FOR AUCTION The last of the 3 FORD SPECIAL VEHICLES RACING DIVISION hand built GT-HO BATHURST PROTOTYPE PHASE 4 SPEC - Purchased by Max Macleod EVENTUALLY COMPLETED to a high standard finish by John Goss current owner Paul Carthew https://www.lloydsonline.com.au/LotDetails.aspx… LLOYDS AUCTION Product Categories Previous Lot Lot: 6 Next Lot 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ... Estimated time till sale: LIMITED click on above link or cut and paste to browser Current To bid please Sign In or Register Bid: GST Inclusive Note: All amounts are shown in Australian Dollars $AUD Add to Watch list More items from this auction Send this lot to a friend Complete with all bidding optionsItem reference: 96631+2 Description Auction DetailsDescription: 1972 Ford Falcon XA GT Phase IVYear: 1972Make: Ford Model: Falcon XA GTSeries: Phase IVBody: SedanOdometer: Indicating TBAEngine: 351C ManualTransmission: 4-Speed ManualColour: Brambles RedSeats: 5Description/extras: You’ve heard the stories. You’ve seen pictures. This is the reality. This is the Ford Falcon XA GTHO Phase 4, the only car to make front page news, be mentioned in parliament and change the face of motor racing in Australia forever. Bathurst 1971. The XY GT HO Phase 3 dominates qualifying for the The Great Race with eight of the top 10 grid positions wearing the Blue Oval. 130 laps of Mt Panorama later Phase 3 drivers make it a Ford lockout on the podium with Allan Moffat on the top step. Ford rules Bathurst one again and Falcons fly out of showrooms across Australia. 1972 sees Ford, Holden and Chrysler hell-bent on bringing bigger, better, faster cars to race on Sunday to help sell the road-going equivalents on Monday. The fight is on.Holden has the LJ Torana but now with a V8. Chrysler looks to the 340ci V8 to boost its Charger and Ford has a brand new model with a more aerodynamic body to slice through the air down Conrod Straight. The ‘Big Three’ are hungry for racing glory and they are putting everything into making the fastest cars they can.160MPH ‘Super Cars’ Soon screamed the headlines on 25 June 1972. A week later, the Torana XU2 would be a dream, the 340ci Charger would be forgotten and the XA GTHO Phase 4 would be dead.“Bullets on Wheels” was what the secretary for the N.S.W Minister for Transport whispered directly into the ear-hole of a journalist looking for a scoop who spewed the message onto the front page of the daily newspapers. This was ‘The Super Car Scare’ and for better or worse it changed Aussie performance cars forever.This XA GTHO is one of only three race cars made before the Super Car Scare forced Ford to abandon its plans to continue the legend of the GTHO Phase cars and dominate racing in Australia. Built in Ford’s Special Vehicles unit known as ‘Lot 6’ these three Phase 4 cars were going to be driven by Allan Moffat and Fred Gibson with one car as a spare. Sadly this never happened.The rarity of the Phase 4 has given the car mythical status and now it sits at the pinnacle of Aussie muscle cars with a legend, a back story, and a value that is unparalleled. More information on this icon to come soon.VIN/Chassis No: JG33MC78489KENG No: TBASold unregistered
