Street Machine

IN THE BUILD

BEN MAGOR

XM FALCON UTE

“HERE is our XM Falcon gasser project. After going to Chopped a couple of years ago we thought, ‘This was a cool event, but how much better would it be with a car of our own?’ I bought the ute on the-tail-end of COVID prices, so I probably paid a tad too much, considering how much rust needs fixing. It’s been a bit of a process working out the front end, having no hot rod shop in Tassie. I have gotten lots of valuable information from Damien Kemp, of Funderbolt Fairlane fame. I own the car and my son Axel owns the engine:

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