Bob McArthur
Cars: Ford XD Falcon Police Pursuit and Ford AU III Falcon XR8
Hometown: Sydney, NSW
What are they?
The first is an XD Falcon, 351 manual, ex-Police Pursuit car; the other an AU III XR8, again manual.
When did you buy them?
I bought the XD in 1983, straight from the police auctions, and I bought the XR8 new from Peter Warren Ford at Smithfield in 2001 – although I didn’t actually get the car until January 2002. There is a bit of a story to the XD. Many years ago I owned an LC GTR Torana, (wish I still had that!) another ex-police pursuit car, this time from Taree, and it doubled life as my race car as well as the family hack. It went to the shopping centres, Amaroo
