Ford Falcon GT-HO Phase III: Australia's greatest ever muscle car | MOTOR

braaaah. My dad was telling me how he bought this car when he was 19 in 1970 and he had it for 4 years then sold it for 1.5k. This car could of been a family heirloom

Not an original. Alloy wheels on the car not original nor is the paint job nor the wire mesh covers on the headlights - yes it does make a difference.

The perfect car looks sounds and drives awsome the ultimate Aussie prize perfect addition to any Aussie family

That is a spastic's t-shirt you have on there, Mate

until the HOLY GRAIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LOL Guess I spoke too soon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The roof 👎🥴

I own one im so glad lol

Luv the Venetian sun shade in the back window, it’s just so GTHO ph III !

Overrated shit box. Never stopped never handled. Australian my ass. Top loader AMERICAN,9 inch AMERICAN,351 AMERICAN. Interior 90 percent AMERICAN influence or design. Bonnet shaker AMERICAN. Only fuckwits pay the ridiculous prices for these things.

So Australia's greatest muscle car is a heavy, slow, bad handling, badly designed car, sound about right for something coming out of Australia.

Mad Max car

they sure were ugly 🤢

One of the best, 'the best' depends on who you ask.

A9X Torana

Still my favourite car. For me the main thing I love about the phase 3 as a production car was the utter insanity of it. It was pretty much a case of the ford engineers going "Right lads, let's grab the biggest most powerful engine we have and wack it in. Don't worry about fucking around with suspension or brakes, she'll be right". you'll never see anything like it again.

Big bucket of crap steed like a boat with no rudder ,with same body roll as a boat ,hit a cattle grid and the things would crack in half

Shame that its a dinosaur that only the very rich can afford to drive.

The 😈 Beast of From the DEEP

It's down graded duration cam verses the Phase II GTHO, it's huge amount of extra fettling over the Windsor XW GTHO, it's factory Four door status. And the engine wasn't a Boss 351, but a reworked M code without Forged pistons, four bolt mains, and just a Boss 302 carb. It was greater than the sum of its parts....Great Article

Mate I’m a Holden guy through and through but if one thing that makes me drool is a gtho tuff as fuck I respect anything that came from the big three the e49 charger very under rated fabulous Monaro the giant killers xu1 ad a9x but the gtho man fastest 4 door production car I’m a young bloke wish I’ve could’ve grown up in that era

I’m a huge Holden man, but I can still appreciate the Phase 3’s. Beauty!

" i drove a phase3 that was for sale late 70 s running on " av gas " peter molloy did the engine ( allen moffat s engineers should have bought that car $ 7000 ) great off the mark when " the cam cut in " nose of car lifted raised up in " a brutal fashion !" 👏

Spiritual successor maybe arse.

The roof, 🤢

I'd give up sex to have one........

Imagine if Ford put a 302 or 351V8 into the cortina then all those torana Bathurst victories whould have been a serious win for gmh but thats a story for heaven for those who make it😇

AHHH THE GOOD OLD DAYS, ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL MOTOR VEHICLES.

4 door taxi/grand tourer ..not muscle car.. what are Aussies thinking 🤣

Phase 111 GT-HO, Quarter mile time 14.7 @ 100mph. Not so flash, even less flash when a cute little GTR-XU1 (6 Cylinder) flogged the HO's at Bathurst....;)

Looking into the crank young lords showing mind older confusion come in with the distributor and adding more piston to when the cranks pushing for the twisting forces had to get older as the lords are showing me my mind from young to once I’m older for how I was working things out this will become important for examples

But ohhh those brakes 😂

New thing got hit with an ugly stick!!!

R/T E49 Charger quicker and a proper better looking better thought out 2 door Muscle Car.

I love how this really f**ks Holden Heads.

Bulllshit the A9X was a better car and the last commodore with the supercharger has to be the best

The interesting thing is it could have been better. The Cleveland is a heavy lump to produce 380bhp. Developing the Windsor to make even only 350bhp, would have made a car that would have accelerated nearly as well, cornered and braked better and been more reliable. The Cleveland had many issues as a race engine in a production car.

Great car had a XY 351 GS, Very dissapointed when they zoomed in on the steering wheel which has a GT badge and the change it too a Fairmont Badge,

Best car ever made in Australia.

I’ve never been a Ford fan, but you have to admire the beast that is the XY phase III, if you consider yourself an Aussie muscle car fan.

This could have been the Shelby Falcon in the States. I seen what GM did with the Nova in the late sixties. Ford should have done the same thing with the falcon.

Would I like to have one? Sure. Would I pay the insane dollars asked for? No way. Worked on some XY GT's back in the late 70's and they were fun, but nobody today would say they are quick or handle or stop well. Still, if I was handed one, I'd take it and drive the damned thing as a daily driver!

The mid to late 60s Ford USA were building big block production cars 428s 427s cammers for nascar. As did GM and Chrysler. Australia got a small block clevo.

Garage

Roof factory question and study

I’m tricked by the durure

From 1970

Nothing better than a Ford

It was a good car then but now it is very average all of the later muscle cars are better 😂

XA and XB are the greatest ever imo. im neither a ford nor holden person.