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A "race replica" of the XR Falcon GT which won the 1967 Gallaher 500. Ford Works Team manager/driver Harry Firth, and a young Fred Gibson won the 1967 Gallaher 500 at the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst driving an XR Falcon GT. [4] [5] Firth and Gibson won the race by 11 seconds from their Sydney-based teammates Ian and Leo Geoghegan. The ...
The Ford Falcon GT is an automobile produced by Ford Australia from 1967 until 1976 as the performance version of its Falcon model range. Its production was resumed by a joint venture in 1992 and 1997 with Tickford , and then again between 2003 and 2014 with Prodrive , the latter being marketed as the FPV GT & GT-P .
The two-door hardtop and convertible were dropped, while the station wagon and Ranchero were moved to a larger platform shared with the contemporary Fairlane. The Ranchero left the Falcon line and adopted the Fairlane's front sheet metal for 1967. The 1966 Falcon was used in the Trans-Am series. The 1967 models were mostly the same as the 1966 ...
The 1967 Gallaher 500 was a motor race for Production Saloon Cars [1] held at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst in New South Wales, Australia on 1 October 1967. The race, which was the eighth running of the Phillip Island 500/Bathurst 500 , was organised by the Australian Racing Drivers Club Ltd and promoted by Gallaher ...
The XT Falcon range was introduced in March 1968 [2] as a facelifted version of the XR Falcon, which it replaced.The XT featured a revised grille and taillights and improved safety features including split-system brakes, larger tyres and electrically operated windscreen washers.
A 221 cu in (3.6L) straight 6 engine was standard on the Custom, a 302 cu in (4.9L) V8 was standard on the Fairlane 500 and optional on the Custom, and a 351 cu in (5.8L) V8 was optional (with the same specs as the XW GT) on both models. [22] Air conditioning was offered as an option for the first time. [23] 12,513 ZC series Fairlanes were ...
The Ford Falcon is a full-size car that was manufactured by Ford Australia from 1960 to 2016. From the XA series of 1972 onward, each Falcon and range of derivates have been designed, developed, and built in Australia, following the phasing out of the American-influenced Falcon of 1960 to 1971, which had been re-engineered locally as the XK to XY series for the harsher Australian conditions.
A "race replica" of the Ford XR Falcon GT driven by Harry Firth and Fred Gibson to win the 1967 Gallaher 500 A "race replica" of the Ford XA Falcon GT Hardtop driven by Allan Moffat and Ian Geoghegan to win the 1973 Hardie-Ferodo 1000 A "race replica" of the Ford XA Falcon GT Hardtop driven by John Goss and Kevin Bartlett to win the 1974 Hardie-Ferodo 1000