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12-04-2019, 07:29 AM | #31 | ||
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Thinking about this overnight, the most probable cars likely to see an increase price first if not already will be stock or stock-ish B series XR6 Turbo models, especially in the hero colours like blueprint and toxic/citric acid/octane orange/dash green but any model in good nick. The amount of these that were used sparingly or moth balled compared to say a BF cobra or 40th anniversary model would be very minimal and let’s face it these models were amazing bang for buck car and even now are still huge fun. I would love one myself
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12-04-2019, 03:26 PM | #32 | |||
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12-04-2019, 03:38 PM | #33 | |||
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I’m guessing he might be thinking somewhere along the lines of those B series XR6T’s becoming a colt classic like a well looked after VL turbo Calais. Maybe not reach massive numbers in price, but still go for more than what they are now. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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12-04-2019, 10:00 PM | #34 | |||
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12-04-2019, 10:22 PM | #35 | |||
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12-04-2019, 10:22 PM | #36 | |||
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The BA that I sold a year ago had been my spare car for many years and therefore had only 100' km, but also that wasn't fault free, and I spent a lot of effort with suspension parts etc. to bringing it up to fault free condition before the sale. There certainly wouldn't be many 'showroom' collector condition BAs, or 'only driven on sunny Sundays' BAs sitting around. If you purchase a vehicle with the intent of collecting it for value gains, it will cost you the finance cost for the purchase amount, maintenance such as battery, storage cost, insurance, registration etc. I don't think you will be making your money back for an XR6T model. Buying an FPV model would be slightly better. Cheers, |
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13-04-2019, 12:09 AM | #37 | ||
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Simple supply and demand. The funny thing is the old cars are worth huge money only because they are not many left.
As soon as Ford and Holden shut up shop, everyone is thinking they can hold on and make a fortune even to the extent that Holden offered options for this very reason. Like my brother was saying I can't believe dad got rid of this or that. They were't worth anything back then. In the short to mid term they will hold value maybe a bit more, but you will have to hold for a very long time for them to worth anything significant considering everyone is trying to so the same thing in my opinion. |
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13-04-2019, 07:04 AM | #38 | |||
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13-04-2019, 07:52 AM | #39 | ||
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As soon as they shut up shop the price gouging for these cars with some performance. Add manual box to the mix and it gets worse.
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13-04-2019, 08:20 AM | #40 | |||
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I think that'd be a cheaper investment than doing the same to an FPV and with less likelihood of others doing the same would give a better return. There'll be tons of low km original FPVs around in years to come but not many of the XR6 Turbo |
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13-04-2019, 11:30 AM | #41 | |||
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13-04-2019, 11:43 AM | #42 | ||
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In 20 years time find me a low km BF GT with a manual box and 6/4 brembos in mint condition... or even a clean car with no options. Won’t be too many good cars to choose from as each year more and more get written off or trashed. I enjoy mine for what it is and have no interest in making any money from it. However, you would be mad to think they will not be worth anything in the future. It was not so long ago and you couldn’t give XA/XB/XC falcons away and XW/XY falcons were stacked 10 high at the tip...
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13-04-2019, 03:55 PM | #43 | ||
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Grab something if it pops up at the right price, enjoy it and dont think about resale.
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13-04-2019, 04:07 PM | #44 | ||
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13-04-2019, 04:14 PM | #45 | ||
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13-04-2019, 05:48 PM | #46 | ||
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Was driving through inland NSW recently and after the day's travel watched some TV. One add pointed out that there are over 8 million people in regional Australia, a considerably greater number than our largest city. Don't discount the demographics of this market, who generally do value the Aussie muscle cars. Add to that outer suburban people in the cities, who understand the Aussie muscle cars as well.
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13-04-2019, 08:35 PM | #47 | |||
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I've just had the opposite happen with my FGX XR8. Renewal came with agreed value up from $54.6k to $63.6k, and only a $70 premium increase! Do they know something I don't???
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14-04-2019, 08:10 AM | #48 | |||
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14-04-2019, 08:27 AM | #49 | ||
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Has anyone noticed the amount of good Xr6t's and F6's that are being parted out. Absolutely nothing wrong with the vehicle. The number of remaining cars is lessening each week...
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14-04-2019, 10:04 AM | #50 | |||
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14-04-2019, 01:53 PM | #51 | ||
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Out of Left field.
I think a good investment would be to store as many complete Barra Turbo Motors as your could from wrecked cars. The full potential of these motors is being realised in other parts of the world, and as technology improves they will only become more desirable to the car community for various projects. You wouldn't have the cost of insurance ect and takes up less space, so might be something to think about.
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14-04-2019, 03:14 PM | #52 | |||
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14-04-2019, 06:14 PM | #53 | ||
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I recall as a young bloke none of us thought xseries particularly HO's would end up getting the money they got 10-15-20yrs ago, Coupe's incl since and base models to anything is pulling bucks you shake your head over.
Predicting what "plastics" could be worth in the future no matter what millennial's are into now and other age groups how can anyone predict the future. I'm not a investor but have 2 Falcons I love and enjoy for I can't see the point owning them and not using them, what is the point. My kids may think otherwise one day when they have both but in the big picture none of us know what value any of our Fords will be just as we didn't know back in the '70's.
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14-04-2019, 07:24 PM | #54 | |||
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In 1985, I spotted a XW GTHO in a car yard for about $7000 (?) and convinced the missus that it would be a good car, just for me, as my daily driver. Back then if had GTHO on the dash, a big tank and the spare wheel in the right spot, it was a HO. Rebuilt fakes were yet to be invented. I took it for a drive and my dreams and beliefs were shattered. The seats were uncomfortable, the driving position and vision was outdated, it drove old, and sounded like shaking a bucket of bolts. Disappointed, I didn’t buy it, and wondered what was so terrific about them, apart from being fast and winning Bathurst. I don’t regret not buying it, as I would have tired very quickly of driving just another old car back then. |
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15-04-2019, 01:55 PM | #55 | |||
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Just so you know, XW GT’s and GTHO’s came standard with the big tank and spares “in the right spot”. XY GT was the start of the optional long range tank. The one you drove must have had a hard life to be that bad in 1985, I find the low back bucket seats in XW/XY to be brilliant as is the vision out of an XR/XT/XW/XY. Each to their own I guess. |
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15-04-2019, 05:38 PM | #56 | |||
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15-04-2019, 11:35 PM | #57 | ||
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Anything with a manual gearbox at least is to be desirable as more and more don't know how to row gears. I also thin rare colours will be first to climb GT-P in Yellow Manual example is already hard to find then imagine less than 50k on clock.
but right now it's seems to be buyers market except the dreamers trying to sell GT-F's Cobra's and 40th's.
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16-04-2019, 08:24 AM | #58 | |||
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This may seem odd to some younger members, but in 1985 there was no internet, no myriad of books on the subject, and nowhere to easily check the authenticness of a vehicle that claimed to be what is was, apart from asking a mate who may have had some first hand knowledge. GTs and such were still too current and common to be restored, there was no financial reason for a deliberate fake, and with enough personal experience to be dangerous to yourself, what you thought you were looking at, was what it was. Maybe the one I test drove was indeed a trashed bomb, but after having driven Cortina GTs, Monaros, Torana XU1s and SLRs, when they were still ‘newish’, I really expected it to be better than it was. |
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16-04-2019, 03:53 PM | #59 | |||
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16-04-2019, 05:27 PM | #60 | |||
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Having said that though 27k for a cobra if it was manual with all of its books, compendium etc etc would be a good buy with those km. Standard BF GT money really. |
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