XR GT Falcon 650HP SLEEPER in a Mind Blowing Mancave!
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- čas přidán 2. 09. 2020
- We drive this insane 1967 Ford Falcon XR GT powered by an ex Dick Johnson Racing V8 Supercar engine and check out the mind-blowing mancave where it's housed. The 1967 Ford Falcon XR GT was a game changer for Australia and started our whole muscle car war with the big three, Ford, Chrysler and General Motors Holden. The XR GT won Bathurst and awoke a sleeping giant in the automotive world here for Australian Muscle Cars.
At Master of Machines, we love cars, in fact, we love anything with wheels or an engine, from American Muscle Cars to Australian Muscle Cars, Race Cars and Classic Cars of all kinds and even Barn Finds. If it's fast, powerful, restored or hidden away in hibernation then we'll cover it, and in most cases, we'll even drive them! - Auta a dopravní prostředky
What a cool dude to let you go and drive one of his dream cars , dudes a legend.
They don't appreciate four doors in North America like they do in Australia.
This car is a beauty !
Holman Moody road raced a ‘63 4 door galaxie and whooped ass, that is good enough for me! For the last 20 years I’ve been building, bending, breaking and pushing galaxies to their limits. Older falcons like that one here in the states are hard to find. Yes, I too want one lol
1967, the best year for Fords ever.
Some folks get to have all the fun. awesome .
A true sleeper. Until it starts up. And u hit the loud pedal.👍👍👍
In the US most 4 dr cars are relegated to 24" wheels and rubber band tires and jacked up with stock small blocks cruising the neighborhoods with 5000 watt stereos. At least you guys got it right.
Aussie here, I know what you mean, I cry tears of blood to see once good cars Frankensteined like that.
what's not to love about this guy's life. he's got it going on! awesome garage.
Now that's a man cave.
Lol
Had one when I was 19 and xu1 we’re always at me for a drag at the lights 🤤
Glenn, this is my favourite episode of your tv show. I have it locked and saved on my HDD and watch it regularly. Need you back on tv again. Awesome cars (especially the XR and it’s awesome supercar engine) and what a garage.
This car started my love of Falcons when I was a kid, I'm with you Glenn - I want it. Thanks for showing some real emotion! Bet it was amazing. Also kudos to the owner Mick and his epic garage!
Glad you enjoyed it Lachlan! It sure was a wild machine!
Nice gear changing Mr Everitt.
Thanks glen, love your passion, i was also feeling it.
Lovely old cars , i used to have a warm 289 Xr in my younger days , it wasnt a Gt though sadly ,
The owner of these cars must be an exceptionally nice fella , because id be buggered if id let anyone drive my pride and joy XR .
Aside from their go fast build and on road presence , i think these old cars even in standard form where very good cruisers and fantastic highway cars as long as your wallet was full enough to pay for the fuel bill .
These old cars had a bit of character unlike many of todays soulless modern cars .
Holy shit that induction is incredible. So funny to hear you say "WOW!" over and over :-D :-D :-D
Yes he definitely was enjoying the drive for sure.
Most lightly drove to this garage in a Hyundai, LOL.
Glen would have crying on the way home, opening the throttle and nothing happening ??
wow just wow- I really cant think of anything else to say after seeing and hearing that XR GT - Well done for bringing this video to us Glenn
It sure is music to the ear, isn't it!
I love everything about that massive shed!
Except for it could do with some Holdens!
@@craigdawson1749
Or better yet ... MORE FORDS lol !
Haha, shed envy... scientists are still looking for a cure. 🤣😆😋
Luv it Glenn...still regret selling my 302w XR Falcon for $4000 WTFWIT LOL!!!
I had a Fairmont with a 4v 302w. I was told it had B Cast heads. Anyone know what this engine was from?
Ah yes. I'm feeling you there. About 20 years ago, I sold an XT I put a nice warm 302 Cleveland in. Huge regret. Even more so because the XT was my Dad's old car.
Great show it’s great watching a presenter with genuine passion
Thanks Andrew, glad you like the show. 😊
This guy is a legend!!!!
Good morning Glenn, as the son of an old concreter that floor is amazing. The shed and the layout is absolutely brilliant. He must have worked bloody hard to get that collection as well, cheers
Glad you liked it Andrew. It sure is an amazing building. I agree, he's done the hard yards, and started off in a period where GT Falcons were reasonably obtainable. Always good to see a success story like this, isn't it.
Some of dream of having one. That's 'one'. Don't think it's luck more like a shit load of hard work.
Hi Glen
Orr man XR GT Neat. I love the sound of 8 trumpets in the morning.
Always loved the Falcon. But those Aussie Falcons, would love to have one. Can't beat good ol American Muscle. Will put a smile on any muscle car guys face when you mash the pedal. Your lucky mate
I love the xr gt the most out of all the others u have in your shed and i am so glad u didnt toss the original engine and driveline out and its good that the body and chassies wasnt modified to take the present gear u are running at the moment. I guess the whole idea is to put back all the original running gear easily when u may want to sell the car. I like the style of shed u have built in an old fashion way and not all the modern contemporary style and architecture u see in this day and age and the old tractor and stuff out front just adds to the authenticity good on ya glen i wish i could come and visit one day.
Firstly hats off to the gentleman who let you see his collection magnificent cars words don't do them justice and good on you Glenn there's real passion there can't beat the old ford XR series bulletproof and an engine from Sir Dick Mr Ford Johnson what more can one say that induction noise is insane GAME OVER
Yeah. The XR GT is my dream car!
I love how the door squeaks when he opens it on that XR GT with the DJR motor.. old Aussie cars, the little things
Hi Glen, I am messaging you after watching this video. I am a proud owner of a factory built 600hp DRB 1969 GT40 replica that I purchased from the company owner peter Ransom. Since buying it from Peter back in 2011 and due to its racing history the car has gone through a big upgrade here in south Australia and is very well known in the racing fraternity. Due to health issues I am reluctantly having to sell the car but not to anyone. Happy to talk if you know anyone specially with your background that would be interested in buying it. This GT40 is meticulously built
as a 1969 as you will see in the photos I can send you if you wish.
Please let me Know
Regards
Harry
Harry Papageorge, sorry to hear about your health issues. I’m happy to assist and help where I can. Can you reply with an email contact and I’ll connect with you?
Absolutely mint. As an ex XR Fairmont owner I am dribbling. Good work Glenn.
Glad you liked it Daniel. I LOVE an XR Fairmont too. Had an Imperial burgundy V8 Fairmont when I was 16. I recently saw a mind-blowing ground up resto for sale, big $ too.
Amazing Video! Beutiful Cars! Just listing to that Engine Amazing!
You sir have a dream job getting access to some of these awesome birds of prey!🚘👍
Can’t believe I only found this channel yesterday😳
Talk about great cars
Glenn your the best you do a great job the XR 🤯
You just got yourself a new subscriber!!! Great content!
Welcome aboard!
That's the s__t alright 😁👍, I want it to , you've given me an idea for my manual 5.0ltr au ute. mmm and engine like that would really spice it up ,especially as a daily driver 🤔certainly make life interesting
Good to see your back on you tube Glen,love the old channel , your enthusiasm and barn finds, quenching my thirst for Aussie muscle 💪
Thanks Hamish, great to see you here! Hope you enjoy everything we have planned for the channel. 👍
Wow.... just wow. Amazing cave!!
Dang, that thing sounds so mean!
I visit some cool car museums in the states and Canada. I'll be uploading some slide shows of 'em soon. Nothing as awesome as videos like this but some cool pics of classic Detriot iron just the same.
Didn’t know Falcons were still being offered in 73. Stranded at my brothers in Daytona in 1969 he let me use his 6 cylinder 62 Falcon wagon. 3 on the tree, great memories
The falcons of down under are nothing like the ones in the states. There is a lot of models in Britain and NSW unknown to the U S, I think Ford was more prominent in those countries then say GM or Chrysler.
The last Australian Falcon was made late October 2016, a sad day as ford Australia production was wound up.
Man I am so jealous of you Aussies and your awesome cars I've been planning on building my own GT Clone here the states with the 68-70 falcon that we got maybe even a proper XR GT with our 66-67
Import a 71 xy gt , simply the best!! Absolute beast of a car. G'day from Australia!!!
You lucky scoundrels in the states had a two-door version... I always wanted a GT clone of that model.
That man cave is awesome. Man dream
Had an immaculate XR GT in the early eighties in Sydney. Did a few runs to Melbourne in it, before the speed restrictions we have now & just sit on 100/110 mph no sweat - great hwy cruiser. Had a set of Cooper exhausts on it & that 289 sounded superb - girlfriend at the time said she could here me coming 3 blocks away. Sadly it was written off by a woman running up my arse whist stationary doing a RH turn on the Windsor road. But once I got my GT fix went on to get an XT & later an XW GT but still have a soft spot for the XR's. Must say that XR in this video is superb - a real credit to the owner.
What a pain someone else running into the back of your car.
You should of looked around for another shell and transferred all the parts over.
Doesn,t matter now, already in the past.
@@weldmachine Interestingly I bought the wreck from the insurance company & it was sold to a panel shop in Sutherland. I don't know if they planned to re shell it or what happened to the vehicle. It also copped a hit in the front as the rear impact shunted the car head on into coming traffic - so it was well & truly stuffed. I was in the GT car club in Melbourne for many years & the club would not recognize re shelled vehicles unless they were GT shells as genuine GT's.
Wish I still had my 66 sport coupe 5.0 or 69 sport coupe 4.7! Miss them dearly!!
Cranbourne Road - just down the road from me
1986 and my best mate just bought a xr sedan outta the trading post,he already had a stinkin hot windsor and that weekend we both slipped that windsor and top loader into the xr ,a 200ci six came out with a two speed fordomatic which promptly got jammed into the dumpster,after we bled the cooling system he took it out on the road and floored it straight onto Dorset rd and rode it off into the arse end of a cement truck ,four wheel drums no booster and a six week stay in William Angliss
Nice cars and a nice guy! Well done
Gotta love the XR GT!
Amazing. We can all dream.
Sounds great
he probably live just opposite the golf club too. best of both worlds.
Very nice and with that engine ..a beast.
Dreaming of my 221 XW.
Loving that shed omg 😮 also great content mate I just subscribed you looking forward to more great content 👍
Amazing collection! Loads of work and time spent on this hey? I had a '72 XY GT ph 3, miss it dearly...
simply magic
after my jaw dropped and the drool spilled it was faaaarrk
It Definitely looked like you were enjoying the drive in XR.
The trumpets of sound and torque my boy ❤️🦘❤️
My first car was an XR sedan six cylinder. Got it in 1980 for $200.
“I could get used to it!”.....loved this ✌️
Great video thank you
Glad you enjoyed it. :-)
Glenn mate I remember seeing this one a while ago - Love that XR with the built motor - must have been amazing to drive!
Yes, it was pretty cool. A real buzz to drive.
Now thats tough
Tim Allen has one of the falcon GT’s , shaker scoop and all . Very unique ride .
Wow really! He's a dedicated car guy and racer too.
Glenn Everitt - Master of Machines yes I work on his TV show . He has a very eclectic car collection . I was going to post a pic of the GT but I guess you can’t here . Jay Leno is also a guest star quite often and he’s give us “ car guys “ on the show a private tour of his amazing collection .
Randy Terwilliger , awesome! I remember when Jay and Tim challenged each other to a burnout competition in Jays studio car park. Tim kicked Jay’s ass in his Mustang, did a killer burnout! Haha!
Aussies love their SLEEPERS, too. I hate it when I get taken by a sleeper. Last time taken by a micro Mini heading east off of Lincoln on the frontage road off the I-10 in Santa Monica trying to make the entrance ramp. A nice long stretch there before you merge left and swoop left onto the ramp. We were neck and neck and at the last two hundred feet he punched it swooped left in front of me to make the ramp first.
funniest one i saw was a beat up Toyota van on a WRX chassis and running gear...thing went like 0-100 kmh in 3-4 seconds...Perth Western Australia
That XR would be my drive choice too, can you put my name on the drive list. 🤠🙏
Glenn Everitt - last seen heading inland in a stolen XR GT . . .
Soundslike all the GTs are down here lol
Nice Car :-)
You want to hear some music , Listen to this, Now thats the Shit lol ...love it
The XR is such a beautiful car. Have the brakes been upgraded to match the djr engine though
Apparently so but hidden underneath the stock diameter wheels :-)
Excellent, just subscribed ))
Jim Clarke , thanks, we really appreciate it!
Great video Glen . Do I see a little Randy Quad in you ? Props to the owner.
Stuff even from a GM guy this is cool cheers.
Glenn, what an awesome video, What model is the induction manifold on this thing?
Dang son you invested good
So they go good in a straight line.
whats the throttle bleep for with the gear change
The gold Falcon XR GT is gorgeous... But haven't I seen those wheels on our Stateside 1965 Mercury Comet Cyclone?
Yes, you're correct, I'm pretty certain they're the same cap!
Your a character
Love the cars. Mr Personality needs a bit of a tune up😎
" hp sauce is delicious 😋 😍 👌 !"
Did the Windsors in Australia come from Canada, or did they forge their own blocks down in Australia?
To my knowledge they were all imported here. We did cast our own Clevelands though. We phased the Windsor out by about 71 and then went with the Cleveland from there on through to 83/84. Then in the early 90s we brought the Windsor back in the 5.0 spec, then the Modular in 5.4 lt, and now the Coyote. :-)
Were the 390 and 427 FE big blocks ever factory installed in Australian Fords?
No, locally made inline 6s ranging from 144 to 250 cid, imported Windsor's 289, 302, 351. Cleveland imported till early 70s, then produced locally at Ford Australia engine plant in Geelong, Victoria. Last one made about 1983. We also had a 302 version of the Cleveland as a sort of "econo" V8. All small port heads but mid 75 both 351C and 302C got factory 4 barrel Thermoquad, and the dreaded EGR. Google "Bill Bourke 428 Falcon", it appears the Ford Aust managing director had a one off big block made, sadly auto box. FE, forgotten engine.
I wouldn't have thought Dick Johnson's car had a 650HP motor, more like 450 HP.
More like high 500's in the EL era, this ones been stroked to 347 cubes, hence making more power.
Okay.... what happened to the chauffer..... Ditched the car and ran taking it to the abos in the out back..... mate.... put this one under the flame tree.... it's a special one..... straight out of the factory.... like uluruh.... don't climb all over it..... look after it.... paint fades.... but still.... it's one owner... Cheers my abo mates..... from the boys in new Zealand....
Number 3
:-( had a dead stock, single exhaust, factory mud flaps XR GT owned more than 30 cars since but the XR GT is the only one I still know the B/W vic rego....JTM ### in respect of who ever owns it now?
Why are you double clutching? Does it have a truck gearbox???
why are you so pedantic about the way he drives? I double clutch because i like it.. generally that's enough of a reason
@@lachlanstill Fair enough. I open and close the door twice every time I get in and out of the car myself. Must be an OCD thing 😉
Isn't the 1967 XR Falcon the final year using the totally American Falcon Sheetmetal?
@MDS
Ummm.....no actually. The 1971 XY was the last using US sheet metal. Falcon was all Australian from the 1972 XA, on.
@MDS I was asking about the 1967 XR Falcon having the exact same sheet metal as the American sold Falcon, the XA might have been American influenced/designed, but was never sold in the United States.
The quarter panels were different in that the style lines faded midway on the USA falcons and the Aussie falcons the style line extended to the taillight
@@05gtdriver It didn't have the exact same sheet metal. Front fenders and rear quarters were distinctly Australian.
Dads mate had a xy falcon think a gs rough as but the thing was a 302 and was really quick out ran some cleve’os turns out it was a 302 boss
Awesome machine but why so many four doors in Australia?
We weren’t blessed with as many 2 doors here in Aus. A decision from Detroit, although we did still receive some from Chrysler, Ford and GM Holden throughout the years. You’ll see them on our other video’s.
@@GlennEverittMasterofMachines Glenn, don't forget Ford blessed Aussies with the XM and XP Falcon 2 door coupes, same floor plan, and running gear as the early North American Mustangs. A Windsor V8 conversion was easy and hassle-free.
Awesome thanks for the info I wish you had kinda crazy some of the decisions made back in the day? I've had a couple right hand drives over & it always got some crazy looks, want to do an old Ford truck in right hand someday.
@@mael-strom9707 , absolutely! I love them and owned an XP coupe when I was 12, but sadly we never got to finish it along with a planned 302W conversion as I ran out of budget and had to sell. I was more referring to the factory delivered V8 muscle cars though. No disrespect of course. Such a shame we never received the V8 Variant of those compact little early Falcons. I'm a big fan.
@@travismason9321 , did you see the 56 F Series truck resto video feature here on our channel?
So, that’s a Fairmont GT ?
I reckon a better title would be
“master of muscle machines”
Missing front spoiler
Don’t they have coupes in NSW? The two door no post Falcons I have and had owned in the states are more appealing. I know Ford made different models outside of the states and the Falcons of down under are different but the four doors just don’t do it for me. Thanks for sharing, to each his own Oi .
We have many 2 Door coupes here in Aus, particularly the XA through XC variants . Like the Mad Max car. There’s a cool video on our channel featuring a Calypso Green variant. 👍
Dad. 🙂
❤️ Robin John Smith ❤️
The
unrestored GT that has the wrong mirrors and only on of them. The aerial has a around bottom, its meant to be square . I Think Ford only made 500 gtho'.s, there's two or three thousand of them stashed here it Tassie .
I'd own all these cars in a heart beat just thought i'd put my 10cents in
This "Tool Shed", needs a full time caretaker. When do i start???
Chevy could have sold a lot of 4 door Gen 1 Camaros in Australia.
They did, they were Holden commodores, The Zeta platform was developed in Australia
@@chisel83 Calling a 1978 Commodore a 4 door Gen 1 Camaro is stretching it a whole lot. It's more of a smaller 4 door Nova equivelent considering the largest motor is the 305 V8. The Kingwood looks very similar to the 1975-79 Nova from the doors forward. Was the barely able to breathe 5.0 litre the largest motor option ever installed in the Holden's?
David J. Fair point. We had the 327 Monaro coupes anyway and the Dodge Dart/valiant coupe ckd from the firewall back at the time along with imported and dealer rhd converted camaros and stangs
@@chisel83 We Americans were severly spoiled when it came to our choices of muscle coupes to build back in the 80s when I was a teen. I had a pair of big block Chevelles by the time I turned 20, one street 1968, one dragstrip car 1971.
Whatever the car was Mad Max drove in the first movie is a very slick looking coupe. Almost a scaled down early 70s Ford Torino.
Was/is it against the law to drive a non converted American car in Australia?
David J. Yeah, vastly different markets. USA population has always been 10 x that of Australia plus we can drive for days without crossing a major city. Aussies have an affinity for rwd four door sedans. Nothing wrong with high performance rwd sedans.