What you are looking at here is an XT Falcon that has been slightly modified for paddock bashing duties.
The XT used to look something like this, except that the example we bought was in such poor condition, we got it for $100. The owner had long since given up on driving it, and was using it as a kennel for his dogs. They didn't need to open the doors to get in - they just crawled in through the rusted out holes in the floor. He had big dogs. The car had very little floor.
Once a home made cage had been welded onto it, the roof sliced off behind the front seat and the back wheels converted to dual-wheels (by the simple method of welding two rims together), it was perfect for roaring around the dry sand plains north of Perth. The rear wheel wells had to be cut out quite a bit as well to accommodate the wider wheels (which were necessary to 'float' across the sand).
These are the only two photos that I can find at home. The rest are in storage 500km away. Poop.
Another modification was to reroute the exhaust pipe so that it would not catch on rocks as we tore across rough paddocks. The new exhaust pipe was a four foot length of pipe that had a U-bend at one end, and was connected directly to the exhaust manifold. The new exhaust poked straight up through where the bonnet used to be, and terminated at a height just above the roof line.
AFC was loud as hell as a result.
The safety nazis would of course throw you in jail for building something like this these days.
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