Ford Falcon XB Interceptor (Mad Max)
'How to Build Brick TV and Movie Cars' - INSTRUCTIONS AVAILABLE
The Pursuit Special, also referred to as the V8 Interceptor, is the iconic black muscle car (featuring a distinctive supercharger) driven by the titular character during much of the Mad Max franchise, where it appears in three of four films.
Mad Max
The Pursuit Special MFP Interceptor as it appeared in Mad Max. The famous Pursuit Special is a modified 1973 Ford Falcon XB GT. Max Rockatansky (Mel Gibson) is offered the black Pursuit Special, referred to as a V8 Interceptor, as an incentive to stay on the force as their top pursuit man after he reveals his desire to resign. Although Max turns the offer down, he later uses the black car to exact his revenge on an outlaw motorcycle gang who killed his wife and child.
Origins
The vehicle started out as a standard white 351 cu in (5.8 L) 1973 Ford Falcon XB GT Coupe when in 1976, filmmakers Byron Kennedy and George Miller began pre-production on Mad Max. The movie's art director Jon Dowding designed the Interceptor and commissioned Melbourne based car customizers Graf-X International to modify the GT Falcon.
Modifications
The main modifications are the black paint scheme as well as roof and boot spoilers, wheel arch flares, front nose cone and air-dam designed by Arcadipane (marketed as the "Concorde" style). There were also eight individual exhaust side pipes (only two of them being functional, others appeared to be working because of the vibrations the first two created). The most famous feature of the car is a non-functional Weiand 8 1/2 supercharger protruding through the bonnet.
Instructions to build the Lotus in conventional car, and conversion to the submarine is available in my publised book of LEGO instructions - 'How to Build Brick TV and Movie Cars'.
This model is also posted for this months #mocaround81 to the theme #herosandvillians hosted on instagram by @f1elevenbricks
Ford Falcon XB Interceptor (Mad Max)
'How to Build Brick TV and Movie Cars' - INSTRUCTIONS AVAILABLE
The Pursuit Special, also referred to as the V8 Interceptor, is the iconic black muscle car (featuring a distinctive supercharger) driven by the titular character during much of the Mad Max franchise, where it appears in three of four films.
Mad Max
The Pursuit Special MFP Interceptor as it appeared in Mad Max. The famous Pursuit Special is a modified 1973 Ford Falcon XB GT. Max Rockatansky (Mel Gibson) is offered the black Pursuit Special, referred to as a V8 Interceptor, as an incentive to stay on the force as their top pursuit man after he reveals his desire to resign. Although Max turns the offer down, he later uses the black car to exact his revenge on an outlaw motorcycle gang who killed his wife and child.
Origins
The vehicle started out as a standard white 351 cu in (5.8 L) 1973 Ford Falcon XB GT Coupe when in 1976, filmmakers Byron Kennedy and George Miller began pre-production on Mad Max. The movie's art director Jon Dowding designed the Interceptor and commissioned Melbourne based car customizers Graf-X International to modify the GT Falcon.
Modifications
The main modifications are the black paint scheme as well as roof and boot spoilers, wheel arch flares, front nose cone and air-dam designed by Arcadipane (marketed as the "Concorde" style). There were also eight individual exhaust side pipes (only two of them being functional, others appeared to be working because of the vibrations the first two created). The most famous feature of the car is a non-functional Weiand 8 1/2 supercharger protruding through the bonnet.
Instructions to build the Lotus in conventional car, and conversion to the submarine is available in my publised book of LEGO instructions - 'How to Build Brick TV and Movie Cars'.
This model is also posted for this months #mocaround81 to the theme #herosandvillians hosted on instagram by @f1elevenbricks