Barn Finds Are Still Out There....

[Ford_The_Win]

Originally Posted by Struggo

Has anyone found Christine?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CI4g_Qur_Qo

Love that movie. Really beautiful cars those mopars, Plymouth Fury what a great nameplate.

My current car is called Christine because it's a ***** and I'm on the receiving end of her nastiness which isn't much fun.

[te250]

I guess my ute belongs here. heres how i found it



after a short test drive



the original owner had it since new, and it had been sitting in the shed for about 18 months prior to me buying it. the old bloke past away and it just sat there since.

[nb_351]

Do it some justice then

[Tha Jack]

Looks like you saved it just in time from having the barn fall on top of it.
Looks like its in great original condition as well.
Good Find!!!

[Tonz]

Where are you I want the rustic timber... yup seriously everything down our way is corro iron and trying to find quality weathered timber is like finding intelligence in govmint.

[X000BOSS]

heres one from rooty hill. nothing interesting but intrigues me cause i'd sell as scrap metal and have a few cartons in the fridge instead of this eyesore

[futura]

Originally Posted by te250

I guess my ute belongs here. heres how i found it

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after a short test drive

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the original owner had it since new, and it had been sitting in the shed for about 18 months prior to me buying it. the old bloke past away and it just sat there since.

Who's cortina in the back ground?

[Ford_The_Win]

This is what I call a bit of a tragedy..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg9KR...eature=related

[te250]

dont worry im definately doing the ute justice, and yeah that shed was a doozy. if you want that timber you will have to go way up in the hill at goombungie, qld. the cortina belongs to my parents but im driving it until the utes on the road

[samsy351]

Originally Posted by X000BOSS

heres one from rooty hill. nothing interesting but intrigues me cause i'd sell as scrap metal and have a few cartons in the fridge instead of this eyesore

haha thats a Sigma from memory.. Its slowly been disappearing into that tree/shrub over the last few years !!

[Sprint XR8]

150 brand new 1997 Chrysler Neons found in a Singapore warehouse.



http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1...chrysler-neons

[jaydee]

Originally Posted by CoupeXB

150 brand new 1997 Chrysler Neons found in a Singapore warehouse.

image

http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1...chrysler-neons

And they can keep them. I hope the owner doesnt figure on them being worth something one day.

[Mickxr8]

Originally Posted by Ford_The_Win

This is what I call a bit of a tragedy..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg9KR...eature=related

this was painfull to watch , dad and myself imported 1 a few years ago and restored it, 20 + K later and lots of time chasing parts from us etc thats a bloody ignorant waste of a car,,

[1970XW351]

Originally Posted by Ford_The_Win

This is what I call a bit of a tragedy..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg9KR...eature=related

That made me physically ill.... Sure if it was a stripped, rusted out hulk you'd maybe understand... Maybe, but a fairly pristine (by all accounts) vehicle like that is just insane!! Jesus, I'm planning on doing up an xf fairmont with more rust than that FFS!!!!!!

[rex351]

Watched that until they picked it up with the loader, couldn't watch something like that destroyed for the fun of it.

[GA_0009]

Originally Posted by Ford_The_Win

This is what I call a bit of a tragedy..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg9KR...eature=related

at the very least, pull the 9" out of it!

[Ford_The_Win]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppmV8...eature=related

Here's another painful one. Survived nearly 60 years complete with all it's glass, and look it even has all it's chrome trimming! Survived all that time intact, a piece of history, just to be heaved into the scrapper and destroyed in a matter of seconds. What a waste!

[stang777]

Thats horible. Actually a guy who specializes in xbs told me about a xb that sims scrap metal picked up in sa it was a lil rusty but nothing irepairable it was a 351 4 speed fairmont gs and they wouldnt let it go he offered them heaps and they crushed it. Its heartbreaking what you see go to waste

[2011G6E]

You have to remember...this the America. That thing, in that condition, would be worth maybe a couple of hunded bucks.
Hasn't anyone seen those shows about American auctions and those guys in the desert who get old cars and do them up? One show they picked up a 65 Thunderbird and a couple of other cars including a late 60's two door Chev for about a grand. The T-Bird needed a carby and a tidy up...and that was about it.

When the wife and I were considering going to Vancouver for a month to stay with our daughter and her husband (thier plans fell through, so they didn't go), we decided that given the huge difference in air fare prices in flying to Vancouver as compared to LA, we would go to LA, buy some old car, and spend some time driving up the east coast and seeing the sights before heading into Canada. We looked up car for sale sights in LA, and came across some gems...Ford Crown Viccys for a couple of grand, Chev Caprices from the late nineties for $1500 or so, and one gem, a 1980 rear wheel drive Cadillac...one of the big square ones...new white paint, genuine wire wheels, new brakes, interior professionally cleaned up and colour touched up where needed but a few cracks were visible in the blue leather, with a CD and stacker in the boot. The engine was a 454 and 400 auto. It was...wait for it...$1200.
The problem was that the engine had dropped a piston...probably broken a rod he thought, and it was for sale as is where is...

No wonder people buy these things up and ship them over by the container load...even with a blown engine that Caddy would be worth a fortune here.

A guy at work also bought a 1970 Ford LTD...a huge dark blue two door thing with a 390...for $3000 in perfect condition, and spent another couple of grand shipping it over, then some more getting it left-hand-drive rego complied for Queensland.
For the price of a nice little Suzuki Alto he has a massive tank of a car and something pretty unique.

[dave351cid]

its not that long ago that any of the X series falcons would be scraped without a second thought if they had a bit of rust or were showing their age.

[jrfttf]

Originally Posted by Pinkbits

Just near Avoca.
Story goes that he won't sell any of them.

Seen this place quiet a few times, never bothered to stop but from the road you can see there is a fair collection

[jaydee]

Wait til you see whats in the barn, holy moly.

http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2...-light-of-day/

[MAFIA]

Originally Posted by jaydee

Wait til you see whats in the barn, holy moly.

http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2...-light-of-day/

Damnn that a find. A corvette and indian revhead there!!!

[tankclare]

Got me a bit of a barn find. Have been noticing 2 V8 engine blocks out my mates farm in the shed under a pile of crap for quite a while now. Decided to have a look and ask a few questions and ended up coming home with a 428 police interceptor block. Will be picking up the heads for it this week. May not be much to some but I like it.

[Kryton]

Originally Posted by Ford_The_Win

This is what I call a bit of a tragedy..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg9KR...eature=related

Ever heard of "Cash for Clunkers".........
Thats what happened to ALL of the cars traded in under the scheme - regardless of what they are.
At the end of the day, the U.S government most likely owned that car, just like the many 1000000's more they bought back and crushed.

[xe351]

heard about this, and followed it up yesterday
xa, falcon 500, wild violet, 6, column auto, light colour interior - not white tho, bench seat, xb drivers door, rust wise very clean, some in the LHS dogleg and drivers front guard. Still has un-used spare tyre in boot! No rego since 02, the owner is thinking of selling. Just needs very minor rust work and a paint job to be nice, no idea of the mechanicals condition.

[gcg2503]

Well done mate!

It is parchment trim

[xe351]

cheers, i would like to buy it, but the reality is i probably wont, the owner wants around $4k for it

[Polyal]

There is one on ebay at the moment in pretty much the same combo!

[Ford_The_Win]

At 4 grand it is a little overpriced IMO, then again price is subject to a lot of things.