If you’re a fan of the Blue Oval, we have one the largest collections of stories and images of fast Fords on the planet! Our local Falcons of course feature prominently, but we’ve got plenty of Cortinas, Capris, Zephyrs, Escorts, Galaxies, Fairlanes, Fairmonts, GT40s, F100s and of course Mustangs as well. 40 years worth, in fact!
SMOTY 2016 #16: RHYS CHRISTOU’S 1967 FORD XR FALCON
Valvoline Street Machine of the Year 2016 contender: Rhys Christou’s immaculate windsor-powered 1967 XR Ford Falcon
Turbo 1980 Ford Escort Sundowner van
Having twice been brought back from the dead, it’s finally time to rise and shine for Glenn Grant’s Escort Sundowner
MARSHALL PERRON’S 1966 PRO TOURING MUSTANG
Car nut and former NT Chief Minister Marshall Perron will be bringing his stunning Mustang convertible to Red CentreNATS this September
UNDER SIEGE – BLOWIN’ GASKETS
All is not well in the Holden-revering Kingdom of Redmond, as a Japanese invader threatens to breach the castle walls
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
HOLMAN MOODY 427-POWERED FORD XL500 GALAXIE HARDTOP
Surviving three earthquakes during the build, this monster Ford XL500 Galaxie packs a super-rare GT40 Le Mans-spec 427ci side oiler and 650hp
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
1966 Ford Mustang: Reader’s car of the week
Nicole Bridge’s ’66 Mustang oozes character and still wears the faded markings of its early days as a Can-Am series pace car
EIGHT-SECOND FORD CAPRI WITH A TWIN-TURBO CHEV 350
There’s a twin-turbo Chev in George Chalikouras’s well-packaged eight-second Capri
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
RESTOMOD PRO TOURER 1969 FORD MUSTANG FASTBACK
Melbourne’s RestoMod Performance blends the best bits of 1969 and 2015 Ford Mustangs to create a wild pro touring pony car