Mark Gregory Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7980427/Mad-Maxs-Ford-GT-Falcon-Pursuit-Special-driven-Mel-Gibson-sale.html Australia's most famous car is up for grabs: Iconic GT Falcon 'Pursuit Special' driven by Mel Gibson in Mad Max goes on sale - and it could fetch $5MILLION The Ford XB Falcon 'Interceptor' from the Mad Max films is up for sale in the U.S. It appeared in the first, second and most recent film Mad Max: Fury Road Last month Steve McQueen’s Ford Mustang used in Bullitt sold for $4.93m Despite the astounding estimated price it spent years in a junk yard rotting away 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 Last of the V-8 interceptors.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8E45E Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 I'm not surprised, as a 1978 Falcon XC Cobra (of which 400 were made) now changes hands in the three-figure range. Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Harwood Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 If the "Bulllitt" Mustang only brought $3.4 million (no idea where they got their $4.93 million number above) there's no way this car will bring anywhere near as much. I think it's a lot cooler than the Bullitt Mustang, but it's also a lot less famous, a lot less noteworthy, a lot less attractive (front end--very cool; back end--WTF?), and with right-hand drive it's not going to be as appealing to US audiences. Very cool, but if it breaks $1 million I'll be surprised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8E45E Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 5 minutes ago, Matt Harwood said: If the "Bulllitt" Mustang only brought $3.4 million (no idea where they got their $4.93 million number above) there's no way this car will bring anywhere near as much. From www.xe.com : 3,400,000 USD to AUD = 5,092,961.93 Australian Dollars Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesR Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 It's hard to guess what it'll bring. The Mad Max movies as a series were far more popular than Bullitt, which was made 50 years ago and - aside from the famous car chase scene - is mostly out of the memory of the movie going public. IMO, it wasn't that great of a movie when you remove the Mustang/Charger part. OTOH, the sometimes outrageous off screen behavior of Mad Max' star may make the Falcon less appealing to wealthy car buyers...(or maybe more appealing??) Even if I could afford them, I think I'd rather have Dan Blocker's '57 Turnpike Cruiser for 25 grand than either of those cars for those insane prices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexRiv_63 Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 I will always remember seeing Road Warrior first run in a NYC Times Square theatre. It starts with a small black and white frame showing scenes from Mad Max with tinny old-time sound, then shifts suddenly to a widescreen color shot of the windshield and hood of this car racing away. Mel pulls the lever on the shifter and the supercharger kicks in surround sound stereo. To this day if this movie is on I try to watch the beginning for that one shot! Still not paying five million though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexRiv_63 Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 Oops I was wrong, the supercharger was already on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHuDWah Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 2 hours ago, TexRiv_63 said: Oops I was wrong, the supercharger was already on! I like how they're being chased by the bad guys at high speed, the dog just yawns and hops in the back for a nap. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesR Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 (edited) 23 hours ago, CHuDWah said: I like how they're being chased by the bad guys at high speed, the dog just yawns and hops in the back for a nap. I forgot about the dog! He was great!😄 The car chasing him also looks like a Falcon, but with a different front end. (Neither may have the stock front end.) BTW, a few weeks ago I was educated a little about these Falcons (and other Australian cars) by a kindly Aussie member at another forum. According to him, they didn't have specific model years in much or most of the Australian car market. So when this car is advertised as a "1974 XB Falcon," apparently the 1974 refers to when the car was made, as opposed to in the US, where a "1974" designates an identifiable model year that might be made in late '73 and would've ended before 1974 was over. Instead, the Australians apparently had identifiable series of cars that typically went on more than a year (2 or 3 years, maybe.) That's what the "XB" stands for. Maybe Australians here can expand on that. The Aussie Falcons of that era are among the nicest looking muscle cars of either country, IMO. Edited February 10, 2020 by JamesR (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1939_Buick Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 Yes: only model name. Not the year the model started. I have owned an XA and had an XC as a company car https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Falcon_(XA) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Falcon_(XB) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Falcon_(XC) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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