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.
Darren Bonnici’s 347 Windsor-powered XP hardtop
Darren Bonnici’s love for his XP hardtop spans four decades, several rebuilds and even a trial separation
Gurney Eagle-equipped XR Ford Falcon
A pro street toughie with vintage race-bred Windsor bits under the bonnet, Bernie Roeschmann’s XR launched straight into the Summernats Top 60
AFLW star and boxing champion Tayla Harris’s XB coupe
AFLW Premiership winner and boxing champion Tayla Harris is also a muscle car enthusiast, and she’s got the XB coupe to prove it
Where are they now? Lorry Gatt’s XA GT hardtop
Nearly 40 years after it appeared in Street Machine, this tough Falcon hardtop is still dropping jaws
Gary Satara’s OVAKIL XA hardtop
Gary Satara’s blown XC-fronted XA Falcon coupe OVAKIL was one of the most famous Aussie street cars of its era
1999-2003 Ford AU Falcon TS50 used car guide
Built to take on HSV’s V8s, Tickford turned its hand to the unloved AU and created Blue Oval performance gold
Manuel Darmanin’s Candy Apple 351-powered XA coupe
This Candy Apple creation is the result of plenty of bux and heaps of…Manuel’s labour
BOSS XC: Peter Lewis’s Astill-built XC Falcon
Peter Lewis’s Kaase-powered, Astill-built XC is a tech-packed and street-ready masterpiece
Paul Tinning’s XP Falcon hardtop
With a twin-turbo Viper V10 and incredible finish, Paul Tinning’s XP coupe is a pro touring masterpiece
Barra-powered XD Falcon pro drift car
Danny Probert turned an XD Falcon paddock-basher into a tyre-shredding pro drift car
Ben Gatt’s family heirloom XT Fairmont reborn
Benny Gatt turns his late dad’s old XT into the cruiser he’d always dreamed about
LS1-powered XW Falcon Fairmont GS
Sticking an LS motor in a classic XW Fairmont is tantamount to Heresy for some, but Jon Freni did it anyway, leaving the naysayers in his dust
The Fords of Shannons’ 2023 Winter Online Auction
We take a look at some of the tough Fords up for grabs at the Shannons 2023 Winter Online Auction, which ends tonight!
Video: Aussie drifter is taking a BF Falcon to Japan!
Queenslander Luke Fink is shipping his XR6 BF Falcon all the way to Japan to show how good Aussie cars are at going sideways
905hp Clevor-powered XY Fairmont ready for Pacemaker Radial Aspirated action
Tony Di Biagio of TDR Engines is bringing his mammoth XY Fairmont back to Drag Challenge to show what the aspirated fellas are made of
Simon Andrus’s elite XB Falcon GT tribute
Simon Andrus put together his dream XB Falcon pro streeter and unleashed a 620hp beast
Rob Herrington’s 800hp XY Falcon
Drenched in acres of black and punching out north of 800hp, Rob Herrington’s all-motor XY is a streeter to fear
Video: The last-ever XC Falcon Cobra, restored by Howard Astill
Cobra number 400 cops a full restoration by Howard Astill
Flashback: TUF58 XY Falcon V8
We look back at Nick Karathanasopoulos’s brutal XY GT
Young gun Connor Chiarelli’s XY Falcon
The build of 22-year-old Connor Chiarelli’s tough XY was a father-and-son project