SAD!!! Ford XR GT on ebay

[79FordEsky]

This is really sad to see a genuine gt like this.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/FORD-FALC...#ht_620wt_1271

[Interceptor]

From the photos it doesnt look to be terminal..... wonder how much we're not seeing....

[Tickford Rebel]

Thats a ten year resto... I praise the winner for there dedication, personally I'm to impatient and wouldn't touch it..

[cs123]

That's an expensive radiator support panel

[pottery beige]

no its not sad.. what's sad is if it ended up at the tip or sims.. there are nutters that can and do bring them back to life..

[CoupeKing]

Originally Posted by pottery beige

no its not sad.. what's sad is if it ended up at the tip or sims.. there are nutters that can and do bring them back to life..

^this

Hopefully we get to see some photos of the finished product in 5-10 years

[neptune blue]

Originally Posted by pottery beige

no its not sad.. what's sad is if it ended up at the tip or sims.. there are nutters that can and do bring them back to life..

What about the nutter that couldn't be bothered at very least throwing a tarp over it when he decided to turn It into a garden ordinate

[pottery beige]

Originally Posted by neptune blue

What about the nutter that couldn't be bothered at very least throwing a tarp over it when he decided to turn It into a garden ordinate

I always lol@comments like this.. so many experts on other peoples life circumstances..

[neptune blue]

Originally Posted by pottery beige

I always lol@comments like this.. so many experts on other peoples life circumstances..

I should rephrase
Any able bodied sane person with $20.00 at their diposal can tie a large sheet of plastic over it to try and keep a little of the weather off it

Better ?

[mik]

I used to have an XR falcon 500 with a warm 289 and really i loved it, but...........even being a GT i wouldn't be that that keen to buy that one, very surprising to see 23 bidders so far.

[Mickxr8]

Any body with an xr falcon should be making sure its locked up good , just saying

[arronm]

Looks to have some chassis numbers etc. XR GT. Compliance plate?. The rest can go in the bin.

[BPXR6T]

Doesn't look terminal to me. Once it's cleaned up and blasted. I've seen much much worse restored.

[kate648]

Ohh I remember this seller.. seen some similar cars of his before.. sent him a message abusing him ... HOW THE **** COULD YOU LET THAT HAPPEN!?!? haha. Yeah, that ***** me.

[MrEL]

It was stolen in 68 and recovered in 71 stripped.
Had it been sitting in a paddock for the 3 years and was fairly well rooted at the time and had just been chucked out the back due to lack of interest or a broken heart?
People who are really passionate about things do strange stuff when someone else wrecks their gear.
Maybe the original owner just didn't want to see it.
It always a crack up how the tossers rear their heads with stupid comments and expert advice every time a GT is discussed.
The amount of people that have their hand on it now days about GT's make me have absolutely no desire what so ever to own another one.

[neptune blue]

Originally Posted by MrEL

It was stolen in 68 and recovered in 71 stripped.
Had it been sitting in a paddock for the 3 years and was fairly well rooted at the time and had just been chucked out the back due to lack of interest or a broken heart?
People who are really passionate about things do strange stuff when someone else wrecks their gear.
Maybe the original owner just didn't want to see it.
It always a crack up how the tossers rear their heads with stupid comments and expert advice every time a GT is discussed.
The amount of people that have their hand on it now days about GT's make me have absolutely no desire what so ever to own another one.

For me its not so much about GT's its more about looking after your possessions regardless of what they are provided you are in a position to do so of course

We all work hard to by cars, houses etc so if you are able to, why wouldnt you look after them as best as your circumstances allow

I've got a 27 year old paint job on my car and everyone that has seen it is blown away ........there is a reason why it looks the way it does
I'm like that with every thing I own and I'm sure I'm not the only one

Any way sad to see any classic car neglected not just GT's

[BPXR6T]

Originally Posted by MrEL

It was stolen in 68 and recovered in 71 stripped.
Had it been sitting in a paddock for the 3 years and was fairly well rooted at the time and had just been chucked out the back due to lack of interest or a broken heart?
People who are really passionate about things do strange stuff when someone else wrecks their gear.
Maybe the original owner just didn't want to see it.
It always a crack up how the tossers rear their heads with stupid comments and expert advice every time a GT is discussed.
The amount of people that have their hand on it now days about GT's make me have absolutely no desire what so ever to own another one.

If you want to see tossers you should try selling a GT nowadays. Brings em all out...

[jamies]

Originally Posted by BPXR6T

If you want to see tossers you should try selling a GT nowadays. Brings em all out...

Ha ha Too true, I've just sold a 68 XT I was doing up, the amount of stupid phone calls, questions and offers astounded me.... So I'd hate to be trying to sell a GT.

[Stefan]

Just read the buyer's questions and it seems the seller won't lety anyone inspect the car? Says it's unfair to those thatr live far away.

WTF?

While it looks OK no way i'd be buying a GT without a thorough inspection. XR GT wreck is probably worth $5K, any other XR wreck is probably worth a few hundred dollars.

[Bud Bud]

Originally Posted by MrEL

It was stolen in 68 and recovered in 71 stripped.
Had it been sitting in a paddock for the 3 years and was fairly well rooted at the time and had just been chucked out the back due to lack of interest or a broken heart?

I think the one thing most have not considered is just because it is a GT doesn't mean it had any real value back then when it was parked after all, the current model now had a 351 Clevo, was faster and in the end became what ended up being the most desirable.

Consider this, the "supercar" scare era was still a year away and the fuel crisis was another two and ADR 76 which crippled any real power gains from a factory V8 was still another five years away as well and of course the next Generation V8 Falcon would ultimately come as a two door coupe if that took your fancy. Times were good and this was an era when it was easy to market the next model as more desirable than the last and there was no way of knowing that it would not always be like this back then. This car as far as cars go was easily replaced back in 1971 and how do we even know that the owner did not actually do this with a GTHO or 350 Monaro, just because he could?

Hind sight is a wonderful thing but this car sadly was parked as a wreck in a time when you could buy a much better replacement brand new, it is as simple as that and after all, this car could easily have been a HR Holden Premier or even a Toyota Crown and if so, would anyone be bothered having the same discussion today?

Bud Bud

[gs1973]

Originally Posted by Bud Bud

I think the one thing most have not considered is just because it is a GT doesn't mean it had any real value back then when it was parked after all, the current model now had a 351 Clevo, was faster and in the end became what ended up being the most desirable.

Consider this, the "supercar" scare era was still a year away and the fuel crisis was another two and ADR 76 which crippled any real power gains from a factory V8 was still another five years away as well and of course the next Generation V8 Falcon would ultimately come as a two door coupe if that took your fancy. Times were good and this was an era when it was easy to market the next model as more desirable than the last and there was no way of knowing that it would not always be like this back then. This car as far as cars go was easily replaced back in 1971 and how do we even know that the owner did not actually do this with a GTHO or 350 Monaro, just because he could?

Hind sight is a wonderful thing but this car sadly was parked as a wreck in a time when you could buy a much better replacement brand new, it is as simple as that and after all, this car could easily have been a HR Holden Premier or even a Toyota Crown and if so, would anyone be bothered having the same discussion today?

Bud Bud

Spot on mate.

[FPV414]

Originally Posted by Bud Bud

I think the one thing most have not considered is just because it is a GT doesn't mean it had any real value back then when it was parked after all, the current model now had a 351 Clevo, was faster and in the end became what ended up being the most desirable.

Consider this, the "supercar" scare era was still a year away and the fuel crisis was another two and ADR 76 which crippled any real power gains from a factory V8 was still another five years away as well and of course the next Generation V8 Falcon would ultimately come as a two door coupe if that took your fancy. Times were good and this was an era when it was easy to market the next model as more desirable than the last and there was no way of knowing that it would not always be like this back then. This car as far as cars go was easily replaced back in 1971 and how do we even know that the owner did not actually do this with a GTHO or 350 Monaro, just because he could?

Hind sight is a wonderful thing but this car sadly was parked as a wreck in a time when you could buy a much better replacement brand new, it is as simple as that and after all, this car could easily have been a HR Holden Premier or even a Toyota Crown and if so, would anyone be bothered having the same discussion today?

Bud Bud

Best reply in this thread.

Lol @ everyone who keeps asking what reclaimable means in here and on eBay. Doesn't anyone own a dictionary anymore? And by dictionary, I mean Google.

[hankscorpio]

anyone else spot that it's stamped JC instead of JG on the radiator support?

[Russ]

Originally Posted by hankscorpio

anyone else spot that it's stamped JC instead of JG on the radiator support?

I'm sure it would all be legit, just ask the seller

[gtxb67]

Originally Posted by FPV414

Doesn't anyone own a dictionary anymore? And by dictionary, I mean Google.

you own a google do you - you got ripped, i use it for free

[302 XC]

Originally Posted by Bud Bud

I think the one thing most have not considered is just because it is a GT doesn't mean it had any real value back then when it was parked after all, the current model now had a 351 Clevo, was faster and in the end became what ended up being the most desirable.

Consider this, the "supercar" scare era was still a year away and the fuel crisis was another two and ADR 76 which crippled any real power gains from a factory V8 was still another five years away as well and of course the next Generation V8 Falcon would ultimately come as a two door coupe if that took your fancy. Times were good and this was an era when it was easy to market the next model as more desirable than the last and there was no way of knowing that it would not always be like this back then. This car as far as cars go was easily replaced back in 1971 and how do we even know that the owner did not actually do this with a GTHO or 350 Monaro, just because he could?

Hind sight is a wonderful thing but this car sadly was parked as a wreck in a time when you could buy a much better replacement brand new, it is as simple as that and after all, this car could easily have been a HR Holden Premier or even a Toyota Crown and if so, would anyone be bothered having the same discussion today?

Bud Bud

So true,but what annoys me ,is all the great people who parade how someone should or shouldn't look after their things
I wanna see people parading that the E series are dumped,scrapped at alarming rates,or that new breed of muscle cars depreciate that much that in 5,10 years they will be affordable that those with new full licence buy cheap and flog hard ....
So for 40 years this bloke had this garden ornament,and probably put life and family first ,shock horror someone who had priorities in life .....
Maybe he was one of those "One day " and finally realised that "one day" came and went
People carry on about old cars how they are disappearing, but they are getting crushed daily,yet no one stops it

[flooded one]

Originally Posted by 302 XC

So true,but what annoys me ,is all the great people who parade how someone should or shouldn't look after their things
I wanna see people parading that the E series are dumped,scrapped at alarming rates,or that new breed of muscle cars depreciate that much that in 5,10 years they will be affordable that those with new full licence buy cheap and flog hard ....
So for 40 years this bloke had this garden ornament,and probably put life and family first ,shock horror someone who had priorities in life .....
Maybe he was one of those "One day " and finally realised that "one day" came and went
People carry on about old cars how they are disappearing, but they are getting crushed daily,yet no one stops it

thing people have too realise that ALL cars will eventually be destroyed. nothing is forever as sad as it is. there all destined for scrap eventually

[Fev]

See the questions

Q: Can you get it back on the road if so can I pay it off over a couple of months. And is it going to be a roller.

hahaha what the hell?

[Gobes32]

Some of the questions being asked just proves to me that most ebay car buyers are f wits...........

[Revolver]

Its not that bad. There have been a few cars worse than this that have come come back to be in the top 20/10 in the elite hall at Summernats.