Ford XY Falcon GTHO phase III Australia's No.1 Muscle Car.
Image source: Flickr
Image source: Flickr
When built the XYGT Falcon was the fastest four door family car built anywhere in the world. It has a 351 cubic inch (5.8 litre) Cleveland V8 and delivers between 350 to 380 bhp (270–280KW) and had 380 ft/lbs ( 513 Nm ) of torque @ 3400 rpm.
It also came with a Twin point dizzy, and a 780cfm 4 barrel Holley carburettor.
The gearbox was the bullet proof 4 speed Toploader, and the gear ratios were
1st: 2.32:1
2nd: 1.93:1
3rd: 1.36:1
4th: 1.00:1
Reverse: 2.78:1
It came with a Ford 9 inch limited slip differential with a 3.25:1 ratio
Image source: Flickr
The phase 3 had a top speed of 225 km/h or 142 mph @ 6150 rpm,
It could do 0 – 60mph (0 – 100km/h) – 6.4 seconds
And a standing ¼ mile (400m) in 14.2 seconds,
this was straight off the showroom floor. These cars originally sold for about $5159 and now can fetch a price of between $650,000 to $750,000 in genuine condition.
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Beautiful cars! We don't have these in the US, but I always loved the Falcon from Mad Max.
They are a pretty awesome car, the Falcon in Mad Max was an XB and was built from 1973 to 1976. I had 2 XB's V8 when I was younger, great cars too. Cheers and thanks for your comment.
No problem! I love cars, especially Ford Muscle cars.
Interesting cars. They remind me the first movie of Mad Max.
You know the Ford Mustang first generation was based on the Ford Falcon.
The first movie of Mad Max had the XB Falcon, they came out a few years after this model. They were great cars I learnt to drive in these cars they were very fast and powerful, got myself in a bit of trouble back then. Cheers
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Very nice cars I didnt know a lot about Falcon but yeah those numbers and a car itself , nice machines 😁
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Thanks for the interest, these were awesome cars in their day, the series of GT's started in 1967 - 1976. There was 6 different models in the series and they were leading the world at the time for innovation, they were basically selling racing cars directly to the public. Cheers.
I agree nice post. Nice machines as you say!
That is an awesome looking car. American has its own irresistible charm.
My favorite American car is the Ford Mustang Boss 429, their beasts. Cheers
Thanks for this, there is this car club near my house for old MG models, some of them have three wheels. So cool.
Have you checked out www.wheelwell.com? It is kind of like facebook but for cars.
My dream car that I put on there in my "garage" is the Rolls Royce Ghost Series II. Have you seen it?
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