Cobra strikes... gold!

For much of its existence since 1978, the Ford Falcon XC Cobra has been something of an orphan, a side story in the rich tapestry of collectable Australian muscle cars. But that has changed over the last few years, with the Cobra becoming increasingly appreciated – as well as increasingly appreciating in market value. The car featured here recently changed hands for as much as $600,000 – it is the rarest of rare Cobras, one of only 30 Bathurst homologation special Cobras built as part of the run of 400 cars, unrestored and unmolested.

Story: Stewart Wilson

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These days any Falcon hardtop in pretty much any conditions is a thing of some value.

They’re celebrated by Ford fans for the classic Aussie muscle that they are – although they weren’t always viewed with such fondness.

In fact, how the XA-B-C two-door Falcon Hardtop series Hardtops are cherished today is something the Ford execs in the late ‘70s couldn’t have imagined in their wildest dreams. Back then, they were struggling to give the things away.