1967 ford falcon9/23/2023 ![]() ![]() The exhaust is the same twin 2.25-inch as the 289 from the headers back, so Giles is confident there are gains to be made there. Deposit required for holding sale of this car. The engine chugs a steady diet of E85 distributed by a 950cfm Quick Fuel carb and a CHI single-plane manifold. 1967 Ford Falcon, sunday driver, original motor, original interior, newer paint, 73,500 miles. The two-bolt mains are strapped together with a stud girdle to help keep everything straight when Giles spins it to 6900rpm, and a Canton sump and Melling pump supply the slippery stuff. South Street Auto Repairs in Perth built the 408 with a Scat steel crank, a big Crane solid-roller, Lunati lifters, Trend pushrods, CHI 3V heads, Crane rockers and stud girdles. Giles offered to trade a Harley 1200 Sportster Custom for it and the deal was done. Undeterred, Giles began the hunt for even more power and discovered that a friend was looking to shift the 408-cube stroker Clevo from his burnout car. It should be worth another 70hp at the tyres!” “I’ve acquired another bonnet to cut up so I can run a decent carb spacer for racing. “I had the intake milled down so I could fit everything under the bonnet,” he says. The engine bay is the only part of the XR that needed paint after Giles bought it. “I took it to Racewars Cash Days and got thrashed by everything, but it was fun and the bug bit,” he says. The original six-banger and related driveline bits had been chucked in favour of a 289, C10 and nine-inch combo, and with 202hp at the tyres, it was enough fun for Giles for a few months. Giles handed over the folding stuff and returned with this mint XR in tow. “I showed a friend and he told me to grab my money, get in the car and go buy it!” “I was after an XW or XY, but a bloke in Waroona sent me some pictures of an XR he had,” says the West Australian. “I like the sleeper look it looks like nanna’s car!” “I sacrificed tyre size for not molesting the body,” he says. The only external visual cue that this is more than a neat cruiser is the 100L aluminium drop tank, though Giles swaps the rear tyres for 225/50/15 drag radials on race day. This article was first published in the June 2019 issue of Street Machine Beneath the unmodified bonnet of this unassuming resto sits a 408-cube Clevo built to handle the rigours of burnout comps. ![]() If the guy is truthful about the power output, for the cost I’d take it all day long.IF YOU spotted Giles Mortimer’s XR Falcon on the street, you’d be forgiven for thinking it was a neat cruiser, probably powered by a mild 302 Windsor with barely enough grunt to pull the skin off a delicious rice pud. The seller is claiming 400 horses out of the 302, it has power disc brakes up front, and I can look past parking lot dents and a missing headliner. ![]() Unabashedly upright, capable of some genuinely frightening performance in the right hands, and with plenty of options for making the drive exhilarating thanks to it’s Mustang connection, this 1967 Falcon is tempting. These seat covers are a correct reproduction of the factory pieces, crafted from the original Sierra grain in 32 oz. Distinctive Industries front and rear seat upholstery kit for 1966-67 Ford Falcon. It probably has a lot to do with the strong infusion of Ford Mustang that wasn’t as present in the earlier generations, but they also have this aggressive small-car vibe that I get heavily from late 1960s Dodge Darts as well. 1967 Ford Falcon Futura Front Buckets & Rear Bench Seats Upholstery Set Light / Dark Red. I was never one for Ford Falcons in the past, but the 1966-early 1970 bodystyle is growing on me fast. Meanwhile, while forums are being held, photos are being taken and parts are being displayed, I’m over here at BangShift Mid-West digging through Craigslist for something in Indianapolis that might be worth taking home. Lots of friends are roaming the halls of the Indiana Convention Center learning about the current forefront in the racing scene, from parts to promotion. ![]() At least it’s not snowing there this year…yet. I love the PRI Show, but after last year’s fun involving the Angry Grandpa Chrysler, a failed oil pressure sensor, and the closest thing to a heart attack I’ve ever had after finding zero oil on the dipstick in the parking lot of the hotel at a very frozen early hour, I could use the break from Indy. Everybody’s in Indianapolis for the PRI Show and I’m…not. ![]()
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