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Old 09-01-2012, 07:44 PM   #1
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Default Calypso Green XA Falcon GT HO Phase 4

The Calypso Green XA Falcon GT HO Phase 4 - surely would have to be the rarest car in Australian motor history (i wonder what it's insured for lol).

Does anyone know what the badge on the side is (above the obvious 351 GT)?

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Default Re: Calypso Green XA Falcon GT HO Phase 4

Nice!
Looks like one of those metal Cobra badges...don't know if it's original fitment or not, but plenty of people back in the early eighties used to put them on thier Falcons.
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yeah that's what I thought it was too. What's the bet it isn't on it anymore lol

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Looks like one of those metal Cobra badges...don't know if it's original fitment or not, but plenty of people back in the early eighties used to put them on thier Falcons.
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The Calypso Green XA Falcon GT HO Phase 4 - surely would have to be the rarest car in Australian motor history (i wonder what it's insured for lol).

Does anyone know what the badge on the side is (above the obvious 351 GT)?
I would suggest you need to do a search of the forum for the resto thread on this car! That's right, the one and only...
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Default Re: Calypso Green XA Falcon GT HO Phase 4

Heaps of threads in the Classic section and Street Fords completed a series on the car late last year.

http://www.fordforums.com.au/showthr...light=xa+gt+ho





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I wish I owned this so I could put tubs in it and strip it down to run good quarters....
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I wish I owned this so I could put tubs in it and strip it down to run good quarters....
And no one would ever find your body......
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I wish I owned this so I could put tubs in it and strip it down to run good quarters....
Thinking the same thing! Wouldn't the GT boys love that

........ or you could sell it, and then retire with a few XA GT's in the shed!



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Thats certainly one of a kind. But only we think that. Id love to have that.

But it hurts to think that Non ford people wouldnt part with $3000 for it.
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Thats certainly one of a kind. But only we think that. Id love to have that.

But it hurts to think that Non ford people wouldnt part with $3000 for it.
Why does that hurt? I couldn't care less what non ford people thought if I owned it.
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lol that would've been the smart thing to do

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We're lucky that cars like this survive unmolested and kept original...

Anyone else remember the old advert for Castrol oil from Street Machine magazine, must have been back in the mid 1980's? It had a mulleted tough guy standing proudly beside a Monaro. The advert said his grandfather bought it brand new, and only drove it occasionally, then when he died, it was left to him. He was very proud..."a genuine GTS-350 Bathurst Monaro, with low mileage and totally original".
Then he proceeds to tell us how he flared the guards, changed all the suspension, did up the motor, repainted it metallic gold with no stripes, and modified everything else.

Sorry bucko...you've just stuffed a priceless piece of Astralian motoring history that had been entrusted to you, and now future generations will be robbed of the chance to see one in original condition. Thanks a lot...
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Thats certainly one of a kind. But only we think that. Id love to have that.

But it hurts to think that Non ford people wouldnt part with $3000 for it.
I wouldn't pay $1500 for a VL Walkinshaw ........ but then that leaves it for someone who would appreciate its ugliness so nothing at all to get upset about.



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Thinking the same thing! Wouldn't the GT boys love that

........ or you could sell it, and then retire with a few XA GT's in the shed!
hahaha yes, if say I won it or something I'd most likely offer it up for 150k or something and if it did not sell, start the modifications after 6 months
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hahaha yes, if say I won it or something I'd most likely offer it up for 150k or something and if it did not sell, start the modifications after 6 months
150k ???????? SOLD!!!!!! Was thinking ebay starting at 1.5mil ..... but then I am greedy



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same! I would borrow against my house in a heart beat to buy that car for 150k

here's a phase 3 for $325,000
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Why so cheap? I want the money, honey! Or maybe just put "offers" on the window and drive it up to junkfood junction with all the VN's and skylines for sale and see who rings up?
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We're lucky that cars like this survive unmolested and kept original...

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What makes you thinks it was unmolested?

That car had lots of thing done to it along the way, it was even repainted to the darker green, which was the colour the owner orignally wanted. It was repainted back to the factory calypso green when it was restored.

To me its nice to think it was used as intended.
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The Calypso Green XA Falcon GT HO Phase 4 - surely would have to be the rarest car in Australian motor history
It's has no equal in Australian muscle car collectabilty. It is the unicorn.

As for rarity. there is another 1 of 1 car which can be yours for a fraction of the price.
http://www.fordforums.com.au/showthread.php?t=11335284



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(i wonder what it's insured for lol).
I don't know about insurance, believe the value estimate is it the $1.5m to $2.0m range
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nice car hey.. but I wouldn't borrow against my house for it (probably regret those words in 20 years time lol)

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http://www.fordforums.com.au/showthread.php?t=11335284
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Just another rusty old bomb XA.. kick the windows out and stuff chooks in it.....
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yeh the aussie muscle enthusiast has a photo of it on its way to the snow back in the day driven not hidden thats the go....oh yea its in issue #8 eds page
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You crack me up man..............

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the other rarest Ford is "Bill Bourke 428 Cobra jet XW GT!!!!!
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pottery would use it to pull skids out front of his mums....haha
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Where is this car ? It's like the yeti and Loch Ness monster

Also, I'm confused by the colour in the first pic and the colour on the model. They're clearly not the same ?
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Should be a thread just for your 1 liners
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Dentist owns it, can't show you his face.
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couple vids of the other red phase 4's

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Also, I'm confused by the colour in the first pic and the colour on the model. They're clearly not the same ?

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