Street Machine

DAVID SCHOLZ 1966 FORD XP FALCON SEDAN

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Paint: Spray Chief custom Candy Pearl Tangerine

ENGINE

Brand: 351ci Windsor crate motor Carby: 600 Holley, shotgun scoop Manifold: Typhoon, polished Camshaft: Mild Crow roller Oil pump: High-volume Sump: Modified Fuel: PULP Fuel system: Holley Blue electric pump Water pump: Chrome Proform electric Cooling: Aussie Desert Cooler fourrow XY GT radiator, twin Davies Craig thermo fans Exhaust: Stainless-steel 2½in headers to twin 3in system, ceramiccoa­ted, Magnaflow mufflers Ignition: Accel electronic dizzy Power: Approx. 350fwhp

DRIVELINE

Gearbox: T5 Mustang Clutch: Mal Wood heavy-duty Tailshaft: ZA Fairlane shortened Diff: Narrowed Jaguar, LSD, 3:00:1 gears, modified Jag axles

SUSPENSION & BRAKES

Front: Custom IFS polished stainless, Rod-tech coil-overs Rear: Custom Jaguar IRS, Rod-tech coil-overs Steering: Flaming River column, Commodore rack-and-pinion Brakes: Commodore vented discs and calipers (f), Jaguar inboard discs (r) Master cylinder: 7in, 90-degree angled under-dash pedal box Other: GM stud pattern

WHEELS & TYRES

Rims: Center Line Trigon; 16x7 (f), 16x8 (r) Tyres: Dunlop; 195/50 (f), 245/50 (r)

THANKS

Justin from Justin’s Auto Electrics, Nuriootpa for doing the great wiring job; Steve Baum from Stateside Trim, Nuriootpa for the trim work; Josh and Joel form Autest Automotive Transport Engineerin­g Services & Testing; my wife Natalie and kids Bradley, Sheldon and Chelsea for their patience while I spent every spare hour over many years during the Christmas and New Year break working on the car

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