair dealing and fair use. For example, a number of exceptions exist which permit specific uses of computer software. 

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