Adam LeBrese's Ford XC

[Meguiars_MotorE]

This is the latest online feature to be released from FreeStyle Rides: ADAM LEBRESE'S FORD XC FALCON COUPE

Adam LeBrese's '78-model Ford XC coupe scored the grand title of 'Australia's Most Impressive Custom Car' at Meguiar's MotorEx 2011 and will now go to SEMA in Las Vegas to be on show with ten other rides from around the world. Out of 15 outstanding contenders, a highly respected judging panel of motoring industry luminaries consisting of:

Simon Telford – Street Machine Magazine
Liam Quirk – Express Publications
Gavin Kelso – Cruzin Magazine
Nathan Ponchard – Unique Cars Magazine
Tony O'Donnell – Shannons

pronounced Adam's effort the most impressive of the lot.


See the full feature story and video HERE





See the full feature story and video HERE

[tankclare]

If I had half of the skill Adam has I would be a happy man. A true metal magician!

[phillyc]

It's the cover car for this months Street Machine. What a beast!!!!!!!! The craftmanship.

[KR1STO]

Love it..!!

[PHANTMXR6]

LHD conversion?

[SteveJH]

This might make me weird, but I don't like it.

Its not something you could just get into and go for a drive. It looks like something fit only to be put on a pedastal or run down a drag strip.

[aussie muscle]

Originally Posted by SteveJH

This might make me weird, but I don't like it.

Its not something you could just get into and go for a drive. It looks like something fit only to be put on a pedastal or run down a drag strip.

i like it, but you're right, i wouldn't own it. i'd prefer something usable. this is just art
(just like a painting, you pay a lot for it to just sit there).

[SteveJH]

OT: Is that a GT-40 shell up on the hoist?

[Kingsley]

The LHS would be for a trip stateside in the future??
I like the engineering work that has gone into this. It's almost 'art'. The only thing I don't like is the colour and the hood scoop.

[FalconForce]

Adam owes me a new pair of undies

Originally Posted by BluFGXR6

The LHS would be for a trip stateside in the future??
I like the engineering work that has gone into this. It's almost 'art'. The only thing I don't like is the colour and the hood scoop.

i love the hood scoop, it just screams tough and by the looks of it i don't think the engine would fit without it

[2011G6E]

Originally Posted by BluFGXR6

The LHS would be for a trip stateside in the future??
I like the engineering work that has gone into this. It's almost 'art'. The only thing I don't like is the colour and the hood scoop.

The drag racing look is the only possible answer I can come up with...I know a guy with an LJ Torana that has gone to LHD for that purpose, but it's a full on purpose built drag car.
There's literally no problem driving a RHD car in the states...Australia is probably one of the only countries in the world where the authorities have a massive problem with people driving LHD cars freely on the road, right up to brand new cars. Look at Top Gear for an example...both right and left hand drive cars are in abundance, in fact people go to Europe and buy LHD cars cheaper to bring back to England over the RHD version on sale "at home".

The colour...bleh. Don't get me wrong, the rest of the car is amazingly detailed and worth spending hours just staring at, but in my opinion there's nothing blander than a silver car. I suspect in this case it may be to try and make people subconsiously look past the bland and featureless paint and instead draw thier eye to all the detail work...?

[kypez]

Awesome looking car! Though why not keep it RHD to show its Aussie even when in America? Surely you can drive RHD cars there as well?

Sorry to Jack the thread, but I am curious though, the trumpets on the engine, i cant find any information on them? Why are they used (do they skip the std intake?) and what benefit do you get from them? Its been a question on my mind for years!

[Raptor]

Originally Posted by kypez

... the trumpets on the engine, i cant find any information on them? Why are they used (do they skip the std intake?) and what benefit do you get from them? Its been a question on my mind for years!

Very common on high performance engines. Single throttle for each cylinder makes for great throttle response. Shortest and most direct path to the cylinder for max perofrmance.

Though in this instance is just as much about how impressive they look

[kypez]

Originally Posted by Raptor

Very common on high performance engines. Single throttle for each cylinder makes for great throttle response. Shortest and most direct path to the cylinder for max perofrmance.

Though in this instance is just as much about how impressive they look

Thanks mate!

They do look oh so yummy!!

[TheInterceptor]

Beauty meets tough. Love it.

[Simple6]

Maybe it had to go LHD for packaging?

Very impressive suspension setup!

[TZENU]

Hooochi mama... That is

[LightningStrike]

LHD for better weight distribution for drag racing?

[nstg8a]

better sale price in the states id say



i wanna do bad bad immoral acts to that car lol... perfection on wheels.

[Tobey]

This car was amazing when it first appeared in the Street machine a while ago as just bare metal. Amazing now!

[1TUFXB]

Great job ..... Big bucks ....Well done.

[Poetic Justice]

Looks crazy!

I remember when it was on the front of Street Machine as a bare shell.

[2011G6E]

Haven't read the article yet, but after wiping the drool off the monitor screen, are my eyes decieving me or are those a set of those super-rare (and super expensive...the last set I saw for sale some years back had a price of nearly $2000 on them) Autolite carbies, and not fuel injection as I first assumed them to be?

The ram tubes on top are pretty much for show, unfortunately. They do little to settle the air flow into the carb inlet, but do look damn good and give a bit of venturi effect. They used to be real big back in the eighties when fuel injection was starting to show up, with some going to ludicrous lengths with them poking up a foot above the engine...usually at shows they'd have a bright yellow tennis ball in the end of each one. No, I don't know why...but it did stop crap falling down into the throttle body I suppose and being ingested by the engine...
After all, your engine makes more horsepower with an air cleaner than without...

[falconnut]

Awesome car.

[JG66ME]

A good car ruined. Sorry. XC coupes are rare and I do not like this. Not for me.

[Nikked]

It was built LHD so he could take it over to america to drive in the Hot Rod Power Tour. So dont be mistaken, it will be driven! He won a trip to take it over to the SEMA, and americans love our coupes!

[SteveJH]

Originally Posted by Nikked

It was built LHD so he could take it over to america to drive in the Hot Rod Power Tour. So dont be mistaken, it will be driven! He won a trip to take it over to the SEMA, and americans love our coupes!

Have a look at the wheels on the front and how far they probably wont turn. That thing would be a pain to drive on the street, it wouldn't be fun.

Oh, and I doubt there is much XC coupe in that thing, it looks like a tube frame race car at the front?

[Nikked]

Originally Posted by SteveJH

Have a look at the wheels on the front and how far they probably wont turn. That thing would be a pain to drive on the street, it wouldn't be fun.

Oh, and I doubt there is much XC coupe in that thing, it looks like a tube frame race car at the front?

The car is air bagged... instant driveable ridehight.

[2011G6E]

Originally Posted by Nikked

It was built LHD so he could take it over to america to drive in the Hot Rod Power Tour. So dont be mistaken, it will be driven! He won a trip to take it over to the SEMA, and americans love our coupes!

But that's the thing that's puzzling people here...you don't "need" LHD to be "allowed" to drive the car in the states...there are plenty of Australian cars over there already. There's an exporter who specialises in shipping Australian muscle cars to America. There are also no laws saying you can't drive a LHD car there...unlike here in Oz where it has to be over a certain age, you could, if you had the folding stuff, ship your new SS Commodore or FPV Falcon over there and drive it as is after proving it was roadworthy and you had an international licence.

Still an awesome car with amazing detail work...just needs to be a more striking colour.

[Chopped]

Amazing car but I reckon it looked tougher (in a Mad Max sought of way) as bare metal.



Hopefully the Americans love it.