Found my old car for sale!

[private9]

Originally Posted by au2000

15 yrs ago i sold my 1 owner xt falcon 500, white with black vynal roof.. all original down to trim & even the radio.. car had been rear ended & i could not afford at the time to fix it so i unreg'ed it & when the car sold the bloke wanted the old plates & books which i had but could not find at the time so we made a deal he'd call me when the car was complete..
the call came & i went to see it.. brought the plates & owners manual too & when i pulled up i saw my old xt not restored as he said, but resprayed red, all trip & chrome gone except for bumpers & grille, white interior with xa buckets, the original dash & facia was also painted spray pack white!
thing looked terrible... then he has the nerve to say .. did u find the plates & owners book? cause i'd love to have them to keep it original!!!
ah no was my answer,... the books at home in a frame next to a pic of the car before the accident, the plates are on my current car..

So you made an agreement and then backed out because you did not like how they modified THEIR car? And you think that they had "the nerve"....

[pottery beige]

Originally Posted by dawsman

Found my previous car for sale a year after I traded it in. A simple rego search on Google did the trick!

Who else has stumbled upon their previously loved cars for sale, either online, in a lot or even on the side of the road?!?!

Here is the pic from the advert... kinda regret getting rid of it now!! Nice to see it hasn't changed and is still in good nick (on the outside at least!)

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very clean ride there.. tastefully done.. muchly nicer than the jazzed up GT stripe gang...

[XARATE]

Originally Posted by private9

So you made an agreement and then backed out because you did not like how they modified THEIR car? And you think that they had "the nerve"....

Fro what i can understand the deal was once it was restored the plates and book would b given back, and it sounds like it was not restored and the deal was not kept by the buyer

[au2000]

Originally Posted by private9

So you made an agreement and then backed out because you did not like how they modified THEIR car? And you think that they had "the nerve"....

YEP!
after all, nothing of the original car was left so what difference does the plates or book mean at that point given it was a standard 500 to begin with?
btw.. this was after he proudly told me he had binned the original working am radio & all the straight trim work

[RAPID_BA]

I have a few of these stories.

I sold a mint el fairmont 5.0 with all bolt on mods and diff gears, 18 inch rims. An old guy bought it said he just loved it.

One night IM on the great western highway in my LTD 5.0 with same bolt on mods. Then alongside at the lights my old el fairmont rolls up with two Youngs guys driving and p plates on it. I could have tried to take my old car off at the lights!!

I have exact same mods to my ltd but he had 3.45 diff gears. The guys floored it off the lights and I just rolled off. I loved seeing it off at full noise and chirping on takeoff.

Another time I sold a v8 NC2 fairlane ghia on a Friday Arvo and had to go away for work on the Monday morning. Arrived at airport at 5am in a cab and my old fairlane was there dropping people off at the airport new owner happy as can be.

[LG17]

I'd love to find one of my old cars!
73 build, lime green XA GT coupe, last seen in Brisbane.

[bigwil]

Always keeping an eye out for my first car, 1975 xbgt sedan walnut glow over silver, sold it in 1995 and have regret it ever since.

[SPArKy_Dave]

I never get tired of watching this story............

- pulls at the heart strings something shocking.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=bz-nO6WvOYw

[landau460]

Originally Posted by SPArKy_Dave

I never get tired of watching this story............

- pulls at the heart strings something shocking.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=bz-nO6WvOYw

Damn chev that is a good ad
I have been shown my 2005 hilux i traded in for the gt it only had 44000 klms was also my first new car. What was said before is right looks like it does less ks than when i had it and that was not many! And its not at the dealer either!