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.
Sam Gauci’s tubbed 1975 Ford XB Falcon
Sam Gauci’s take on this 1980s street machining icon still has all the good bits in the right places
Simon Madigan’s 3000hp Ford big-block-powered XA Falcon GT hardtop – PRO GT
Built as a tribute to a good mate, this showstopping XA hardtop is ready to run deep into the fives
Aaron Apps’s 870hp Falcon XY GT replica
From rusty GT replica to Summernats Grand Champion runner-up, this XY has come a long way
Jason Loane’s KULPRIT XD Falcon
With 10-second time slips, alcohol in its veins and enough heavy metal up front to frighten a Top Fueller, Jason Loane’s XD means business on and off the track
Mother and son return to take on Street Machine Drag Challenge together
Drag Challenge 2025 will be another unforgettable family experience for DYO title holder Joel Lucas, with his mum also competing and dad as pit crew
Matt Teixeira’s XE Falcon panel van
Matt Teixeira takes ‘work from home’ to a new level, using his 1982 Falcon van as a mobile office while road-tripping up to Cooly Rocks On
Tarone Palmer’s 580hp, Windsor-powered XP Falcon hardtop
Tarone Palmer’s long-time fascination with XP coupes resulted in a 580hp street brawler dressed to the nines
Michael Brown’s 9-second, Barra-swapped XD ute – 06LAG
Michael Brown’s Barra-swapped XD ute packs epic smarts in a 9-second package
Nathan Boyle’s turbo 349-cube XR Falcon
It might look like a sweet stocker, but with boost aplenty under the bonnet, this XR’s ready to rumble
Flashback: Peter Grmusa’s mental ATRISK XR Falcon
Two builds, two Summernats burnout wins and 1000hp
Home-brewed 1967 ZA Fairlane 500 in the build
Scott Sheppard’s Pearl Blue ’67 Fairlane blends old-school grunt with modern comfort
Phil Dynon’s stock-bottom-end FPV F6 Typhoon ready to rock at Drag Challenge
Phil Dynon’s FPV F6 Typhoon still runs its factory stock-bottom-end Barra to knock on the door of eights and earn a podium place at Drag Challenge
Bruce Stephens’s Coyote-swapped XT Falcon ute
A beautifully restored XT ute with the grunty heart of a modern Mustang – that’s Bruce Stephens’s idea of a perfect weekend cruiser
Phil Lacey’s XC Cobra tribute ute
Ford never made an XC Cobra ute. Phil Lacey made his own
2025 Hardtop Anniversary
The 2025 Hardtop Anniversary saw lovers of XA-XC Falcon hardtops take over Tassie to celebrate five decades of Ford Australia’s iconic coupes
Sam Italia’s 434-cube XE Fairmont Ghia WLDXE
With its screaming, 8000rpm small-block pumping out 870hp, this XE Fairmont is one Aussie bruiser you don’t want to trifle with
Glenn Rewell’s Pro Street XB Falcon 500
Glenn Rewell took his forgotten Falcon 500 and rebuilt it into one hell of a tribute to the golden era of street machining
Seven-second Barra-powered XD Falcon
Speed Pro’s Marcus Cripps sticks 1400hp worth of turbo Barra into an XD Falcon to create a seven-second street monster
Kerry Chambers’s crazy pink XR Falcon ute
Kerry Chambers brings new meaning to the term ‘drag queen’
XW Falcon getting body-swapped onto an AU XR8, with rear-turbo V8 power!
Mad Kiwi Andy Etchell is dropping an XW shell onto an AU Falcon XR8 floor, and he’ll be feeding the Windsor with a rear turbo!