AH, FORD Falcon! How we miss thee. You arrived in Australia as an American design, but you were soon adapted to local conditions. And when the Yanks cruelly dropped you, we kept the dream alive with our own spin on the concept, growing in size and sophistication with each generation until Ford gave up on local manufacturing altogether in 2016.
Young gun’s shed-find XC Falcon 500 panel van in the build
Rescued from a shed by a young spray painter, this classic Aussie icon is shaping up to be a stunning Sundowner tribute
Les Woolridge’s XL Ford Falcon panel van
There’s a lot more to this early Falcon gear-hauler than first meets the eye
Pro Touring 1964 Ford XM Futura coupe
Beauty is more than skin deep with Mike King’s Ford XM Futura coupe
Serena Channing’s hot-pink XD Fairmont Ghia
Ford fanatic Serena Channing’s 351 Clevo-powered XD is built for both street and race duties
Bailey Djuric’s screaming NASCAR-powered XY ute
After this XY ute had sat around in primer for 20 years, it took just eight months to turn it into a tyre-frying monster
Kon Voulinos’s restomod Wild Plum XA GT Falcon
An immaculate matching-numbers XA GT, tastefully modified for radically improved on-road performance
Nick Cini’s Boss 290-powered XB hardtop
Nick Cini’s intimidating XB hardtop might have been inspired by a certain Pursuit Special, but its considerable grunt comes from a more modern source
CRANKYB: Dave Flohr’s 393ci XB GS Fairmont
From rough beginnings to stunning cruiser, Dave Flohr’s tough XB GS has been reborn after a nine-year, ground-up rebuild
Dave Waddington’s turbo Barra-powered XE Falcon ESP
We caught up with Dave Waddington and his 1247hp turbo XE Falcon ESP at Powercruise 97, where he scored a PB at the drags
Frank Zammit’s stunning ENDLESS XW Falcon ute
It’s a good thing Frank Zammit’s XW is a ute, because he had to haul plenty of tinware home from Summernats 37!
George Salmas’s XD Falcon – Red Rat
Looking back on the tough, but classy, blown Clevo-powered XD Falcon dubbed Red Rat
Michael Jones’s 1967 Ford Futura Sports coupe
This Ford is rare and cool with a sweet V8 rumble – what more could you ask for?
Young gun: Turbo crossflow-powered XF Falcon
22-year-old Adam Patruno was hands-on with the build of his XF and dreams of hitting the drag strip one day
Aaron Hamilton’s 1200hp, turbo Intech-powered XD Falcon
Aaron Hamilton’s XD went from a barbecue gas-huffing budget streeter to a 1200hp strip-stormer with a turbocharged, single-overhead-cam Intech six
Peter Grmusa’s 2100hp KINGXA Falcon
Peter Grmusa is back on the pad, and his thunderous XA is already bringing home the bacon
Road test: BA XR6 Turbo Ford Falcon ute
Ford’s XR6 Turbo utility is as far removed from its rural workhorse origins as it’s possible to get
Gavin Hall’s 600hp Red Pepper XA Falcon
Gavin Hall’s custom red-on-red 1973 XA Falcon sedan was mostly home-built, with some help from his son and some close mates
Flashback: Marcos Ambrose’s 2003 championship-winning BA Falcon V8 supercar
Long before Marcos Ambrose sat inside his title-winning BA, someone else had been there for 1000 hours. With a TIG welder
700hp, tunnel-rammed Clevor-powered XA Falcon hardtop
Bekim Bilbilov took a concours-restored XA GT tribute and turned it into something far more interesting via 700hp worth of shove
Nathan from Hackshop Garage has a new rig ready for Optima Ultimate Street Car
Armed only with factory steelies, a sun visor, and a budget turbo Ford six, Nathan Camilleri’s XE Falcon GL runs deep into the 10s