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Old & New Ford Driver
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Near Port Douglas, FNQ
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Discovered yesterday...
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 2,395
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Oh man thats heartbreaking. Someone needs to rescue this thing before it goes beyond repair. Good find, i would kill for one of these. Lets hope it doesnt spend to much more time like this, it needs to be out on the street.
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I build your wish list...
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Country Victoria
Posts: 4,484
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Yep what I found last week
![]() ![]() ![]() The guy wants 7K for it 302 W and on gas .. good nick Good finds are still around .. just have to be lucky enough for you to be the 1 to find it..
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Old rookie
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 83
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Looks like a good project starter!
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Turbo Dinosaur FTMFW
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: SA
Posts: 7,834
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such a waste... at least its dry I guess... wonder how long till its on ebay..
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LOW AND SLOW
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Geelong.
Posts: 2,644
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Drooling at those pics. CRUZIN Mag has pics at the back of finds like this and it makes the mind boggle. Mind you they are normally of a different era.
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 14,654
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An oldie but a goodie:
I Present: THE CHICKEN COUPE! 1 of 2 "McRobertson Old Gold" colored XAGT RPO83's..... No he wont sell either...
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Regular Schmuck
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 5,640
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Did he tell you why he wouldn't sell, apart from it being an ideal shelf for a tomatoes box? Looks like it's getting to the point where lots of TLC won't be enough to save that old girl. :(
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BOSS 5.4L Enthusiast
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 21,906
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they flat out won't sell, or just won't sell for what your offering?
What sort of a fool knocks back reasonable offers on a car they are letting the weather eat infront of them? |
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Not so low, not so slow.
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Broady
Posts: 532
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these people usually have emotional attachments. i have seen MANY cars rot into nothing.
FJ Holden, XC GXL Coupe, XR GT, XW GTHO, HK Monaro,, Val Charger ETC :( |
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... Fear it!
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Adelaide
Posts: 2,869
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if he wont sell .... then take!!!
thats soo sad, that car is f$^%&D ... look at all the rust .... thou the fairlane aint bad :P
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Old & New Ford Driver
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Near Port Douglas, FNQ
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However... It's because of silly comments "if he wont sell .... then take!!!" that knowledge of cars like this whereabouts should be kept discreet. |
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LOW AND SLOW
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Geelong.
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cross breeder
Join Date: May 2005
Location: vic
Posts: 3,964
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I want the steering wheel off that yellow coupe,it looks mint!
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growing up is optional
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Gawler area SA
Posts: 3,303
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I wonder where the plates are for the XB?
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Central to all beach's
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Alice Springs
Posts: 1,653
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My Great Auntie has a very original FX holden (pre FJ). She is 98 YO, still very active but she will never sell it as it was the first new car that she and my G Uncle ever bought. So these old cars are loved by some that would never let them go.
The FX BTW is in amazingly good condition. It got parked in her garage after the clutch died back in 1960, with 38,000 miles on it, at least that is when she thinks it was. When she dies it will become the property of her only son, who is in his 60's now. He will certainly put it on the market. They are not worth much, but a 100% original and complete example may fetch 10K.... If I got the chance to buy it I would. I would then pass it to Hardy Kuhn and tell him to make it new again. A piece of Aussie history.
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Location: Alice Springs
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Brisbane
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Looking at that nearly makes me cry.
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Feb 2005
Posts: 1,098
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I worry about that fairlane, cant be good for a car to sit on its side for all those years. Still stops the tyres flat spotting and springs sagging i guess. |
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Australia
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Melbourne
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Weezland
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Sydney,workshop mod
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I know where there is a black XA coupe myself,been sitting in a shed for years,has a tunnel rammed engine and all sorts,none of it is put together real well though,may just ask him if he wants to sell one day.
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HSV - I just ate one!
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Middle of nowhere
Posts: 3,127
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not a real valuable find, but it pays to keep your eyes open
spotted a 6/1990 VN SS in atlas grey, manual, cruise, aircon, 116,00k's, but with a rooted exhaust, missing airbox and totally shagged paint...... still trying to track down the owner, it'd make a good restorer
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Calgary, AB. Canada
Posts: 1,625
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The property we're looking at buying apparently has a few 'really old cars' in the back of one of the paddocks. Me hopes it's got a blue oval on it.
Going to look Saturday.
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Victoria
Posts: 1,138
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I've got pics of a XA GT coupe thats been transformed into a 11sec drag only car... its just sitting idle in a blokes shed in NZ.
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Cowboy
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Echuca VIC
Posts: 1,065
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Was having a good day. Now i'm just depressed.
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Mildura, Victoria
Posts: 2,424
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Take a look in some of the old barns in Griffith, NSW......If what I've been told is true then there is every guys dream tucked away covered in dust.
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What's green is gold
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Shepparton
Posts: 3,079
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//takes another drink, to repress the depressing subject A guy offered us 10k for my sisters XY. Just a standard falcon 500 with almost zero rust. Not bad considering she paid $800 with RWC and rego 5 years ago, It has been parked in our shed for 3 years... ![]()
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Adelaide (down south)
Posts: 685
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A mate of mine has an XA GT coupe which is sitting out the front of his house in the weather and in need of attention. He has been offered 25-30 grand for it but wont sell, instead it just wasting away, such a shame!!!
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