By Mike Musto

RideLust.com

Last night as I was skimming through the channels I came upon what is perhaps the most badass movie car ever to grace the big screen. It was made in 1973, had zoomies for exhaust pipes and a big honkin’ Weiand blower that helped this beast pump out 600 horsepower. You see Mad Max was on, not the Road Warrior mind you, but the original movie that started it all. I first saw this post-apocalyptic import when I was about 8 years old and I’ll never forget it. The phrase: “Last of the V8 Interceptors”, is a line that refers to one car only, this being the 1973 Ford Falcon XB GT of one Max Rockatansky. This was the car that Max used to get his revenge on the psychotic biker gang that mowed down his family and the one that he later used to scour the Australian wasteland in search of fuel.

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Next year, Rob is going to the Tokyo Auto Salon. I know this because he’s only brought it up like 50 times. But even though I’ve been dying to go, I’m not jealous. Seriously, I’m totally not. At all. Anyway, member  Okinawa_Pride is fortunate enough to live over there, and he got some killer shots for us. I’m a total geek, so I was totally stoked to shots of an actual Mach-5, and I was also stoked to see that both Trans Ams and hi-risers are living large in the land of the rising sun. Check out the photos, and if you think I deserve to go to Tokyo, please let me know.