It just occurred to me that today's Classics by the Beach isn't just the last for the year, but for the decade, too. That makes this striking alpine green XD Falcon a fitting car to feature as the lead photo, given that it's likely to have just had - or is about to celebrate - its 40th birthday. If it's a 1979 model - XDs having been made from '79 - '81 - it's actually entering its sixth decade, its fifth if it hails from '80 or '81. According to a blurb provided by the owners, it's an ex-NSW police car, believed to have once been on personal issue to Australia's most bent cop - now long term guest of the NSW Prison Service - Detective Sergeant Roger Rogerson. A letter from Ford Australia accompanying the car's CV certainly points to this being true, as the VIN matches one of two such cars sold to the NSW constabulary. It was one of only 24 XDs finished in this colour out of 50,000 made. As an ex-cop car, it has all the hea...