I think I have sent this link to a few guys on the site before ??At about the 4 minute mark  on this video ,you will see a dark green 56 Customline in the foreground .This is none other than Alan Boughen (a.k.a. "Captain Cusso ")circuit racer ,Pro drag racer ,& street racer extraodinaire ??? If you have ever heard the saying "Drive it like you stole it " ,this guy is it .Enjoy . This video was taken at Australias # 1 race track .Mount Panorama ,Bathurst .

http://www.mustang.org.au/forum/viewthread.php?tid=15263

Lon

yblocksdownunder

Great video, great sound, should take that Falcon to the panamerican race.

Gary Ryan San Antonio.TX.

I remember watching cars like the Cortina's and Super 7's race while I was stationed in England. I had no car then and wow did they run fast. Years later while stationed in Germany I had a 1969 Fairlane Cobra 428SCJ wow did those same cars look slow! Chuck

Y's guys rule!
Looking for McCullouch VS57 brackets and parts. Also looking for 28 Chrysler series 72 parts. And early Hemi parts.

MoonShadow, 292 w/McCulloch, 28 Chrysler Roadster, 354 Hemi)
Manchester, New Hampshire

You would have noticed this car passing every thing in front of it.

That's because the Australian XW/XY Ford Falcon GTHO was the fastest 4 door production car in the world in 1970/71.

Admittedly it had a USA 351 Windsor engine.

Gary - 1958 Star Customline and 1940 Ford Deluxe Hotrod

Wow, that is a fun and exciting video!

Mike, located in the Siskiyou mountains, Southern, OR 292 powered 1946 Ford 1/2 ton, '62 Mercury Meteor, '55 Country Squire (parting out), '64 Falcon, '54 Ford 600 tractor.

Was that a Windsor? I thought it was like the Boss 351, Solid lifter like the Y.

55 Vicky & customline

58 Rack Dump, 55 F350 yard truck, 57 F100

59 & 61 P 400's, 58 F100 custom cab, 69 F100, 79 F150, 82 F600 ramp truck, 90 mustang conv 7 up, 94 Mustang, Should I continue?

I watched the film setting on my couch. Found myself slightly leaning into the turns and kept trying to pull my foot off of the gas! Really an excellent perspective. Must have been an inverted start to put the Mustang back with the washing machine motors. Chuck

Y's guys rule!
Looking for McCullouch VS57 brackets and parts. Also looking for 28 Chrysler series 72 parts. And early Hemi parts.

MoonShadow, 292 w/McCulloch, 28 Chrysler Roadster, 354 Hemi)
Manchester, New Hampshire

I thought they ran 351 Clevelands in those.

Marc

'54 Merc ragtop

Pt Townsend, WA   

                                                                                                                                   

I believe 1969 XW Falcon GT had  351 Windsors & late model XW (1970 ) had Cleveland V8's .Not sure what motor was in the car in the video ,but he sure had to pedal to get past the old Customline ? Considering  there is 14 years difference between both cars ,that old Y -Block wasn't about to move over  and let him by .

Lon

yblocksdownunder

Yes lon, you,ve got the engine /yr combination right, i worked for ford dealers from 69-73 and was fortunate to work on and drive these among other new models, twin cam escorts, gt capri.s,2v falcons etc. i owned and drag raced ph111 XY falcon , ran 12.00.  They were without doubt the best ford made here apart from customlines.

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