Today on cool cars for sale, we have something quite special indeed. Dick Johnson is a name etched into Ford Australia’s racing royalty, and his attempt at homologating a new kind of racing Falcon in the form of the XE Grand Prix is a great story.
Sold and distributed by the Country Dealer Team, the XE Falcon Grand Prix features pumped guards, a more aggressive front valance and ’80s-tastic whale tail spoiler – evocative of the car he was racing at Bathurst in the era.
Due to the introduction of Group A regulations, the XE Grand Prix unfortunately never saw a racetrack. The ad for this car states that out of the 43 total cars built, 31 had forced induction via a turbocharger which helped it belt out 190kW. This example, is one of 12 that forwent the huffer, with a standard 111kW, 4.1-litre EFI six, courtesy of a Bosch Jetronic LE system.
Suspension was improved with lowered springs and stiffer dampers with Enkei alloys. All cars are numbered. Scheel front seats with their own unique trim complete the picture.
This example has had some upgrades, in the form of a Borg Warner T-5 five-speed manual replacing the factory four speeder, and a 3.27:1 LSD from an EB Falcon. With 136,887 on the clock, the owner is asking $165,000 on carsales for this unique piece of Aussie history.
