Ford Falcon GT

The Ford Falcon GT was the performance version of the Australian Ford Falcon, built by Ford Australia from 1967 until 1976, revived by a joint venture with Tickford in 1992 and 1997, and again between 2003 and 2014 with Prodrive, when it was sold as the FPV GT and GT-P. It was introduced on the 1967 XR Falcon with the first V8 engine in the range, a 289 cubic inch unit, and was offered on the XT, XW, XY, XA and XB series. The GT-HO Handling Option versions of the XW and XY were homologation specials for touring car racing, and the Falcon GTHO Phase III won the 1971 Bathurst enduro in the hands of Allan Moffat. A newspaper campaign against 160 mile per hour street cars ended the Phase IV programme in 1973.