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July 2023

SIMON ANDRUS PUT TOGETHER HIS DREAM XB FALCON PRO STREETER AND UNLEASHED A 620HP BEAST

- CRAIG PARKER

BEAST MODE

MAKING THE TOP 60 AT SUMMERNATS WAS A DREAM COME TRUE, AND NOW THAT I'M GETTING FEATURED IN THE MAG, I'VE ACHIEVED EVERYTHING I WANTED TO

GROWING up, all Simon Andrus wanted to do was build a tough, clean streeter that could get unveiled at Summernats, make the Top 60 and get featured in Street Machine. Well, it may have taken a little while, but Simon can now cross that hat trick off his bucket list thanks to this incredible XB Falcon sedan.

“I’m stoked,” says Simon. “Getting unveiled at Summernats and making the Top 60 was a dream come true. At Showcars Melbourne, I won the Rare Spares Choice award, plus Best XA-XC at the Geelong All Ford Day. And now that I’m getting featured in the mag, I’ve achieved everything I wanted to!”

The Blue Oval seed was planted from the start, as Simon comes from a Ford family. “My grandfather and father both worked at Ford’s Geelong plant,” he begins. “My older brother Jason built an XY, while my cousin Austin built an FC LTD. Both were tough old-school Fords. I learned a lot watching their builds, like to ‘do it once, do it right’.”

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