#Ford Fairmont XB

[carsthatnevermadeitetc]

Ford Fairmont XB Station Wagon, 1974. Ford Australia's flagship wagon with the optional 302ci V8 and the dual action tailgate that was unique to Ford estate cars at the time and was standard on the Fairmont.

#Ford #Ford Fairmont #Ford Fairmont XB #XB #1974 #1970s #station wagon #long roof #V8 #3 row #Ford Australia

[spacetimewithstuartgary]

Stuart Gary’s Superbird and the need for speed A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away I dreamed of owning a Falcon GT hardtop just like the one my childhood hero Allan Moffat raced at Bathurst. Eventually, I bought an old rust ridden 1976 XB orange Ford Fairmont GS and slowly rebuilt it into my dream car – sort of like the black Falcon Interceptor out of Mad Max. Instead of a supercharger (which was fake in the movie car anyway) my car is equipped with a genuine 1000 hp twin turbocharged 351 under the hood. I often drove this beast from Sydney to Darwin when I was working as a radio broadcaster and journalist at 8DN. It was my daily ride for the commute from the suburbs to the city when I moved to 3UZ in Melbourne. And I got a great shot of it next to Brocky’s 05 Commodore when it was on display in Newcastle while I was working for the ABC at 2NC. Mind you this was always a thirsty beast – just four miles per gallon on the old scale -- a run from Newcastle to Sydney required two tanks of fuel! The heart of the beast is a specially built engine originally put together by Bob Matic at Ford Muscle Parts and later further modified by Ian Benson at Benson's Turbos. For the technically minded, the 351 Cleveland V8 powering the beast is fully blue printed, shot peened, and micro-polished. It’s based around a four bolt Aussie block fitted with 4V O-ringed open chambered BOSS heads, twin TO4 Garrett air-research turbo chargers with 21-pound wastegates, turbo dish pistons, Carrillo alloy rods, stainless steel crank, and a windage tray sump. It uses a three-inch stainless-steel twin exhaust system. The block is cooled by a four-core radiator and there's a separate radiator for the gearbox oil. Those thousand ponies are fed through a 12 inch drag clutch and four speed top loader gearbox to a custom-made drive shaft and GTHO yoke, into a nine-inch LSD and 35 spline rear axles. The Falcon is totally street legal with an engineer’s certificate to prove it. I also own a De Tomaso Pantera, but the two cars are totally different. While the Falcon has a deep throated thunderous growl, rumbling like the approaching storm it is - the Pantera has a short loud bark. The Pantera is very fast off the line (0 to 100 in around 3 seconds) and amazingly nimble -- even twitchy through the corners. But it holds on to the road as if attached to guide rails all the way to its top speed of over 300 KPH. On the other hand, the Falcon is a very different beast. It’s much slower off the line, with those turbos taking a while to spin up to boost. But once that turbo whistle starts, you’re suddenly thrust backwards into your seat and the beast hunkers down and begins accelerating like a bat out of hell -- easily slipping beyond the old 200 MPH mark (320 KPH) as the world outside flashes past. The beast eventually tops out at just over 342 KPH – close enough to warp speed for anyone. It’s a true adrenaline pumping rush taking you to the edge and beyond. Yet, it all changed once I started taking flying lessons. Flying aircraft is a totally different world. Looking down from above, life at ground level suddenly seemed so limiting and two dimensional. I still own both cars – but seldom drive them.

#muscle car #ford #aussie muscle cars #car #interceptor #madmax #australian muscle #falcon #falcongt #falconcoupe #falconhardtop #xb #classic cars #classic muscle #xbfalcon #kustom kulture #custom car #street machine #detomaso #pantera #de tomaso pantera #gtho #falcongtho #phase4

[carpr0n]

Starring: ‘74 Ford XB Fairmont GS

By Sicnag

#ford #falcon #fairmont #xb #cars #coupe #classic #70s #australian #muscle

[bigboppa01]

#falcon #ford #ford falcon #Fairmont #XB falcon #XB hardtop #XB coupe #falcon hardtop #falcon coupe #hardtop #coupe #2 door hardtop #street machine #muscle car #muscle cars #musclecar #musclecars #muscle #Australian muscle car #Australian muscle #classic #classic car #classic cars #classic muscle #custom #custom car #custom cars #custom muscle #kustom #kustomblr

[bai4zi]

1974 Ford XB Fairmont [1422x948] 撸先生：看片神器，每日更新，高清流畅，无需翻墙，t.cn/EVvnoK4

#名车

[duskangelphotography-mfaasas2020]

Ford Fairmont XB GS 1975

Winner of Best Ford Runner Up of Best Unrestored/Original Car/Ute Runner Up of Best Old School Car

[inspiacreative]

A trio of classic early 1970’s Fords in orange... 1970 Ford Torino 429 CobraJet, 1975 XB Ford Falcon GT Hardtop and 1971 Ford Fairmont custom. Coloured pencils on canvas board (individual pictures) @carsinart #artwork #drawing #carart #automotiveart #car #wheels #carenthusiast #talent #carclub #automotive #automobile #classiccar #pencilart #pencilsketch #clientscar #customerscar #pencildrawing #canvasart #canvasdrawing #artbusiness #handdrawn #photorealistic #detaileddrawing (at Gold Coast, Queensland)

#carart #canvasdrawing #automobile #clientscar #pencildrawing #drawing #artwork #canvasart #artbusiness #automotive #car #talent #classiccar #wheels #pencilsketch #detaileddrawing #photorealistic #carenthusiast #pencilart #handdrawn #customerscar #carclub #automotiveart

[duskangelphotography]

1976 Ford Fairmont XB GS Coupe

Smiley’s Car & Bike Spectacular

Camera: Canon 750D

[duskangelphotography-smiley19]

1976 Ford Fairmont XB GS Coupe

Smiley’s Car & Bike Spectacular 2019

Camera: Canon 750D with EFS 18-55mm lens

[carsthatnevermadeitetc]

Ford Fairmont XB, 1973. The Fairmont was a high-spec version of the Australian Ford Falcon. It was the second series of the first Australian Falcon generation to be designed and manufactured in Australia. Though its engines (250ci straight 6, 302 & 351ci V8s) were related to US versions the cars themselves were unique to Australasia

#Ford #Ford Fairmont #Ford Australia #Ford XB #Ford Falcon #Ford Falcon XB #1973 #1970s #renders

[carsthatnevermadeitetc]

Ford XA Hardtop, 1972. The complete XA coupé range included Falcon GT (green car), Fairmont (luxury version, mauve car & interior) and Falcon 500 (base model, orange car). Engines ranged through 130hp 3.3 litre in-line 6, 4.1 litre 6 (in 155 and 170hp versions), 4.9 litre 240hp V8 and 5.8 litre V8 in 260 and 300hp (for the GT) guises. Total XA sales amounted to 129,473 units between March 1972 and September 1973 when it was replaced by the restyled XB

#Ford #Ford Falcon #Ford Fairmont #Ford Falcon XA #Ford Falcon 500 Hardtop #Ford Falcon GT Hardtop #Ford Fairmont Hardtop #1970s #Ford Australia #hardtop coupé #pillarless hardtop #1972

[spacetimewithstuartgary]

Stuart Gary’s Superbird and the need for speed A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away I dreamed of owning a Falcon GT hardtop just like the one my childhood hero Allan Moffat raced at Bathurst. Eventually, I bought an old second hand rust ridden 1976 XB orange Ford Fairmont GS and slowly rebuilt it into my dream car – sort of like the black Falcon Interceptor out of Mad Max. Instead of a supercharger (which was fake in the movie car anyway) my car is equipped with a genuine 1000 hp twin turbocharged 351 under the hood. I often drove this beast from Sydney to Darwin when I was working as a radio broadcaster and journalist at 8DN. It was my daily ride for the commute from the suburbs to the city when I moved to 3UZ in Melbourne. And I got a great shot of it next to Peter Brock’s 05 Commodore when it was on display in Newcastle while I was working for the ABC at 2NC. Mind you this was always a thirsty beast – just four miles per gallon on the old scale -- a run from Newcastle to Sydney required two tanks of fuel! The heart of the beast is a specially built engine originally put together by Bob Matic at Ford Muscle Parts and later further modified by Ian Benson at Benson's Turbos. For the technically minded, the 351 Cleveland V8 powering the superbird is fully blue printed, shot peened, and micro-polished. It’s based around a four bolt Aussie block fitted with 4V O-ringed open chambered BOSS heads, twin TO4 Garrett air-research turbo chargers with 21-pound wastegates, turbo dish pistons, Carrillo alloy rods, stainless steel crank, and a windage tray sump. It uses a three-inch stainless-steel twin exhaust system. The block is cooled by a four-core radiator and separate radiators for the engine and gearbox oil. Those thousand ponies are fed through a 12 inch drag clutch and four speed top loader gearbox to a custom-made drive shaft and GTHO yoke, into a nine-inch LSD and 35 spline rear axles. The Falcon is totally street legal with an engineer’s certificate to prove it. I also own a De Tomaso Pantera, but the two cars are totally different. While the Falcon has a deep throated thunderous growl, rumbling like the approaching storm it is - the Pantera has a short loud bark. The Pantera is very fast off the line (0 to 100 in around 3 seconds) and amazingly nimble -- even twitchy through the corners. But it holds on to the road as if attached to guide rails all the way to its top speed of well over 300 KPH. On the other hand, the Falcon is a very different beast. It’s much slower off the line, with those turbos taking a while to spin up to boost. But once that turbo whistle starts, you’re suddenly thrust backwards into your seat and the beast hunkers down and begins accelerating like a bat out of hell -- easily slipping beyond the old 200 MPH mark (320 KPH) as the world outside flashes past. The beast eventually tops out at just a fraction over 342 KPH – close enough to warp speed for anyone. It’s a true adrenaline pumping rush taking you to the edge and beyond. Yet, it all changed once I started taking flying lessons. Flying aircraft is a totally different world. Looking down from above, life at ground level suddenly seemed so limiting and two dimensional. I still own both cars – but seldom drive them.

#Supercars #Cars #car #street machine #ford #falcon #Pantera #detomaso #allan moffat #supercar #v8twinturbo #v8 #v8supercars #falcon gt #gtho #wheels

[spacetimewithstuartgary]

Stuart Gary’s Superbird The need for speed A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away I dreamed of owning a Falcon GT hardtop just like the one my childhood hero Allan Moffat raced at Bathurst. Eventually, I bought an old second hand rust ridden 1976 XB orange Ford Fairmont GS and slowly rebuilt it into my dream car – sort of like the black Falcon Interceptor out of Mad Max -- but real and totally street legal with an engineer’s certificate. Instead of a supercharger (which was fake in the movie car anyway) my car is equipped with a genuine 1000 hp twin turbocharged 351 under the hood. I often drove this beast from Sydney to Darwin when I was working as a radio broadcaster and journalist at 8DN. It was my daily ride for the commute from the suburbs to the city when I moved to 3UZ in Melbourne. And I got a great shot of it next to Brocky’s 05 Commodore when it was on display in Newcastle while I was working for the ABC at 2NC. Mind you this was always a thirsty beast – just four miles per gallon on the old scale -- a run from Newcastle to Sydney required two tanks of fuel! For the technically minded, the 351 Cleveland V8 powering the beast is fully blue printed, shot peened, and micro-polished. It’s based around a four bolt Aussie block fitted with 4V O-ringed open chambered BOSS heads, twin TO4 Garrett air-research turbo chargers with 21-pound wastegates, turbo dish pistons, Carrillo alloy rods, stainless steel crank, and a windage tray sump. It uses a three-inch stainless-steel twin exhaust system. The block is cooled by a four-core radiator and separate radiators for the engine and gearbox oil. Those thousand ponies are fed through a 12 inch drag clutch and four speed top loader gearbox to a custom-made drive shaft and GTHO yoke, into a nine-inch LSD and 35 spline rear axles. I also own a De Tomaso Pantera, but the two cars are totally different. While the Falcon has a deep throated thunderous growl, rumbling like the approaching storm it is - the Pantera has a short loud bark. The Pantera is very fast off the line (0 to 100 in under 4 seconds) and amazingly nimble -- even twitchy through the corners. But it holds on to the road as if attached to guide rails all the way to its top speed of 300 KPH. On the other hand, the Falcon is a very different beast. It’s much slower off the line, with those turbos taking a while to spin up to boost. But once that turbo whistle starts, you’re thrust backwards into your seat and the beast hunkers down and begins accelerating like a bat out of hell -- easily slipping beyond the old 200 MPH mark (320 KPH) as the world outside flashes past. The beast eventually tops out at 342 KPH – close enough to warp speed for anyone. It’s a true adrenaline pumping rush taking you to the edge and beyond. Yet, it all changed once I started taking flying lessons. Flying aircraft is a totally different world. Life at ground level suddenly seemed so limiting and two dimensional. I still own both cars – but seldom drive them.

#Supercars #cars #ford #falcon #pantera #space #science #Astronomy #physics #spacetimewithstuartgary #motor #auto #autonews #wheels #falcongt #falcon gt #gtho #mustang #v8supercars #alan moffat

[spacetimewithstuartgary]

Stuart Gary’s Superbird and the need for speed A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away I dreamed of owning a Falcon GT hardtop just like the one my childhood hero Allan Moffat raced at Bathurst. Eventually, I bought an old second hand rust ridden 1976 XB orange Ford Fairmont GS and slowly rebuilt it into my dream car – sort of like the black Falcon Interceptor out of Mad Max. Instead of a supercharger (which was fake in the movie car anyway) my car is equipped with a genuine 1000 hp twin turbocharged 351 under the hood. I often drove this beast from Sydney to Darwin when I was working as a radio broadcaster and journalist at 8DN. It was my daily ride for the commute from the suburbs to the city when I moved to 3UZ in Melbourne. And I got a great shot of it next to Brocky’s 05 Commodore when it was on display in Newcastle while I was working for the ABC at 2NC. Mind you this was always a thirsty beast – just four miles per gallon on the old scale -- a run from Newcastle to Sydney required two tanks of fuel! For the technically minded, the 351 Cleveland V8 powering the beast is fully blue printed, shot peened, and micro-polished. It’s based around a four bolt Aussie block fitted with 4V O-ringed open chambered BOSS heads, twin TO4 Garrett air-research turbo chargers with 21-pound wastegates, turbo dish pistons, Carrillo alloy rods, stainless steel crank, and a windage tray sump. It uses a three-inch stainless-steel twin exhaust system. The block is cooled by a four-core radiator and separate radiators for the engine and gearbox oil. Those thousand ponies are fed through a 12 inch drag clutch and four speed top loader gearbox to a custom-made drive shaft and GTHO yoke, into a nine-inch LSD and 35 spline rear axles. The Falcon is totally street legal with an engineer’s certificate to prove it. I also own a De Tomaso Pantera, but the two cars are totally different. While the Falcon has a deep throated thunderous growl, rumbling like the approaching storm it is - the Pantera has a short loud bark. The Pantera is very fast off the line (0 to 100 in well around 3 seconds) and amazingly nimble -- even twitchy through the corners. But it holds on to the road as if attached to guide rails all the way to its top speed of over 300 KPH. On the other hand, the Falcon is a very different beast. It’s much slower off the line, with those turbos taking a while to spin up to boost. But once that turbo whistle starts, you’re suddenly thrust backwards into your seat and the beast hunkers down and begins accelerating like a bat out of hell -- easily slipping beyond the old 200 MPH mark (320 KPH) as the world outside flashes past. The beast eventually tops out at over 342 KPH – close enough to warp speed for anyone. It’s a true adrenaline pumping rush taking you to the edge and beyond. Yet, it all changed once I started taking flying lessons. Flying aircraft is a totally different world. Looking down from above, life at ground level suddenly seemed so limiting and two dimensional. I still own both cars – but seldom drive them.

#classic cars #Supercars #cars #spacetimewithstuartgary

[spacetimewithstuartgary]

Stuart Gary’s Superbird A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away I dreamed of owning a Falcon GT hardtop just like the one my childhood hero Allan Moffat raced at (and won with) at Bathurst. Eventually, I bought an old second hand rust ridden 1976 XB orange Ford Fairmont GS and slowly rebuilt it into my dream car – sort of like the black Falcon Interceptor out of Mad Max -- but real and totally street legal with an engineer’s certificate. Instead of a supercharger (which was fake in the movie car anyway) my car is equipped with a genuine 1000 hp twin turbocharged 351 under the hood. I often drove this beast from Sydney to Darwin when I was working as a radio broadcaster and journalist at 8DN. It was my daily ride for the commute from the suburbs to the city when I moved to 3UZ in Melbourne. And I got a great shot of it next to Brocky’s 05 Commodore when it was on display in Newcastle while I was working for the ABC at 2NC. Mind you this was always a thirsty beast – just four miles per gallon on the old scale -- a run from Newcastle to Sydney required two tanks of fuel! For the technically minded, the 351 Cleveland V8 powering the beast is fully blue printed, shot peened, and micro-polished. It’s based around a four bolt Aussie block fitted with 4V O-ringed open chambered BOSS heads, twin TO4 Garrett air-research turbo chargers with 21-pound wastegates, turbo dish pistons, Carrillo alloy rods, stainless steel crank, and a windage tray sump. It uses a three-inch stainless-steel twin exhaust system. The block is cooled by a four-core radiator and separate radiators for the engine and gearbox oil. Those thousand ponies are fed through a 12 inch drag clutch and four speed top loader gearbox to a custom-made drive shaft and GTHO yoke, into a nine-inch LSD and 35 spline rear axles. I also own a De Tomaso Pantera, but the two cars are totally different. While the Falcon has a deep throated thunderous growl, rumbling like the approaching storm it is - the Pantera has a short loud bark. The Pantera is very fast off the line (0 to 100 in under 4 seconds) and amazingly nimble -- even twitchy through the corners. But it holds on to the road as if attached to guide rails all the way to its top speed of 300 KPH. On the other hand, the Falcon is a very different beast. It’s much slower off the line, with those turbos taking a while to spin up to boost. But once that turbo whistle starts, you’re thrust backwards into your seat and the beast hunkers down and begins accelerating like a bat out of hell -- easily slipping beyond the old 200 MPH mark (320 KPH) as the world outside flashes past. It’s a true adrenaline pumping rush taking you to the edge and beyond. Yet, it all changed once I started taking flying lessons. Flying aircraft is a totally different world. Life at ground level suddenly seemed so limiting and two dimensional. I still own both cars – but seldom drive them.

#spacetimewithstuartgary #cars #ford #ford falcon #falcon gt #gtho #allan moffat #detomaso pantera #superbird #falcon hardtop #supercars

[bai4zi]

Ford Fairmont XB 撸先生：看片神器，每日更新，高清流畅，无需翻墙，t.cn/EVvnoK4

#名车