My Muscle Car
What is it?
It’s a 2002 Ford Falcon AUIII XR8 in Monsoon with five-speed manual transmission. It had the dealer-fitted Speedline 18-inch wheels (including the spare) and was optioned with leather, premium sound and the Ford Motorsportinspired Peregrine body kit. It looks like an XR8 Rebel clone.
When did you buy it?
I purchased the car from David Nutter Ford in Berwick on the Monday after the 2003 Betta Electrical Sandown 500, and took delivery about a week later. I traded my 1989 Ford Falcon EA Fairmont Ghia, which was factory fitted with a five-speed, and actually dealt with the same salesman that I had dealt with almost 10 years earlier.
Why did you buy it?
I decided at the Sandown 500, where I was the Events Secretary, that I needed a V8 again (I’d previously owned a white XB John Goss Special, a manual, and an XC four-door (with a 302
