Another reason why we'll miss the Falcon later on.

[roddy1960]

G'day ,On Wednesday at lunch time I drove down to the local bakery to grab a home made pastie made by Evelyn and one of her real cream horns for lunch in my XR6. As I walked out pulling in behind me was another FG XR6.
To say that this was a stunner would be an understatement .
The bloke who owned it and who I didn't know got out as I opened my car door and I had to ask him about his ride. Twenty minutes later we were still talking about FG's , Falcons in general and Mustangs.
This Mystic XR6T was just plain beaut. The paint was literally immaculate , he'd fitted later XR50 wheels , the full Brembo brake package , the later GT suspension upgrade and the engine upgrades and mapping had given him 365 rwkw as the data sheet he had showed.
After he'd told me about the unbridled passion he has for his Falcon he told me that he'd owned a few upmarket Euro cars in his time , a couple of HSV's before he switched over to this FG by chance because he wanted to try a Turbo and that without spending a fortune on his XR6T he had a car that was quicker , handled and stopped better than any previous car he'd owned.

Best bit for his improvements was they're surprisingly affordable according to Dave , the proud owner. Done in stages though he said over a couple of years.


His boss was looking at buying a Mustang a few weeks ago and they took one for a test drive . Then he asked him to drive his FG on the way home and he said his boss was literally blown away by how good the upgraded 'old car' was. In fairness I expect a Mustang GT would do up pretty great too , maybe not as affordably though .

My point is this . The humble Falcon is a car that is eminently capable of numerous levels of upgrades , can be done without a second mortgage and can be done as the owner desires. This car that we all grew up with allows you to go a long way with it and inspires a lot of passion and pride. Somehow I think that this is what later generations will not get to enjoy the same way.
Eating a cold pastie on the run after enjoying the car and the owner's (Dave) clear passion for it was terrific . My only regret , no mobile phone to get a photo of it..Bugger... Cheers Rod ..