Always fancied a GTHO might grab this one?

[achjimmy]

yeah right?


http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/1971-Ford-Falcon-XY-Gtho-Phase-III-White-4sp-M-Sedan/271236403343?_trksid=p2047675.m2109&_trkparms=aid%3D555003%26algo%3DPW.CAT%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D29%26meid%3D2460638357818557525%26pid%3D100010%26prg%3D1013%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D15%26sd%3D171158611806%26

[muzza01]

I would have thought $350k would get you a fully restored HO. Check out the pics under the bonnet. Looking very secondhand .

[GeoffA]

I would have thought $350k would get you a fully restored HO. Check out the pics under the bonnet. Looking very secondhand .

The same joint has this one......

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/1970-Ford-Falcon-XY-GT-Burgundy-4sp-M-Sedan/271268333806?rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222002%26algo%3DSIC.FIT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D261%26meid%3D2461942083061604041%26pid%3D100005%26prg%3D1088%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D5%26sd%3D271236403343%26

[muzza01]

The same joint has this one......

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/1970-Ford-Falcon-XY-GT-Burgundy-4sp-M-Sedan/271268333806?rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222002%26algo%3DSIC.FIT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D261%26meid%3D2461942083061604041%26pid%3D100005%26prg%3D1088%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D5%26sd%3D271236403343%26

This one doesn't have the VIN starting with JG33.  Replica.

[GeoffA]

This one doesn't have the VIN starting with JG33.  Replica.

That was my point.......

[Robbo]

If my memory serves me correctly, i believe there was an original one with hardly any mileage on it that sold for around $750k about five or six years ago. There was an article about it in the media at the time.

[Nomad]

I had an uncle who has since died that used to have one. I was playing in the yard at Golden Beach with my cousin when a nice policeman came and took it away...............That was when I was about 10.

[Robbo]

I had an uncle who has since died that used to have one. I was playing in the yard at Golden Beach with my cousin when a nice policeman came and took it away...............That was when I was about 10.

Oh! Why was that, was it stolen or something?

[Nomad]

Oh! Why was that, was it stolen or something?

I have no idea.......but they also took his boat..........he was a bit fringe to say the least lol.

[gronk]

Think I'd rather the purple one and save 300K.......having the car would be more important to me than being genuine ..

This is the baby I had for 28 yrs until recently..
Same spec as the cop cars.....5 ltr brock motor, 4 speed, 16x8 Simmons..

[speewa158]

Typical ford if its not dripping oil its being fixed 

[Robbo]

I have no idea.......but they also took his boat..........he was a bit fringe to say the least lol.

I guess they must have wanted to go fishing and to get there in a hurry.

[speewa158]

I guess they must have wanted to go fishing and to get there in a hurry.

So why drive the ford 

[Jeepers Creepers]

Yeah, this would be much faster to use......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6qDbvgCc9o

[DaveR]

If my memory serves me correctly, i believe there was an original one with hardly any mileage on it that sold for around $750k about five or six years ago. There was an article about it in the media at the time.

I was working in the USA at the time, it made headlines over there in the rev head game, they were not happy at all. Out done by the Aussies.....

[D4D]

$750,000 for 36 year old Ford Falcon
http://www.gtho4.com/gtho3/GT-HO-Phase-3-3rd-June-07.html

Ford Falcon GTHO value drops
http://www.carsguide.com.au/news-and-reviews/car-news/ford_falcon_gtho_value_drops

[KingBilly]

Yeah, this would be much faster to use......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6qDbvgCc9o

Cops would be pissed with the chute blocking the number plate when it went through the speed cameras on the way home 

KB

[Jeepers Creepers]

Cops would be pissed with the chute blocking the number plate when it went through the speed cameras on the way home 

KB

Be a bugger doing the shopping in it. Pull into Woolies, repack parachute and head off for groceries. At least you'd get the ice cream home before it melted.

Mate, when he first built it, they drove it to Sydney Dragway, raced and drove home again to Toowoomba.
Tuff car, eats lightning and sh!ts thunder.

[Black Diamond]

Yeah, this would be much faster to use......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6qDbvgCc9o

Awesome 

[Swannie]

I have a mate that has a ridge didgeridoo one. Every time I go in it I can't stop smiling!
Swannie

[Nick74]

Like most Fords - those two are horribly over priced. Just cos the actual GTHOs are the best falcon (of a an extremely poor bunch) built by a long way and the fact that they didn't make many doesn't necessarily mean its actually any good or even collectible

Plus they are fugly

If I was ultra rich I would buy all teh GTHOs that ever came up and burn them for my amusement................. yes, yes I would 

[D4D]

If I was ultra rich I would buy all teh GTHOs that ever came up and burn them for my amusement................. yes, yes I would 

Someone needs some

[Nick74]

Someone needs some

naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[Beatle]

Like most Fords - those two are horribly over priced. Just cos the actual GTHOs are the best falcon (of a an extremely poor bunch) built by a long way and the fact that they didn't make many doesn't necessarily mean its actually any good or even collectible

Plus they are fugly

If I was ultra rich I would buy all teh GTHOs that ever came up and burn them for my amusement................. yes, yes I would 

Nick, performance, handling, looks.....none of these have anything to do with why some cars are considered collectible.   There is always something cheaper that is faster, handles better, or looks better.  Plenty of the rare exotics fetching big bucks are woeful road cars with dubious track success.  As an extension to that, no modern Falcon GT will ever fetch the relative prices of the HO.  They are much better cars, but again, that's irrelevant.

I'm not sure the Phase III is necessarily the 'best' Falcon either.

[muzza01]

I'm not sure the Phase III is necessarily the 'best' Falcon either.

Nope here tis