Officer Max Rockatansky of the Main Force Patrol is out for revenge. He hold’s a massive grudge against the roving scuzzball biker gang that killed his wife, his kid and his best friend. That’s enough to drive any man mad...

Mad as in Mad Max, the cult film staring Mel Gibson. This tale of revenge set against a apocalyptic Australian backdrop is one of the movies that defined Gibson’s career. But as much as he was the star someone, or rather something, stole the spotlight.I’m talking, of course, about the 1973 Ford XB Falcon GT coupe that Mad Max drives in the film.

Half hot-rod, half destruction derby racer, the Falcon in Mad Max made a searing impression on young boys brains when it came rumbling across the screen. It was bad-ass incarnate. The body modifications, the awesome blower under the hood, and the though of 600 rumbling ponies is enough to send any young lad into a spiraling daydream.

Were you one of those young boys and wished you too could drive Max’s Falcon? Good news then! You see, there is a chap out of Australia who is reproducing genuine replicas of the movie cars. The man is named Scott Smith and he has been dreaming in Falcon since he was 11 years old.

Smith now builds these awesome replicas and sells them to people all over the world. The cars are converted Ford Falcon hardtops that get the full Mad Max treatment. A major part in turning a Falcon into an Interceptor is the front nose cone. Designed in the late ’70s by former Ford stylist Peter Arcadipane, the “Concorde” nose cap was made of fiberglass and sold in the Australian aftermarket as a way to make any Falcon look faster and sportier.

Replicating the car’s signature “fake” supercharger was a particular challenge. In the movie, the non-functional blower was rigged up to run continuously off the engine despite the misleading presence of an on/off switch in the cabin. It’s almost impossible to do in real life, as a blower just doesn’t work like that. Smith did track down an original example of the Weiand 6-71 blower and injector hat and has made up patterns to reproduce them though.

Want one? Well Smith says if you can get him to actually find the time to build you one, they would start at $60,000 and go up depending on the features and how authentic you want your Falcon to be. That’s a lot of dough for a replica movie mobile, but I bet the ones who spend the cash to get one don’t care. Hardcore fans like that always seem to be a little mad.…

Above: A 22 year old Mel Gibson looks over the long hood of the Falcon and sets his sights on revenge….