Pickles Auctions in Melbourne is offering a unique chance to own a one-off Ford Falcon XR8 Sprint Highway Patrol car.

There’s only one catch – it’s a complete wreck. The car was created by Victoria Police in conjunction with Ford Australia as a tribute to the ‘candy car’ highway patrol cars introduced in the 1970s, which were powered by 351-cubic-inch V8s.

Ford Sprint engine

As such, the XR8 Sprint, one of just 750 built as a goodbye to the locally made fast Falcon, is offered as a statutory write-off, good for parts only and unable to be registered.

Ford Sprint engine
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If you’re keen on making a bid, you better be quick. The car will be auctioned by Pickles Auctions at 89 Garden Drive, Tullamarine, Victoria at 9:30am on Tuesday, February 21. For full details you can view the lot here.