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Old 20-09-2007, 07:33 PM   #1
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Default Barn Finds Are Still Out There....

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

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Old 20-09-2007, 07:38 PM   #2
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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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Old 20-09-2007, 07:42 PM   #3
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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 20-09-2007, 07:43 PM   #4
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Looks like a good project starter!
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Old 20-09-2007, 07:49 PM   #5
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such a waste... at least its dry I guess... wonder how long till its on ebay..
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Old 20-09-2007, 08:29 PM   #6
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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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Old 20-09-2007, 09:03 PM   #7
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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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Old 20-09-2007, 09:25 PM   #8
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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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Old 20-09-2007, 09:28 PM   #9
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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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Old 20-09-2007, 09:32 PM   #10
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these people usually have emotional attachments. i have seen MANY cars rot into nothing.
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Old 20-09-2007, 09:35 PM   #11
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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 20-09-2007, 09:44 PM   #12
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if he wont sell .... then take!!!

thats soo sad, that car is f$^%&D ... look at all the rust .... thou the fairlane aint bad :P
mmm... you might like to look a little closer at the pics... Never mistake a little dirt and surface rust as a f$^%&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.
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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.
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Old 20-09-2007, 09:49 PM   #14
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I want the steering wheel off that yellow coupe,it looks mint!
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Old 20-09-2007, 10:45 PM   #15
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I wonder where the plates are for the XB?
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Old 20-09-2007, 11:09 PM   #16
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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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Old 21-09-2007, 08:25 AM   #18
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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...

Looking at that nearly makes me cry.
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Old 21-09-2007, 12:30 PM   #19
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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.
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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.
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Old 21-09-2007, 01:21 PM   #20
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Old 21-09-2007, 01:30 PM   #21
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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
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Old 21-09-2007, 02:30 PM   #22
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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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Old 21-09-2007, 07:05 PM   #23
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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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Old 21-09-2007, 07:11 PM   #24
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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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Old 21-09-2007, 07:20 PM   #25
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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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Old 22-09-2007, 02:51 PM   #26
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Was having a good day. Now i'm just depressed.
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Old 22-09-2007, 03:01 PM   #27
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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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Old 22-09-2007, 04:29 PM   #28
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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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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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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!!!
No offence but your mate is a real d1ckhead . Someone could restore it and bring it back to life but your mate being so selfish would rather let it go to waste......He should be thrown in prison for crimes against classic cars.
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