The Story of the Mad Max Interceptor (Documentary)

The Mad Max "Interceptor" as it is know carries a deep history and another name in the Pursuit Special. Celebrating the 40th anniversary of the release of the original Mad Max in 1979, this documentary focuses on and showcases the 1973 Ford Falcon GT V8 Pursuit Special (Interceptor) featured in the film and its sequels. Delving into its history of production and development, along with the legacy it has left behind in the film and car world, MFP is proud to present an original and in-depth new web series called 'SCREEN CHASSIS' that will focus on movie cars of the past that have become fondly remembered and loved by fans across the globe.
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[@Robert-ff9wf]

Why do they always have to destroy the car??? I hate that!! To me, the car was the star of the movies. Thats the whole reason I wanted to see the movie in the first place.

[@thepropview9517]

In those days they was just Sean as a dime dozen kind of like today’s mustangs and camaro

[@sketchpro12]

Hey, so proud to now be a part of this car's history! I was the one who designed the version in Ready Player One! Alterations included the tanks being hidden jet engines, reinforced supercharger and front bumper, and several other changes to fit into this new virtual world. It was originally planned as Aech's car for the film which would have featured it MUCH more, but was later changed to the Big Foot monster truck because it was easier to spot in the sea of cars. There was also a more customized version that was scaled bigger, had a more dragster rear end and a sunroof cut out of the roff so the 8' AECH character could drive with his head out the top. But that too was paired back before filming. Still LOVE the original Mad Max as the one with the best story as Max walks into the darkness and comes out as the Black on Black.... epic!

[@kevinchamberlain7928]

no

[@ZiddersRooFurry]

I love your version!

[@onlyme219]

Prove it

[@darrinlawton2748]

Easily the best detailed history of the car I've seen. Thank you an congratulations.

[@MFPMapFilmProductions]

Thanks. Keep an eye out, the Wraith Car will be next up.

[@chrisferguson1911]

@@MFPMapFilmProductions Except for the grey boxes with yellow writing on a bright white background that can't be read. Other than that, awesome retrospective.

[@MFPMapFilmProductions]

@@chrisferguson1911 Cheers. Others have pointed this out and it will be corrected for future videos.

[@CycolacFan]

It’s rare I can watch a car documentary and not find an error somewhere, you have really done a hell of a good job here.

[@MFPMapFilmProductions]

Cheers. But better I do it before someone else does. I said in one bit "Valve" when I should have said "Venturi" I should have just said 4V and be done with it. But yeah, I am not perfect and I tried to be in this instance. But I am glad you liked what you seen.

[@justinthorsson]

should be 600hp for the pursuit special instead of 300hp😉

[@PatrolmanDark]

The car at 15:46 is my car with Peter Barton. Built for the documentary Back 2 the Max by Scott Smith, it was later partially disassembled and molds made of each custom fiberglass component (all were made from original molds). Several sets of parts were made and sent to the Fury Road vehicle team, making the Fury Road cars all replicas of mine. :D

[@XA351GT]

Absolutely fantastic video. I was one of those petrol heads that saw the original in the theater in the US as a 16YO octane junkie. This car grabbed in a way nothing else ever has. Trying to get info on the car before the internet in the US was extremely hard. About all I was able to find out was it was a Australian Falcon. Now seeing as the Mad Max released in the States was devoid of any Aussie accents or lingo we had thought the car was a Ford Torino with a 71-73 Mustang front clip and much custom work to achieve the look . Some has even thought it was a George Barris car. For me this was summer of 1980 as the US saw the release about a year after it open in Oz. So when video tape releases came out I bought it and studied the car frame by frame , dreaming of the day I would somehow find and buy one . Flash forward 20 years to 2000 . A friend at work , also a Mad Max fanatic were talking . I told him of what little I still knew of the car and it spurred him into a web search for info as I was still not in the computer age. The next day he came in with pages he had printed from Peter Barton's Mad max FAQ page. Seeing all the info available I went out and purchased a Web TV internet terminal and began to scrounge everything I could. After reading everything on Peter's page I went through all the links he has posted. One link was that of Mad Max Cars. Thinking it was a info page I was stunned when the page opened with the message " Do You live in the US? Do you want to own a Interceptor?" I was like HELL YES I DO. I read everything on the page and reached out to the owner of the page . I explained what I was looking for in a car and he said well I have a Black 4 speed car ,but it's a XA GT clone, you'd have to replace all the front sheet metal. I was still interested . Now at this point I had very little idea of what a stock XA GT looked like . When Terry transmitted the photos . My plans changed. I no longer wanted to build the Interceptor , but wanted to restore the car back to it's original beauty. So we struck the deal in June of 2000, the car was packed and shipped too me and arrived in late August of 2000. I goy=t the car registered and insured and drove it as is to it's 1st show 3 days later. The crowd that this beaten and slightly tired car drew was surprising to me. I was still parking it as a crowd gathered around it . many wanting to know why was this very American looking car ( most if not all believing it was a Torino) had RHD . Once I explained that this was the stock version of the Mad Max Car they all understood . After that began a nearly 2 year nut and bolt restoration and the car was truly now show worthy in late may of 2002. In 2003 I along with the many Falcon owners in the States pilgrimaged to Dearborn, Michigan in June 2003 for the Ford 100th celebration. We had 26 Aussie falcons there over the course of the weekend . Still to my knowledge the largest gathering of Aussie falcons outside of Oz or NZ . In attendance we had 3 Interceptors and a Big Bopper sedan, XA ,XB coupes and a Cobra , a XW sedan and Ford of Australia sent over a new at the BA XR6 sedan and Ute. So this one car has taken up 40 years of my life and I've never been disappointed in it. Again thanks for the great video and your work is greatly appreciated.

[@willm687]

XA351GT hey mate is there somewhere I can see photos or videos or the BA’s in America

[@waverider227]

Awesome story. Your living the dream of owning a piece of cinema history!

[@XA351GT]

@@willm687 I have pics from Dearborn but they are not in digital form. I'll have to try to get them all transferred over

[@willm687]

XA351GT do you know where to find photos online

[@benchmarkthis]

Mate as an Aussie this brings a tear to my eye! Brilliant backstory and I'm so stoked for you that you got one and love it like your first born. This era of Falcons are truly masterpieces (and I'm a Holden man, my dream car is the Nightrider's HQ Monaro Coupe-the most beautiful muscle car ever made!) but this Falcon is the closest Ford ever got to something as awesome Haha. Enjoy the ride mate

[@aaronhrk]

I am a huge pony car fan, but as an Aussie I'm infinitely glad that George Miller went for the Falcon in Mad Max!!! I simply couldn't imagine any other vehicle playing the starring role in this cinematic masterpiece.

[@MFPMapFilmProductions]

I agree. Its all part of the Aussie image.

[@graydonnielson388]

maybe the HQ at the start of the movie

[@ihategoogleplus3790]

i'll always call it... "the last of the v8 interceptors" ...in a Aussie accent

[@KYoss68]

Thank you for posting. I've loved this car for 36 years, and for better or worse: the world of Mad Max affected how I lived my life.

[@KiltedCameraman]

A massive amount of work went into this...a labour of love

[@MFPMapFilmProductions]

Thank you. Yes it was. And it has started me onto doing similar videos for other movie vehicles. Keep an eye out. ;)

[@alterbassman]

One of my favorite all time movie franchises,the black on black is one of the most beautiful cars I’ve ever seen on the screen 🖤🤩🤤

[@donovanreimer2324]

What a thorough and well paced production. Thank you and well done!

[@MFPMapFilmProductions]

Thank you. Please feel free to subscribe as more videos are to arrive such as this on other movie and tv cars along with other breakdowns and reviews.

[@charlesdrayer516]

fast cars faster women. amen

[@charlesdrayer516]

fast cars faster women. amen

[@AsianFlew]

Growing up in the 60's, my first dream car was the Batmobile. Then I saw this car, and my entire automotive world changed. To this day, nothing else is quite good enough.

[@007galaxie]

Freaken excellent video, I was only 11 years old when my parents took us to a Drive-In to see the first Mad Max, I was blown away and instantly hooked on the MFP Interceptor, "Long Live the Night Rider" :)

[@l92375]

You can shut the gate on this one, its the ducks guts!!!!!

[@madjack3956]

Yep, 'last of the V8 Interceptors. ... It would be a shame to blow it up.'

[@timmyharrison9930]

She sucks nitro

[@dub2536]

"It's the rat's ass"! I love this car since seeing Mad Max 2 in 1982 or 1983 in a theater in the Washington DC area in the USA. Peace!

[@bigkiwial]

AND the mutts nuts!!😉

[@ChuckHickl]

deer's ears?

[@mikemelina7395]

"She's the last of the V8 Interceptors..." and king of all movie cars.

[@Gearhead-en8dz]

The King of all movie cars??! Hmmm.

[@partymanau]

@@Gearhead-en8dz Definitely.

[@stefanavic6630]

"She sucks nitro!"

[@mrcina8621]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/l2eVeIqOacSGm5Y Australian 👆

[@bigkiwial]

I certainly can't think of a cooler more badass movie car, so iconic!!

[@patfenis7644]

Those Aussie two door Falcons even looked beautiful when they were rusted wrecks .

[@partymanau]

And they rust, I had one. The steel was shit and they had no zinc coating. Also the factory caulking put on the bare metal in the factory used to let go and trap water under it. When I bought mine , panel beater mate wised me up and we stripped the car and resealed it.

[@ldnwholesale8552]

Fat arsed ugly things!!! 4 doors are a different story! XAs by preference.

[@sleepysnz]

yeah but the americans had the 1967 falcon coupe ( very cool cars BTW) where australia didn't produce those, only the 4 door version with both 6 cylinder and V8 versions

[@james_tiberius_kirk73]

The most accurate history of the Pursuit Special yet. I saw the original car in South Australia in 1992 and still have my precious polaroids of it.

[@DIOSpeedDemon]

I owned a SS Camaro in 79' that had a blown Ls-6 427 cubic inch. First for all of you young people and i was 18 in 79', if you ever have a chance to ride in a blown muscle car, DO IT. I was running a 10% under driven, 3- Inch cragar drive and a 6.71 GM blower with Weiand full race manifold , topped off by 2 Holley 600cfm center squirters. What a great memories for the kid i used to be. A blown muscle car is a something to remember when that blower comes up on line, Over Pressure.

[@stanwagner7569]

79 I was 16 and thanks to that movie I'm putting the blower on my F-100 Ford 460 I'm 57 now Rock on interceptor

[@Ravenous1369]

I lost this video in my history after a barrage of children's videos buried it (nephew stayed for a week, forgot to change the account on the tv) and today it reappeared in my recommended. Could not be happier to have taken the extra 21 minutes to stay awake and finally watch it, excellently done video that I Will be sharing with friends, now I've got to plan a trip to Orlando for next year.

[@Zombihamster]

Great informative video. I saw the car during many visits to the "Cars of the stars" Museum in England where it was on display. Usually you had to see it standing behind a barrier but one day the museum was almost empty and the staff let me sit in the drivers seat. Very nice.

[@kittysmith8959]

Yeah, us too on our honeymoon! It's in America now...

[@h2oboater]

Seen the original in its original release in 1979 , my brother and I went .... To this day its still one of my favorite films.🙂🙂 Awesome Job on your coverage of the car and film.... 👍👍 C

[@MFPMapFilmProductions]

Thank you.

[@greebo7857]

7:41 I saw Mad Max at the long gone Rowville drive-in in Melbourne on release. I had a very quick XA four door at the time, and Mel was very nearly correct.

[@MyRCChannel-CJScott]

Thank you for putting this together. I was just old enough to see "The Road Warrior" in the theaters and then saw the original Mad Max on VHS. I loved this car from the moment I saw it on screen. It's a timeless icon of a possible dystopian future that we managed to avoid. Today's youth are largely spared the societal fear that our leaders would engage in a global nuclear war.

[@bartlettsbartlett958]

Ha, If only that were still true of our current leaders.

[@tonymontana897]

Well done ! The best doco I've seen so far. I used to own a 75 XB GS Coupe with factory sunroof. I sold it for $2,500 to a friend. How stupid I was ...

[@MFPMapFilmProductions]

Cheers. Several people have pointed out I said "Valve" when I should have said "Venturis" wish I could go back and fix that. But thank you for the kind words. I always wanted and XB coupe as a kid growing up in Australia. When I finally made it to 16 in the mid to late 90s, they were still obtainable. But my father took us away to another country just before I got my licence and could save up to buy one. I went back in 2006, but by then I was at zero and not had a place of my own to properly store one. Now I am away and the dream is over. Unless I get rich somehow. But they just keep going up, so I feel your pain in letting it go so cheap.

[@GreenCrim]

Don't worry, you aren't the only one. :-(

[@playasurf1000]

gees, hope i dont have your car now, bought one in geelong, red, half vinyl roof, black stripes

[@markreisen7038]

@@MFPMapFilmProductions 1970-71 Torino's are still around and their a lot cheaper than a Falcon any way. Never give up on your dreams.

[@partymanau]

I had a 74, i know ur grief. All these yrs later I sometimes dream I am driving it.

[@xrtricky7204]

That supercharger whine is what got me into cars

[@barryphillips7327]

The blower is FAKE man.

[@xrtricky7204]

@@barryphillips7327 on that car yes it's fake and I know superchargers can't be turned on and off like that but superchargers do whine and that is what got me interested in learning about how they work which got me into cars

[@trillrifaxegrindor4411]

and the irony is it was fake,it had a massive impact on me as well.only learned years later when my mechanical expertise eclipsed that its an electrically driven prop.

[@partymanau]

@@barryphillips7327 That whine is actually the Gilmer belt driving the blower, the toothed belt and pulleys, the air squeezing out as they mesh makes that beautiful sound.

[@SmokingRun]

What a well researched video. I put it in my favorites to watch years ago. It was a fantastic wait for such an experience. 🎉

[@MFPMapFilmProductions]

Cheers. Glad you got around to it and enjoyed it.

[@shaneferris6742]

One of the greatest cinematic moments in my 49 years on this planet is, "Kick it in the guts Barry". My God if that isn't magnificent the growl and the whine of the supercharger, ending with the last of oxygen being sucked as it shut down. Pure animal.

[@shaneferris6742]

I replayed the start of this about 20 times in a row. 😂

[@partymanau]

Saw it when it came out, Still gets the hairs on my arms up. My first car was a 74 coupe because of that movie. Wish I still had it. What an idiot I am : (

[@ryandispecki6223]

nice work. awesome vintage tv intro / effects.

[@Michael-vb5qb]

As far I tell superchargers are on as soon as the car stsrts no clutch to engage

[@randallcromer66]

This amazing car started my love for everything automotive. There's no other car in the history of film has done more to excite the passion for truly awesome cars. I still remember coming out of the movie theater with so much excitement and I remember finding a magazine about this car at my local bookstore and hanging the pictures of this car all around my bedroom. I was so obsessed about this truly amazing car and it's still the car of my dream's till this very day...💯

[@mr.danandhorror4230]

Just listened to a livestream discussion of the film and I had to come back and watch this again!

[@Aearonjer]

Love the beast is a great documentary with eric bana and his ford xb. Great watch. Cheers.

[@adrianhawea2926]

What Eric band are you blind?

[@Aearonjer]

@@adrianhawea2926 Please read correctly and research before you insult people. Also get an eye check. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_the_Beast

[@edwardwilliammorris1340]

Mad Max is the best trilogy ever mad . I watch it over and over , it's perfect 👍

[@FCm-tq2ho]

Love the roaring sound of the v8! Great documentary. Thx!

[@MFPMapFilmProductions]

Thanks man. Check on my channel for others. I have three now with more to continue, plus other videos will be made, some breaking down car chase scenes and ranking different top 10's.

[@FCm-tq2ho]

@@MFPMapFilmProductions awesome! Thanks

[@ForgottenHorrorchannel]

Myvfav all time car...Me and my wife were friends with the owners of the Cars of the stars museum in Keswick UK were the interceptor was i sat in that car more times than my dads car...and even got to start it when they were servicing all the cars... it was so loud and had to switch the blower on...a dream come true for me... great vid of the original and best Mad Max car.

[@MFPMapFilmProductions]

That's awesome. Just once before I die, I would like to get a chance to sit in her and feel that energy she left in history.

[@ForgottenHorrorchannel]

@@MFPMapFilmProductions it was a dream come true for me the 1st time i was allowed to sit in her. It was so surreal i remembered watching Mad max for the 1st time on pirate vhs back in the day wishing for that car....then fast forward 20 years and here i am friends with the owners and getting to sit and start the very car i watched when i was 8 years old amazing

[@genedrakes686]

@@ForgottenHorrorchannel Got a chance to ask Craig Lowndes if he got a chance to drive one and surprised the answer no!!🤯 My first go kart used I had his 888 for my number!!

[@burningb2439]

When I saw Mad Max in 79 , I left the Cinema that night with designs on butchering my Mk1 Escort ..

[@johnwatson3948]

In the roar of an engine he lost everything - and became - a shell of a man, a burnt out desolate man, a man haunted by the demons of his past, a man who wondered out into the wasteland. And it was here, in this blighted place, that he learned to live again.

[@Thedoug369]

I had a 73 AMX Javilin Go Package car back in the day and everyone thought it was one of these cars. They actually did look similar. I loved that car, wish I still had it.

[@tustyram1756]

18 seconds into this video and my body is full of Goosebumps, the sounds of the supercharger 😢

[@davidmcdonnell767]

Glad I found this Tube - Awesome !! Love Mad Max and the Interceptor and this has made my day :)

[@MFPMapFilmProductions]

Glad to have helped.

[@Bob-Jenkins]

Respect to all the stunt men and women who put their lives on the line for our entertainment.

[@KiltedCameraman]

Absolutely brilliant in every way well done

[@funken079]

Great car and video. Glad to see the Black on Black saved.

[@billkleinschmidt3908]

Easily one of the greatest movie cars that have ever existed, thanks for this wonderful account of the Black on Black. As another comment said, it was 20 seconds into the video, and I had goose bumps....

[@offcamber]

Best breakdown of this famous car yet! Thank you.

[@MFPMapFilmProductions]

Cheers.

[@JAStheACE]

Well i must say, i'm extremely impressed with this doco on the old Mad Max GT351 XB Falcon, you tell a clear description and good understanding of it's life. Thank you Michael.

[@MFPMapFilmProductions]

Cheers mate. This is the doc that got the ball rolling for me on this channel. I always wanted to see this car's story told as best as possible as I loved it as a kid growing up in Australia. Turns out there is more history out there than people knew and of other cars as well.

[@eddiepatterson5025]

When came to the scene the Interceptor was coming out of the garage/ parking lot I was mesmerized it was awesome beautiful and I wanted it. I bad 73 Australian Ford Falcon XB GT THE LAST OF THE V8 INTERCEPTERS ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️👍❤️🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁❤️

[@chocodiledundee1]

Mate amazing documentary, you should be proud 🙌🏼🙌🏼👏🏼, All the best from Adelaide SA !

[@davidrayner9832]

I saw a really good replica in South Dakota back in 2015. The owner told me he saw the film when first released in the US, loved the car but had no idea what it was. Decades later, he learned it was an Australian Ford Falcon of mid '70s vintage so he found one online, bought it, had it shipped over, and converted into the Interceptor. I asked him if he had any problem driving a righty and he said turning left is a pain because the blower stops him from seeing where he's going but aside from that, no big deal. I asked him that because I'd not long imported a lefty. In fact, his story was the same as mine but the film was Chuck Norris' 'Breaker Breaker' and his ride was a late '70s Ford Econoline although my Econoline looks nothing like Chuck's.

[@thesmf1210]

this or a ferrari, i'll have this please :)

[@martinharris5017]

Great documentary of an iconic car. Thankyou.

[@MFPMapFilmProductions]

I am glad you liked it. There are several other videos like this one on different movie cars on my channels. So far I have made doc on the 89 Batmobile and the 1986 Wraith car. I have also done a breakdown video on the opening chase from Mad Max one where I talk about those cars as well. I will soon be finishing another breakdown video on the chase from Bullitt. And my next movie car video will either be the Tumbler (I have already built a 3D model for that) or the Back to the Future Delorean or Ecto-1 from Ghostbusters. Stay tuned if you haven't subscribed. Cheers.

[@pctlc]

Great video with excellent information, loved the old tv with vhs tapes in a typical aussie lounge room environment, with Mad Max snippets on screen, well done!!

[@MFPMapFilmProductions]

Cheers. That was a recreation I did of my old living room from the 80s. I use to lie on the carpet and watch films that way. Hence the angle I shot it in.

[@ussvoyager8650]

The sound of that Interceptor V8 is so Beautiful

[@CJ-xk7vs]

That engine noise at the end gave me goose bumps :)

[@bernardocoto8519]

Amazing work, this is the kind of stuff that only true love and dedication achieves, loved this car since I was a child, still love it, and I love your tribute bro...

[@MFPMapFilmProductions]

Thanks. The chase for Bullitt is up next within this week. The video is ready. I just wanna run through it to make sure all the names are pronounced correctly and details are accurate for the next Brake Downs video.

[@CPMest81]

Love how the old ad had them flogging the falcon through the bush.

[@maryduarte3248]

Classic. Mad max. Car cool

[@NewstartGarageOZ]

It's also available as a slot car from Scalextric. In two versions from the first and second movies

[@qontoh2s872]

Interesting to hear. I'm currently scratch building one for my old Tyco slot car tracks. I'm using a Mustang funny car as the base and taking the nose and hood from a Firebird Trans Am. Still hunting for a decent supercharger.

[@ZiddersRooFurry]

@@qontoh2s872 Shouldn't be too hard to manufacture from styrene or clay.

[@qontoh2s872]

@@ZiddersRooFurry I actually found the supercharger for it about a week ago. From an old Hot Wheels car. I considered carving one but this is much easier and has more detail than I could add. I may hollow it out to reduce the weight.

[@ZiddersRooFurry]

@@qontoh2s872 Sweet!

[@paulthompson8613]

Awesome love the retro tv and video .Mad Max 1979 still the best Cars Bikes and the van of any movie hope some one will make a modern take on the original 1979 car

[@MFPMapFilmProductions]

Cheers. Check out my other video on the breaking down of the opening chase from Mad Max 1979 as well. I am dedicating this channel and videos to movie cars and vehicles and detailing the history of the cars used and how the scenes were made. Plus some more variations to come. Next up, (soon I hope) I am finishing a video on the making of the Bullitt car chase. Enjoy.

[@Vile-Flesh]

I still remember the first time and exact moment and emotion felt when I saw MadMax in the early '80s. That car made a huge impact on me. Years later I found out the name of the movie and discovered The Road Warrior in the late '80s. The Road Warrior is the very first VHS tape I ever purchased and I wore the God damned tape out I watched it so many times and had to purchase another copy. MadMax has it's own special mystique and remains my favorite motion picture of all time.

[@rowlandp6314]

I did the same. My brother, one of our mates and myself would be forever watching it, so much so my mother knew the lines of the movie and didn't watch it at all.

[@nickbuckley4371]

Easily one of my favorite apocalypse movie

[@tonyfranze6197]

I used to see the car all the time when I was a teen in the front yard under a carport in Woodville Adelaide owner of the time even let us look at up close great memory

[@chadbangswitch7007]

Well done. The interceptor is my favorite movie car ever

[@genedrakes686]

My 1st love when it came to cars! If I had FU money I would do whatever to get one!

[@Czechbound]

Thanks for putting that together. It was EXCELLENT ! I saw a version of the Pursuit Special at the Movie & TV Museum in Melbourne in April 2010. It looked very cool. I just checked and AUS$7,000 in 1978 would be worth about AUS$38,000 now. For what was a 5 year old car that had been a movie car. With huge inflation worldwide at the time, and unemployment rising, I can well imagine this car not selling.

[@RS-sv3bl]

Thanks mate. Gold show :)

[@buzzkutt3312]

Nice work man, really well put together. As a child of the 80's my brothers always had muscle cars XA's, XB's, Monaro's, everything with a V8. Almost always had V8's myself, i was just tossing up whether to sell my Holden SS ute.... after watching this NOT A BLOODY CHANCE. This gets the heart pumping once again. Think i'll pass the ute onto my sons when i go. Such a great sound. Thanks for the memories. Top shelf.

[@lovthaigurlz]

Wow, at 2:58 that's one hell of a shot of the cars. That's a movie poster right there.

[@shafferjoe1962]

Thank you, I love the history behind the car and cars of the movie's. Now to plan a trip to go see the Black on Black. I was 17 when the movie came out and I seen it at the drive-in. I could not stop taking about the movie or the car. But, I would love to see the original movie, not the American version, with the American voice over.

[@torinoscj]

Fantastic job on this. As a Yank that has owned and built TWO Interceptor replica, one MM1 and one Fury Road (now redone to road Warrior), I know a little bit about the car and movies as well as the group of Aussie Falcon owners. You could have reached out to Cameron Manwell as he is who built the five Falcons for Fury Road(three blacks and two Razors). Cheers and great job!

[@maxrockatansky3102]

Very well done, thanks for posting👍👍👍👍

[@MFPMapFilmProductions]

Glad you liked it.

[@suzukitlr8777]

As the Ford Falcon was beautiful in the film I'm also fan of the Z1s ill like to no Whot happened to all the bikes. I don't now for shore but I think Kawasaki gave them all the bikes for nothing.

[@partymanau]

No, most of the bikes belonged to the guys who were riding them (many were actual bikies). This movie was made on a shoe string with bugger all help from any outfits.

[@jeffwells9756]

What a wonderful story, no1 and 2 were really only the best movies, I think’, but I still watched them all heaps of times, the wineing and the that sucking air hard on start up of the interceptor still gives me chills,

[@nicknmcreece4790]

nice work. awesome vintage tv intro / effects.

[@MFPMapFilmProductions]

Thank you. That is a recreation of my old living room back home as I remembered it as a kid. Hence, the low angle.

[@mrsir9616]

Stopped at 14:48. Keswick UK, yup, seen it got the photo. Me standing next to it. Truly awesome to see it there, as Keswick is a small place.

[@ianmangham4570]

WHEN DO WE GO FOR A RIDE!

[@eddiepatterson5025]

Yesss 🏁🏁🏁🏁❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@edkarter7062]

The one thing that really shocked me was I asked a V8 Suprecar if he ever got to drive one and sadly the answer was no. That car was love at first sight as a kid !

[@jimlstheworldyewww7516]

I remember as a young bloke about 15 years ago looking through the photo album of a family friends, thing is he was a speed shop owner in the area where they filmed mad max(little river) and seeing lots of behind the scenes shots and them working on cars helping out etc.

[@rexpayne7836]

It was a great part of my late teens with me and my group of mates able to recite pretty much the whole movies. RIP Byron.

[@gustavocobra77]

One of my friends got to hold a VHS Mad Max movie we used to gather to watch it hidden from our parents that did not allow us watch because it had too much violence. Good times!

[@westaussie9497]

There was only one" Mad Max" film. The first one.

[@andyman8630]

i disagree! there was another Mad Max movie - the first one!

[@teeheeteeheeish]

Fun fact, those nose cones were really popular in the 70s as European cars started to get more involved in aerodynamics in their cars. So American companies offered nose cone body kits for many sports cars. Meanest looking car ever conceived, change my mind.

[@Saved_Sinner0085]

Fury road has the most amazing cars I have ever seen in any piece of media in my life, I really enjoyed looking back to where it all started in this video.

[@dirkbonesteel]

I had a 351C in a American Torino, same car. Know for fact it had no issue doing 130 MPH. The short lived 351C was a racing engine detuned for the street. More power then Ford claimed for insurance reasons but worst gas millage I ever had. Loved that car

[@MFPMapFilmProductions]

My dad had the first Australian model built 1974 LTD that carried the 351 Cleveland. It was the only V8 we ever owned in my family and he loved that car. I always remember as a kid how much my dad was attached to that car and how much he loved that engine and how it would raise the front end when he accelerated. Those engines are very sought after in Australia now. Especially the pre 1975 ones before they dropped in performance. They were used in our XY GTHO Phase III at Bathurst and that car was super fast. Then Phase IV was so fast with that engine that the government got too scared to allow them to keep uping the performance for a street legal production bought car.

[@dirkbonesteel]

@@MFPMapFilmProductions In the US the Cleveland was killed off replaced with look alike 351M with much lower performance in about 74. NASCAR the US turn left only racing was still using them into the 90s. Unfortunately now no one knows what they are

[@05tep]

I remember as an 8yo in 1974, doing 125mph six up (2 adults, 4 kids), towing a trailer in western Queensland in a yellow and black 1974 XB GT. All except for my dad driving and me in the lap of his mate in the front seat, fast asleep. Effortless

[@MFPMapFilmProductions]

@@05tep Yeah, my dad use to have a 1974 LTD P5 when I was a kid. It had the 5.8 as well and was full on luxury. We were 5 and we would tow the boat and drive around the mountains outside of Sydney and drove like 4-5 hours to get to our country town where we lived and I remember the car never breaking a "sweat" so to speak. I too got to drive on my dad's lap in that car. He sold it after sending it to get the vinyl roof fixed and they changed its green top that matched the colour to a cream colour. Pissed my dad off and eventually sold the car. He regretted it after that. Those V8's of that era were beasts and represented Australia perfectly.

[@Iheartdgd]

Wow... I;ve been looking for/thinking about this video for nearly 15 years... I was just saying how Fuel TV/Motortrend Etc.. could make an entire show based on vehicles of Mad Max that would dominate the entire market

[@tustyram1756]

That was amazing 😭

[@michaelcuff5780]

I had a Mustang from that era. Falcon was waaay better choice! Lol! I wish I had a Falcon in America!

[@michaelwdagle7410]

How can it be way better than a Mustang? It's basically the same car.

[@user-uh6lm5wv6n]

What an opulent piece of work this video is. Seriously fantastic bit of nostalgia in those images and clips and recorded commentary. For me its only 1 & 2, I cant do the other sequels. Alao glad to hear you calling the beast by its correct name, Pursuit Special. The black painted cars of the MFP were Pursuit Specials, hence Knightrider was also in a Pursuit Special. Absolutely a great watch and deeper insight into the history of these cult films.

[@Hambag2009]

Good little doco' there mate. Mad Max ends with Thunderdome for me still though. Not a Fury Road fan at all.

[@MFPMapFilmProductions]

Cheers. I'm inclined to agree with you. Fury Road is a great film. But for me, Mel is the true Mad Max and Thunderdome is where it ends for me, unless they can get Mel back (highly doubtful) But I watch FR as its own thing in this universe.

[@Hambag2009]

@@MFPMapFilmProductions aside from our movie preferences, this was an enjoyable, concise video on the car. About ten years ago, I found a site dedicated to every detail about the 'trilogy', and their was a great page all about the vehicles, like the '72 HOLDEN MONARO stolen by the Nightrider.

[@MFPMapFilmProductions]

@@Hambag2009 If you haven't seen it yet, I have a more recent video on my channel about the making of the opening chase and the a "Lite doc" about those cars as well, as that is a Chase Breakdown series I have started. My docs are split up. One series on a special car that was used and has a good history. And the other series about car chases that the cars may not always be as special, but the scene was.

[@Ash-928]

I found Fury Road to be overrated, I didn't like Thunderdome very much but it still has some charm.

[@ronaldgreen5292]

One of my favorite dream cars!!👍👍😎

[@IngoFilmfreak]

Ber sure to include some of this stuff in the commentary, once you do this with Ollie.

[@MFPMapFilmProductions]

You know it. Will do. Plus I have a few film info outside of the car to add as well.

[@biggerchris20]

I love it!!!! That car ALWAYS baffled me. What da hell is it!?! Add the low budget undertones of the movie production, it just don't get no better then that😁

[@dingjs1969]

Well done video, very informative; loved seeing the car at the Kendal motor museum when younger . Still got the VHS video of the film that was dubbed, wasn't till i watched it again when i was about 15 on the BBC that I realised it was an Australian film!!

[@cfhenriksen7915]

This should be the Standard other Vids are judged by. Outstanding.

[@murch13]

Very well done! Thanks for making this vid

[@MFPMapFilmProductions]

Thank you very much. Keep an eye out as this was the first of a series of episodes I am doing on famous movie and tv cars called Screen Chassis. I am now deciding which car to do next. I will be making videos on The Delorean from Back to the Future, The Tumbler from Batman Begins, The Turbo Interceptor from The Wraith, The Mustang from Bullitt and many others eventually. I am a one man operation at this stage so they will come when I can make them as good a quality as this one. Cheers.

[@fanlaz959]

Very very good, serious

[@Makitaization]

I remember going to see Mad Max. We all laughed when he 'kicked in the blower'. Being car guys we all knew how bad it would run if the blower wasn't turning. And no air filter on dirt filled roads. The engine would probably only last a few hundred miles. Ah the memories.

[@_Yep_Yep_]

God i love Australia's contributions to automobile design and performance.

[@dasc0yne]

The 1:18 Autoart diecast with all the accessories - right down to 1:18 cans of Dinki-Di - was magnificent. I'm glad I got four of them before they sold out.

[@roadwarrior1459]

D'Ascoyne why 4????

[@dasc0yne]

@@roadwarrior1459 They kept releasing improved editions. First it was the basic interceptor. Then it was released with a breakaway front. Then the muddied version. Then the more screen accurate muddy version. I sold one of them.

[@MrBlewvane]

Autoart released 5 versions. 4 from MM2 and 1 from MM1. The last one was released without license and was called Tuned version.

[@dasc0yne]

@@MrBlewvane I don't think that one counts since it doesn't have any of the accessories, isn't limited and has no legal affiliation with the movie. It isn't film accurate as it doesn't have the fuel cells. Basically they wanted to make it as similar as possible without getting sued.

[@roadwarrior1459]

D'Ascoyne thst one is the one from the original. It’s completely screen accurate except for the MFP decals on the sides

[@steviemaycreative8651]

Well done. Love this video. I've learnt a few things I'd not known about the movie.

[@steevethebullitmcqueen5459]

The sound of the supercharger...yeah baby yeah!!!

[@johnwatson3948]

I notice the type of side-pipes change from one version to another. In the opening of Road Warrior they are clearly thin and straight but on the XB used for speed runs they are wide and fluted. Most of the restorations I’ve seen also appear to have fluted pipes.

[@johnwatson3948]

Interesting - thanks!

[@MrDemonchild71]

Mad max 2 was and probably still is my favorite movie. It's sad the car is not here in oz where it belongs, we don't have many falcon coup,s left here now.

[@hubbellracing1442]

Thank you for putting such a great detailed history of such an iconic car. Great work.

[@MFPMapFilmProductions]

Glad you liked it. There are a few more of other cars on my channel and more to come. Feel free to subscribe.