Street Machine Australia — June 2017

PAUL XUEREB
1964 FORD XM FALCON
Colour: PPG Pacific Blue

ENGINE
Brand: 289ci Windsor
Induction: Edelbrock RPM
Air-Gap manifold, Holley
650cfm Double Pumper carb
Heads: Edelbrock E-Street
Camshaft: Crow Cams
Conrods: SRP
Pistons: SRP

Crank: Standard

Oil pump: High Volume

Fuel system: Holley 125

pump

Cooling: Alloy radiator,

Spal fans

Exhaust: Custom extractors,

twin 2.5in system, Hooker

mufflers

Ignition: ICE

TRANSMISSION

Gearbox: C4, stage 3 shift kit

Converter: Dominator

3000rpm

Diff: 9in, Truetrac, 31-spline

Dutchman axles, 3.5:1 gears

SUSPENSION &

BRAKES

Front: King Springs,

Pedders shocks

Rear: Relocated Lovells leaf

springs, Pedders shocks

Brakes: Discs with BA Falcon

calipers (f), drums (r)

Master cylinder: XY Falcon

WHEELS & TYRES

Rims: Weld Drag Lite;

15x4 (f), 15x8 (r)

Rubber: Federal 165/80/15

(f), Mickey Thompson

255/60/15 (r)

THANKS

Michael Stivala at Lou’s

Smash Repairs; Angie Gordon

at Angie’s Custom Trim;

Lowe Fabrications; Dean

Sammut; Michael Murphy at

Early Bird Restoration; Jamie

Portelli; Concourse Trim;

Electroplating Technology;

Diff Technics; David Vassallo;

Ralph Moore Autoglass;

Motorsport Connections;

Daniel Attard; David Xuereb;

Chris Vella; my wife, finance

manager, colour consultant,

counsellor and media

manager Larisa Xuereb

INTERIOR: The twin-bench configuration of the

cabin remains, and while the interior retains

its original flavour, it has been tastefully

contemporised. Angie Gordon at Angie’s

Custom Trim wrapped the pews and factory-

inspired custom door trims in anthracite

leather with silver stitching, and while Paul

opted to control the C4 auto via a B&M Street

Bandit shifter, the factory steering wheel and

radio remain in place. Making the steering

column collapsible while retaining the

standard twirler was a mission, and Paul used

a combination of XM, XR and XY parts to make

it happen. The gauge cluster is from a Mercury

Comet – essentially the same as an Aussie XM

cluster, but made from steel instead of plastic.

Paul sent it to Dakota Digital in the States to

be outfitted with a full suite of digital gauges.

“I wanted it to still have that original look,”

he explains