XA 4 ThE COMPANY CAR
One SPECIAL XA GT The first XA road registered FALCON GTHO the driver
Bill Santuccione Former Repco engineer before he and the team moved to Ford's special vehicles division at Lot 6 under Al Turner and later Howard Marsden. Bill was in charge of the "Top secret" QC BLUEPRINT mini production line at RACEWORKS ENGINEERING FOOTSCRAY for the HO PHASE 4 racing teams and development for the stillborn Phase IV program. Bill's brother
John Santuccione also worked there both the sole team. As a test mule Bill's "COMPANY CAR" was the RED PEPPER FALCON GT XA with a sunroof powered by many Phases of the developing the HO PHASE 4 engine as well as bedding the brakes for the Ford Special Vehicle race cars and some rally cars there were numerous changes in racing cams and various tweaks tested on the car which also did the hard yards at You Yang Fords proving ground. There was also experiences with the HO Powered motors and different configaration of parts between Broadmeadows and Geelong on the Geelong Highway. Bill claims the HO 4 was a far superior car to the superceeded HO Phase 3 it could out corner the XY by up to 15 mph faster on the Special Globe 15 ' wheels which were superior and stronger than the steel 14' Wheels. Howard Marsden referred to Bill's car as the Prototype 4 to John Wright in the 1987 SuperFord No 1 Winter Edition page 27 that translates to XA 4
PROTOTYPE RUNNING A HO PHASE 4 motor The COMPANY CAR Bill's XA GT HO 4 test car The Victoria Police Motor Registration Board issued the V72319P on the engine the car had no chassis number
The Victoria Police Motor Registration Board issued the V72319P on the engine the car had no chassis number
The Victoria Police Motor Registration Board issued the V72319P on the engine the car had no chassis number
PROTOTYPE RUNNING A HO PHASE 4 motor The COMPANY CAR Bill's XA GT HO 4 test car The Victoria Police Motor Registration Board issued the V72319P on the engine the car had no chassis number