Grab your popcorn and pull up a chair!

[ozpacman]

What's this going to go for I wonder?

I love the sales pitch re previous owners.

https://www.lloydsonline.com.au/LotD...&pgn=3&pgs=100

[Wretched]

GT with a 289?

[kypez]

Originally Posted by Wretched

GT with a 289?

It was used to transport it. Has the correct engine included. Suggests the correct engine needs work!

[ozrunner]

You didn't read all the description

"Matching number engine included on a pallet.

The car has a 289 windsor and C4 Transmition installed so it could be driven from Victoria to QLD in 1992 for work commitments."

[Wretched]

My bad d'oh.

[cheap]

Reading the description, and seems to be missing the section where they're prepared to pay someone to take it.

[Rallye Sport]

The rivets on the compliance plate look new to me, maybe just my eyes or they were removed for storage previously.

[lra]

Where are these barns that barn finds are found at.
But, really, if you go to any small town in Oz, you will find stuff just sitting out in the open, mostly neglected old cars that are in better condition than that Falcon, but not collectible. Old Holdens, Fords, Valiants, and English varieties are there for the fossicker.
Near Cordillo Downs (SA) a very surface rusted Austin A40, but the body was still solid.
At Eromanga (Qld), pulled up at the pub, and noticed a Fordson iron-wheeled tractor, and a Ford Prefect ute side by side in a scrapyard across the road. My father had the same when we were living on a sheep station when I was a little kid. My missus somehow just couldn't share my excited surprise and (bad) memories.

[jaydee]

Poor car, what an ignominious end for a piece of history.
Hopefully it gets restored and back on the road.

[XD 351 Ute]

Original donk is cactus, has a Holden spare parts oil filter on it..

Ed

[Streets]

Current bid 30 grand. Everybody on eBay selling their back end of a demolished hardtop with a 40k reserve sweating right now

[Trevor 57]

Originally Posted by lra

Where are these barns that barn finds are found at.
But, really, if you go to any small town in Oz, you will find stuff just sitting out in the open, mostly neglected old cars that are in better condition than that Falcon, but not collectible. Old Holdens, Fords, Valiants, and English varieties are there for the fossicker.
Near Cordillo Downs (SA) a very surface rusted Austin A40, but the body was still solid.
At Eromanga (Qld), pulled up at the pub, and noticed a Fordson iron-wheeled tractor, and a Ford Prefect ute side by side in a scrapyard across the road. My father had the same when we were living on a sheep station when I was a little kid. My missus somehow just couldn't share my excited surprise and (bad) memories.

Australia - cars near the ocean rust, cars away from the ocean not so much

[roKWiz]

I've seen better stuff on farms around here outside. The barn is reserved for the Massey or John Deere.

[FairmontGS]

"Barn find"... Well I found the barn it was stored in

[Vesper Martini]

Looks like it was optioned with Bathurst Globes

[FairmontGS]

Originally Posted by Bevsta007

Looks like it was optioned with Bathurst Globes

Aftermarkets.

[tweeked]

"As with all vehicles sold in the Classic Car Division, they have been well looked after by their previous owners." Yeah, a cut and paste there.....

[Sprintey]

It's an appealing and simple colour combo white/black inside, got books and original motor in deal - hopefully it finds someone skilled in all the rust work to bring it back from the brink.

[Sprintey]

And perhaps better for price obtained if advertised with things like rats or chickens in the current market

[CyberWasp]

I would bid for it but don't have enough money to buy the car and to build a chicken shed to store it in.

[Tassie f100]

Looks better than the FC ute parked next to it

[Tassie f100]

The black coupe on trade unique cars doesn’t look like a bad bit of gear

[jaydee]

https://www.australianmusclecarsales...hardtop-244203

[arronm]

Crush it and put it out of its misery,.....

[roKWiz]

Like I mentioned earlier, there's better stuff sitting out in the paddocks around here.

[FairmontGS]

Originally Posted by jaydee

https://www.australianmusclecarsales...hardtop-244203

That's in sound nick under the rubbish paint job.

But $225k? What's a manual XA GT coupe in good condition worth? Maybe $175k? What's that black coupe going to cost to restore? Maybe $75 -$100k?

Doesn't make sense...

[Tassie f100]

Originally Posted by FairmontGS

That's in sound nick under the rubbish paint job.

But $225k? What's a manual XA GT coupe in good condition worth? Maybe $175k? What's that black coupe going to cost to restore? Maybe $75 -$100k?

Doesn't make sense...

Looks like it would be one of the easier restoration projects.doesn’t appear to have huge rust repairs,mainly smaller bits here and there,mainly around the boot,rear window and bottom of mudguards,bit of seat trimming and new hood lining.I reckon if you were to hit the engine bay with high pressure blaster most of the black would fall off.Be interesting to know why the radiator hoses and fan blades are off and appears that the A/C compressor is missing

[Syndrome]

Originally Posted by lra

Where are these barns that barn finds are found at.

Where are these barns? Driving through country Australia I've only ever seen sheds.

[lra]

Originally Posted by Syndrome

Where are these barns? Driving through country Australia I've only ever seen sheds.

Agree.
But the media has termed them 'barn finds', so that is what it is. The most obvious reason is 'globalisation'.
People who are not from Australia would not understand 'chook shed wreck'.

[Bossxr8]

Originally Posted by FairmontGS

That's in sound nick under the rubbish paint job.

But $225k? What's a manual XA GT coupe in good condition worth? Maybe $175k? What's that black coupe going to cost to restore? Maybe $75 -$100k?

Doesn't make sense...

I'm blown away that somehow cause it's been ignored for 20 years, allowed to degrade and become a filthy mess, that somehow it makes it more valuable

It's absurd.