XE Falcon

Year of Manufacture: 1984

Owner: Paul Crollick

Registration Type: Historic rego

About:  This car was owned by Paul Crollick’s father and is never for sale!

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The Ford Falcon (XE) is a full-size car that was produced by Ford Australia from 1982 until 1984. It was the second iteration of the fourth generation of the Falcon. The XE-series was introduced with a choice of five engines.

• 3-litre inline six-cylinder
• 1-litre inline six-cylinder
• 1-litre inline electronic fuel injected six-cylinder
• 9-litre V8
• 8-litre V8

Ford Australia built a quantity of 4-bolt 5.8 litre engines — similar to those used in NASCAR at the time — for race purposes in Australia. When the engine’s local racing career ended at the end of 1984, the surplus stock was shipped and sold in the United States for use in DeTomaso Panteras as Detroit did not offer the 351 Cleveland engine anymore.[3] The last Australian manufactured Cleveland V8-powered Ford Falcon passenger car was a silver 4.9 L (302 cu in) Ford Fairmont (XE) Ghia ESP sedan, VIN # JG32AR33633K, in November 1982 (although Ford promoted this car as the “Last V8” there were a number of V8 XE Falcons produced after this build number).

A fuel-injected “EFI” version of the 4.1 L (250 cu in) six-cylinder was introduced in February 1983[2] to, in effect, replace the V8s, but initially produced only 149 hp (111 kW) and 325 N⋅m (240 ft⋅lb) of torque, well down from the 188 hp (140 kW) and 344 N⋅m (254 ft⋅lb) previously produced by the defunct 4.9 L (302 cu in) V8.

Manual transmission was available in 3-speed column shift and in the more common 4-speed floor shift. Automatic transmission was 3-speed, floor shift in 5-seater configurations and column shift in 6-seater units. Automatic was more common than manual, even though it was at extra cost in the GL and lesser range of vehicles.

The XE was the first Falcon to be offered with a 5-speed manual transmission, but only when packaged with the base 3.3 litre engine

From Wikipedia