Transmission: Automatic
Engine Type: 6 Cylinder
Engine Number: JG32KM87361
VIN/Chassis: 6FPAAAJG32KM87361
Build Date: 03/1989
Odometer Reading: 98443 Kms Showing
Being offered UNRESERVED.
Here’s a very, very hard car to find.
Limited Numbers (Car 044 of 126).
It’s a Ghia B8 Brock. Rare Sports Car and it’s got the connection to the great Peter Brock.
Low Kms with books.
Very smart investment opportunity.
The legendary Peter Brock’s split with Holden has been well documented. Even if his move to BMW in touring car racing was hard to swallow, his move to Ford for the 1989 season caused quite a furore. As well as racing Sierras, Brock became involved with a road-car project along the lines of what he had done with the Holden Dealer Team, though the resultant car, the Brock Falcon B8, wasn’t a homolgation special built with racing in mind; rather, the idea was to deliver a blend of performance and luxury to rival European standards of the time. The limited edition B8 was enhanced by Brock’s Austech Automotive Developments and was based on the EA Falcon S-Pack (or in some cases, Fairmont), with the 3.9-litre multi-point injected version of Ford’s inline straight-six. With a sports camshaft, extractors, full exhaust system and bluebrinted ignition system the big six went from 139kW to a dyno-tuned 164kW- one kilowatt less than the 5.0-litre V8-powered Commodore SS of the time. In addition, there was a subtle body-kit augmented with 16 x 7 alloys and chunky 225/50 Bridgestones. Suspension was heavily revised with re-valved dampers, different springs, improved bushes and recalibrated sway-bars that gave exemplary handling characteristics for a large-scale Australian sedan. Inside occupants were treated to sports seats with leather steering wheel, gear knob and boot with Brock build number identification. Five-speed manual or automatic transmissions were offered. Produced from 1988-1990, it is believed 126 examples were produced. Contemporary road tests compared the car’s performance and handling favourably with the local opposition, and today the B8 provides an interesting appendix to the whole Brock story.
To protect your investment vehicle bidders should consider at a minimum replacement of fuel, oil, fluids, filters and thorough brake inspection as vehicles may have been stationary for some time. Vehicles are sold as is off the floor – unregistered. No warranty expressed or implied, sold with all or any faults, and where applicable sold with Australian Government Import Approval. J20
