IF YOU’VE ever been to the Bright Rod Run (and you damn well should’ve), odds are you’ve seen Joel Beatson lapping in an early Falcon. He’s a native of the gorgeous Victorian town, and his business, JRB Automotive & Offroad, sponsors the iconic weekend every year.
“I’ve always had a car to cruise around in: a couple of other old XPs and XLs,” Joel says. It was one of those cars that set him on the path to the Kurrajong Green XP sedan delivery you see here – though it’s well beyond anything he’s done previously.
“In 2014 or 2015, I had an XP Fairmont I’d bought from a mate that had hit a deer,” Joel says. “I needed some panels, and a guy had them at a swap meet.
