File:1971 Ford XY Falcon 500 Police Pursuit (16730877015).jpg

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Cruise Blue. The XY Falcon was built from Oct 1970- March 1972 A mild facelift of the XW Falcon, the XY got a new divided plastic grille and revised tail lights. The XY was the best of the 2nd generation Aussie Falcons and in GT and GTHO form is one of the most collectible Australian cars today. A lot of the Police Pursuit cars were 'T' code cars, (351 Cleveland V8, same as the GT) They also got the larger radiator, heavy duty alternator, heavy duty battery. Suspension, twin horns and driving lights, all from the GT. Also the windscreen sunvisor and carpet delete (Rubber floor mat) Only 150 were built for the Police Force. This particular car was built for the NSW Police Force and stationed at Orange, NSW Police Cars were blue; It got the T code engine with FMX auto, LSD, power disc brakes. also got the bucket seats and console option and 130mph speedo

From the next model on, the XA, Police Pursuit cars only got the K code 351, the 2V engine, (the T code 351 was the 4V engine from the GT)
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Author Sicnag
Camera location38° 11′ 49.3″ S, 144° 18′ 02.83″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Sicnag at https://www.flickr.com/photos/42220226@N07/16730877015. It was reviewed on 1 June 2015 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0.

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