XP Falcon: The crazy 70,000-mile gamble that saved Ford Australia
Submitted by msr on July 17, 2014
Image thanks to the Shannons Club
With durability concerns causing sales to tank and GM-H on song and hitting hard, Ford Australia was in trouble in 1965.
So they gathered together a fleet of brand new, showroom stock ’65 model XP Falcons, sent them to the gruelling You Yangs proving grounds and set them on a 70,000 mile, 70 mile an hour average speed durability run.
It was a bold move, the likes of which no other Aussie manufacturer had attempted, and it paid off. Enjoy the story over at the Shannons Club in XP Falcon: The crazy 70,000-mile gamble that saved Ford Australia.
Thanks to the Shannons Club
Image thanks to the Shannons Club
