You Need This: A Ford Falcon V8 Touring Car living in the U.S.

What’s a New Zealand V8 Touring Car doing in Richmond, Virginia? We’re not sure–but we certainly aren’t complaining.

This Kiwi Ford Falcon racer is powered by a 5.0-liter V8 backed by a 4-speed manual gearbox.

Also included in the sale are log books, spares and an EPA Exclusion Letter that notes the race car was legally imported into the United …

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Very, very cool. But admittedly seems like a pretty steep price. 

Less than a decent Trans-Am/GT-1 car, and almost as fast.  I think that's a pretty fair price.

BA5 said:

But admittedly seems like a pretty steep price. 

Compared to what ?

Not what I was expecting.  And that is OK!

Appleseed said:

BA5 said:

But admittedly seems like a pretty steep price. 

Compared to what ?

I guess I was using an old circle track car as a comparison. Granted this one is supposed to go left and right from thet get-go, but otherwise it seems to me to be more or less fundamentally the same as something like this car:

https://www.racingjunk.com/nascar-arca-asa-super-cup-hooters/184656665/matt-kenseth-tribute-car-.html?category_id=3&np_offset=12#3