We're fairly certain that nobody would mistake this for an actual police car. Images: eBay Motors

The amount of time and money that people spend in recreating those famous TV and movie cars never ceases to amaze us. There have been countless General Lee Chargers, K.I.T.T Trans Ams, and even the occasional DeLorean time machine or ‘66 Batmobile put together by people who grew up admiring them as children. But what seems to be even rarer than the Emmett Brown edition DMC, is the car that Mel Gibson drove in the 1979 film, Mad Max.

With all of the talk and anticipation of the upcoming fourth installment of the Mad Max series, we can’t help but get nostalgic for the old Ford Falcon XB (’73-’75) coupe that served as Max’s “Interceptor” in the first two films. Obviously, an Australian-built car that was never sold in North America would be a rare and unusual commodity to obtain here in the colonies to begin with, but a persistent few have managed to have examples shipped here from Down Under in an attempt to have something different than the countless Camaros and Mustangs that are spread across our nation.

Blower is non-functional like the movie car. Too bad.

Now while some managed to leave their Aussie Falcons alone once settled in their garages, some of us more eccentric types have decided to take things to another level by recreating the blacked-out police car.

We managed to stumble upon an Interceptor replica on eBay just last week and we’ve decided to share it with all of you.

This non-GT example was based off a ’75 model and sported the full cosmetic treatment of the movie car, including the fiberglass front fascia and non-functioning Weiand blower that sits on top of an Edelbrock aluminum intake.

According to the seller, a “stroked to 351 from 302cui” small block Ford, along with other performance modifications is what propels the unique Ford down the road.

This is one of the best replicas we have even seen of the famous car. Not only does it have all of the details of the as the one used in the movie, but this XB has been fully restored by both its previous Aussie owner, and its current Canadian owner.

By the time we caught up to the auction of Mad Max’s car, the auction had already ended unfortunately. The seller claims that the car was appraised at $109k Canadian in May of 2010, and was apparently asking $70k US for it, as evidence of where the bidding had ended. Maybe next time.