Barn find: Last Ford Falcon V8 found in corner of dealership warehouse - General

IT’S two years since the last Ford Falcon rolled off the production line, now the last one in showrooms has been found. A BARN find usually refers to a classic car covered in dust after being forgotten for decades in an old shed. But the last Falcon to be sold as new is effectively a modern barn find given it was only discovered after a Ford dealership was sold. The previous owner of Westpoint Ford in Hoppers Crossing, in Melbourne’s western suburbs, planned to hang onto the metallic blue Falcon XR8 Sprint as a keepsake and stored it in a warehouse. When the business changed hands last month the new owners did a stocktake and found the final Falcon among the 200 or so other cars in the inventory. “For us it was like a barn find because we didn’t expect to find a Falcon still in stock,” says general manager Alexi Sakellaris . “The previous owner was going to hang onto it but when he sold the business he said the Falcon would come with it, so there were no loose ends.” ... Ford Australia spokesman Martin Gunsberg said the vehicle is the “last brand-new, unregistered Falcon in dealer stock according to our records”. The car is a metallic blue Falcon XR8 Sprint with six-speed automatic transmission, powered by a supercharged V8. It has never been registered or driven, has just 58km on the odometer, and is number 739 of 750 for Australia, according to a plaque on top of the engine. The car was built on 7 September 2016, exactly one month to the day before the Ford factory shutdown — and still for sale two years later. https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/226043/67604a32-84b3-4aa3-9000-90b87a6245b3/84FCAA8E-02EF-4527-9955-590EC871289E.jpeg https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/226043/1598e56b-258e-48b3-9cb5-5bae66594352/0C20001B-683C-45B0-8C9D-9BF95F04F66E.jpeg Read more at https://www.news.com.au/technology/innovation/motoring/motoring-news/barn-find-last-ford-falcon-v8-found-in-corner-of-dealership-warehouse/news-story/2b7ce137def6fe096dfa03c438062299 Ford Australia ended local production in October 2016, which also meant the end of the Ford Falcon. An owner of a dealership intended to hold onto the pictured XR8 Sprint, which has since been collecting dust for two years. But the dealership changed owners last month, and the new owner found this car hidden away. It will now be sold. This car is historically significant in that it will be the last Australian-built Ford (which also happens to have a V8) to be sold as brand new; two years to the month after local production of Fords ended, and one year after production of Holdens also ended. Facepunch probably loves specs so: 5.0L supercharged Modular rated for 345kW. Rear-wheel drive. The XR8 Sprint could be had with a 6-speed H-pattern or a 6-speed slush box, unfortunately this particular one has the latter.

I wish we had the Falcon in America. V8 RWD sedan. It’s great.

bah, everyone knows the right engine for the Falcon is the I6 Barra turbo

The right of passage of every young bogan into true boganhood is owning a Falcon with a naturally aspirated Barra, an open diff and a stupid personalised number plate, thinking it’s the coolest car on the road oh wait, shit