My fascination with these 1964/65 Falcon Sprints really got going when I visited the Silverstone Classic. They were a popular choice in the hugely competitive pre-1966 historic touring car races against Lotus Cortinas, Alfas, BMWs etc. From memory one of the Falcons won in 1993, and in 1994 there were several new cars built.

The FIA made mandatory these solid steel wheels which weren't actually factory wheels, but rather modern manufactured items built specifically for historic racing. They didn't look as good as the Minilites and Torq Thrusts most these cars ran previously, and I heard a few years later some of these wheels broke, thus reversing the use of them.

The FIA homologation weight for these Falcons was only 960kg or thereabouts, and these things were fitted with all the fibreglass panels the rules allowed.

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