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.
GRANT CONNOR’S AWARD-WINNING BAD APPLE 1967 FORD XR FALCON
Debuted at Summernats 29, Grant Connor’s candy-coloured Bad Apple Ford XR Falcon took home so much tinware, including People’s Choice, you could melt it down and build a Kia
CHRIS BITMEAD’S STUNNING 1976 FORD FALCON XB COUPE – XBOSS
Chris and Colleen Bitmead’s XB Falcon coupe XBOSS is a street-registered testament to Aussie workmanship and creativity
Rhys Christou’s Pro Street XR Falcon
Rhys Christou’s 427-cube Windsor-powered Ford XR Falcon continues a family tradition of rocking the Street Machine Summernats
383-CUBE CLEVELAND-POWERED FORD XB FALCON SEDAN
David Perry’s Ford XB Falcon sedan spent the most part of 20 years in pieces before being transformed into a stunning Summernats Top 60 show car
Windsor-powered XY Ford Fairmont
Home-built 302-powered XY Fairmont streeter runs twelves in luxury
438-Cube 675hp street-and-strip XT Fairmont
Street-driven 675hp Ford-powered XT Fairmont luxury street and strip monster
Video: Wayne Draper and the Phase VI Falcon
The late Wayne Draper is well known for his Blue Oval muscle cars including the original GTHO, but the XE Phase VI is his master work
STUNNING FORD XY FALCON PRO TOURER
Corey Phie’s amazing ’70 Falcon XY is the perfect mix of race and street
Ford XB Fairmont 302 – reader’s car of the week
Street Machine photographer Nathan Jacobs tells us about his Ford XB Fairmont
TWO CLASSICS, ONE COMMUTE – BLOWIN’ GASKETS
Serial SM correspondent Redmond has a serendipitous drive home from work
FORD FALCON XW UTE WITH A 2500HP TWIN-TURBO 440 WINDSOR
Another former workhorse-turn-mental-street-machine is Chris Wright’s XW 2500hp Falcon ute
Falcon XR6 Sprint drive
Scotty drives the new Ford Falcon XR6 Sprint, the last and most powerful turbo six Falcon ever
XR8 Sprint test drive – the good, the bad and the ugly
THE FG-X XR8 Falcon Sprint is the last Australian-produced V8 Falcon we’re ever likely to see, and we’ve managed to get our hands on one of these limited edition machines to take for a burn.
XBOSS FALCON ON TODAY TONIGHT – VIDEO
Check out the interview with Chris Bitmead and his stunning XBOSS XB Falcon from the Today Tonight program this week
XBOSS XB FALCON BUILD – PART 2
We continue our deep dive into the eight-year build of Chris and Colleen Bitmead’s Detroit Autorama-storming XBOSS Falcon
BRUCE DONALDSON – MY LIFE WITH CARS
Bruce Donaldson’s Dad has owned some pretty cool Fords over the years. Here’s some favourites from the family album
XBOSS XB FALCON BUILD – PART 1
We go deep into the eight-year build of Chris and Colleen Bitmead’s Detroit Autorama-storming XBOSS Falcon
Ford XA Fairmont 351 streeter
Ian loved the XA Falcon of his childhood so much, he had to get his own, but the family car never looked this good!
NINE-SECOND STREET TRIM FORD XW FALCON STREETER
No scoops, no turbos, no tubs – this nine-second street trim XW Falcon boasts over 700hp at the wheels and gets the job done the old-fashioned way
DAN ULREICH’S 1962 FALCON GASSER: HELL RAISER
Gassers don’t come much sweeter than Dan Ulreich’s candy-coated Falcon