Barn Finds Are Still Out There....

Tropicsnude · 20-09-2007, 08:33 PM

Discovered yesterday...
No, Owner won't sell!

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FlipXW · 20-09-2007, 08:38 PM

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.

atec77 · 10-10-2007, 01:08 AM

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Originally Posted by PhilXR8

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.

I kinda smile at these comments , I have over the years owned a number of them and it might be romantic but without a lot of work they still handle nothing like a modern car and normally are not as quick

Recently we moved and seeing I own to many cars I decided to cull at least one project , towie arrives and his eyes hit the stalks , makes an offer on a couple of cars and eventually he moves everything and becomes the proud owner of a 48 Austin van on a hand built chassis with a clevo motor and fmx/9" , he swapped me a really clean 97 Wagon for the A40 which needed mountains of work to be finished ,I was happy until a mate ofered to take the wagon off my hands for more than the A40 owed me and then some . Im now a very happy owner of a Daimler Double 6 with a very warm 5.8 Wheezr and 4 speed auto..so now there are two very tidy jags and a Ford in the drive > some weeks you have a win , now I just have to find storage for my little 64 Ford coupe till I get around to finishing...

I hope you find a coupe but give though to something like a 65 or 66 sedan with mods that can be had still quite cheaply . Ps: My first GT /351 cost me $4700 new back when

trick_xd · 20-09-2007, 08:42 PM

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..

Zephyr · 20-09-2007, 08:43 PM

Looks like a good project starter!

montyv8 · 20-09-2007, 08:49 PM

such a waste... at least its dry I guess... wonder how long till its on ebay..

Nostalgia · 20-09-2007, 09:29 PM

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.

4Vman · 20-09-2007, 10:03 PM

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...

kremmen · 21-09-2007, 09:25 AM

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Originally Posted by 4Vman

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...

Looking at that nearly makes me cry.

TZENU · 21-09-2007, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by 4Vman

An oldie but a goodie:

I Present: THE CHICKEN COUPE! 1 of 2 "McRobertson Old Gold" colored XAGT RPO83's.....

A mate sent me some photos of this a while back... everytime i see it, it makes me cringe

GSH · 16-10-2007, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by 4Vman

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...

WTF, well his gonna make alot of money of it letting it sit there to rust the dick. :togo:

Rodp · 20-09-2007, 10:25 PM

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. :(

FPV8U · 20-09-2007, 10:28 PM

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?

Agent86 · 20-09-2007, 10:32 PM

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 :(

V3RSAC3 · 20-09-2007, 10:35 PM

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

Tropicsnude · 20-09-2007, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by nversace

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

mmm... you might like to look a little closer at the pics... Never mistake a little dirt and surface rust as a f$^%&D car ;)

However... It's because of silly comments "if he wont sell .... then take!!!" that knowledge of cars like this whereabouts should be kept discreet.

Nostalgia · 20-09-2007, 10:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Tropicsnude

mmm... you might like to look a little closer at the pics... Never mistake a little dirt and surface rust as a f$^%&D car ;)

However... It's because of silly comments "if he wont sell .... then take!!!" that knowledge of cars like this whereabouts should be kept discreet.

Agreed. On both counts.

apolloxbgt · 20-09-2007, 10:49 PM

I want the steering wheel off that yellow coupe,it looks mint!

smally289 · 20-09-2007, 11:45 PM

I wonder where the plates are for the XB?

Outbackjack · 21-09-2007, 12:09 AM

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.

bathurst77 · 21-09-2007, 01:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Outbackjack

My Great Auntie has a very original FX holden (pre FJ). She is 98 YO, still very active but she will never sell it.
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Not that I wish your granny bad things, but if she 98 now, methingks the fx will be on the market soon enough, i guess.

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.

Outbackjack · 21-09-2007, 12:54 AM

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Would 50K help him think about it??

LeadFoot81 · 21-09-2007, 02:21 PM

^^^

nugget378 · 21-09-2007, 03:30 PM

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.

Interceptor · 21-09-2007, 08:05 PM

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

Fev · 08-10-2007, 12:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Interceptor

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

at hornsby TAFE, north of sydney city a bit in the mechanics section there is a VN SS in the gunmetal grey with red highlights. no rims but complete immac interior and exterior.. and get this... 75km's on the clock.. not 75,000.. but 75..

there is also a XF Fairmont with about 60km's in a sky blue colour.. the body is a little bit rough but engine and drive train would be absolutely fine..

also a XR2. you could probably offer them money for any of them but i heard they get about 50+ offers a year on the SS

mutanti · 08-10-2007, 08:52 AM

Was Shown An Old Shed out back of a clients house a month or 2 ago.
Was loaded with old cars in mint condition.
Mostly old Holdens tho.

He said he wants to keep 2 of them but the rest he wishes to sell.
Ill see if i can get some picks next time im out that way...

Van D · 21-09-2007, 08:11 PM

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.

prof-rabbit · 10-10-2007, 12:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Van D

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.

I bought a property like that in 1989, (sold in 95) had a complete Holden FC van minus engine still with good Y frames! plus a bunch of odd parts in one shed, the FC went to a restorer and the parts were shared around, only thing I have left is the dash "pod" for a FX/FJ that I found in a box last year.

cuz · 21-09-2007, 08:20 PM

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.