FALCON XR GT

Happy Half Century to the car that changed Australian motoring forever. Before April 1967 we had built performance cars based on production models but there had never been a purpose-built, V8-powered performance car like the XR GT. Only 596 were made and they won the Bathurst 500 at their only attempt. XRs then sat pretty much in the shadows until 2004-05 when serious bucks became available for outstanding GTs. Today the stampede is on again; six-digit values commonplace for restored or original cars with correct components.