Mad Max Pursuit Special Interceptor Engine Startup Blower Test Drive 

I had the honour of working with one of the mechanics that assembled the original car for the movie. Rob Orchard was his name. He relayed a lot of stories about his time on set, including a few details about the original XB coupe. The car itself was the cheapest most beaten up vehicle that they could find. It was a high miler with not too much life left in it, by all accounts. The supercharger unit was past its serviceable life and was purchased from a drag racer in the car park at Calder Park raceway for very little money. From memory, the housing of the unit was actually cracked. The super charger served no function on the original movie vehicle. It was very haphazardly fastened to the top of the air cleaner lid. The car was fuelled by the original carby which was still supplied air via the original air filter set up. The drive to the unit was by way of a modified AC pulley which was engaged by the AC switch in the vehicle. Rob claimed that the installation was that poorly executed that he would break out into a sweat every time that a shot was taken of the blower being brought into life. He couldn't believe that it lasted the entire shoot. Reportedly, the engine in the original vehicle was well past its use by date. It was both "tappety" and smokey and according to Rob it "wouldn't pull the skin off a rice pudding". I hope you guys read this. I've got a few stories of the Kawasakis up my sleeve, too. By the way, Rob went on to be a highly accomplished aeronautical mechanic.

The sound is literally like a lightning strike every time it revs. THE best V8 sound ever period, just period.

This has done all Australians and mad max fans proud

You and me, Max, we're gonna give them back their heroes!

The Actor that played the Railway Station Master that handed The Night Riders body over to the gang was a friend of my grand parents. Every time the movie came on tele my mother told me how i wore the hand me down clothes of his kids when i was a baby. Seeing this car here brings back so many memories of the movie and my mum and makes me proud as a Aussie to see such love put into reproducing it. Good on ya guys and oh what i would give to have a drive of that thing. :)

Best sound, best look, best attraction. I loved it.

Never looked twice at these growing up as a kid in the 70s...my head would spin if i saw one today. So rare on Australian roads these days

You guys rock! This is amazing! I have three immediate purchases when I hit it rich: 1. A Delorean time machine. 2. An '89 Batmobile. 3. Last but not least, a Mad Max 1 Pursuit Special.

“Shut the gate, Max, she’s the ducks guts” “How did you put all this together”? “You know, a piece from here and a piece from there.”

Looks good, sounds good, I think you nailed it. The "MAD MAX" police interceptor has been recreated. Excellent job! 🖖😎👍

This beast stands out as a brutal powerhouse icon. Such raging rumble resting to get unleashed at the right TIME

That thing never gets old like being back in 1979

I remember us all having a laugh at the theatre when he 'kicked in the blower'.

The Americans are stealing our Falcon Coupe's away lol pretty amazed how Americans have an interest in Australian cars especially the Mad Max era Falcons, great to see our run down XA, XB,XC coupe's are reborn into interceptors and used for good use.

That engine sound, it's like an extremely angry beast that must be set loose on the highway!!!

One of the sickest movie carsever made!!!! ITS SO GOD DAMN AWESOME :O

Great to see one with a functional blower!

Wow, look after it. None of these cars left in Australia. All purchased by American collectors

Love those cars, one day, one day

I thought that was the coolest car in the world when I was a kid! Such a great car! I thought the yellow cars in the original Mad Max were cool too. Great job on this one!

Why have one exhaust when you can have all of them

awesome to see the blower really was able to disconnect while the engine is running. i'd like to know more about that . i was a kid when i first saw the movie . i was always told that's not possible . but i never believed it .

Kick it in that's guts Barry!! Haha fuckin love it! Seeing the black on black Pursuit Special coming to life in the US gives this 🇦🇺 chills. Love your work.

DAMN but that is sweet! Props to the owner. Outstanding work! Race On!

Love it!!! It’s straight outta my childhood!!! Still love the original Mad Max movies!!!!!!! Would love to have one of these bad boys! But the blower would actually have to be a functional super charger providing boost!!!

0:54 a grown badass man, feeling 9 years old again =D

Gosh I love that Burble. Nothing like it. No wonder so many like Max.

I'm not into cars but damn that sounds like a beast that can barely be tamed

this is not a car, it is The Spirit of Vengeance.

I always will love the Interceptor. Just Mad Max 100%

The last of the V8’s 🤤

What is amazing is how modern that car looks it holds up! It looks amazing I damn near expect it and Max to hit the road and hunt down renegades!

Speed is just a matter of money, how fast do you want to go? I have loved that car ever since the first time I saw it! It is just the most bad-ass car of all time in my opinion. If I'm ever lucky enough to come into a lot of money this would be my dream ride! Beautiful job on this one! Going to get my Mad Max DVD now and watch it for the ? time!

Absolutely EPIC!! The movie gets one thing wrong, though: you can't engage and disengage a supercharger. It's driven by the crankshaft blower-belt. If the crank isn't rotating, neither is the blower.

"What's the retail on one of those?" "More than you can afford, pal"

I love these Aussie Falcons. I never knew they existed until Mad Max. 1972 is a little before my time, I'm more of a 3rd gen F-body guy, but if I had the time and money, I'd definitely take one from Australia to bring to states and pamper!

JUST happen,, A piece from here and a piece from There!! LOL makes u wanna watch it all again, for the 35th time,

Thanx for sharing this with us. I am a MadMax fan since 79 when I saw the movie the first time. Beautiful car I am seriously very jealous its not mine. I admire your work and love it so much. Cheers mate 👍👍👍👍👍

Nice work brothers. Hello from Texas Your brother always

That thing sounds badass and fast such a iconic car

That is just awesome! Well done! 👍 Brilliant!

Nice work guys, I always admired the car from the movie.

"When do we go for a RIDE??"

hillarious seeing it drive around a stripmall type atmosphere

Them Aussies know how to make a kick ass car 💕💕 that motor is insane too 😍

Beautiful Australian cars. Love to see one here in TX

I just creamed my shorts!..now I gotta step out for a Smoke 😁🤘

Just got here - what a beautiful replica. kudos guys, hope it's still turning heads.🙂

My first Mad Max car, the Steve Pilant car that was made by Grant Hodgeson and Gordon Hayes way back in 1999 from a John Goss Special. That car has a LOT of history! It was the second BoB on this continent, did a LOT of drag racing with me, went to Dearborn for the 100th of Ford in 2003 and has been driven to Canada twice. All the videos on my page with the shiny Max car are of this vehicle.

The bronze is back baby!

Gotta love a classic.

I will have one of these one day and you will be the first people I call! :)

0:30 Love the blower whine.

Now that is a beautiful machine 👍

Max would be proud of you boys...

“The last of the V8 interceptors... Would’ve been a shame to blow it up!”

Brutal,i need a car like this in Barcelona 🖤

Best part about this Beauty? It's Belt hasn't slipped. Most Cars that I've seen on YT keep having Slippy Supercharger Belts, which makes it give a rather weak and weird "Stutter". Here? We hear the Engine Roar and the Belt never slipping. It sounds AWESOME.

Sick AF 🤘😏🔥🤘. Sharp red TA too, as well 😏

The last V8 😍

Hello From Florida!, You guys do outstanding work!! Touching base we are doing an older Aussie converted 76 XC model imported By Chris Flocken years ago We are helping out a good friend who owns the Christine movie car in Pensacola who owns it currently. Thankyou for sharing your work! God Bless!

"God I miss that beautiful thrumm of Aussie made V8's purrGrowling down the urban streets of my youth!" "And then also knowing the older lads who built them and drove them to our local hamburger cafe every arvo so they could hog our ASTEROIDS game, and also chat up the pretty daughters of Cafe owners George and Maria that served behind the counter and gave us $1.00 homecut chips that were enough to feed at least 8 mischeifous kids on BMX bikes till their eyes bulged." "Remember to REMEMBER people, every single little detail of your youth and your life..the smallest of details,voices,scents,sounds and colours that wash all around you..for such things forever keeps your human heart,soul and spirit alive in oh so beautiful technicolour as your years fly by so very very fast." "Breath it All into Memory as it happens, and as you live it..never forget anything..for once it is forgotten..it is gone forever more." (/-\)..✊😊..

One of the very best replicas i've ever seen!! Hi Jackers on Board ?

I own a 69 charger and would ditch it in a second for one of these

Last of the big bangers.

When I first saw Mad Max, we all know there was no interweb to let us know what the cars were. I freaked out one day as I rode my 10 speed past a AMX. To me it had all the right looks. I still think it would make a very fine Max car given a super charger.

AWESOME sound! ✌️😎

Favorite engine sound @1:36. Would love to see a video of this thing full throttle on an expressway.

A piece from here,a piece from there 😎

I feel its a disservice to recreate these without actual operating superchargers. Its stll cool though.

The most badass car on the planet

cutting one toe at a time

I keep watching and watching this Music to my ears :')

70 & 71 Torino's can be mocked up to look exactly like it but with a left drive steering wheel. It's because Ford's Aussie Falcon is essentially the same car. The grill and rear end are slightly different but Max's interceptor had a different front clip on it anyway. I would never hack up a 70-71 Torino with an original, matched numbers 429 Cobra Jet engine but a roller with some rust and front end damage? Yeah, it'd be worth it.

Great job with the cars I've been a fan of the mad max interceptor and i was wondering if it's for sale and how much it is?

One most favorite movie cars!!! 🫡💪💪💪🤙🤙🤙🤙🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

that was awesome :D hugs love and bee safe :D

By far the most beautiful car of all time. I'd take that over any supercar these days.

How much would that car go for turn key? Need to inform my wife while she's sitting, prone position or drunk...Haha!

After 40+ years , i still need that😅

Thank you for that .I was impressed . This hole concept is driving me to try and design a fox body with look alike features I have the hood gt front clip trying to make it to where lx rear bumper looks raised like the interceptor. 😅 my own retro fox interseptor its is silver like the horse logo God Bless you guys thanks for sharing

defiantly in Victoria !! LOL its defiantly cold out ... Mel Gibson would be proud of such an XB build. I remember the XB Cobra , white with that cobra snake in blue on the bonnet.... some mum used to drop her kid to school in it when I was a kid ... never going to forget those taillights, the V8 sounded soooo good !! The Sandman vans in the traffic .... ahhh yeah the 70s !!

Ultimate dream car…I want to buy a car like this before I die

*New Subscriber* ... Thats just *fantastic* ... Greetings from Prague, CZ

my most favorite movie car of all time .

That car is like a giant hardon on wheels. Awesome

I have wanted one since I was a kid watching mad max on tv lol....

Bravo 👏 Put it on the Bottle NOW!! LOVE THAT FUCKING CAR!!

I loved that car as a kid. Guess I never grew up😊

The ducks guts. 👌🏼 oh yeah when do we go for a ride. 🤙🏻

Круто 👍на мой взгляд именно Ford Falcon XB 1973 Pursuit Special, самая крутая тачка 👍не зря Макс Рокатански в первом фильме взял именно чёрного, так как другие на его фоне не выделялись)

Very nice work! I have a die-cast model of the movie vehicle - it's all I could afford!

Number one favorite movie car !

I will always love this car.

Aussie muscle cars in the States! Who would have thought! 🇦🇺🚀✅💯

最後に 輪止め するところが、安全を意識していて素晴らしい !

Oh this nice . Absolutely love it

I NEED THIS IN MY LIFE.

MAD Max Forever!👌🏻👍🏻👊🏻👊🏻

That car is pure perfection on 4 wheels. Omg