One of the first EB Ford Falcon GTs to be built is up auction.
Powered by a 4.9-litre naturally aspirated V8, and with V8 Supercar-inspired styling, the EB was the first Falcon to wear the hallowed GT moniker since the XB nearly two decades earlier – and represented the hottest EB Falcon of the range.
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Just 265 EB Falcon GTs were produced, and only 115 of those came with the five-speed manual.
This example is even rarer again, just one of 10 pre-production vehicles built for promotional duties – such as testing by magazines and other media, marketing duties and photography for brochures and similar.
The odometer reads 116,113km, while the car has a service history and comes with an owner’s manual. The exterior is finished in Cobalt Blue, while the interior is Grey Leather. The build date is listed as September 1992.
With its pushrod, Tickford-fettled Windsor V8, the EB Falcon GT produced 200kW at 5250rpm and 420Nm at 4000rpm. The quarter mile took about 15.2 seconds while top speed was in the vicinity of 230km/h.
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Despite its V8 Supercar-inspired bodykit – which was said to reduce lift by up to 40 percent – reviewers at the time praised the car as more of a luxury grand tourer with a bit of power, than a race-bred homologation special. In fact, the GT was no faster in a straight line than the EB S-XR6 – a car more than $30,000 cheaper.
In 1993, Glenn Seton, Alan Jones and John Bowe finished first, second and third in the Australian Touring Car Championship driving EB Falcon V8 touring cars, so there’s some racetrack pedigree the S-XR6 couldn’t boast to have.
Bidding for EB Falcon GT build number P04 was at around $25,000 as Torquecafe closed for press. See more details about the auction here.
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