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**Valencia** · 06-04-2014, 01:10 PM

Originally Posted by wbute

They did a story on XE in AMC. As far as I know only ESP had 351. Pretty sure they came as a manual and were used for the police.
XD had more options for 351.

Wrong google is your friend

**Valencia** · 06-04-2014, 01:18 PM

The 351 engine was available restricted during the XE series to only falcon GL and fairmont ESP sedans
fact

**wbute** · 06-04-2014, 03:46 PM

Originally Posted by Glacier 73

The 351 engine was available restricted during the XE series to only falcon GL and fairmont ESP sedans
fact

I think you need to do more research. Wikipedia is notoriously unreliable.

Limited release equates to similar to 5 litre in WB commercial vehicles. Available but only to a select few who held a dealer to ransome.

**playwme** · 06-04-2014, 06:00 PM

I always thought 351 was only available in ESP when I had my XE(with retrofitted 351). I've seen a fair few T-code XE's since then though, pretty much all white. My guess is you had to have police pack or a real good relationship with your dealer.

**Valencia** · 06-04-2014, 07:04 PM

Originally Posted by wbute

I think you need to do more research. Wikipedia is notoriously unreliable.

Limited release equates to similar to 5 litre in WB commercial vehicles. Available but only to a select few who held a dealer to ransome.

Seen plenty of gl falcons with factory 351 most of them were ex police cars and and they were not ESP or fairmonts
all had basic interior
i owned a 4.1 litre xe falcon and was into them back in the the day was always on the lookout for a 351 but they were always out of my price range

**wbute** · 06-04-2014, 07:32 PM

Ah whatever

**trash** · 11-04-2014, 11:11 PM

what the ? falcon have had 351 from xw to xe

Originally Posted by Dick61

Chase cars were Fairmont based, XE you could only get a V8 in ESP Fairmont. Fords have always produced V8s in GT or Fairmont, Falcons were always 6 cylinder right from the XR onwards. If that XE van has been registered with the 351 in it you could get it registered again with no hassles, if not it would need engineering.

Late edit, just had a look at the ad again, the car has a 1984 Vic Police VIN!!!

**RodneyHZ253** · 12-04-2014, 08:13 AM

I know this is of the subject but in a way the 351 is back for a short time with 500 for aust and 50 for NZ fpv GT's
Know as the GTF 351 the F is for final and the 351 is for the kilowatts of the motor
I believe It has all the fruit ever a gt cover with the strips on it which is only available with the car and can't be purchased otherwise .
Possible the collector car of the future
If you want one I don't like your chances I believe a country fpv dealer for instant has 3 car coming and 10 expressions of interest and a Sydney dealership has 6 cars and 43 expressions of interest

**Robbo** · 12-04-2014, 04:38 PM

Yep, I believe they will all be sold and the majority will go to collector's. They will be stored away and never driven unfortunately, just like every other "collector" car they make these day's. Every purchaser want's to.."or think they will"..make a profit on it. Those people remind me of scalper's at rock concert's or sporting matches, they stop the genuine people from purchasing a ticket, because they want to try and make money.

**hx-sandman** · 13-04-2014, 10:35 AM

Originally Posted by wbute

I think you need to do more research. Wikipedia is notoriously unreliable.

Limited release equates to similar to 5 litre in WB commercial vehicles. Available but only to a select few who held a dealer to ransome.

I've heard tales of a WB one tonner with factory 5 litre, but have never seen tags for a WB commercial with a 5 litre. Have you seen any?

How good would it be to find a factory 5 litre WB Kingswood ute - stuff dreams are made of.