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Old 26-03-2007, 08:13 PM   #1
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Default $683,650 GTHO Phase 3

The GTHO are making the cover of the Herald Sun!

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/

More about it,
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sto...17-661,00.html

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Old 26-03-2007, 08:19 PM   #2
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Fair dinkum where will it end? will we see a million dollar baby in the not too distant future?
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Old 26-03-2007, 08:20 PM   #3
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The most sought after muscle car in Australia!!!! But that price is amazing.
wonder if it comes in pink!!!

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Old 26-03-2007, 08:20 PM   #4
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Holy crap thats an absolute motza. It even managed to upstage brodie holland lol " COLLINGWOOD midfielder Brodie Holland has been fined $2,500 but escaped conviction for settling a late-night dispute over a taxi with his fist. "
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Old 26-03-2007, 08:20 PM   #5
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Insane. That is just a waste of good money.

Anyone contemplating anything similar, please PM me for my bank details - the money will be put to far better use.
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Old 26-03-2007, 08:21 PM   #6
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not to distant future alright! there only 400 thou off :

36 years on and they are still getting in the paper :
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Old 26-03-2007, 08:25 PM   #7
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I don't see the value. But each to their own. Obviously someone wants to pay that sort of cash for a car that you would be too scared to drive incase the crooks come looking for it. I wonder what the premiums are worth on a car like that.
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People will pay for what they desire. If I had money to burn I would buy one too.

The Herald Sun don't know what they are talking about. The story to me seems more about daily drivers then a Phase 3.
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Old 26-03-2007, 08:41 PM   #10
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Insane. That is just a waste of good money.

Anyone contemplating anything similar, please PM me for my bank details - the money will be put to far better use.
i know it,s a lot of money but some people who have that sort of money consider this as a investment and it is a lifestyle thing
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Old 26-03-2007, 08:43 PM   #11
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i know it,s a lot of money but some people who have that sort of money consider this as a investment and it is a lifestyle thing
I would encourage those people to become philanthropists and give me the money!
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Old 26-03-2007, 08:45 PM   #12
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At this rate i think I'll have one forsale very soon...



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Old 26-03-2007, 08:50 PM   #13
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I am working for a guy at the moment who knows a guy who either bought this car or another at a similar price, apparently he's keeping it in a garage wrapped in airtight bubble wrap with a vacuum connected to keep out air and temp settings for the room!

Probably a good investment if you can afford it and price keeps rising, but I'de rather drive the thing
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Old 26-03-2007, 08:51 PM   #14
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Australias first million dollar muscle car comming up very soon. I have heard a rumor that a phase 3 GTHO went to America, from Melbourne, recently for $730K.
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I'd pay that much for a thread about GT prices to be free of people telling everyone what a waste of money it is.
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Insane. That is just a waste of good money.

Anyone contemplating anything similar, please PM me for my bank details - the money will be put to far better use.
Or me so I can buy a Lambo or something similar :
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Old 26-03-2007, 08:57 PM   #17
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the fact that reps are even getting up to ridiculous prices is starting to **** me. i'll never get to own one cause they'll be too bloody expensive haha
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Old 26-03-2007, 09:01 PM   #18
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get in line me first
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Old 26-03-2007, 09:04 PM   #19
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Hmmm, top of the line Ferrari or a Falcon... Sure I respect these are awesome cars, but in the end it really is a Falcon..
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I have a theory about these high prices.

Person A owes Person B alot of $$$$'s so instead of paying Person B in cash (and Person B having to declare alot of taxable income).

Person B buys something rare with a value that the "market determines" - something like a Phase III GTHO for $100K, then Person A buys the Phase III from Person B for $200K.

It is only a theory...
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Old 26-03-2007, 09:09 PM   #21
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I know of a certain black XW with a bigger block than usual from factory having had an offer of 1 million plus...
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Old 26-03-2007, 09:10 PM   #22
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Jeez, at this rate we'll see more phase 3's than were actually built in the first place! There are a lot of unscrupulous people out there! Buyer beware!!!!!!!! There are more re-shelled cars out there than people would have you believe!!!!!
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Person A owes Person B alot of $$$$'s so instead of paying Person B in cash (and Person B having to declare alot of taxable income).
Repayments of the loan principal are not assessable income to person B in your example.
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i have a suspision that some people have got together and brought this vehicle at a inflated price so there other investments (other ho's) also maintain a massive price you could see a few more go up 4 sale very soon ?????????????????????????????????
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I know of a certain black XW with a bigger block than usual from factory having had an offer of 1 million plus...
Would that be Bill Bourke's XW. ? The one he had personally built for his own personal use back in the good ol' days.
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it may very well be
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It must be. I just spent the last half hour looking thru mags under my bed and found Australian Muscle Car ISSUE 14. MMMMMMM a 428 Cobra Jet Mustang dressed in Falcon clothes, hand built by Ford, Dearborn for the personal use of Ford Australia boss BILL BOURKE. Now tell me it may very well be lol.
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hahaha

i found out its whereabouts on Saturday night. Im hoping one day soon to go check it out. The owner parks it in his lounge room lol
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Loungeroom OH MY GOD. His Mrs should be sleeping there and that car should be next to him in the bedroom. For that actual car i have Prefix # Serial # SIDO # MODEL # Engine code, Transmission code, Paint code, Trim code, Build Options and Dealer Code. Am i obsessed with this car ? No, what makes you think that. !!! The 428 Cobra Jet Ram Air option was given a 'R' code on vin plates. but as this was a one-off, off the line unique special order, its Aussie compliance plates didnt get any stamps while in Dearborn, however its Ford Australia factory codes show it was ordered with a specific purpose in mind. Need i say anymore !!!!!!!
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On the subject of special orders, any one ever recall seeing in Unique cars the "special" gt ordered for a country doctor, with delete stripes and badging, or was it just BS? would have been advertised about 12 years ago?
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