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.
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
KEVIN BARTLETT TALKS ABOUT HIS ’74 BATHURST WIN
Kevin Bartlett talks about his brilliant 1974 Bathurst victory with John Goss, driving the blue McLeod Ford Falcon XA GT coupe
371-cube Windsor powered XR Falcon
Andrew Goodwin’s XR Falcon looks pretty unassuming, until you step on it and 620 horses are let loose
Larry Orsmby’s XW GTHO Falcon
The legendary XW Falcon that was Aussie racer Larry Ormsby’s car, gets restored to its 60s/70s drag racing spec
MAD MAX-INSPIRED XC FALCON IN THE USA
With a little bit of inspiration from Mad Max, this all-Aussie XC Falcon looks right at home cruising highways in the US of A
VIDEO: INTERVIEW WITH XBOSS OWNER CHRIS BITMEAD
We talk to the man behind the incredible XBOSS Falcon
VIDEO: AMERICANS REACT TO THE AUSSIE XBOSS FALCON
The Yanks may have stopped making Ford Falcons in 1970, but they sure took a shine to XBOSS
VIDEO: CHECKING OUT THE XBOSS FALCON UP CLOSE
Let’s have a closer look inside, underneath and all over Chris Bitmead’s XBOSS
VIDEO: PREPARING THE XBOSS FALCON FOR THE DETROIT AUTORAMA
The XBOSS crew prepare the Ridler contenting XB Falcon coupe for its Detroit Autorama reveal
XBOSS FORD XB FALCON – FIRE UP!
Our first look at Chris Bitmead’s mighty XB Faclon coupe
Falcon XR6 and XR8 Sprint models confirmed with up to 400kW
FORD reveals its final fast Falcon models, with more grunt from its turbo six and supercharged V8 engines
Blown 565HP Ford XM Futura coupe
Blue, blown and tubbed – Dick Tierney’s XM Futura is the realisation of a 20-year dream
TWO SEVEN-SECOND FALCON XW STREETERS
The crew from Dandy Engines deliver a pair of hard hitting seven-second XW Falcon streeters
351 Clevo-powered XY GT replica
Paul Cassar’s XY Falcon is a stunning GT replica with a cool rest-mod bent. We look back to our June 2014 issue
Darren Blackman’s Blaze Blue XB GT hardtop
We join Darren Blackman on his first cruise in his show-spec XB GT Falcon coupe
1JZ-swapped 1964 XM Ford Falcon: Reader’s car of the week
Turbo Jap power turns this classic XM Falcon into a strip stormer
Ford XB Fairmont coupe – reader’s car of the week
Anthony Thomas has spent eight years perfecting his XB coupe