Old people and immaculate cars

[XAGSV8]

I bought my car off an old bloke who had looked after it his whole life. He only ever had put 24000 miles on the thing and looks just about new. I paid him $7000 he wanted for it and as I was driving it up the road he watched it go all the way with a real sad look on his face. It was that well looked after and all I had to do was get the carby rebuilt due to lack of use.

Originally Posted by GreenMachine

there is a young Nissan salesman who's probably STILL got the smile on his face.

Yes, because he probably bought the Charger for himself.

[TIRED6]

We had a bloke in West that had a genuine XY GT HO. Damn that thing was immaculate. And i tell ya now, he drove it like it was a weapon. He would sit at light's and upset the young blokes, or pull up behind you along the highway then go flying past when you least expect it.

It was good to see an 86yr old that could still change gears like it was a race.

[OLDFORDNUT]

i grew up in Burwood Victoria and every Sunday and sometimes on a saturday morning you would see and hear the rumble of this immaculate red GT HO phase 3 scream past our house with a lady in her 60's last time i was visiting my Dad in Burwood i asked about her,he siad it was about 1990 he last saw the HO and she still drove fast as i left Melbourne in the mid eighties she must have been in her mid eighties when dad last saw her behind the wheel.he siad it was still like brand new,i wonder what mungral ended up with it.

[Bearman]

Hey XAGT351, love the FB!!! It's really heartwarming to see you treasure your grandpa's old car.

Cheers.........

[b2tf]

Originally Posted by big_pete

Theres an old bloke in Cootamundra (small town near wagga)
who owns a beautiful convertable Mustang, and a shelby cobra replica

The worst thing is he doesnt go above 50km in them. so you see them putting around town.

they are beautiful cars tho! wouldnt mind being in his Will ;)

they'll be at the AFD :

[Captain Stubing]

There's a bloke I know who's retired now, who I used to work with, I caught up with him recently, after about 18 years of being away.

Anyway, he was driving the car his wife bought back around '68 (one of the first Corolla's).
I soon found out he still had the XY Fairmont they bought new, as well as a Pajero bought in '85. All of them are in perfect nick!

I know of a couple of cars in Adelaide recently, a green S series Valiant that was a one owner immaculate sold for $16,000 an R series I know of still has the plastic on the rear door trims, and about 12,000 miles on the odo, just goes to church and back on sundays.

And at Westfield Marion every so often you can see a Merc. 2 door AMG 55 driven by a lady ind her 70's.

Regards Prof. Rabbit

[XA_GT351]

Originally Posted by Bearman

Hey XAGT351, love the FB!!! It's really heartwarming to see you treasure your grandpa's old car.

Cheers.........

It gets better with age bearman, i refuse to drive it in the rain becuse he never did, he never even used to take it to shows, i took it to one lastyear and won a trophey and a spotprize, hmm i should go more often lol

[big_pete]

Originally Posted by back2thefutura

they'll be at the AFD :

sweet!

[EF Henry]

Yeah the go is to tell them how far Korean cars have come then move in and offer them 2 grand for the XE ESP with 42k on the odo.

[agony]

Who cares who owns them or how old they are, the more old cars out there on the road the better, who wants to drive the road and see plastic cars, wouldnt it be great to be able to go for a drive and only see pre 1980 cars or earlier!

[Falcon_Phill]

who gives a ИИИИ, we get em when they die. and so the life cycle of a car continues.

[ebxr8240]

Hey I'm 50 + .. Look after my cars ?????????????????????????????????......
Well I garage them and change there oil etc......

[[Tonko]]

i got a killer story for ya's and its true.. i seen it in the herald sun a little while ago and a mate talked to her, they were in bendigo one sunday morning when a MINT, manual, XY GTHO pulled in, after they picked their jaws off the ground, an old lady about 75 got out in her bowling whites and she told them that her husband bought it brand new and it has never seen weekday driving. she only drives to bowls on sundays, the husband died about 10 years ago and she has it serviced every 5000k's. its been kept under a cover since they bought it home. She has been offered $250,000 for it but will never sell it. oh and she still has all the books, reciepts, and the original tyres at her house..

[buickman]

[QUOTE=OzJavelin]

Yep .. older people appreciate the value of money

.
Since most at that age would have been through the tougher times of the war & credit sqeeze of 1962. Most baby boomers & their children would never have had the hardships.

[TuMor]

Originally Posted by Tonko351

i got a killer story for ya's and its true.. i seen it in the herald sun a little while ago and a mate talked to her, they were in bendigo one sunday morning when a MINT, manual, XY GTHO pulled in, after they picked their jaws off the ground, an old lady about 75 got out in her bowling whites and she told them that her husband bought it brand new and it has never seen weekday driving. she only drives to bowls on sundays, the husband died about 10 years ago and she has it serviced every 5000k's. its been kept under a cover since they bought it home. She has been offered $250,000 for it but will never sell it. oh and she still has all the books, reciepts, and the original tyres at her house..

She'd want a pretty hardcore security system driving a gem like that.

[Iphido]

I my opa (german grandfather) had a 1970's 4 door monaro V8, yellow and black since new. He sold it a few years before he recently passed away.

He lived in Ballarat and the cops used to hassle him a fair bit in his later years, "Is this your car?" Yes it is. "How long have you had it?" 20 years!. Obviously his sons (my uncles) had borrowed the car on occasion and got a bit of a reputation.

That thing was smick. Sold it for next to nothing. We were all spewing chips because us youngins wanted to keep it but didn't have to cash to do so. Sold it for like 3 grand. Origonal everything. No rust, nothing cracked on the interior, no fading. Exterior was mint too.

When I worked at a servo one older guy had a completely smick 1970's Volvo in dark green. The paint work was fantastic, as was the chrome. His first set of tyres (OEM michelens) lasted 120,000 miles!!

[AWD Chaser]

There was an old lady that lived in yass that had got an FJ brand new, and used to drive it in canberra. She drove it for a few years but then got confused by the installation of a set of traffic lights, so she garaged it and covered it with a knitted wool rug until a few years back. Sold it to some guy in imaculate condition - never been restored, perfect condition, original paint...

[MickyB]

My Grandfather recently decided that his EBII XR6 5 speed wasn't economical enough so traded it on a new Pulsar! The thing that killed me though was that it was a one owner car, with a genuine 93,000km's on the odometer. He got about $3500 for it and didn't tell any of us he was selling it, otherwise I would have bought it in a flash. And yes it was immaculate.

[TuMor]

My dad traded his 86' Fairlane for only $2000, it was in such good condition. A shame really, he wished he kept it for me because i like the 80's Fords.

[FGX-351]

i just hope in 20-30 years time theres no immaculate daewoos rolling around *shudders*

[Black XR6]

Im sure there will be. My mother refuses to get rid of her 90's daihatsu charade. Its hardly immacualte though.

Whenever I see some older gent or lady driving their immacualte classic around, I think, I wonder how much they would take for it.

[460cixy]

theres an old chook near mums must be in her late 70s early 80s and drive a mint xl with early canberra plate with just 2 numbers. also in watson was an xb coupe clevo auto do mint it was not funny. i used to mow there lawn for years and it was in the road when i needed to get to the back lawn so i asked if thay would be intrested in selling is seing thay could not drive any more and yeah thay were not parting with it. wonder where it is now.

[XAGSV8]

You think thats bad, my Mother is still hanging on to her Nissan Urvan.

[vino3o2]

My grandmother ( An 85 year old non english speaking granny) still has her Datsun 1200 which she has had from new and still drives it round everywhere...this car is like new, cannery yellow in colour, still has original hubcaps and sun-visor....

[460cixy]

1200s are the goods had a 1200 ute for a while should never have sold it