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ben68 ◊ 2006-01-08 00:31	As the car comes back in the second movie, and as it is Max's "partner", doesn't it deserve a 5-star?
ben68 ◊ 2006-01-08 00:33	1973 Ford Falcon Coupé XB GT V8 351 c.i.
antp ◊ 2006-01-08 00:33	Yes it should get 5 stars
Nightrider ◊ 2006-01-17 13:14	well,it's really XB GT,not regular XB
antp ◊ 2006-01-22 18:41
antp ◊ 2006-01-23 17:25	Vu le faible budget je doute que lorsqu'ils ont commencé à préparer le film ils aient choisi une auto presque neuve plutôt qu'une qui avait déjà quelques années (cf la XA sedan qui était un vieux taxi en fin de vie, et les XB sedan qui étaient d'anciennes voitures de police). Et je pense que le site www.madmaxmovies.com est une source assez sûre -- Last edit: 2006-01-23 17:25:32
Radzik ◊ 2006-03-14 20:59	Ford Falcon XB GT Coupe. That is the real glory rider's car
TheDriver ◊ 2006-04-01 00:16	Jep, a real XB GT, for real heros!!!
spoon ◊ 2006-05-06 10:21	you gotta love it v8 muscle
lightfoot1976 ◊ 2006-09-19 17:25	too bad the supercharger is just a fake one driven by an electric motor. absolutely awesome car but, an aussie icon even.
Delta Fox ◊ 2006-09-27 23:01	In the movie, how come Max switchees from his yellow Interceptor to this car?
antp ◊ 2006-09-27 23:13	They "offer" him this car to convince him to not leave the MFP when his colleague was nearly killed. -- Last edit: 2006-09-27 23:13:19
stpaulcarguy ◊ 2006-12-02 05:12	that is such a cool car.
Snookie ◊ 2006-12-25 06:01	Delta Fox wrote In the movie, how come Max switchees from his yellow Interceptor to this car? After his family is murdered, he goes Mad (hence the film title) and he steals this Interceptor to chase down the Toecutter and his gang. When I first saw this, I thought the car was a souped up Pontiac Trans Am.
antp ◊ 2006-12-25 11:41	He does not really steal it: as I said above, they offered it to him to convince him to stay in the police after that his colleague was nearly dead. But he first took few days of vacation. Then when his wife & kid were killed he takes the black Interceptor. Though it is not said in the movie if he steals it at this point, or if he had the right to take it (first solution is possible, since after that he does not go back in the police...)
gliffhanger ◊ 2007-02-19 13:18	A GOOD OFF SHOW PICTURE!!
Settpistol ◊ 2007-04-07 07:39	There's a cop up here near where i live (kingston,ny area) who imported an XB GT and built it with a full Weiand 6-71 setup. Absolutely insane. I wonder if the local fuzz will request that he "Go back to the garage and get that mad max car of his"
strontium_dog ◊ 2007-04-11 20:25	The film does mention Max stealing the Interceptor. During a closeup of him driving it, the woman on the police radio mentions the 'unauthorised use of an Interceptor'.
Leoz ◊ 2008-03-09 21:50	-- Last edit: 2008-03-31 21:52:13
garco ◊ 2008-03-09 22:01	Thumbnails please...
Leoz ◊ 2008-03-10 16:52	Sorry, I copied the link of the Mad Max Movie Cars page and not Imageshack.
Roadrunner ◊ 2008-03-26 02:27	This XB also features side exhaust pipe 'zoomies' as well as an Arcadipane Monza nose and spoiler, Cobra rear wing and flared wheel arches. Peter Arcadipane was originally a designer at Ford during the 70's and went on to produce his own design company and producer of his own bodykits. The wheels are painted Sunraysia items.
fairyman ◊ 2008-04-12 15:16	Roadrunner wrote This XB also features side exhaust pipe 'zoomies' as well as an Arcadipane Monza nose and spoiler, Cobra rear wing and flared wheel arches. Peter Arcadipane was originally a designer at Ford during the 70's and went on to produce his own design company and producer of his own bodykits. The wheels are painted Sunraysia items. Actual name for the nose is Arcadipane Concord Front
Roadrunner ◊ 2008-07-22 03:20	....which was originally made for the Concorde Van, a styling excercise exhibited by Ford during the 70's.
FAIRYMAN ◊ 2008-07-22 15:33	Back in the 70's through to the 80's 'vanning' was popular and people customized panel vans. One feature on the custom vans were bodykits (front spoiler and wheel arch flares) so in the late 70's Peter Arcadipane developed a bodykit for the Ford XC Falcon Panel van called the Concorde kit and the later changed the design for the coupe. The Concorde van bodykit was slightly different from the coupe front spoiler on the van spoiler the bumper was wider than the coupe and came with matching wheel arch flares. These days it is harder to find van pieces than the coupe. -- Last edit: 2008-07-22 15:34:34
fordman ◊ 2008-10-10 05:14	Aussie Pride, there were a few replicas made of this car i'd rekon id would be pretty hard to get your hands on one.
FAIRYMAN ◊ 2008-11-13 13:44	Finding an XB coupe can be hard but parts can be purchased from Scott Smith or Gordon Hayes
TheBandit77TransAm ◊ 2009-03-20 21:49	Snookie wrote After his family is murdered, he goes Mad (hence the film title) and he steals this Interceptor to chase down the Toecutter and his gang. When I first saw this, I thought the car was a souped up Pontiac Trans Am. hey it does kinda look like a 1970 souped up Trans Am with a different roof and side windows.
butts ◊ 2009-04-30 00:08	n the second movie the didnt use this one they made 4 more to do stunts in, the four they got , they had to pull start them every time they need to use it cause they where so bugged, and in the ones they used they removed the bottom bumper cause you have a bit of problems driving a coupe in the desert that has a low bumper bar.
aussiemuscle308 ◊ 2009-05-01 03:23	butts wrote n the second movie the didnt use this one they made 4 more to do stunts in, the four they got , they had to pull start them every time they need to use it cause they where so bugged, and in the ones they used they removed the bottom bumper cause you have a bit of problems driving a coupe in the desert that has a low bumper bar. second movie reused the same car from this movie, and a second one was built (and ultimately rolled down the hill), not four (go read interceptor story at www.madmaxmovies.com). The lower airdam was removed for a more 'butchered' look. The original car is now in UK.
MaxDeployment ◊ 2009-07-21 20:24	Three things: It's a Pursuit Special (just like Nightrider's Monaro is a Pursuit Special). http://www.geocities.com/madmaximages/MM83.htm Max stole it. The MFP dispatcher says so: "Code unspecified. We have a 'query/locate' on a black Pursuit Special: Unauthorized use by a Main Force officer. This is designated as a potential Code 3 Red Alert." The blower was NOT driven by an electric motor. Some guy built his replica with an electric motor-driven blower pulley and the story migrated to the original. If you watch the blower start in the movie, it's obvious they're just starting the engine with the pulley connected.

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