![]() In the second film, Mad Max 2 (The Road Warrior) released two years after the original, the trademark car makes it return, still being commandeered by Max. Although Max declines, remarking that giving him the car would not make him reconsider quitting, Max later returns to the police station and claims the vehicle as his own in order to extract revenge on the gang that murdered his wife and child as well severely burning his best friend, Goose, leaving him in critical condition in the hospital (where he presumably succumbed to his injuries) Goose even directly references this fact when first revealing the vehicle to Max. Additionally, it seems as though Max was also offered the vehicle as he would be the only driver skilled enough to control it, being the top pursuit man on the police force. In the original 1979 cult-classic film, the Pursuit Special (the main Pursuit Special as there is a second briefly featured in the opening sequence to the film) is a modified version of a 1973 Ford Falcon XB GT model, which is offered to lead protagonist of the series, Max Rockatansky (played by Mel Gibson) in an attempt made by the police department to persuade him to remain on the police force after Max openly raised his intention to resign from the force. The V8 in it's name refers to the engine it uses which is obviously a more powerful upgrade from the V6 engine, the car has a reputation in the films for being incredibly fast (with nearly unrivaled acceleration and maximum speed) and how it is surprisingly resilient and hardy for a vehicle which is classified as a 'coupe' series vehicle. The car was absent in the third film after the events that occurred in The Road Warrior) as well as the Mad Max video game released in 2015 and furthermore, is only fully featured in the first film with the later films only briefly showing the vehicle or, in the case of Mad Max 3: Beyond Thunderdome, not featured or mentioned at all. The vehicle itself, despite being the most iconic item from the franchise, only appears in three of the Mad Max films (these being Mad Max, Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior and, most recently, Mad Max: Fury Road. “They were the cheapest pieces-of-shit steel wheels we could lay our hands on!” explains Ray Beckerley, one of the Interceptors’s original designers and builders.The Pursuit Special (or the V8 "Interceptor" as it is more commonly known) is the iconic, jet black, muscle car driven by "Mad" Max Rockatansky. ![]() Crappy fourbie steelies may seem an odd choice for the Interceptor in the first place, but given the tight budget for the first film, the builders of the original car had to settle for the least-expensive stuff they could find. Re-routing the exhaust through the zoomies rendered the back portion of the exhaust system redundant, so some sheet-metal strakes were added in the large holes left in the rear diffuser.įor the rolling stock, the el cheapo Sunraysia wheels just had to stay, as well as the BF Goodrich radials. Zoomies with flared polished tips were added to match. ![]() Starting with a stock FN Mustang GT, I first added the Interceptor’s most prominent feature – the GM 6/71 blower with Weiand front cover and Scott injector hat – to the ’Stang’s 5.0-litre Coyote V8. The fuel tank set-up is based on that from The Road Warrior, framed by the half-rollcage extending into the boot ![]()
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