Diamonds in the rough

[Rallye Sport]

After reading an update on the fabled 'Chicken coup' Falcon perhaps we could post some other diamonds in the rough.
Lets reserve judgements of the owners and not reveal specific locations.
Heres a couple I know of.

I've known of this one since I was a youngster, we've all had a go at buying it. Interesting it has a Vic plate on it in WA. Getting worse nowadays.


Vermillion fire XY GT, had some love lately, a new tarp after the old one fell apart in recent storms.

Mk1 Zephyr convertible, extremely rare car. I've been trying to get this one for about 25 years now. Its a trophy from a bitter divorce and won't be going anywhere.

Any others out there?

[Wretched]

A guy up the street had a EL XR6 sitting on his front lawn from before 2009 until May 2020 (either sold it or had it shipped to the wreckers). Most of the time it was sitting in the open but then in the last 3 years he decided to put in under a car cover.

[roKWiz]

Originally Posted by Wretched

A guy up the street had a EL XR6 sitting on his front lawn from before 2009 until May 2020 (either sold it or had it shipped to the wreckers). Most of the time it was sitting in the open but then in the last 3 years he decided to put in under a car cover.

Speaking of EL's A, B. Walk pass this one on a regular basis.



Some nice old Holdens up in Beechworth I regularly see.

[kcodezd]

This may, or may not disturb some viewers. These pics below are from an acquaintance of my Bil. Old mate says he’s gunna get them all going soon, but obviously has bitten so much more than he could ever chew.






















Last photo a bit ordinary.

[roKWiz]

4th down is that a Ford Tornado FWD ? Got a model one somewhere.
Love the HJ Monaro.

[kcodezd]

Originally Posted by roKWiz

4th down is that a Ford Tornado FWD ? Got a model one somewhere.
Love the HJ Monaro.

Certainly is..

Sorry only the one photo of the bus rokwiz.

[roKWiz]

Originally Posted by kcodezd

Certainly is..

Sorry only the one photo of the bus rokwiz.

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Nice, Long way ahead of its time, had the vacuum operated headlight lifts from memory.

[ESPJG32]

Hi Guys,

Well storing them outside { under tarps or whatever} will guarantee that they will all come with much more rust than was originally supplied by the factory.

If they haven't lived inside a dry shed , expect lots of tin worm.

[Pis-ton broke]

where are some of these cars? i,ve got cash.

[nstg8a]

Originally Posted by kcodezd

Certainly is..

Sorry only the one photo of the bus rokwiz.

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That wouldn’t be Brisbane would it? Or Ipswich more accurately?


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[DJR-351]

Originally Posted by kcodezd

Certainly is..

Sorry only the one photo of the bus rokwiz.

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Actually i think you will find thats a 66 or 67 Oldsmobile Toronado FWD

[Tonz]

Thunderbird...I can go to heaven now

[Yellow_Festiva]

There was an old coupe on the front lawn sitting under a tree of a house in Revesby. Was there for years, not there any more. Wonder what happened to it?

Someone on here knows about it as I had referenced it in the past.

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[buggerlugs]

Originally Posted by ESPJG32

Hi Guys,

Well storing them outside { under tarps or whatever} will guarantee that they will all come with much more rust than was originally supplied by the factory.

If they haven't lived inside a dry shed , expect lots of tin worm.

[DJR-351]

At least it's inside......

[Citroënbender]

It's a kind of voyeurism I often find unsettling.

[wodahs]

Originally Posted by DJR-351

At least it's inside......

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hey i knew my shed was untidy but didnt know i had that in there

[kcodezd]

Originally Posted by DJR-351

Actually i think you will find thats a 66 or 67 Oldsmobile Toronado FWD

I read Tornado and didn’t see Ford in front. My bad. He does like his Oldsmobile’s. There is four that I can remember.

[kcodezd]

Originally Posted by nstg8a

That wouldn’t be Brisbane would it? Or Ipswich more accurately?



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Maybe north of Ipswich.

[kcodezd]

Originally Posted by Tonz

Thunderbird...I can go to heaven now

I think I counted 4 of those too.

[kcodezd]

Originally Posted by ESPJG32

Hi Guys,

Well storing them outside { under tarps or whatever} will guarantee that they will all come with much more rust than was originally supplied by the factory.

If they haven't lived inside a dry shed , expect lots of tin worm.

So right. The Cougar above had no floor in it at all.

[DJR-351]

Originally Posted by kcodezd

I read Tornado and didn’t see Ford in front. My bad. He does like his Oldsmobile’s. There is four that I can remember.

Yes I noticed a Cutlass or two, even a 442, always had a thing for an Old Olds....

[4stanger]

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unregistered cars parked in the front yard with grass growing up under and just around them, when the missus and I go walking the dogs through certain areas nearby, there is heaps of them, mainly vt commodores, AU Falcons and the occasional camry, I call them garden ornaments, also they sometime have a 3 seater lounge chair nearby in the front yard with heaps of cigarette buts around them, I call these cars garden ornaments and I always tease the missus can I get a garden ornament like that

Thing is though, those houses looking like that, many never get broken into

A good security device

[Polyal]

Originally Posted by kcodezd

So right. The Cougar above had no floor in it at all.

The red cougar? Id like to see more photos of that one!

I never understood how this happens, year for 2-5 years if you are clinging on but after that be kind and sell the things. Or even give them away to someone who can make some good of it.

[roKWiz]

Originally Posted by DJR-351

Actually i think you will find thats a 66 or 67 Oldsmobile Toronado FWD

Yep, sorry didn't sound right when I wrote. Olds, still nice.

[Bossxr8]

Originally Posted by roKWiz

4th down is that a Ford Tornado FWD ? Got a model one somewhere.
Love the HJ Monaro.

Oldsmobile Toronado. Had a 455 big block and was FWD. Have no idea how they managed to control the torque steer in that thing, cause it would have made heaps of low down grunt.

I see fwd hot hatches of the past that struggled to control 300nm of torque without reefing the steering wheel out of the drivers hands. The Olds would have probably made double the torque, and from what I have read torque steer was never really an issue

[kcodezd]

Originally Posted by DJR-351

Yes I noticed a Cutlass or two, even a 442, always had a thing for an Old Olds....

The 442 from my point of view is probably the one of all of them I’d choose. No motor in the bay, but apparently was there somewhere in bits in a shed.

Originally Posted by Polyal

The red cougar? Id like to see more photos of that one!

I never understood how this happens, year for 2-5 years if you are clinging on but after that be kind and sell the things. Or even give them away to someone who can make some good of it.

Unfortunately that is the only photo I have of the Cougar, Polyal. I may be able to get something from my 2 brother in laws, though. (They are the 2 blokes in the photos). For some reason old mate had sold the engine in it, and was pulled out the day we were there. Rough as guts 2 blokes virtually broke it in half dragging it out of dirt. I kinda cried a bit.

This all happened over 2 years ago, so I can’t see any of them being in better condition.

[Bossxr8]

I love stories like this. Quite surprising that Porsche did not have one of the first 82 901/911's in their collection. Very rare car.


https://www.caradvice.com.au/861961/...arousel&slot=2



Porsche 911 1964 2.0

The true story behind Porsche's ultra-rare barn find
How a German TV crew found a rare piece of Porsche history


It’s hard to imagine today, but the Porsche 911 wasn’t always called the ‘911’. Having unveiled the successor to its popular 356 at the 1963 Frankfurt motor show it was billed as the Porsche 901, its internal project number.

Production of the 901 started in the autumn of 1964 but a trademark dispute with Peugeot, which claimed it owned the rights for three-digit car numbers with a ‘0’ in the middle, went in favour of the French brand.

Porsche duly changed the model’s designation to 911 and by the end of its first production year (1964), 235 examples had rolled off the Zuffenhausen production line.

Of those, the first 82 were Porsche 901s, making it a rare beast in the pantheon of Porsche. It should be noted those 82 cars were badged as 911s, however, the chassis number and build number identifies them as 901 examples.

How rare? Until 2014, Porsche did not have an original production 901 in its collection. That all changed, however, when a German TV production crew stumbled across two what appeared to be early Porsche 911s gathering dust and rust in a barn.

[PG2]

Originally Posted by 4stanger

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unregistered cars parked in the front yard with grass growing up under and just around them, when the missus and I go walking the dogs through certain areas nearby, there is heaps of them, mainly vt commodores, AU Falcons and the occasional camry, I call them garden ornaments, also they sometime have a 3 seater lounge chair nearby in the front yard with heaps of cigarette buts around them, I call these cars garden ornaments and I always tease the missus can I get a garden ornament like that

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There is an AU Falcon in someone's front yard that lives not to far from me that is actually set up as a garden ornament.

[nstg8a]

Originally Posted by PG2

There is an AU Falcon in someone's front yard that lives not to far from me that is actually set up as a garden ornament.

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Looks like a shrine