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Bill Hara · 04-06-06, 10:03 PM

I think it is interesting that the US decided to stop the Falcons in the 60s in favour of the Mustang and other lines (Crown Victoria's etc). Ford Australia had been importing the Falcons from 1961 (I think) and continued to do so through the 60's, with only minor mods to the styling and of course the Right Hand Drive changes. With Shelby tweaking Mustangs in the USA, Ford Australia got the drift and began tweaking their Falcon range and that is how the Falcon GT was born in 1967. The GT was predominantly a 4 door model (1971 GT HO briefly held the fastest 4 door sedan in the world - title) with only the 1972 XA and 1974 XB (Mad Max)GT's offering a coupe body style. The 1976-1979 XC coupes did not come out as GT's (only as blue and white Cobra's) as Ford Australia lost its direction on the Performance front and infact ceased with a V8 altogether after 1983 - since never producing another coupe Falcon.
The GT returned along with an EFI V8 in 1993 as the EB Falcon GT - a limited edition release, and again in 1997 as the EL Falcon GT, also a limited edition release.
In 2002 with the introduction of the BA Falcon, the GT made it's long awaited comeback as a regular model and has proven to be hugely successful to Ford Australia and it's performance arm FPV.
I believe the Ford Falcon is Ford Worldwide's longest running continuous model.
Pete's car is the BF GT-P and is an absolute ripper car, so I suppose Pete should give us his driving impressions on his new "daily driver".

Well done Pete.

Bill.

04-06-06, 10:03 PM	#67 (permalink)
Bill Hara Bill Haralambakis Old Hand Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Melbourne GT40: RF Posts: 692 Rep Power: 13	Re: An appropriate Tow Vehicle I think it is interesting that the US decided to stop the Falcons in the 60s in favour of the Mustang and other lines (Crown Victoria's etc). Ford Australia had been importing the Falcons from 1961 (I think) and continued to do so through the 60's, with only minor mods to the styling and of course the Right Hand Drive changes. With Shelby tweaking Mustangs in the USA, Ford Australia got the drift and began tweaking their Falcon range and that is how the Falcon GT was born in 1967. The GT was predominantly a 4 door model (1971 GT HO briefly held the fastest 4 door sedan in the world - title) with only the 1972 XA and 1974 XB (Mad Max)GT's offering a coupe body style. The 1976-1979 XC coupes did not come out as GT's (only as blue and white Cobra's) as Ford Australia lost its direction on the Performance front and infact ceased with a V8 altogether after 1983 - since never producing another coupe Falcon. The GT returned along with an EFI V8 in 1993 as the EB Falcon GT - a limited edition release, and again in 1997 as the EL Falcon GT, also a limited edition release. In 2002 with the introduction of the BA Falcon, the GT made it's long awaited comeback as a regular model and has proven to be hugely successful to Ford Australia and it's performance arm FPV. I believe the Ford Falcon is Ford Worldwide's longest running continuous model. Pete's car is the BF GT-P and is an absolute ripper car, so I suppose Pete should give us his driving impressions on his new "daily driver". Well done Pete. Bill.