I knew about the Mad Max film franchise when I was little. One of the Nintendo games that my mother had enjoyed was Mad Max (it came out in 1990) and all I could tell you about that game is that it was the most infuriating pain in the ass of all time. But I had only seen a bit of Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome and wasn’t impressed enough to learn much more about it. Mel Gibson is Max, Tina Turner is in it…yawn. Nothing to see here. And that would be my overall impression of the film series if it wasn’t for a chance encounter in 2002. A pilot that worked at the same hangar I did happened to own an early 1970s Fairmont, flat black, making noises that I could pick up a mile off. More curious about the Ford I couldn’t identify than anything else, I dived into the Internet and started to learn about the Falcon with the Monza-like “droopsnoot” nose cone and the blower that was turned on and off with a switch.
Then I saw the chase scene. The MPF agents hanging tight on a beaten-up Monaro. The Nightrider. The introduction to the last of the V8s. The car was designed to be a legend from the word go, but I highly doubt that George Miller and Byron Kennedy would’ve dreamed that the wicked-up Ford Falcon would’ve made it as far as it did. But where did the car originate from? Not in the movies, but in real life? Here’s some insight in how a used musclecar became Australia’s best foot forward for gearheads in the States and beyond:
Interesting since my friend just took delivery of his clone car yesterday . Tryed to post pictures but dont know how
Wait, so which one did I see at the Petersen museum in March?
The real OG Interceptor Police Special.
last of the V8 Interceptors!
I wish we could post photos in these comments…I’d like to show off my XB coupe!