9 sec Quarter XW

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Nine-second XW Falcon Streeter

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Bryce Michelmore | Photos: Nathan Jacobs

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NINE-SECOND XW FALCON STREETER© Street Machine Staff


It’s hard to justify calling an XW Falcon a sleeper these days. Particularly if it’s painted Silver Fox and has a bright orange stripe down the side.


Although this old bird isn’t meant to replicate the Bathurst brawlers of yore, you probably won’t be surprised to learn that it’s not exactly slow. But if we tell you this car seats six and runs a sub-10sec quarter with a full street exhaust and nothing poking out of the bonnet, you might begin to appreciate just how stealthy this combo really is.

Marcus Howe is a mechanic by trade and runs his own workshop at St Helens on the east coast of Tassie. Like a lot of blokes of a certain age, he has a bit of a thing for XW/XY Falcons, and hatched a distinct plan from the very beginning of this build. “I built the car to run a decent nine-second pass as a genuine streeter,” he says.



This article is worth a read

Far out, n/a and no NOS! I bet it sounds pretty angry

I wonder why he went for a TH400 though instead of a Ford box.

That exhaust is a work of art.

Serious N/A "Clevor" mumbo.

That's just so cool. Mix of resto & mumbo