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1974 Ford Falcon XB Coupe 'V8 Interceptor'

If you’re a fan of the Mad Max trilogyâ€”let’s face it, who isn’tâ€”we’re guessing you have a broad grin on your face right about now.

Up for sale in England is this 1974 Ford Falcon XB GT Coupe V8 Interceptor. It’s understood to be one of six cars used in the filming of the movies. The attention to detail is first class and for Â£79,995 (AU$136,000) this car can be yours. But you don’t have long, the seller says the car will be withdrawn from sale by 1 October.

Some research tends to indicate there may have been only one V8 Interceptor with that car being sold by its UK owner in 2011 to the Dezer Collection in Miami. You can read more about that theory on the Mad Max Movies website (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4).

Either way, we don’t see any reason why the buyer of this car shouldn’t don some black leather and start chasing the Nightrider!

[Source: Pemberton Cars & EDP24 | Thanks to Dale for the tip]

In stunning news just to hand Max Mosley has won a vote of confidence and will remain in his role as FIA President. The vote, called by Mosley himself, returned over 60% of the count in favour of the embattled motorsport supremo, winning 103 of the 169 votes.

Mosley’s controversial grip on the FIA has been under question since news broke of his involvement in a ‘Nazi-style sex orgy’ in late March. The automotive federations of Australia, France, Germany, Japan, Spain and the USA all voted against Mosley. This follows public condemnation of the 68-year-old’s behaviour from prominent Formula 1 manufacturers such as BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Toyota and Honda. Even Formula 1’s main man, Bernie Ecclestone, has pleaded that Mosley step down. “He should go out of responsibility for the institution he represents,” Ecclestone told the Daily Telegraph.

Eddie Jordan, former Formula 1 team boss, has expressed concerns over Mosley’s ongoing tenure, “there are a lot of countries where F1 goes and lots of the rulers of those countries don’t want to deal with him. That is clearly not acceptable. My hope is that he will listen to the comments and then go.”

There are also suggestions from BBC journalist Adam Parsons that the FIA could face a damaging split, “he won by a clear majority, but among those who opposed him there is overt anger and resentment. The US, German and Dutch raised the spectre of breaking away from the FIA in protest is an unprecedented threat.

“Today the FIA is an organisation in crisis, facing the prospect of being ripped apart.”

Source: BBC