A labour of love

Going all out with pedal power is what he normally does, but with a period of recovery away from the sport during the past 12 months Regan took to the tools with his dad and loyal dog Sherpa to create a miniature version of the car he built with his dad.

“The motive for it was I have just become a dad with a daughter arriving and she is only two months old,” he says.

“Dad and I came up with the idea and traditionally we are quite ambitious and decided to push the boat out a little bit. My dad is mechanically minded, he’s a diesel mechanic and engine reconditioner by trade, but really we are just two jocks in a shed trying to brainstorm and figure the problems out as they come along.”

The replica is a third scale to the real thing and thankfully for Regan the 83 XE Ford Falcon has a boxy shape which is easy to emulate in a replica which was also a special dad and son project.

“If it was two and a half scale to one it would have given up a bit more room to be a bit more frivolous with, so we are having to utilise every bit of space for things like fuel tank and the starter,” he says.

“It is a car I am most fond of and one I probably spent the greatest number of hours on.”

The replica just needs the mechanicals sorted with a 49cc pit bike engine to power it, then Regan says it will be pulled apart one more time for it to be painted in the same colour scheme as his beloved Falcon.