Barn Finds Are Still Out There.... - Page 9

ltd_on20s · 08-02-2011, 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by big_landau

i think some people get confused with a barn find and a gararge find.here is a few barn finds i have bought,not fords but real barn finds none the less.
$300 for this

HOW THE HELL do you guys find this stuff???

Morexbs · 08-02-2011, 11:30 PM

Did this work?

gcg2503 · 08-02-2011, 11:53 PM

Tell us more MoreXBs

Is it now yours? Engine - V8 6 etc?

Hwo you found her..

FG XR · 09-02-2011, 12:08 AM

Love this thread! Keep em coming!

FG XR · 09-02-2011, 12:31 AM

That "chicken coupe" xa gt is in qld somewhere isn't it? Well hope it's still there after yasi and the flooding...

**TUF_302** · 09-02-2011, 11:35 AM

I so want to find a barn full or treasures lol!

Morexbs · 09-02-2011, 07:13 PM

That was my "car park find" from a bit earlier in the thread.If you go back a few days you'll see the story behind it.I have 2 more pics which I'll put up soon.

stang777 · 10-02-2011, 09:13 AM

I know were a red hq monaro is just sitting in the front yard of the bloke who owns its parents house its been there for years but my mum says she remembers when he drove it back when they were my age.

Ford_The_Win · 11-02-2011, 04:42 PM

A friend of the family has quite a collection of cars. There is easily over a hundred cars on his property - mostly Kingswoods, but there's dozens of Valiants, Chargers, Falcons, F-series, Escorts, Torana SLRs, and a couple of Monaros and an XA GT (not sure if it's genuine) just sat there. Most of them haven't moved in 10+ years but the majority of them are complete and easily restorable. There's nothing newer than a WB, with the exception of a couple of VNs. Also hundreds of doors, bumpers, and guards..including some absolutely mint XW/XY Fairmont front fenders. I'd love to get my hands on some of them.
A small sample of the collection:

**TUF_302** · 11-02-2011, 07:42 PM

That's criminal!!, any more pics of that place??

stang777 · 11-02-2011, 07:58 PM

Any of the xa Gt?

Ford_The_Win · 11-02-2011, 11:10 PM

A couple more snaps:

No pics of the GT sorry, the guy that owns these cars is very protective of them - people are always walking through his place having a sticky beak, I imagine some stuff has gone walkabout over the years too. The GT is dark coloured, black I think, but it's covered in dust, tree sap and lacking any kind of sheen so it's hard to tell

. Ironically he's very well-aware of what all these cars are worth yet doesn't do anything with them. He has some really nice well-kept classics hidden away in those sheds though.

big_landau · 11-02-2011, 11:16 PM

does he want to sell any of the valiants?

gcg2503 · 11-02-2011, 11:24 PM

Wow, that is paradise! Excellent barn find...or inheritance for his kids

RAPID_BA · 11-02-2011, 11:34 PM

I know a barn that houses a torana (i know not a ford) the box shape, supercharged 5.0, has been in restoration since 1994, the guy wanted to win comps at summernats show n shine. He got married, project halted. He has been offered $70k for it and its unfinished. He wont sell and he doesnt seem to be looking to resume restoration soon, never driven yet.

DoreSlamR · 12-02-2011, 02:36 AM

Does this count?

302 XC · 12-02-2011, 10:11 AM

Just while we are on "yard finds"
There was a small town from me where the property was in the family for 100 odd years
Any car that was no longer required ended up there
There was customlines,mainlines,model ts all sorts and quite a large amount
Story goes property had to be sold
The local scrappy was rang to remove or on site squash the lot
Every single vehicle was removed via low loader trailers ,not 1 squashed
Whom ever got them woulda made a small fortune

tankclare · 12-02-2011, 02:12 PM

check this out....aussie muscle car wet dream
part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9Y1Xq19h7I

part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEaPs...eature=related

samsy351 · 12-02-2011, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by tankclare

check this out....aussie muscle car wet dream
part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9Y1Xq19h7I

part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEaPs...eature=related

I wonder if the floods did any damage to that collection. Thats the Aussie Muscle Car Museum and its in the Narangba area which did see some flooding....
Anyone know how it fared ?

Barnaby · 12-02-2011, 08:12 PM

Would that yellow HQ or HJ panel van be a sandman having no side glass?

Jim Goose · 12-02-2011, 08:25 PM

i knew of a large collection of cars in private hands here in NQ, however the owners were um... from what i was told a bit funny (inbred hillbillies was one description).
I did try to get into the property one day to talk to them but found the place abandoned somewhat. I was about to yell out "hello" again when i came across several large pitbulls sleeping and decided to retreat slowly and quietly back through the big corrigated iron gates..

From the road can be seen up to 100 cars, some as far back as the 1950s... quite sad.
Plenty of Falcons (Xp to XDs) to be seen as well as Torries, Monaros and Kingswoods..

RedHotGT · 14-02-2011, 12:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Barnaby

Would that yellow HQ or HJ panel van be a sandman having no side glass?

You could get windowless vans....

I was more interested in the potential LX SS hatchback right next to it!!

A9X paddock find???

stang777 · 27-02-2011, 09:12 PM

Just got told about a mustang sitting somewhere near where i live trying to find out more details on the whereabouts of it or the make and year but apparently its been there for years

Barnaby · 18-03-2011, 07:18 PM

Farm find. Old 40's Dodge ute. pick it up on Sunday.

galaxy xr8 · 18-03-2011, 07:29 PM

^^^^ there's a vehicle in there ,lol....

stang777 · 18-03-2011, 07:55 PM

Saw a dark brown zd fairlane completely flat underabout 5 othe.r crushed cars on a truck. I was devastated

cowboy · 18-03-2011, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Barnaby

Farm find. Old 40's Dodge ute. pick it up on Sunday.

Wow, nice find! Why do all my finds seem to be crap......

XYLINC · 18-03-2011, 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by stang777

Saw a dark brown zd fairlane completely flat underabout 5 othe.r crushed cars on a truck. I was devastated

I think a mate of mine saw the same car, got a pic from him today. He added it had a K code style rad support as well. Looks a ZC from the grille.

Barnaby · 18-03-2011, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by cowboy

Wow, nice find! Why do all my finds seem to be crap......

I will post some pics on Sunday arvo of the recovery and I think you will find this thing will be crap too...

atec77 · 18-03-2011, 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by cowboy

Wow, nice find! Why do all my finds seem to be crap......

Solicitor in our local shopping cetre here in west Logan owns a tidy zd , it's parked and hardly driven so I asked about the price if for sale , I figured someone had been filling her head with silly ideas and mentioned a realistic price which was refused and my suggestion as being less than truthful... some people

Driving back from near her home I found a 40's international pickup which we are negotiating into a sale currently and imho it's cheap and much more interesting