If you’d like more information about the V-8 Interceptor and all the other vehicles used in the various Mad Max movies you can find out everything you’ve ever wanted to know about them at Peter Barton’s Mad Max Movie website. You can also see current photos of the V-8 Interceptor at Peter Nelson’s Cars of the Stars website.

Car and Driver chose the Mad Max Interceptor as their number three pick and of all the replicas this may be the hardest to replicate. First you have to find one of the very scarce Australian Ford Falcon XB GT Hardtops, which were only built between 1973 and 1976. They are rare in Australia and almost non-existent in the United States.

Only 949 XB GTs ever made and fewer than 500 still exist today and they are expensive. The car alone will cost between $15,000 and $17,000 (USD). But if you’re bound and determined to build a replica of Max’s Interceptor you’re in luck. You don’t have pop for one of the few XB GTs, any 1973 - 1976 Australian Falcon or Fairmont (a trim level in Australia, not a model like in the USA) will do and they are far more available and a heck of a lot cheaper that the real thing.

Once you’ve determined that this is the car that’s going to make your day, get out your checkbook. In addition to the cost of the base car and about $3,500 for shipping it to the USA, you’ll need to cough up another $4,000 or so for a conversion kit. That should be all you need to finish your project (this is assuming you’re going to do the all work yourself). You can get the low down at Assuie Coups where you can order everything including the car, conversion kit, and installation. A complete replica of the V-8 Interceptor will cost you a whopping $59,000 to $89,000, delivered.