Australian Muscle Car – July 01, 2019

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cars – they might sometimes not get driven for
some months and might be parked up for a
while, but they are essentially cars that could be
driven every day.”
The Odyssey kicked off with the cars leaving
Melbourne on March 8. The journey actually
began with a total of  ve Falcon GTs, with Frake
and Khouri being joined by Anthony Andronaco
and his Brambles Red XW GT, Phil Corluka and
Lee Mamarella in a Yellow Fire XA GT and Mark
and Matt Lamb in their Vermillion Fire Phase III.
But the latter three were ony there for the trip to
Sydney, as work commitments prevented them
from doing the entire Odyssey.
A ‘service vehicle’ in the form of a Ford
Ranger followed the Phase III  eet. The Ranger
carried some of the required ‘essentials’
(including the requisite supply of beer and
wine), and was crewed by Boxy Rule and
photographer/ lmmaker Mark Calleja, who
documented the adventure along the way.
Calleja’s teaser  lm of the journey can be
seen online. It shows rather graphically some
of the dramas they encountered in far north
Queensland, as the Phase IIIs arrived at the top
end just as Cyclone Trevor rocked into town...
The effects of the cyclone restricted how far
north they could venture, and in the end forced
a detour south of the Daintree River as the