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more about #fordfalcon more comments → LandofMinos, cast thou evil bum dragger to thy scrapyard: I think the pick-up is an FX Holden ute circa 1950. #madmax more » LandofMinos, cast thou evil bum dragger to thy scrapyard: @ Ben Summer in NSW or summer in Americaland? #madmax more » High Speed Indeed: Could they have possible named their station anything more cliched than Sky News 4? I wonder if they have a Chopper 4... #madmax more » ChiefPontiaxe: FWIW a few years ago when I took a tour of one of the Hollywood studios, I saw a display of a screen-used Holden Interceptor from "Road Warrior" and t... more » logruszed: Because in the future, when gas is scarce, what you really want is blowers the size of small houses. #madmax more » Elhigh: The Falcon XB smacks strongly of the AMC Javelin of the same era, to me. I've sometimes wondered how many drums of Bondo it'd take to sculpt up an In... more » LTDScott: Whoa, is that an FX Holden rat rod? Do want! #madmax more » Franzouse: That hotrod looks ridiculous, probably some dumb-ass movie executive's idea of a "real hard core rod"... just wrong for this. #madmax more » Jim-Bob: I shudder at the screwed up details on Max's Ford. The original is gloss black, not satin, the original's headlight covers were clear, not mesh, The M... more » PatFromGundo: Wonder who's going to play the role of "Sugart*ts?" #madmax more » snapoversteer 'bout to get told: Mad Max Origins: The Rise of Toe Cutter Mad Max Begins Mad Maxerer: When Humongous Met Wez #madmax more » that ain't the way to have fun, son: Dupe post... more » that ain't the way to have fun, son: I hope, if anything, it's the movie which should be in-between Mad Max and The Road Warrior. There was a large gap which I never liked. Plus, you ca... more » ProfessorFate: That would be an Ford XB Falcon Interceptor. #madmax more » Froggmann: Holden Interceptor? That's what the Nightrider was driving. Both of Max's interceptors were both Falcon XBs. #madmax more » -
#moviecars
The Cars Of Mad Max 4: First Look
After we revealed yesterday Mad Max 4: Fury Road is green-lit, director George Miller's provided a sneak-peak at two cars from the new movie. One is the Max's iconic supercharged Interceptor, the other, a monster-motored hot-rod pickup. More » -
#newcars
Ford FPV Falcon GS Sedan And Ute Go Retro
Australia's Ford Performance Vehicles has updated their Falcon lineup by resurrecting the GS trim for both the large Falcon sedan and Ute. Retrohoonanism anyone? More » -
#downonthejunkyard
Pair Of Early-60s Ford Rancheros Will Go To Crusher As A Team
Would you believe that the same junkyard with matching white Volvo Amazons also boasts a pair of matching white Ford Falcon Rancheros? More » -
#racing
Got Six Cylinders And Uses Them All: NASCAR's Falcons, Valiants, and Corvairs
When we think of NASCAR in the early 60s, we think of big cars. Impalas. Furies. Galaxies. But for two glorious years, Detroit's new compacts took to the tracks in NASCAR-sanctioned events. More » -
#backtobasics
Nine Great Bare-Necessity-Mobiles
Yesterday, GM announced a return to basics. That's good because sometimes, mobility alone is all we can afford. Few bare-bones cars had something making them more than basic transportation. Some, starting with the Model T, did. Here's our favorites. More » -
#racing
A Visit To Holman Moody Makes 24 Hours Of LeMons Staff Reconsider $500 Limit
When you've got a few hours to kill before catching your flight out of Charlotte, North Carolina, what do you do? Pound Retsina-and-Schlitz Boilermakers at the airport bar… or check out Holman Moody's shop? More » -
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#downonthestreet
1963 Ford Falcon
Since we started off the week with a Falcon cartruck, we might as well take a look at an early Falcon with no truck bed. This '63 usually parks on the same block as the '69 VW Beetle, not far from where a Navy A7 crashed in the early 70s and became a grim Alameda legend. We've seen a couple of Falcons in this series, including a '62 and another '63 (if you consider the Mercury Comet to be a Falcon, then we've also seen this '64 and this '65). More » -
#elcamino
PUTC Sets Up Aussie Sh-Ute-Out Between Holden VE And Ford Falcon FG, We Demand Dibs On Round Two!
Color us here at Jalopnik red with jealousy. Our friends at PickupTrucks.com sent their Aussie stringer James Stanford out back to let him get in touch with his inner hoon. What better way to do it than by running a brand spankin' new 2008 Holden VE Ute head-to-head with a 2008 Ford Falcon FG Ute? Stanford found out all the really important technical details on the two new car-based pickups — like both can hold a slab of 24 stubbies (beer bottles) behind each seat. Yes, the important technical details were covered, but how do each Ute do at going frontways? Sideways? Backways? You'll have to head over to PUTC for the specifics, but according to Stanford, the Ford out-drags the Holden, but the Holden took down the Falcon by a few tenths of a second in the almost-quarter-mile. We think we'd probably call that a tie. Sounds to us like they should send team Jalopnik over for the round two, eh? More » -
#newcars
Full Details On Ford Australia's Multi-Flavored FPV Falcon Lineup
When Ford of Australia first announced their lineup of F6 FPV lineup we didn't pay too much attention to the various minor differences in the F6 Falcon lineup. Little did we know how far the Ford Performance Vehicle group was going to go in order to meet the needs of anyone with the cash to throw around $60,000+ USD on V8-powered goodness. Each vehicle in this range comes with the new 5.4-Liter Boss V8 good for 422 horsepower and 407 lb-ft of torque mated to a ZF six-speed auto transmission or TR6060 six-speed manual gearbox. The GT is your basic high-performance sedan while the GT P takes it a couple of steps further. The GT E is at the upper extreme, offering similar performance without all the boy racer styling and colors for the hoon with a briefcase. Press release below the jump. More » -
#downonthestreet
1965 Mercury Comet 202
Hey, if you shoot enough photos of old cars on the streets of Alameda, sooner or later you'll get a shot that looks something like a Robert Bechtle painting! The photo above made me almost happy enough to forget my frustration that there's a super-original, 4-speed-equipped '68 AMX parked a couple doors down from this Comet... in a driveway, and thus off-limits to DOTS. The pain! More » -
#melbourneinternationalmotorshow
2008 Ford FG Falcons Are Here, Holden To Your Seats
The wait is finally over and the new Australian Ford Falcons are here. Known as the FG Falcon, this seventh generation of the Falcon appears to be packing the goods to compete with the venerable Holden Commodore. This RWD sedan will come in XT, G-Series and XR trim levels with a variety of engines. The Ute version will include a base, R6 and XR trim. In addition to the base inline-six, the Falcon gets a turbocharged version good for 362 horsepower and 393 lb.-ft. of torque. At the top end is the 5.4-liter Boss V8 good for 388 horsepower and 383 lb.-ft. of torque. Press release and more pics of the Aussie car-truck goodness below the jump. More »
