HK MONARO
Jun 19, 2019
3 minutes
Really, this is the ice-breaker for Aussie coupes. While Ford Australia may have resisted the urge to develop a local equivalent to the wildly successful Mustang, in 1967 it did nevertheless release the ‘Mustang-bred’ XR GT Falcon, complete with the 289-cube (4.7lt) V8. And it won Bathurst on its first outing, with Harry Firth and Fred Gibson at the wheel.
This was Holden’s answer and company M-D Max Wilson saw this one through. Like Ford, Holden drew on the American parent company’s catalogue for a powertrain, in this case the 327-cube (5.4lt) powerplant made famous
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