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Phase SHIFTERS

DAVID Frake, Leo Khouri and Mark Lamb are quick to reassure us that they aren’t madmen. Although, as we stand between two irreplaceable, iconic Aussie muscle cars covered in dirt and bug guts, it would be easy to query that.

Leo explains that their seemingly insane plan – driving their near-priceless Phase III GTHO Falcons around Australia – was born of a simple premise. “We just wanted to show people what these cars were built for – and that’s Australian roads,” he says. He’s not wrong; after 40 days and 16,953 kilometres of their Phase III Odyssey, there’s plenty of those Aussie roads still stuck to their cars as

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