In 1970 Ford Australia hand built two Super Falcons , at a cost of about $125,000 each , as a response to Norm Beechey’s Monaro . They wanted to compete against it in a locally built car .
It was powered by a NASCAR 351 ci V8 with Lucas fuel injection producing 600bhp. and had a lightweight bodyshell , the overall weight of the vehicle being 1185 kg compared with the GT HO Ph III 1500kg.
They were quite unreliable and although they practised both the Super Falcon and their respective Mustangs Geoghegan and Moffat usually elected to race the still faster and more reliable Mustang , however at the 1972 Easter Bathurst meet Geoghegans Super Falcon beat Moffats Mustang by 6/10ths of a second with the lead changing 6 times in 13 laps !
Posted by Robs Retro Motor Racing on 2015-02-23 11:54:56
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