Falcon BF
| Purchase Price | Sales Price | Year Purchased | Year Sold | Years Held |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $17,800 | $10,990 | 2010 | 2015 | 5 |
I bought my car in 2010 from a car yard in Moorooka, on the south side of Brisbane.
I didn’t realize at the time but it was an ex-Brisbane City Council ute which means that it would have been serviced very regularly and had very low kms before being turned over – when purchased, the BF had only done approx 40,000.
It was factory LPG, meaning fuel was cheap, and being an XL model it didn’t really have any other mod cons other than a tow bar.
As purchased *
* after the addition of XR6 wheels and tyres
After lowering
The interior of my BF Falcon was a pretty basic affair.
As it was the XL model (as opposed to XR) there were cloth seats, electric windows, no automatic climate control and none of the ‘extras’ that came with the XR model. Although I did fit a Parrot hands-free phone kit.
Other mods included:
- XR6 wheels
- Lowering (after I bought this car) with Boge shocks
- Headlight protectors
- New speakers
- Tool box in tray
Favourite Memories
Nearly running out of LPG
I’d been in a workshop in Brisbane all day and left the Gold Coast that morning knowing that I needed to fill up with LPG.
Traffic to Brisbane was the usual nightmare and I ran out of time to fill up on the way to the Southbank workshop. I was almost on empty but knew I had enough in the tank to get me to a servo at Kelvin Grove.
I left the workshop at Southbank and sat in grid-locked traffic for about 45 minutes trying to get back to Kelvin Grove. As I sat there in traffic, sweating on having enough fuel, I watched my fuel gauge get lower and lower until it went below the ‘E’ line and showed 8km of range left.
I finally made it to the servo and filled up. I NEVER let my car get that low again…
Identification Data
Ford Falcon XL Utility 4.0L E-gas automatic (BF Mk II) (aut. 4 speed) as offered for the year 2007 in Australia
Production/sales period of cars with this particular specs:
October 2006 – May 2008
Country of origin: AUS Australia
Make: Ford (Australia)
Model: Falcon 6th generation (AU-BA-BF-series) 1998-2010
Submodel: Falcon BF-series Mk II XL Utility 2006-2008
Class: full-size / executive car
Body style: sedan/ute
Doors: 4/2
Traction: RWD (rear-wheel drive)
Basic dimensions
Length: 5053 mm / 198.9 in
Width: 1863 mm / 73.3 in
Height: 1483 mm / 58.4 in
Wheelbase: 2921 mm / 115 in
Fuel capacity: 116 liter / 30.7 U.S. gal / 25.5 imp. gal
Drag coefficient: estimated by a-c: 0.34
Weights
Curb weight estimated: 1745 kg / 3847 lbs
Engine Specifications
Engine manufacturer: Ford Australia Barra 4.0L
Engine type: spark-ignition 4-stroke
Fuel type: LPG (liquefied petroleum gas)
Fuel system: LPG installation
Charge system: naturally aspirated
Valves per cylinder: 4
Additional features: sequential fuel injection
Cylinders alignment: Line 6
Displacement: 3984 cm3 / 242.8 cui
Horsepower net: 156 kW / 212 PS / 209 hp (DIN)/ 4750
Torque net: 374 Nm / 276 ft-lb/ 2750
Car power to weight ratio net: 89.4 watt/kg / 40.6 watt/lb
Car weight to power ratio net: 11.2 kg/kW / 8.2 kg/PS / 18.4 lbs/hp
Transmission specifications
Gearbox transmission type: BTR Automatic
Number of gears: 4