Une autre voiture qui est pour moi aussi une légende :
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Before we drool on about its authenticity, we must first ask: what is a '74 XB Falcon?
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The XB Falcon was the first of the primarily home-grown Ford Falcon designs; previous iterations were based almost entirely on their American Falcon namesakes, with only differences for local customs (right-hand drive, etc). Ford was finally shifting units, gaining on GM's dominant Holden brand, so when news filtered out of Dearborn that the Falcon was going away, Ford Australia wasn't pleased. They asked to continue developing the existing Falcon chassis, and so it was permitted. The XB debuted as a '73 model and ran four model years. The Falcon name still lives on today in Australia as a bona fide performance legend.
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There is no mistaking this Falcon as anything but a Ford: while you can pick out elements of early '70s Torino (primarily the rear quarters and roofline) and Mustang (the aggressive stance and hood on some models), it shares body and chassis components with neither model and is indeed a unique all-Oz creation.
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The mechanicals, however, read out of the American musclecar playbook: a strong, 300hp (at 5,400rpm) 351 Cleveland V-8 unencumbered by smog equipment, a Toploader 4-speed trans with hydraulic clutch (or optional FMX automatic), buggy-spring 9-inch rear with open or LSD 3.0 gearing (and standard four-wheel disc brakes!). Unlike American musclecars, however, this stuff was available on Falcon models clear through to 1976. And even the visuals on a stock Falcon have a parallel-universe musclecar feel about them: bright colors, cold-air hoods, matte black trim, bold striping, trunk spoilers, thin body-enhancing bumpers. The year is wrong, the shapes are familiar but not correct, and it's half a dozen years out of date ... but there is no mistaking the pedigree. Rarity is part of the package as well: in four years of XB Falcons, less than 1000 total GTs were built.
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A heavily modified version of the XB was pressed into service in the legendary low-budget post-apocalyptic thriller Mad Max. The blunt factory nose was fitted with a wind-cheating "Monza" snoot, fender flares, molded-in spoilers and zoomie exhaust pipes were added, and a Weiand supercharger poked through the hood. And it was, you know, a police car. Ahem. Last of the V-8 Interceptors, they called it. Mad Max might have launched the career of Mel Gibson, but it also inspired a million "what kind of car is that?" conversations. It carries with it the baggage of a car-movie legend on the order of Bullitt and the original The Italian Job.
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