1973 Ford Fairmont hardtop – today's tempter

By: Unique Cars magazine

Date: 29.04.2024

1973 Ford Fairmont hardtop – today's tempter

1973 Ford Fairmont hardtop – today's tempter

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If you were to list the top 10 most desirable classics built in this country, we have a suspicion an XB hardtop with 351 V8 and manual transmission would be high on the list.

It represents one of the highlights of the XA-XC series, itself a real coming of age moment for Ford Australia. In a feature on it, Mark Higgins wrote: "As Australian as the Outback was one description of the XA Falcon when it rolled onto our roads in March 1972, a dozen years after the Falcon nameplate first appeared on an American-based sedan in Ford showrooms among the Customlines, Zephyrs and Anglias.

"The third-generation Falcon was significant as it was successful.

"Not only was the XA the first ‘home grown Falcon’ it also revived the hardtop, something that wasn’t planned when the project commenced in 1968."

The car claims to a largely original example with matching chassis and engine numbers. It was fitted for LPG at one stage, though the system has been removed.

Located near Newcastle, it's on the market at $115,000.

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