Very cool film out in Australia • The Dodge Challenger Message Board

by **dave-r** » 06 Mar 2009 9:22

Sorry its about a Ford but I know someone that ownes one of these and just imported it to the UK late last year. Cool muscle car.

http://www.lovethebeast.com.au/

by **Tim** » 06 Mar 2009 12:51

I think I saw a video once with the same title. Nothing to do with cars though. :shock:

Is that Eric Banna in the trailer (no sound card on my works PC)? Anyone know if this will get international release?

by **Moparman1972** » 06 Mar 2009 13:00

I read about this car! They featured it in Hot Rod magazine, I think. They had an article about when it crashed, too, saying he would never be able to race it again.

That looks pretty awesome, I hope they release it here.

by **Eddie** » 06 Mar 2009 14:16

VERY COOL!!! :thumbsup:

Thanks Dave, I'd like to buy it when it's available. I think I know the movie you're describing Tim. I used to 'move' many of em!

by **dave-r** » 06 Mar 2009 14:28

Tim wrote:Is that Eric Banna in the trailer (no sound card on my works PC)? Anyone know if this will get international release?

It is a real life documentary (not a story) about Eric Banna's love of his car.

According to the IMDB it is only scheduled for release in Australia so far.

If it doesn't have a happy ending I don't want to see it.

I never got over seeing "Old Yeller" and later "Ring of Bright Water" as a kid. :lol:

by **drewcrane** » 06 Mar 2009 14:52

wow Leno,Dr. Phil, he has some friends, what an awesome car ,very unique, i like all cars and that one is sweet :thumbsup:

by **patrick** » 06 Mar 2009 16:17

I love those Austrailian Ford Falcons!! :twisted:

There's one running around here. It's the Mad Max, "Intercepter", car. The yellow, red and, blue one. I've seen it, twice. Both time's, I was working. Hard to chase down, in a 33,000 Lb Lift truck. I don't know who own's it yet. But, I'm dying to find out and, get a closer look. It looks like, either a perfect replica or, a movie car. :p:

by **ianandjess** » 06 Mar 2009 16:18

thanks for posting that , a good old aussie muscle car i feel for the guy the coupes are getting rare now even though they did handle like a sponge they are still cool for a fraud oops ford
cheers ian

by **dave-r** » 06 Mar 2009 16:28

Here is my friends XA up in Scotland. Sandy is a sometime visiter to this message board. He has not been on here for a long time though.

by **dave-r** » 06 Mar 2009 16:31

It is a copy of this race car.

by **drewcrane** » 06 Mar 2009 16:51

So did they call those falcons? or falcon xa, they resemble a 68 torino what year is that car and how many years did they build them?

by **dave-r** » 06 Mar 2009 20:02

It is a 1972 Australian XA Ford Falcon hardtop, painted in Ford's 1973 factory race colours similar to the car that won the 1973 Bathurst race.

by **dave-r** » 06 Mar 2009 20:03

This is Sandy's website. It explains all the models in detail.

http://www.aus-ford-uk.co.uk/

Aussie's much prefer 4 door cars so two door versions are quite rare.

by **Moparman1972** » 06 Mar 2009 23:00

dave-r wrote:Aussie's much prefer 4 door cars so two door versions are quite rare.

Crazy Aussies

by **70 340** » 07 Mar 2009 1:16

[/quote]they resemble a 68 torino. That is were the design come from and all of its running gear.

by **drewcrane** » 07 Mar 2009 1:57

wow thats a neat site dave thanks thats the one i need ,for discussion :thumbsup:

by **ianandjess** » 07 Mar 2009 5:06

that is a cool site for ford guys ive had a few over the years 1st car was an XA 4door then XY 4door then an XC 4door & an XD wagon the XC was the best of that lot it had a 302 4spd twin plate clutch & lsd from factory it was the GS model (poor mans GT)
cheers ian

by **patrick** » 09 Mar 2009 4:59

Do they really handle that poorly?

Seems like they would have had the sway bar's and, all the performance goodie's. :roll:

by **ianandjess** » 09 Mar 2009 13:40

yea patrick the performance models were a different car to drive than the standard models thats for sure
cheers ian

by **dave-r** » 09 Mar 2009 14:02

Love the photo of the 50 Cobra versions all in line driving down the highway.

http://www.aus-ford-uk.co.uk/html/cobra_info.html

by **Jimiboy** » 09 Mar 2009 19:03

Dave! My skin is full with goose pimples, i REALLY want to see that movie... I hope the film will land in Europe. Who is that Eric Banna?
Is this the same car as they drove in mad max, we talked about that for a long while ago Dave, i haven't seen tha mad max films since several years, my memory fails... :p:

Looks awesome anyhow

by **dave-r** » 09 Mar 2009 21:54

Jimiboy wrote:Who is that Eric Banna?

Famous actor. He was in Troy and Hulk among other things.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0051509/

Is this the same car as they drove in mad max,

Yes.

by **Tim** » 10 Mar 2009 12:37

Also did a very good turn in 'Munich', playing a Mossad Agent.

by **Phase4** » 21 Mar 2009 11:16

Thanks for putting the pics up of the car, Dave, and mentioning the website.

The car is an XA. All Australian manufacturers give their cars two letter code names, usually based on the model. If the model gets revised, the code letters change.

The XA ran from very early 1972 to late 73, then there was the XB which ran to 76 and the XC which ran to mid 78, before the car was completely redesgned again. The two door hardtop only was available in XA, XB, XC.

It is the car from the Mad Max film which was a genuine XB GT and is in a museum in England.

Australians have traditionally not liked two door domestic coupes and this was true in the seventies, hence there are more GT four doors of both XA and XB type than hardtops (there was no XC GT model). There are several factors for this, but most especially while US musclecars of the sixties era tended to be aimed at kids with no real responsibilities and in families with pop's car and mom's station wagon as well, the Falcon GT was an expensive car and as such was bought, most usually, as the families sole car, hence it had to be practical, hence four doors.

Ford only built 890 (odd) XA GT two doors and an almost exactly similar number of XB GT two doors so they are very rare cars. They are quite sophisticated too (who else was putting four wheel disk brakes in 'muscular' cars in 1973, apart from Corvette), and actually handle very well :wink:

As the seventies wore on, selling them became really difficult, hence Ford created the Cobra (as seen on Dave's other link), just to get rid of the last two door bodyshells.

Ford also tended to race the four door Falcons, and only raced the two doors through the seventies. They have lowered windscreens and Ford deliberately put those huge bulging (the hardtops are 3.5 inches wider at the back than the front) rear guards so that they could stuff big rubber under the back.

I think the Eric Bana film could be hugely entertaining, based on the clips. If you like Eric Bana, you will love 'Chopper' as well, his breakthrough movie about Mark 'Chopper' Read. There is a four door GT and an Aus Charger in it.

I have bought dvd's from Australia through this website

http://www.ezydvd.com.au/

Quick delivery and playable on most all region players.

I got 'Running on Empty' from them with the black Challenger, and, so brief if you blink you will miss it, the famous rhd Daytona.

I will try them in a few months to see if it is out on dvd (Job lot purchase for the UK ???)

My car is a bit itsa bitsa. It is an XA with an XC 9inch and XC disk brakes (better design than the XB style); XF front brakes; an XC 351 Cleveland; a late sixties Top Loader; Performance Challenger (neat MoPar post content

) wheels. It has the XA GT dash with the 'wonky' gauges; white interior and sunrroof. I was going to have the 36 gallon long range fuel tank fitted, then realised, here in the UK, I would never be able to afford to fill it.

Thanks for the interest.

Sandy

BTW, we do have a couple of MoPars too, a 1967 Monaco wagon and a 1969 Plymouth Satellite.

by **dave-r** » 21 Mar 2009 16:43

Phase4 wrote:BTW, we do have a couple of MoPars too, a 1967 Monaco wagon and a 1969 Plymouth Satellite.

Strangely your Australian Ford is a two door and your two US Mopars are both 4 doors. :lol:

by **Phase4** » 21 Mar 2009 23:17

Why be normal .... ?

by **Moparman1972** » 22 Mar 2009 1:37

36 gallon tank?!?!!

You could be a mobile fill-up station for those smart cars!

by **Dale1035** » 22 Mar 2009 14:08

Sounds like a movie I would like to see. Hope it gets to the states. I think anyone that has restored a car can relate to this.

by **dave-r** » 23 Mar 2009 10:47

Here is Phase4 (Sandy) and his car in the April 2009 edition of "American Car World" magazine.

by **drewcrane** » 23 Mar 2009 12:42

my wife let me watch a portion of road warrier, man that is a cool car it has a sinister looking profile going down the road
, and that movie has a little parallel to vanishing point :fight: