1973 Ford Falcon Xb Gt Coupe

Howard astill built xb gt falcon hardtop at the rear the sedans scored wrap around tail lights while the coupe lights moved to a flush fitting two piece design ford s two millionth car was an xb but as that base model falcon rolled off the production line it lost its newsworthiness when gough whitlam found himself searching positions.

1973 ford falcon xb gt coupe. We re looking at a tribute mad max v8 interceptor 1973 ford falcon xb gt coupe. Today i m speaking with brian grams director of the volo auto museum. The car s located at volo auto museum 27582. The road warrior it is based on a 1973 ford falcon xb gt coupe which was modified to become a police interceptor by the main force patrol the vehicle also makes an appearance in mad max.

It was the second iteration of the third generation of this australian made model and also included the ford fairmont xb the luxury oriented version of the falcon. The v8 interceptor also known as a pursuit special is driven by max rockatansky at the end of mad max and for the first half of mad max 2. Maxwell mad max rockatansky mel gibson is offered the black pursuit special as an incentive to stay on the force as their top pursuit man after he reveals his desire to resign. The ford falcon xb is a full size car that was produced by ford australia from 1973 to 1976.