sneak peek , at 32073 mile HO real barn find

[Squalo]

Whoever was a passenger for 30,000 miles needs a good kick for scuffing that kick pannel like that and the carpets worn badly and that side also.

As I mentioned earlier, that's just how these cars looked back then. We got in them and drove, if our boots were muddy so what. We didn't go through an airlock wearing a 100% cotton suit just to climb in and go get the Sunday papers, or to go for a swim in the river 50 miles away.

I have a photo of our GT buried in snow - a big overnight dump that caught us by surprise. We had the XW sedan and the old man had his XC work ute, so the GT sat under the snow for a week till we got around to digging it out. And no-one gave it a second thought. It towed a caravan and a ski boat regularly. It almost always had a pair of rusty roofracks fitted (they came from our XT wagon if I recall correctly). It was a CAR, not a rolling ***** extension that made up 50% of the owners personality.

Not like today, with kid gloves and Meguires clean and polish jobs.

[OLDFORDNUT]

too right squalo

[Phase II]

My old man must be weird then as it's tidy as, his XW was his car after uni out in the country, parked on the sydney streets and covered in stickers the same as moffet's race car..... It was well and truley a driver.

[Phase II]

Anyway ill leave it at that i could disagree with the price till the cows came home, well done to your mates dad for getting that kind coin(more than the black one) and hope the new owner enjoys. And wow didnt this thread get some attention.

Cheers

[RS027]

Originally Posted by DODDOAU

I thought the stripes over the roof bonnet and bootlid were a factory item on the HO's. Correct me if im wrong.

You'd be suprised how many were ordered minus the bonnet and side stripes. This is also true about the VC Brock commodores. Alot of people wanted a fast car without the "Look at me" factor.

[RS027]

Originally Posted by Squalo

As I mentioned earlier, that's just how these cars looked back then. We got in them and drove, if our boots were muddy so what. We didn't go through an airlock wearing a 100% cotton suit just to climb in and go get the Sunday papers, or to go for a swim in the river 50 miles away.

I have a photo of our GT buried in snow - a big overnight dump that caught us by surprise. We had the XW sedan and the old man had his XC work ute, so the GT sat under the snow for a week till we got around to digging it out. And no-one gave it a second thought. It towed a caravan and a ski boat regularly. It almost always had a pair of rusty roofracks fitted (they came from our XT wagon if I recall correctly). It was a CAR, not a rolling ***** extension that made up 50% of the owners personality.

Not like today, with kid gloves and Meguires clean and polish jobs.

Too true. Only 11 years ago as a 21yo I had a fully restored L34 Torana that I used as a daily driver. I then traded it for $10,000 on a Brock commodore. Before the prices began to rise, they were just cars, even into the early 90's (they just had abit of history at that point). I'd love to know what my L34 would be worth today...

[zoesgift]

has this ph3 ever been seen publically since?

[Nikked]

whoa, epic thread mine....

[chrisfpv]

Damn how do people find these old threads, go looking for them?

Seems things have changed in 5 years.

[galaxy xr8]

Would be good to know what happened to it though ?.

[madmatty]

love to see that car now.whats it worth five years later?

[2011G6E]

Clean, but please please please don't restore beyond what's needed to make it safe to use...people need to be able to see these things in as original a condition as possible, warts and all. There's way to many "better than new" old Australian muscle around that's been rebuilt to a standard that the factory could have never dreamed of and being called "all original"...very sad...

[79FordEsky]

If you look on the previous page it has been sold to a guy in vic.