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Many readers will have great memories of the Australian muscle car era. The best years were the 1970s and one of the best examples of the age is the XW/XY Ford Falcon GT. Not as many of you will remember that during that era a whole bunch of Falcon GT parts were exported to South Africa where they were assembled into Fairmont GTs. Recently (or perhaps not), a large haul of Fairmont GTs was unearthed making Ford enthusiasts across the country go weak at the knees.
There were a few cosmetic difference between the Fairmont and Ford GT models, but essentially they are the same car. Indeed, in the areas that matter, these were fair dinkum Falcon GTs.
There appear to be scant facts around about the way this collection was built, but interweb rumour suggests the cars were purchased individually in South Africa with the sole intention of exporting them back “home”. The idea being, of course, that the home grown collecter market would gobble these GTs up at some profit to the importer.
The further one digs, the murkier the water becomes. One story goes that a bloke by the name of Tom Druce was seeking the cars in South Africa under the pretence that they would restored and placed in a museum. The reality (or the internet forum reality, at least) shows that the cars were bought back to Australia and sold for a tidy profit
"cars were bought into Perth about 1.5 years ago,i think,tom druce brought them in,bought them all almost in one go i think,he payed off the police to give him the addresses of all ms33 cars in sa,,& knocked on there door & said he was setting up a museum in sa..some people were very upset when they found out..but they were on the boat by then,,i think he paid 150 grand for 10 cars...he still had a lot of then last time i said hello...amazing site to see,,,,,good on him,,,
