I’m a huge Holden man, but I can still appreciate the Phase 3’s. Beauty!

Still my favourite car. For me the main thing I love about the phase 3 as a production car was the utter insanity of it. It was pretty much a case of the ford engineers going "Right lads, let's grab the biggest most powerful engine we have and wack it in. Don't worry about fucking around with suspension or brakes, she'll be right". you'll never see anything like it again.

the stat i love the most is that it was the fastest 4 door production sedan in the world on its release 🤎

The Ford XY Falcon GT-HO Phase III was the pinnacle of Aussie 60's and 70's muscle cars. So many extremely fast Australian cars have come and gone since then but somehow the car still occupies a status in Australian culture that defies logic. A 4V Cleveland engine with a solid cam and lifters plus headers and a special aluminium inlet manifold. The twin point ignition system also had a rev limiter built in with a four bolt block and a tweaked bottom end as part of the package. Around 500hp at the crank in race tune was the norm with the general consensus being the engine produced around 400hp straight off the showroom floor. It was basically a 1971 Boss 351 Mustang drivetrain with some Australian specific changes. At the time of release the GT-HO Phase III was the fastest four door production car in the world. Coupled with the crushing win at it's first racing debut at Bathurst this iconic car deserves It's mythical status in Australian Automotive history. When tested at the time a 13.9 second quarter mile was recorded with 3.91:1 gears fitted to the nine inch rear end using a Toploader gearbox. Those were the days when the Engineers were king and not the bean counters. These cars were credited with instigating the supercar scare that stopped the Ford Falcon XA GT-HO Phase IV from being built. GO AUSSIE GO 😎🇦🇺🥳🥳🥳 Love the super roo on the side 😉👍

Went for a hot lap with John at Sandown, the man can pedal!

Luv the Venetian sun shade in the back window, it’s just so GTHO ph III !

My uncle had an original ph 3 with 3.9 gears.with a set of slicks and an unrestricted rev limiter he did a 13.4 on the quarter mile

Phase 111 GT-HO, Quarter mile time 14.7 @ 100mph. Not so flash, even less flash when a cute little GTR-XU1 (6 Cylinder) flogged the HO's at Bathurst....;)

I’ve never been a Ford fan, but you have to admire the beast that is the XY phase III, if you consider yourself an Aussie muscle car fan.

" i drove a phase3 that was for sale late 70 s running on " av gas " peter molloy did the engine ( allen moffat s engineers should have bought that car $ 7000 ) great off the mark when " the cam cut in " nose of car lifted raised up in " a brutal fashion !" 👏

It's down graded duration cam verses the Phase II GTHO, it's huge amount of extra fettling over the Windsor XW GTHO, it's factory Four door status. And the engine wasn't a Boss 351, but a reworked M code without Forged pistons, four bolt mains, and just a Boss 302 carb. It was greater than the sum of its parts....Great Article

The perfect car looks sounds and drives awsome the ultimate Aussie prize perfect addition to any Aussie family

Um, the E38 charger was quicker than the phase 3. 0-60mph; E38 6.3. Phase 3 7.1. 0-100; E38 17.2. Phase 3 24.6. 1/4 mile; E38 14.8. Phase 3, 15.1 These are verified times, not wishfull think. In saying this, the phase 3 had a higher top speed

I love how this really f**ks Holden Heads.

It was a 4 door shopping car with big donk. RT E49 was a real race car with 2 door coupe format. E55 had crazy potential.

The interesting thing is it could have been better. The Cleveland is a heavy lump to produce 380bhp. Developing the Windsor to make even only 350bhp, would have made a car that would have accelerated nearly as well, cornered and braked better and been more reliable. The Cleveland had many issues as a race engine in a production car.

Great car had a XY 351 GS, Very dissapointed when they zoomed in on the steering wheel which has a GT badge and the change it too a Fairmont Badge,

It is my grandpappys dream car

AHHH THE GOOD OLD DAYS, ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL MOTOR VEHICLES.

Imagine if Ford put a 302 or 351V8 into the cortina then all those torana Bathurst victories whould have been a serious win for gmh but thats a story for heaven for those who make it😇

I wounder what ever happened to the 2 special gtho race cars built for moffat and gagan that had over 600bhp

Looking into the crank young lords showing mind older confusion come in with the distributor and adding more piston to when the cranks pushing for the twisting forces had to get older as the lords are showing me my mind from young to once I’m older for how I was working things out this will become important for examples

Looks like a fairmont gt mockup, never seen a genuine gt with a vinyl top

Mate I’m a Holden guy through and through but if one thing that makes me drool is a gtho tuff as fuck I respect anything that came from the big three the e49 charger very under rated fabulous Monaro the giant killers xu1 ad a9x but the gtho man fastest 4 door production car I’m a young bloke wish I’ve could’ve grown up in that era

Best car ever made in Australia.

The hottest Falcon ever beaten at the Bathurst 500 mile by an N/A 6 cylinder Torana

braaaah. My dad was telling me how he bought this car when he was 19 in 1970 and he had it for 4 years then sold it for 1.5k. This car could of been a family heirloom

Beautiful

until the HOLY GRAIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I own one im so glad lol

The 😈 Beast of From the DEEP

*One* of the best, 'the best' depends on who you ask.

Spiritual successor maybe arse.

LOL Guess I spoke too soon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Do a skid

Mad Max car

T3 Is the second best falcon.

But ohhh those brakes 😂

Of course it had success as a race car. It was a V8 racing against 6 cylinder cars hahaha

R/T E49 Charger quicker and a proper better looking better thought out 2 door Muscle Car.

Not an original. Alloy wheels on the car not original nor is the paint job nor the wire mesh covers on the headlights - yes it does make a difference.

😎🤙

A9X Torana

New thing got hit with an ugly stick!!!

lifted emissions laws\displacement, truck engine in a car.

Pity it didn't handle or stop.

You need an expert to say it was fast in the day. Now it is not?

4 door taxi/grand tourer ..not muscle car.. what are Aussies thinking 🤣

The roof 👎🥴

The roof, 🤢

Shame that its a dinosaur that only the very rich can afford to drive.

Big bucket of crap steed like a boat with no rudder ,with same body roll as a boat ,hit a cattle grid and the things would crack in half

This whole video is an insult to the GTHO Phase IV

Shit I can’t believe how slow these things are at 0-100 in 6.2 seconds. I remember when I was in my late teens/early twenties and thinking how unbelievably fast they were. My C 63 s AMG 2018 model does 0 -100 in 3.7 seconds. It makes these things look laughable

So Australia's greatest muscle car is a heavy, slow, bad handling, badly designed car, sound about right for something coming out of Australia.

Overrated shit box. Never stopped never handled. Australian my ass. Top loader AMERICAN,9 inch AMERICAN,351 AMERICAN. Interior 90 percent AMERICAN influence or design. Bonnet shaker AMERICAN. Only fuckwits pay the ridiculous prices for these things.

It's a 4 door; it's not special.

Bulllshit the A9X was a better car and the last commodore with the supercharger has to be the best