![]() Fursenko confirmed the vehicle's authenticity with Kennedy Miller. The GT Falcon was then onsold to another wrecker in South Australia and in the mid-1980s, the car was rescued by Bob Fursenko, who restored the interceptor by having a new nose cone and air dam fitted, but retaining the fuel tanks from Mad Max 2. When production was completed, the intact Pursuit Special was sold to a wrecking yard in Broken Hill, along with other wrecks from the movie. When the script required it to be destroyed by rolling down an embankment and eventually exploding, the duplicate interceptor was used, leaving the original vehicle intact. A duplicate car was also put together for the film. The front end was also modified by removing the air dam. The car was cosmetically modified for the new post-apocalyptic setting with the addition of a pair of large cylindrical fuel tanks fitted in the rear (requiring the back window and boot lid to be removed) and its general appearance was given a more used look by painting the vehicle in matte rather than gloss black, and the paint was scrubbed off to appear rusty. Unlike in the first film, this time the supercharger was functional (connected directly to the engine's crankshaft pulley) and the effect of the blower being engaged or disengaged was created by placing the vehicle on a low loader, and while in motion, the interceptor's engine was simply started or stopped. ![]() For the second film, the original Weiand blower, which was removed and subsequently lost, was replaced. The rear wheels and side pipes were changed. For the film, the Pursuit Special was reacquired by Kennedy and Miller. In the meantime, the low-budget Australian film had gained worldwide success, prompting a sequel, Mad Max 2. However the car did not sell and was passed on to part-time actor and motor mechanic Murray Smith, who was the head mechanic for the movie's production team, as payment for his services. It was then used as a promotional car for the film, before finally being put up for sale. The blower and side pipes were removed to make it suitable for use as a road vehicle. Promotional use Īt the completion of filming, the producers could not pay all the creditors, so the black Interceptor was put up for sale. The impressive looking supercharger, in reality, was nonfunctional functional superchargers are typically driven constantly by the engine and cannot be switched on and off, as portrayed in the first two Mad Max films. The most famous feature of the car is a Weiand 6-71 supercharger protruding through the bonnet. Also, eight individual exhaust side pipes were added (only two of them being functional, others appeared to be working because of the vibrations the first two created). The main modifications are the black paint scheme, roof and boot spoilers, wheel arch flares, and front nose cone and air-dam designed by Arcadipane (marketed as the "Concorde" style). Peter Arcadipane, Ray Beckerley, John Evans, and painter Rod Smythe transformed the car as specified for the film. The movie's art director Jon Dowding designed the Interceptor and commissioned Melbourne-based car customizers Graf-X International to modify the GT Falcon. The vehicle started out as a standard white 351 cu in (5.8 L) Australian built 1973 Ford Falcon XB GT Hardtop when in 1976, filmmakers Byron Kennedy and George Miller began preproduction on Mad Max. Although Max turns the offer down, he later uses the black car to exact his revenge on an outlaw motorcycle gang who killed his wife and son. Maxwell "Mad Max" Rockatansky ( Mel Gibson) is offered the black Pursuit Special, as an incentive to stay on the force as their top pursuit man after he reveals his desire to resign. The more famous Pursuit Special is a heavily modified Ford Falcon XB GT, built on a vehicle originally assembled stock at the Ford plant in November 1973. The first car shown in the film with the title of Pursuit Special is a 1972 HQ Holden Monaro V8 coupe stolen by Nightrider (played by Vince Gil), an escaped cop killer, who dies in an accident that destroys the vehicle. ![]() The Pursuit Special MFP Interceptor as it appeared in Mad Max
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