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.

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

VIDEO: PSIPOP – BUDGET RACER RUNS MID-NINES
Boosted ED Falcon budget drag car runs in the nines with an ex-taxi motor

Scott MacFadyen’s stunning XT Falcon ute
The Ford XT ute that shares a shed with an LX Holden Torana

Plastic surgeon – Peter Arcadipane
Many Street Machine readers will know who Peter Arcadipane is. His name is among the immortals for the nosejob he did on the star of Mad Max. No, not Mel — the real star, The Last of the V8 Interceptors

THE REAL STORY OF THE MAD MAX XB GT FALCON
Mad Max: Fury Road is creating a new generation of fans, but you can’t beat the magic of the original. If you’ve never read it before, this is the true story of The Last of the V8s

GALLERY: LAST OF THE V8 INTERCEPTORS
The Mad Max Interceptor, last of the V8s and the car that launched a thousand imitators. Well, a few dozen at least, and few could claim to be as correct as Kerry Turley’s amazing tribute to the road warrior

Taverna Brothers Engineering’s BAD ATTITUDE FG Falcon
Taverna Brothers Engineering’s new G6E Falcon is a monster!

SMOTY Hall of Fame – Craig Parker’s TUFFXY
Craig Parker’s TUFFXY Fairmont was a ground-breaking car back in 1991 – and the first Ford to take out Street Machine of the Year

FPV GT-F – the last GT Falcon
Ford finally tore the covers off the much anticipated FPV GT-F a couple days ago, and we were there to give it plenty of welly

Sneak preview: Insane Falcon in the build
Powered by a Jon Kaase Boss-style engine, the only parts on the car that will remain stock will be the roof skin and pillars.

Le Brese XC to take on the yanks at SEMA
QUEENSLAND car crafter Adam Le Brese is headed to the prestigious SEMA show in Las Vegas and is taking his newly-completed XC Falcon hardtop with him.