File:1972 Ford XA Falcon GTHO Race car Tribute (16881940608).jpg

Brambles Red The XA Falcon Sedan was built From March 1972- Sept 1973. (Hardtop from July 72) First Fully Australian Designed Falcon, the XA got a much softer and smoother, more aerodynamic body, covering only a mildly revised floor pan and mechanicals The GT, mechanically very similar to the XY GT, got functional bonnet scoops, fake air intakes on the front guards. The GTHO was designed and built, the only external difference was the Globe wheels, mechanically similar to the Phase 3 but improvements to the heads. 200 were to be built, but due to the media reporting that the Australian muscle car was getting too fast, it was dropped, only 4 were built, but only one production car was built by Ford, a Calypso Green car with white interior trim. The other three were Brambles Red/black trim cars and were handbuilt prototypes destined for the 1972 Hardie-Ferodo race at Bathurst. Two of the red cars were to be raced by Allan Moffat and Fred Gibson, this car is a tribute to Fred Gibsons car, the third car, was kept as a spare. They were hand built, seam welded, roll cage and the engine was blueprinted producing almost 400hp