Matthew ‘Swaz’ Swales, 35, Leeds, UK
(^1974) FORD XB FALCON
(^500) COUPE / (^250) CI SIX-CYLINDER, FOUR-SPEED MANUAL
LEFT: The previous owner of Swaz’s
coupe built it up as a speedway car,
later installing the six-cylinder so he
could change classes. When his plans
to return it to the road stalled, the next
owner started the process of bringing
it to Mad Max 2 specs before selling it
to Cameron Manewell
ABOVE: Despite being a Ford salesman for
most of his working life and owning two
Ford hot rods, Swaz is no brand slave. His
1957 Chev gasser is an ex-Arizona drag car
with a 350ci V8 capped by a 6/71 blower
on a Weiand manifold and fed by twin
600cfm Edelbrock carbies. It’s good for
around 600 horses
The Yorkshire area must be
a hotbed of post-apocalyptic
enthusiasm; Swaz remembers
seeing Adrian Bennett at local
car meets, who now runs the
famous Mad Max Museum in
Silverton, regional NSW. And
just 15 miles away from Swaz
there’s another coupe that the
owner is turning into a black-
on-black Interceptor replica,
as seen early on in Mad Max:
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