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.
Sarah Heaney’s Barra-powered Ford EB Falcon
Sarah Heaney waved the Barra flag for her first Street Machine Drag Challenge
Anthony Caruana’s Summernats Street Champion XD Falcon
A quick Ford XD Falcon resto to replace Anthony Caruana’s beloved first car somehow turned into this show-quality cruiser
Seven-second street-driven 1971 Ford XY Fairmont – 1BADXY
Bobi Mircevski’s all-steel XY Falcon is a comfortable cruiser with full interior, yet has no trouble laying down solid seven-second passes
408-cube 1964 Ford XM Falcon
Not many people hang on to their first car, let alone turn it into something as sweet as Mat Salvador’s Ford XM Falcon
500hp 1971 Ford XY Falcon GTHO replica
You know someone has the speed but when their cruiser is a 500-horse Falcon XY GT
Wolfgang Backer’s Ford XY Fairmont
Around 14 years ago, Wolfgang Backer had a magazine photo on his fridge – a black XY Falcon, the type of car that dreams are made of.
Pat O’Shea’s nine-second 1967 Ford XR Fairmont
With consistent nine-second performance, yet good enough to show, Pat O’Shea’s Ford XR Fairmont has it all
Nine-second nitrous Windsor-powered Ford XY ute
Jason Walter’s XY ute just loves the giggle gas
XR GT-style 1966 Falcon Sports Coupe
A 1966 Falcon Sports Coupe morphed into the two-door XR GT Ford should have built
Nitrous 434ci Dart Windsor-powered Ford XW Falcon
Marcus Howe’s gas-huffing XW Falcon runs mid-nines, drops the kids at school and even does some circuit racing!
Street Machine: January 2019
We’re bringing in the new year with a bumper 244-page Street Machine Drag Challenge special
Frank Marchese’s 200mph XW Fairmont takes out Drag Challenge 2018
With a twin-turbo 450ci Ford under the bonnet and leaf springs under the rear, Frank Marchese’s seven-second XW is Australia’s quickest street car
Nine-second 440-cube XY GT at Drag Challenge 2018
Peter Haravitsidis’s XY Falcon takes out the runner-up spot in the Pacemaker Radial Aspirated class at Drag Challenge
Tuff Mounts Outlaw Aspirated quickest cars – Video
All the action from the Tuff Mounts Outlaw Aspirated class at Drag Challenge 2018
Lewis Cromey’s Ford XM Falcon
Young gun Lewis Cromey has been cruising around in this super-cool XM Falcon ute since he first got his licence
XF Falcon sleeper cracks the eight-second zone
Shane Neumann turned his dad’s ute from an original stocker into a eight-second Barra-powered weapon
Barra-powered XH Falcon panel van
Ford never sold its XH Falcons with Barra power, but Adrian Abela’s shows just how cool they can be with some turbo-fed DOHC six-pot grunt!
1100hp turbo Barra XD Falcon survivor at Drag Challenge 2018
Sean Anthony’s XD Falcon is a 155mph monster thanks to a Pro Mod-turbocharged Barra
Drag Challenge, an outsider’s perspective – Video
Luke from Fullboost joins Jason Ghiller in the Tunnel Vision XD Falcon for Drag Challenge
11-second small-block Ford-powered XL Falcon ute at Drag Challenge 2018
Bruce Howie’s 450hp XL ute has been running consistent 11s so far at DC 2018