80s Aussie Ford Turbo Six Rocketship! Dick Johnson Grand Prix Turbo XE Falcon.

We feature and drive this extremely rare Dick Johnson Grand Prix Turbo Ford Falcon, believed to be one of only 43 examples ever produced back in the period of 1982/83! Combining the ever-reliable Ford 250 Crossflow six with a healthy sized turbocharger, along with various body and mechanical upgrades, these special edition Falcons bearing famous Australian Racer Dick Johnson's name were an absolute rocketship.
At Master of Machines, we love cars, in fact, we love anything with wheels or an engine, from American Muscle Cars to Australian Muscle Cars, Race Cars and Classic Cars of all kinds and even Barn Finds. If it's fast, powerful, restored or hidden away in hibernation then we'll cover it, and in most cases, we'll even drive them!

[@mattpowney741]

My name is Matt and I worked for CDT building those Dick Johnson turbo Falcons in Bayswater Victoria.

[@LSD123.]

You are a true Australian hero. I thank you.

[@turbo250falcon9]

Hi Matt. Were they only built in 3 colours? Were any built from ESPs, or only falcon GL’s?

[@mattpowney741]

@@turbo250falcon9 white, red and blue, and all falcon gl's.

[@turbo250falcon9]

I’ve seen a few blue ones in person, I know of 3 red ones and of a white one. They say the break down was 36 blue, 6 red and 1 white.

[@savvasperisanidis]

Matt thanks man Lest we forget

[@njsul1979ify]

Brings back memories, I had a turbocharged 250 crossflow in my XF. It had twin 175 CD stromberg carbies and what I believe were an original Dick Johnson cast iron exhaust manifold. Those were the days!!

[@Nick-1992-SRB]

The Turbo six banger of the 80s is an absolute dream.

[@colbster1970]

I drove a XE Fairmont Ghia turbo in the late 80's. It had the dealer fitted A.I.T. turbo kit, very torquey thing.

[@MegaROCKY001]

I was an apprentice motor mechanic. I wanted to T3 Garrett turbo my XA 250 coupe because I knew how well those long stroked 250 turbo....but couldn't afford it. Great article, thank you

[@JesusSaves86AB]

The 80's and 90's had the best looking cars in my opinion. Everything modern looks like a copycat of eachother.

[@turbomac5195]

🔥💯👊🏿👍🏿

[@mikldude9376]

I`m still a bit of a fan of the 60`s and 70`s , i miss my little 289 XR, that was a good car , XY`s my all time fav of the early henrys , also quite liked the XD`s , back then we had the police contract and i always had a woody jumping into an XD V8 interceptor , not that fast by todays standards or probably even the turbo six , but still a good no fuss quick cruiser .

[@donthitmeimwoozy]

So were the 80s... Ford XD and cortina are basically adapted from the Granada

[@turbomac5195]

@@donthitmeimwoozy yes sir 💯

[@toptank5348]

Late 60s would have to be about the pinnacle of the muscle car era? No pollution crap

[@anthonykleeman9686]

Love it - so good to see an actual road test of this car, I often wondered what one of these Grand Prix would be like, thank for enlightening me.

[@ziggassedup]

That's a cool XE...I remember working on an 86 XF Fairmont 6 pack 5 speed with twin turbos and engineered with no cat back in the mid 90's...It had a very big plenum with an intercooler in it...Never seen another.

[@rsoul7282]

Imagine how many door handles this bloke must go through...

[@GlennEverittMasterofMachines]

If only i had a dollar for every Ford door handle in that era when I was a mechanic. XF's were the worst for it.

[@angusseletto1511]

When I was an apprentice Mechanic in the mid 80s one of the other guys at trade school in Richmond had a 302 silver ESP stolen from the car park and never got it back to my recollection....poor guy was just Devo......He must of had well off parents to have a car like that in 1986 at 18 or 19 years of age.....ahhh the old days

[@owenmathews8806]

Love the history, the connection to DJ, the car is sensational reminds me of the Buick Grand National. What an episode, well done! I had no idea this car existed but then I'm a Valiant man:)

[@elwoodroadsmusic9639]

I had the 250 TE cortina back in the day and I certainly understood the torque in this engine :) Freshened up with custom twin SU sidedrafts, modified aluminium head (from a XE falcon i believe) and many other mods and with four on the floor this car was an incredible powerhouse

[@samsneed7172]

I remember them days, there would always be some smart-ass in a Gemini wanting to race 😂

[@victorbitter583]

@@samsneed7172 Lol. Before they were fooly sick bro.

[@edstar83]

Same I had a TF Cortina with a four barrel holly 250 crossflow, It was a rocket.

[@specialed4564]

Lloyds auctions is selling one of those xe falcon grand prix turbo's

[@ripme6616]

If I win the lotto I'll snap it up

[@bullyboy36]

Im pretty sure it sold for about 90k...

[@Autoholicqld]

Traction... There isnt any. Try some new tyres, 20 year old Bridgestone’s may be a little hard these days. Cool car

[@tomanycooks]

i didn't even know they existed.

[@chocodiledundee1]

I am a huge fan of Dick Johnson’s Falcons this Grand Prix Turbo is gorgeous ❤️

[@loonyloony6550]

I didnt even know they did a turbo at all. If they mass produced those, the vl turbos certainly would have had a fitting partner in the turbo camp.

[@nickwest3228]

G’day Glenn Great to see you’re back doing your thing. I’m not sure if you’d remember but I came to your place to buy the cragar wheels about 6-7 year ago. How’s the Xy going mate. Have you got it finished? That was a magic spray job on it. Would love to know if you have had the please of driving the car you built. If so you should make a vid on your own car after seeing everyone else’s all those years. Loved this ep on the Xe turbo. Keep me coming and all the best mate Cheers Nick W

[@GlennEverittMasterofMachines]

Hey Nick, great to hear from you! We had to shelve the race car but I have an identical street version, same colour and all, ground up build. We plan to feature an episode on it here! :-)

[@BadApe351]

Was only suggesting last week you feature some XDs or Es and here they are...and then some! Good on you Glenn...you've done it again! Yeah mate - can't help thinking "what if" had Dick gone down the route of homologating the Grand Prix. And considering how bulletproof that old 250 workhorse was it would only have been a matter of turning up the wick if she wasn't keeping up with the opposition on race day! But as you said he was still a relative battler back then and so he never had the factory backup or influence over Ford that Brocky had with Holden. Seeing how hard that Grand Prix went made me think twice about replacing the 250 in my XD with a Clevo...but only for a brief moment hah! Cheers Glenn...legend!

[@GlennEverittMasterofMachines]

Thought of you when I uploaded this and glad you jumped on it. We'll be featuring more of his XD and XE collection sooner than later too. Yes, I reckon these cars would have been a powerhouse in Group A race trim, it's a big engine and cubes plus a big snail hanging off the side usually ends up being a positive. But, it'd be damn hard to match factory support with all the R&D side of things. :-)

[@BadApe351]

@@GlennEverittMasterofMachines yeah Glenn I had an inckling you might have been. Good on you. And yes...old mate had quite a few of the breed stacked up in his shed. And I'm a V8 man but I can't help but be impressed with the DJ GP. Never gave them a lot of thought at the time. But this guy saw their potential as a collector's car. Thanks Glenn.

[@PeterPatterson-vt2cx]

Glenn Everitt - Master of Machines - I remember seeing this ep on ch31. Effing awesome. Thanks mate. 👍🏻

[@Andyc351]

@@GlennEverittMasterofMachines it would have made a fairly ordinary Group A car would have been in the 5500cc and over weight class with 13" wide tyres and a min weight of 1400kg so even if it had bulk grunt it would have chewed through tyres and brakes and in endurance races would have needed loads of fuel stops for fuel.

[@588bliss]

Had an XE ute in nz 20 years ago. On lpg had 300km on it, 3 on the tree. Bench seat. Kids loved squashing in and cruising. Not fast but the torque made it easy to drive. Only 2 gear changes made it okd school cool. No power steering but of a beast to park. Sold it for 2k in 2008. Had an xb sedan when i lived in oz early 90s. Full of rust, drove it on lot of outback roads unbreakable

[@madmuso5]

I remember walking home from school in the early 90s, everyday this guy in a yellow 351 xd with globe wheels would be parked waiting for his kids. Id wait just to hear him take off down the street and watch the shaker moving about. Such a tuff car.

[@bullyboy36]

I used to drive a black xd ute 351 toploader and 9in back in the 90s was made fun....

[@3800TURBO]

Its funny today you can buy a V6 RAV4 that is quicker lol. Technology has come a long way.

[@ripme6616]

Bulshit

[@brisxrt8748]

I've never looked at (or even thought too) v6 Rav4 0-100 times....just did, damn, they are fast for a shoe box!

[@OzSkunkworks]

A bf with a 6spd auto would be quicker too..

[@onedayiwillmakesomecontent]

@@OzSkunkworks 2k mods, you have a veyron beater. Not sure if it's a match for mums on a school run though!

[@jarlnieminen4307]

That's what you think. Btw lots of information on the gearbox failures of the RAV4

[@Adam-ml1ez]

I love your car reviews and insights Glenn, Keep Up the great work mate!

[@GlennEverittMasterofMachines]

Adam , thanks so much! Glad you’re enjoying it. Be sure to subscribe as I have a much more to come and a huge year planned for 2021.

[@adamjames2598]

Love this stuff Glenn. Also remeber it from 74ME. Would be great to see a ZLFairlane, FE LTD, or XF Ghia. Looking forward to you're new content.

[@ldnwholesale8552]

4.1X 1.4 is 5740ci and 1.7 near 7 litre. So with whatever equivilancy they used it was too big a capacity. A turbo 200ci ends up 4620. But would the short stroke 200 do the job? And stay together. They do rev far freer than the 4.1. Close ratio single rail would be ok but the diff and axles probably not. efi XE 4.1 is a LOT more than a 150hp 111kw for the carby engine with 325nm of torque. EFI engine is far sharper and quicker than a 302 XE over the quarter. V8 XD XE Falcons were 12mpg asthmatic pigs. Fit an XB camshaft and they are immediatly far better. Block off the egr and the heat passage under the carb and probably retune the carb extensively and then you have a nice engine Though IF you do that fit a mild cam, Performer intake and a better carb and it will be better again.The XA XB engines had no real faults and did not wear out like the later ones either. XCs are not great but the XD XE V8s simple had the valves burrow up the ports and wore the shit out of the guides. And left top ring marks as well. Earlier engines did not ever do that

[@carenbarnet378]

The history of this car, and the work put into it blows me away. Thanks Glen for showcasing Dick's awesome car.

[@GlennEverittMasterofMachines]

Glad you enjoyed it. 🙂

[@JohnWinzil]

Dicks cars are crap and he was and is full of crap 😂

[@apsallpartsolutions7312]

Loved the in-gear wheels spins !

[@plumbs7199]

The grandfather of the mighty turbo Barra !

[@Jeepvanboat]

Nothing mighty about the Barra..how funny

[@caprilover6391]

Thanks Glenn. It just so happens it was tuned to be able to do the quarter mile at 14.9 seconds, the exact time that a Brock VH Group3 Commodore of the same eara could cover a quarter mile. I agree with some of the other comments, Ford did nothing, it was blokes like DJ or Wayne Draper who loved the product so much they tried to keep it alive.

[@shanoinoz]

...and he has one of Dick's personal drive cars.... I'm blown away... where do you find these cars ??

[@pub6023]

Great car, had an XD and lived on the coast......rusted out too the extent that the wiper motor tore itself out .

[@heathsmetalwerx]

Thanks always wanted to see one of those old turbo 6s in action. Now can u find a rare falcon EA turbo and do a review please I've only ever seen one

[@jasonwalandouw]

Glenn, great video mate...In Sydney back in the day my ole man Greg used to go to Besons Turbo Centre in Sefton...well didnt Ian Benson and Super Guru Turbo monster Dennis send these bad boys, we had a XD and then the 1st blue printed XF, and mate let me tell you I had brown pants for years as a kid driving with the ole man back in the day......We were ecstatic when Ford Australia took it on board to factory build Turbos and did the BA Turbo and today I'm loving my FG and you know something I agree with you, I still think it could be quite possible for the ole XD / XF would give the FG a run for it money.

[@joshchaffey]

I can't stand these Falcons from the 80's, but this has got to be as cool as they get! What a rad piece of Australian car history!

[@donaldthomson8965]

having a brain fade mate they where great

[@maxl3189]

@@donaldthomson8965 his eyes are drawn on, all you gotta do is look.around at all.of the plastic garbage on the roads today

[@muzzasmsmadness1081]

I remember when Dick bought a turbo Falcon to demo to Ford New Zealand. I was lucky enough to be taken for a ride, It was a crude beast the was full turbo or nothing. Later at lunch in the staff cafe Dick sarcastically commented that it was the only thing he had ever gotten for free from Fords

[@meatheadbrian147]

I have an XE Wagon with a 351.. Rare as Rockin horse shit... Love em

[@kenxiong6830]

My favorite Falcon from the Aussies. Ford found a way to make an ugly car beautiful

[@mattpowney741]

Matt Powney again, I also left a Victorian Police CB-900 for dead in one of these.

[@angusseletto1511]

Yeah The Bridgie Eagers were the heroes of the tyres for a bit,my first experience with a V8 LJ was a guy who lived round the corner I was about 10 or 11 so about 1978/79,black 2 Door with a 253,600 Holley,Aussie box( what else 😁) stock banjo diff,he did blow heaps of centres and broke plenty of axles, he bought it from a crazy Ultra Tune mecho,stoved it so redid it in silver like an XU-1 still v8,had a reddish velvet interior haha remember it was late 70s V8 LJs were almost unheard of ....cool time

[@conservativesniperhunter7439]

Too bad Ford didn’t put Turbos on these 6 Cylinders. Love them old Falcons .

[@timmyharrison9930]

Imagine that engine in a Cortina?

[@conservativesniperhunter7439]

@ Tim Harrison Oh yeah , it would have been a little V8 killer .

[@timmyharrison9930]

Conservative Sniper Hunter would’ve been awesome if FORD had done something with the Cortina like Holden did with the GTR’S

[@pub6023]

For sure the cortina was an untapped resource, grew up in Griffith NSW in the time of money a plenty. A mate had a GTR not an XU1 but well sorted and the Friday night 1/4 mile on Leeton Rd was a good money spinner for him against the HO’s and Monaro’s. Always thought a turbo Cortina 6 would put the cat amongst the pigeons, never did anything about it....same old same old, shoulda, woulda, coulda! Will say this though, had the best engine builder on the planet in that town...Mario Barbagello-Maverick. Died in a HT Holden with the owner Paul Panabianco testing an engine rebuild on Lavender bend just out of Griffith. Both gents were doing what they lived for....

[@ripme6616]

@@timmyharrison9930 a man after my own heart

[@markperkins8858]

This is bloody awesome hey can't believe this 6 did a 14.9 down the quarter mile that esp v8 would be bloody quick trust me would love to have it that car is irreplaceable as it's faster than all the other esp and it was owned by dick Johnson wow

[@jimclarke1108]

I worked for a turbo center back in the day, putting turbos on XE/XF, fastest cars on the street at the time, put a few on Cortina 6 as well)) - Quarter was 12s manual, 13s auto

[@andrewlace]

We're they're intercooled? Interesting.

[@ripme6616]

Mad...Were the cortina's much quicker

[@meatheadbrian147]

Oooh man.. would've loved a Cortina turbocharged.. Awesome buddy

[@damiengolding4120]

I owned a XE wagon with a 250 crossflow turbo designed by Mike Vine out of QLD. 14.9 is modest With a c4 and 2.75 diff 13.1 reliable. Was a very fast car.

[@1971xahardtop]

i picked up a 1983 zk fairlane with same set up, 250 injected mike vine turbo set up, c4 stage 2 shift kit, injec tune aftermarket computer, last regod 2007 , cant wait to get it finnished and back on the road

[@EDGEDAZZA]

That’s so sick

[@paulpeterson1663]

Awesome video on great Aussie ingenuity to solve a problem

[@cv8z231]

How can a generation of Aussie blokes not know these things existed.....anyway I was into my Holdens back then.

[@brownsworthy7323]

A mate of mine told me years ago about these and that one of his mates had one. I told him it had to aftermarket and didn't believe him. Wasn't I wrong!

[@madogmabz]

Turbo charged brick on wheels.But somehow they made it a nice car to look at..Can you do a video on the Mitsubishi turbo sigma..?

[@GlennEverittMasterofMachines]

Turbo Sigma...great idea! Brings back some great memories. Grunty engine that 2.6 :-)

[@davidewhite69]

actually, to be eligible for racing under FISA Group A regulations a manufacturer needed to make a minimum of FIVE THOUSAND base models in a calendar year, in other words 5000 4.1 turbo falcon four door sedans. To make the car more competitive and more suitable for racing a manufacturer or it's delegated representative could make (again a minimum of) FIVE HUNDRED SPORTING EVOLUTION models, like with the VK Group A blue meanie. This is why it never came to fruition, Ford Australia in the early mid eighties were not interested in performance and were officially not supporting manufacture racing, and in no way were going to make 5000 turbo falcons with out intensive testing, and DJ simply ran out of time and had to go the Mustang route i.imgur.com/6rystOm.jpg

[@ripme6616]

You get the impression that Ford had better Engineers but the boys up top were cunts

[@fachu2]

I didn't know about these Falcons until now and really wished I had. Thanks for the education.

[@xbgtfella]

Tricky Dicky. If only he took the plunge and did his HDT thang. His cars would have sold and been 6 figure legends like Brockys r now.

[@guillermohoffmann8417]

Amazing car wonderfully shown by you ,.... Onya mate!

[@jeffreysheldrake7943]

These were such a leap ahead in design and handling from what was the norm in the seventies

[@adamwainwright9658]

I can't believe I've never seen or heard of this beautiful falcon before.. What a work of art..

[@glennkiller3195]

This Featured on isn't stock Though. They were a Suck Through Turbo Setup like the CDT Gemini with a Stromburg. They took ages too Boost Up. In all Honesty, a CDT Gemini would have walked one of these. If the Turbo X-Flow Six is only making 250 odd HP. The CDT Gemini wasn't that Far Behind in Power. Put Power to Weight in the Mix. The Gemini came out on Top. The Dick Johnson Turbo is a Great Car, Don't get me Wrong. If it was a OHC Engine, Then it would have been better.

[@roshanjay7]

Car just looks right from every angle.

[@lesjabbour7754]

1983 ford falcon crossflow turbo charged it comes with comfort and hell rasing speed this monster is 6 cilynders Well at list i gave the dunnydore ( the holden commodore ) Good run for what it was worth from the big dipper to avoca beach I was 28 than when i trade it for 1993 falcon xr6 turbo fast but not as good 1983 falcon it was fast 'N' powerful ...

[@7071t6]

My Brother almost brought one from melton's ford dealership i told him to buy it, instead he got a toyota corolla and spent around 3K to fix it with toyota oe parts, now he would be kicking himself, not taking my advice at the time?

[@carlob517]

Ford like Chrysler shoulda woulda coulda done much more back in the 70's and 80's ,the Charger should have had a 4 speed earlier for example WTF were they thinking? SMH , or imagine if the TD Cortina had descent brakes now That car would have been a giant killer and left XU1's in its dust id take a Ford 250 six over a Holden 202 anytime the torque and the reliability of the 250 were amazing , Ford should of brought in the crossflow heads much much sooner and industry around them could of been made , i grew up in and area where a guy had a 250 TD cortina that was Turboed no wastegate either!! That was some awesome accelerating car the massive G force that thing could create was incredible , i don't know how many diffs he blew but that thing would smoke up the tyres for well over 2 telegraph poles lengths , im sure he could tell you a story or two about what he did it in

[@awesomusmaximus3766]

Correction the 4.1 made 170 hp last feul injected ver and the turbo ver made 270 hp

[@sgcl2276]

Nice car, do the door handles work? 😂

[@rosshyt1]

These cars were made from turbo kits, designed / sold by AIT which was owned / created by man named David Inall.

[@davidyummus6259]

14.4 seconds down the quarter mile,... not bad for a factory six. E49 Valiant Charger did 14.4 with their 265 inline six without a turbo in 1972 ;)

[@GlennEverittMasterofMachines]

I'm a huge fan of the Hemi six, an awesome engine.

[@mickgunn4979]

The way I remember the car was that Dick wanted to be able to produce and sell enough of the cars to homologate them for racing started the process and then got the big no we won't let you race them. Would have been an awesome car he then brought the Mustang out to race as this was the only way he could still race a Ford but he was never allowed to develop or improve the Mustang either even back then Holden didn't want real competition, hasn't changed much over the years has it.

[@roadtrain5910]

lol I've only seen 1 esp falcon red and black in my town and it was about 25-30 years ago some rich farmer from Mingenew was sweet car too cant say much about ford and holden now used to love v8 super cars now cant stand them now lol i had 1984 fc ltd with worked engine it was a tire shredder side ways every gear change with 5.8 Cleveland v8 think it had 400 hp at the wheels one thirsty mother just a pity ford don't make cars here in Australia

[@kennethcroese4240]

HKS in Neutral bay done all the development work on those falconsi actually vseenbthe prototype which was the ford orange colour fun facts

[@ripme6616]

Mad

[@steveskrobot9496]

I bleed blue, and never knew that these Grand Prix models were Turboed!!! OMG! Its taken me near 30 years to learn this. The only other thing they forgot to improve on the Grand Prix was the steering wheel!!!! They needed a smaller sporty wheel to make it at least feel better in your hand, unlike the standard bus sized stock steering wheel they had, exact to the base model GL XE Falcon of the same year. The Fairmont ghia got a nicer steering wheel! I think they missed a trick Dicky & FoMoCo, but overall, what a silent beast!

[@georgewinters3191]

Had a XE X pak Was a great car wished I had the knowledge and money to have turboed it back then

[@jasonlennon1940]

Nice car mate l own an xe interceptor 351 had it 30 years always loved there appearance. Did a ground up restoration on it just after l bought it and it still gets compliments when its out. Built october 1982 so one of the last of the great muscle cars off the line.

[@GlennEverittMasterofMachines]

Great to see you kept it!

[@wayneireland4802]

THANKYOU

[@the66hobgoblin.45]

As a 70 years young bloke I wonder if any of you have had the pleasure (?) of being in a steel head 4•1 crossflow xc falcon fitted with a super charger. The one I punted around for a short while was a 36k mile station wagon. Very interesting on the corners if you forgot about the supercharger. 😁.

[@hulkgqnissanpatrol6121]

Yep nice engine when turbocharged. Reliable only when built and driven properly. Hence teens and there ls engines in nissan patrols! Basicly same block.

[@dcoop1422]

Xe's and Xf's are lightweight falcons compared to newer ones, very light. Makes sense a straight 6 turbo would be very quick.

[@dennisdobin8640]

Back in the late 80's at an Auction in Melb,two xf silver Faimont Ghia's Falcons went under the hammer, bankruptcy, one had a single turbo the other a twin turbo.I ended up speaking to the man who built them, I think he said he was hoping to get ford backing to produce similar models.Didn't happen he went under,I ask him about the performance of the cars,he told me they had got the twin turbo up to 180mph.be interest what happened to them.

[@stuartpx1]

I recall Brock brought out an all wheel drive turbo Falcon...XF I think. One went for sale at Pickles (or Fowles?) in Melbourne the day i bought my ex-Telstra XF wagon.

[@dennisdobin8640]

these two went on auction in nth melb.

[@jestronixhanderson9898]

As a kid in the 80s , the letters V8 and Turbo were eye catching. I remember my dad owned an XD panel van that he put headers and cams on, even the old 4.1 without a turbo in the early 8s wasn’t slow for its time :) this car with a Turbo 4.1 would have insulted most cars back then! Torque is king :). low down punch is so much fun!

[@jestronixhanderson9898]

Yep, I was going to buy an exa turbo in the 90s , just didn’t have enough money to get a good one :) I did however buy my dream turbo AWD pocket rocket Nissan GTIR, that was fun :) now I’ve gone electric and the torque is phenomenal, but I’d love an old XD !

[@maxl3189]

@@jestronixhanderson9898 I'd love to drive a gtir, just driving the pulsar was fun

[@tonyrich7011]

Nice to see a Holden HK Premier in Silver Mink, tucked away... With a 186 badge on the guard!

[@bustedrusted7385]

Fairly sure that was from Carseldine in Brisbane, the next street from where i used to live, was parked out the front of a house for a long time under a car cover in the late 90's

[@sugarnads]

Absolutely original. Except...it has efi not carby...

[@stinkfinger1942]

And meth injection...

[@colbster1970]

EFI was available on the XE. Ford thought that would cover the loss of the V8's. It had the original EEC....prior the the EEC iv on the xf

[@revelairfanman6171]

Had an XF S pack EFI 250, 4 speed - odd factory combo but it went well - I can only imagine how well a turbo variant would go!

[@watsisbuttndo829]

I had one too! Same colour as the dj turbo featured. Previous owner had installed koni shocks and some urethane suspension stuff and to date was the nicest handling car ive ever owned. Wish i still had it.

[@MegaROCKY001]

They did go well. I was a mechanic at Ford dealer back then

[@xtxt9135]

Only ever saw one in action once, years ago. He's not exaggerating.

[@GlenB1963]

Awesome video. I remember buying a car magazine and reading about it as "the 1983 gtho" baby I wanted one, and a 351 ESP too. Oh memories. :-)

[@2burning2turning]

There’s no traction because those tyres are junk.

[@GlennEverittMasterofMachines]

No doubt, they'll be hard as hell, but when this thing is in motion and eventually hooks up at speed it pulls like a train. I spent 25 years in the performance industry as a dyno tuner and this thing surprised me for what it was.

[@2burning2turning]

Glenn Everitt - Master of Machines absolutely.

[@K10wNs-Shed]

Try buying new tyres for these old cars now. There's nothing in 14 inch, and only BF Goodrich in 15 inch. They sell nothing that actually has grip. I'm having similar issues with my Escort on 13x7's, Cortina on 14x7's and Falcon on 14x8/14x10.

[@mrforeman7443]

@@K10wNs-Shed kumho bro

[@K10wNs-Shed]

@@mrforeman7443 Kumho haven't made those sizes for more than 10 years.

[@tangledtangles1384]

Very nice, Glen you are very lucky to drive such nice cars.

[@7071t6]

The did not come out meth and water injected at all, it was all super and unleaded was just about to hit the market, which is why it went to group A and no other reason, due to the fuels used at the pumps ie: super ,which unleaded came out thus cats as well? they make out like this is 500hp and 500NM of torque as well, when in fact it really had just as much power as the 351's did a little more around 160KW that's it and massive turbo lag as well, full stop? What ever happened to channel 31 and your XY GT ford freak show ,gone way off the charts hey mate, lol:)

[@MrR31power]

Mate I've missed your shows man and machine and this show were two of my favorites. Would love to see you do some more stuff on KZbin or something.

[@GlennEverittMasterofMachines]

Thanks Mate, glad you found my new KZbin channel. We've got over 40 videos here so be sure to subscribe. Big year for 2021 all going well with a heap of new content coming your way. :-)

[@carenbarnet378]

This is a ripper Six. yes it would be great to see it as a Demo 5 lap race around Bathurst by the owner. Dick Johnson is a legend.

[@vithakatsa5451]

That donk in a corty and ur off into the trees morrish

[@petergracemeguide1280]

Lots of sigma turbo here. Australian know how. What about the 4wd xf with the Ferguson fwd

[@MrGutfeeling]

WOW! Seems awesome. I have never heard of this version and I grew up in the 80s, weird! And so very weird it didn't get a guernsey when the V8 engines were discontinued?!

[@doriankeating1963]

Great find and story Glenn ! Maybe an idea for another part of your top show would be to Pitt these classics against the newer counter parts and just see how good these things would of stacked up .Keep em coming mate and be safe .

[@humblereloaded]

Owned a few turbo xe's and xf's Built a few as well. It's a 500kg lighter car than the ba-fg-fgx series and just 10 times more visceral than the new age cars.

[@allennovo8231]

Nice

[@craigmurphy181]

Glenn, your videos are fantastic. Your enthusiasm is contagious. Thank you for finding these gems.

[@GlennEverittMasterofMachines]

My pleasure Craig! Thanks so much for your support, it truly means a lot.

[@ozbusa]

Made me go back thru my photo collection. I have a picture of one of these in this exact same colour from a motor show in Brisbane in 1988 I was at. Only difference is it has the rear seat headrests are in it.

[@nealdz1031]

Kind if loved the old falcons. Family had XE. Just sounded beefy and was roomy

[@johnnochard4974]

Performance is probably better that the carburetor-ed original. This one having better fuel management.

[@NoOne56488]

My first car was a XE, she was slow but very reliable. When she did break down it still got me home, she ended up doing 440,00kms when she got traded for an AU. Now i own a Sprint, too bad the family V8 / V6 is dead and no longer made.

[@Hitman-ds1ei]

Man you need to watch more you tube videos on performance differences between carbs and injection if you think that

[@rodneymcgiveron7494]

all Falcon sixes are all about the torque....why they pull like a train...my 2008 FG XR6 (N/A) shocks me how strong she pulls every time ...they are truly a great engine...match it up with the ZF 6 speed and an absolute joy to drive every day..Same thing with the AU Futura I also have re the SOHC Intech ...same traits...legend engines ..

[@Hapkido82AUS]

In the early 80s, AVO built a twin turbo 351 XE Falcon. Apparently any more than 2000rpm in any gear, resulted in wheelspin.. AVO also did a turbo 265 Hemi with EFI 😊

[@jethrox827]

Wow just subbed, that show Glenn had Man and Machine was one one of the best ever car shows made, pity its not on any more :(

[@GlennEverittMasterofMachines]

Thanks so much Jethro! We have big plans for this channel and a heap of new content planned for 2021. Welcome aboard! 👍

[@incomingshell3268]

@@GlennEverittMasterofMachines I suppose if Trump gets back in you can plan for 2021.....If Biden gets in you'll be doing shows from your bedroom 😂🤣😂

[@GlennEverittMasterofMachines]

@@incomingshell3268 , or the basement! 😂

[@incomingshell3268]

@@GlennEverittMasterofMachines You'll have to do a show on New American Muscle coming into Australia....Since we haven't got a single multi millionaire in the country who has the confidence in investing in a wholey Australian built car.... We'll have to be satisfied with American cars.....Enjoyed your shows Glenn!

[@ryanjennings6541]

That car is awesome ! I couldn't own it cause I couldn't stop myself I'd drive the wheels off .

[@joshy351]

fantastic video Glenn, I also have a couple falcons signed by Dick Johnson, One of those Gradprix that the bloke said he may sell would look great in my collection.

[@GlennEverittMasterofMachines]

I can always ask him for you! You can contact me via my website. :-) www.everforgemedia.com/