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Giddy up.
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My two young boys, 6yr's and 2 years of age, know exactly what the XW is and will know and grow up admiring and wanting a GTHO just as I did. |
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Just turning 40 here, grew up plastering my school files with pics of XY's, in particular Chris Christou's 'real men smoke rubber' and used to scrawl XY 351 GT HO phase 3 on my rulers lol.
Always watched the prices, 25k was out of my budget back then and thought they'd stay that price for ever ![]() Aiming to own one before I die, even a SA or replica, probably in retirement. Great to see this one come through unscathed, interested to see what it goes for.
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I'm 32 just finished restoring one myself as I couldn't afford one already done. Love the old rust buckets
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BA/F6 BF/F6 SSV/R TTG
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Before the bridgestone eager 60 and 50 series and the Yokahama 352 (steel belted radials), it was textile radial T/A.
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Ditto - I know 4 people close to me all under 35 that own XY's. The passion will never die for them. It's just one of those cars.
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Mine definitely said rubber, if only I'd spent more time paying attention in class than staring at it and drawing burnouts on my papers
![]() Bought my first set of 352's in nineteen dickety' five, nice to reminisce
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BLUE OVAL INC.
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No bids in 3 days, is this normal practice for rarities on this site?
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In the 80s you couldnt pickup a street machine mag without seeing this add. And eagers advert on the rear cover.
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Hmmm I visited a mate today that could buy this etc and the first thing he said was is it a Lloyds advertised auction.
He advised it most likely won't be sold for whatever the highest bid is as they are rogues and it will be passed in and then they will put it up for a real auction with that bid as the starter. Now $420k I guess we will see in 19 days and if it comes up again ![]() |
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I thinki know who'll buy it
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Expecting to get 1.2 mill apparently
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Been told that it doesn't have the correct engine, I can't confirm this as being true or not
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not many do. it didn't when I saw it some years ago.....
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So Jeff Thompson sold this car in 1988 for $23k to the current owner, and they're now expecting it to fetch over $1M:
https://www.drive.com.au/motor-news/...on-118491.html |
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Call me dirt... Joe Dirt
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A guy I know invested $100K into a local craft beer venture 5 years ago. It just got bought out by a large German company and he pocketed well over $1M. It happens.
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No way I’d pay anything like that for any 70’s era Falcon. They have never appealed to me. To each their own I suppose.
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Good on your friend for making a successful punt into the craft beer world - hope he's continuing to do well. |
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That friend wouldn't happen to be an AF(yfe)L player enjoying Pirate Life would it? |
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That buyer must have deep pockets. Buyer C28948 was successful bidder on XY GT for $250,000, 1970 XY Falcon Tow Ute for $162,000 and 198 Cosworth Sierra for $60,000.
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Hard to believe but hell of a find if so, bargain at $500,000
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() That xw got 120. Bargain. Concourse resto |
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How cool is that XY ute! Apparently used to tow Moffats Boss Mustang back in the day!
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