Australian Muscle Car – No. 85

• Muscle News
Hot off the ship: lots of 2016 Mustangs for Aussie buyers, just in time for Christmas. Hot off the press: will Buick's LaCrosse replace the Commodore?Walkinshaw takes a new tack with RAM truck conversions.

• Muscle Maniac
A special Auction Update profiles the remarkable cars Graham Alexander has put on the block. There's a Monaro GTS 327, A VK Brock Commodore Group A, an XU-1 Torana and more.

• Muscle Mail
Our letter-writers are devils for details: the flags on Moff's Falcon; tips for Torana restoration; help with XW and XY Falcons; and a mysteriously marked hubcap.

• Columns
Racing legend Fred Gibson discusses repairs, restoration and replicas - and a remarkable Falcon XY GT. Paul Gover recalls when news of Holden's linkwith Nissan caused legal fury.

• Homebush Mustangs
How would you sell the new 1966 XR Falcon to Aussie car-buyers? Simple, put a right-hand drive converted US Mustang in every Ford showroom. Believe it or not, it worked.

• Tickford Mustangs
If you wanted a Ford Australia-delivered RHD Mustang in 2001, this was the only way to go - a full conversion, by Tickford no less - for no less than$85,000. These cars are now being appreciated more widely.

• Buying an old 'Stang
So you want to buy an old Mustang? Import or buy locally? Convert or leave as a left-hooker? These, and other curly questions, are fielded by an enthusiast who's ‘been there and done that'.

• Top 25 racing Mustangs
We name the top 25 competition Mustangs with Aussie connections; some more successful than others, but all notable contenders.

• Posters
More Mustangs! From the Bowden collection: Pete Geoghegan's 1965 mount; back-to-back with the 1966 Homebush-converted 4-speed.

• Muscle Man
In mid-1960s Hobart, Garth Wigston made his mark in touring cars and paved the way for other Tassie wheelmen like Bowe, Parsons and Ambrose.

• Aussie Muscle Car Run
Year four of this fun event saw the South Aussie fundraisers head into Mad Max territory. AMC was lucky enough to tag along.

• Chook Shed Commodore
The ultimate barnfind: we confirm that the Group A VK roosting in a Victorian farmer's chicken shed really is Brocky's 1985 Bathurst entry.

• Ten years of GT3
The GT3 class has been a revelation, but will the fun continue?

• Ricciardello Alfa
Quite simply the most succcessful Sports Sedan of all time.

• Punters Pics
This issue's photos take us back to King Edward Park in '71, Bathurst in '86and the arrival of a 308 Sandman in 1975.

• V8 Sleuth & R-Rated
Aaron discovers two new motor museums. Meanwhile, R-Rated gets really rigorous about XY GT specs and colour schemes.

• Slotcar renaissance
They were big 40 years ago and now they're back, this time with classic Aussie touring cars and the latest scale-model technology.

• Sacred Sites
Not so much sacred, as stillborn: we reveal street circuit ideas that never became reality, but could have made history.