1/18 Autoart FORD FALCON XB GT 351V8 COUPE- Apollo Blue

This auction is for the FORD FALCON XB GT Hardtop Coupe in "Apollo Blue" by Autoart. 

The XB Coupe, powered by the legendary 351 V8, was only available in Australia and New Zealand and was the down under interpretation of the classic pony car/ muscle car similar to the Mustang. The XA GT was introduced in to homologate race tuning improvements and the car enjoyed both sales and road racing success. These cars are highly sought after today, and a few of the real cars have been imported into the US and Canada by muscle car enthusiasts.

The featured model was manufactured in 2000 by Autoart for Biante models in Australia, and is # 5376 of 6672, all of which were quickly snapped up by Ford and Muscle Car collectors worldwide. Very, very few made it to the northern hemisphere, and are extremely hard to find today.

Included in this auction are the Car, Certificate of Authenticity, and full color Retailer's Brochure which gives history and details on the real car. The brochure is entitled "The Last GT Falcon" as the more modern BA GT Falcons had not yet been introduced into the Ford line up back when this model was released.

This was the original release of this series of models and will be a standout model and discussion piece in any diecast collection and a must have for Muscle Car, Pony Car or Ford fans.

This model has never been displayed since arriving. The syrofoam packaging has only been opened to check over the model at arrival and for these photos. This series of cars sometimes suffered from rattling hood and trunk, and so the car has been repacked with tissue paper under hood/ trunk to protect the model from any damage. The box is in excellent condition also. The car will be securely packed to protect both car and box during shipping.

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