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great pics nicholas, thanks for sharing them. I am bloody jealous !!
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Also id like to know how you "fake" 36 years of wear too....
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hey guys i love phase 3 ho as much as the next ford nut and ill back up what i said before its a 800k falcon i dont think they are worth that much it might be a investment but whats the point of having a car that can not be driven and has to be hidden im not knocking the car in question but its starting to get out of control and driving up the prices of other classics to the point where a normal punter cant afford one im sure these high prices will start to have a negative affect in a few years and punters will just stop looking at buying these classics i dont care if people burn me on this post lets be realistic
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In the US its big business restoring old muscle cars. And theres no way you could say that every one that is sold as a genuine started out as a genuine. There was a totally wrecked shell of a car that the only thing salvagable from it was the VIN and ID plate. It fetched tens of thousands of dollars on ebay simply because it was once a rare model mopar. In restored condition it would have easily fetched six figures. You can bet in a few years it will turn up in 'concourse' condition after a miraculous 'restoration' at an Auction somewhere and make someone very rich.
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that is just pure gold
as someone who has admired these cars for years and never get the chace ton see one in that condition thanks for the photos to the empty critics- thanks for showing your ignorance, lack of knowledge and understanding |
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Brilliant find. Thankfully it wasn't owned by me because it would be 530,000 genuine miles.
![]() Have to applaud the owners ability to garage it for so long, good luck to him if he gets top dollar, that's compensation for knowing he had a HOey in his garage for so long and not taking it for a blat. :P |
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This is a good thread, if we could remove all the comments by those unfortunate naysayers.
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Pretty bloody hard to fake a that lot. |
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I drive new fords at work(about 60K per year between 4 people), My current daily is a ea ghia, and I am restoring my 1973 Landau.
Modern cars just dont have the character anymore. They do everything "correctly". If they had the character of these wonderful oldies then they wouldnt be changing hands for $800,000. The current work drive does it all so blandly. My EA is ho hum. My Landau just feels so good in comparision. Ask anyone who HAS driven an XY GT and a BFGT which they would have regardless of the price factor, a BF GT or an XY GT, The answer will be the XY GT 99 out of 100. I would take the HO as is please please please. I will pay for it when I win the lotto :-) |
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At least the owner of this car will be able to look at, touch, feel, and appreciate the heritage of his unique investment. You say that " in a few years and punters will just stop looking at buying these classics". I would be most interested to assess your own long-term investment strategy, and evaluate the extent to which it has contributed to your own staggeringly impressive net worth. Last edited by DirtyHarry; 22-04-2007 at 09:59 AM. |
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Ok I can appreciate the car and really do think its an awesome decision by the guy storing it away like he has, but, I feel my comments about washing it have been taken the wrong way. I'm sorry if I havent been on this earth long enough to know that even a washed car can accumulate that much dirt and dust while under covers for so long (as pointed out by a few with an apparent superioty complex).
So why would I be jealous? Beats me....... I do however believe there have been some immature, ridiculous and unwarranted aggressive comments made by both those who appreciate and those who dont. Grow up, all I said was I wouldve washed it.... I wont make the mistake of making such a stupid, ridiculous and jealous comment ever again. |
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The thing I dont get is ,sure, its an XY GT and is worth quite a bit of money, but $800,000 is way over the top IMO,
XY GT's might be rare but XY Falcon 500's aren't , And you can make a damn good job of replicating an XY GT for about $30,000, it won't have the compliance plate but thats all that will be missing . A well done replica looks exactly the same as the real thing .........I know for every 10 GT Falcons I see 9 of them are replica's but i can't tell the difference. So my point is ., you cant go and buy a base model Ferrari for $5k and then spend $30k on it to make it look like a $500,000 F40 Ferrari.......
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your correct mate...none of the cars in running on empty are originals, not 1 I'm sorry.. wonder how many people will jump on me for that comment ![]() ![]() oh and great find there nick, your mate's dad will definitely be happy with that ![]() |
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I can't believe how many people get their knickers in a twist over differing opinions! Some people, if they had the money, would pay $800k+ for a ~40-year old Falcon... Some would say it's wise, some would say it's not. Others with that type of money wouldn't pay close to a million dollars for a Falcon - why? Because they don't see the value in it. Fair enough. It's not science.
There are always going to be doubters and there are always going to be people on the opposite side of the fence. Just remember, everyone's entitled to their own opinion no matter how much it differs from your own. I just wonder why so many people care what other people think...
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I would love to own a original ho.
Thanks for the pics would have been awesome seeing uncovered after many years. |
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I am amazed how some on this forum seem to write like i am personally ripping them off just by posting some photo's and telling what i know of this car,is it my mates dad or my fault if someone is willing to pay more for this than their XR6,or T Model, please remember, this is an extremely rare untouched XY GT HO the God of Aussie cars, so dont have a go at me just go to the church and look on in awe at The God of Thunder,AMEN. lol,
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The thread is titled: HO a real barn find.
Not: How would you spend 800k. If you wouldn't spend 800k on a GT, the people that would don't really care. Stay with the topic please. |
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its a good time to be selling me thinks, love those pics by the way
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cheers Nick
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FACT- XYGTHO has a completly different feel to drive than any other XY But as you have never driven 1 how could you know that !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Hey nicholas, you've started us going by posting these pictures, we appreciate that.
Could you feed us more by posting some more with the plates and book showing numbers (in focus) to make us even more envious? |
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