The sweet sound of raw power
by Stuart Livesey
Like most car enthusiasts I can appreciate anything with a Ferrari badge on it. BMWs are interesting, Ford Focus XR5s are pretty cool too (and if my daughter ever buys one she better let her old man have a drive or she’s out of the will for ever) but what really gets my blood pressure up is the sound of raw power that comes from an old Falcon GT.
One turned up in my driveway some weeks back when Mick McCalman was home from Hong Kong. This is Mick’s pride and joy and he kindly interrupted his busy schedule to bring it around so I could photograph it.
Sadly I don’t think my photos do it justice (the lighting was getting worse by the minute as the sun started to go down). This Ford Falcon XW GT is one very serious piece of Aussie muscle and it’s kept in immaculate condition.
This Falcon GT is painted in Reef green with saddle interior and runs on original 5 slot rims.
The motor is a 351 cubic inch (5.8 litre) Cleveland V8 matched to a 4 speed toploader.
This Ford Falcon GT is definitely something very special.
7 thoughts on “Aussie Muscle – 1970 Falcon GT”
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gday stuart.
photos aren’t that bad.
heres a couple i took down the promenade earlier that day.
colour is great, changes in light, it looks more grey in my photos sometimes.
nice read, enjoy HB.
Mick.
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b53/conordec/IMG_0363.jpg
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b53/conordec/IMG_0362.jpg
G’day Mick
Thanks for those extra photos, they look good.
I understand about the grey/green thing. My first car was a 1966 Mini that I bought off an open lot in Sydney during a prolonged period of rain. I was sure the colour was gunmetal grey. A couple of days later when the sun came out I found that it was actually an unusual shade of green.
Hi Tony
I can’t remember how many different colours the 1970 Falcon GT was available in … it wasn’t many … but that green was definitely the one that really suited the car.
Stuart, tony is a mate of mine, has a near identical car to me.
heres a pic of it.
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b53/conordec/hangingrock097.jpg
as for colours, this link has them all listed, on the left side are the xw’s and right are xy’s.
http://www.falcongtclub.org/PaintCodesXWXY.asp
ah… the gt legend… gotta have one.
Mick that list of colours is interesting – I didn’t realise that there were so many.
About all I could remember at 5am this morning was your green and the Grecian Gold.
Tony – nice car – sorry I got you confused with my wife – I’ve corrected that little error now 🙂
That’s a great looking website Tony – it certainly looks very professional 🙂