Who's buying the Last Falcon to Mothball it? - Page 4

kazawaki · 06-02-2016, 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Smoke Pursuit

Lol it costs around 2k a year just to insure and register the thing.

In 30 years without inflation it would need to be worth atleast 100k just to break even.

Unlikely....

A V8 FPV Pursuit on the other hand....

Screw that I drive my last ever pursuit just clocked 15,000 ks

CyberWasp · 06-02-2016, 11:12 PM

I don't like the smell of Mothballs. They smell old and musty.
I wouldn't want a 30 year old Falcon to smell that way.

Rob1964 · 07-02-2016, 01:18 AM

The thing with the newer collectible cars, I would imagine instead of having to repair a part you would be more likely to disconnect the sensor, ICC unit or whatever and replace it with an aftermarket copy part. Possibly made in China because if there's a market for replacement parts someone will jump on it

HO 3 · 07-02-2016, 01:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Rob1964

The thing with the newer collectible cars, I would imagine instead of having to repair a part you would be more likely to disconnect the sensor, ICC unit or whatever and replace it with an aftermarket copy part. Possibly made in China because if there's a market for replacement parts someone will jump on it

Newer Collectable..........that is funny

Cheers Mick

Express · 07-02-2016, 01:48 AM

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Originally Posted by CyberWasp

I don't like the smell of Mothballs. They smell old and musty.
I wouldn't want a 30 year old Falcon to smell that way.

HO 3 · 07-02-2016, 02:04 AM

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Originally Posted by CyberWasp

I don't like the smell of Mothballs. They smell old and musty.
I wouldn't want a 30 year old Falcon to smell that way.

..............and some people mysteriously confuse homologation race specials with the garden variety version..................go figure

Cheers Mick

Rob1964 · 07-02-2016, 03:52 AM

No different to owning an old 280kw xy ho and having to buy rust repair sections and oh yeah I remember those weak as **** console lids! If there's someone willing to hold onto them there will be someone eager to sell them parts.

Deo · 07-02-2016, 08:13 AM

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Originally Posted by CyberWasp

I don't like the smell of Mothballs. They smell old and musty.
I wouldn't want a 30 year old Falcon to smell that way.

Nothing else in the world smells like that. I love the smell of burning rubber in the morning!

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NAK302 · 07-02-2016, 09:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Deo

We aren't discussing the moment, we are discussing the next 20-30 years.

Sent from my GTi-9305 using bloody Tapatalk

they way i wrote it, i was out of context. there's not a lot around at the moment that returns 5% nett. now is a time to be buying stocks.
anyone thinking of buying a car for investment is nuts, even in the long term.

**MercurySilver** · 07-02-2016, 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by XB GS 351 Coupe

I think it upsets those that don't have the space or money to do the same

Yeah
Im devestated

**TUF_302** · 07-02-2016, 10:03 AM

Cars are built for a job, but us like minded people see them more than just transport, there part of who we are and part of the family, buying a car to store it in the hopes it goes up in value isn't what being an enthusiast is about, its about the feeling of driving the car and that connection and feeling it gives you

JC · 07-02-2016, 10:10 AM

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Originally Posted by goo33

Once is shuts, the price of zero km, rare, new Falcons will reflect demand.
But that's not why I'd block an XR6 Turbo ute.
Besides, I'll continue to drive my 50K BFII XR6 ute for another decade.

That's never going to work - no new car ever has 0km. I'd at least drive it once every few weeks to keep the seals wet etc.

Sprint · 07-02-2016, 10:37 AM

The money is in Pre 1970s cars or limited edition cars, runs under 500.

When the mustang is old and 5k the XR8 would look like a pile of dung. Everyone will be giving us **** for driving our old petrol cars, all the kids will be driving nuke green cars and bragging about how dangerous 50ron fuel is, probably some flux compasitor bs too.

Infact I think humans will end up looking like the T-Rex dinosaur with no arms if they loose the ability to drive.

bradFPV · 07-02-2016, 05:30 PM

If i bought one, it would be to drive it!!

**DJM83** · 07-02-2016, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by XB GS 351 Coupe

I think it upsets those that don't have the space or money to do the same

Lol what a load of ****. I could buy a new 6T sprint and do it I have the space. I still wouldn't do it, Id want to be out driving the bloody thing. Probably end with a speeding fine it in too...

frankie86 · 07-02-2016, 08:57 PM

Deposits down on mine and when i take delivery I'll be doing what its been designed to do... to be driven, ornaments are ment to be looked at cars are ment to be driven. For sure I'll look after it like a baby, i.e car bra on trips and strategic parking when i go out. But for me I'll use it, there will be nothing better after a crappy day at work walking up to my xr6t sprint and smiling to myself

TheInterceptor · 08-02-2016, 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by tempted

No offence mate but that's rubbish. People said exactly the same things in the early 80's when efi was staring to become mainstream. That all turned out to be unnecessary hysteria didn't it? There are still plenty of 80's efi cars on the road and nobody ever had problems fixing them or sourcing parts.

Big difference between the latest efi and that of the 80's. Now you have a very complex emmissions system, the engine management is tied into three other computers which is connected to the icc and if one fault occurs you're up the creek because everything freaks out. There's stepper motors everywhere too.
My 1989 efi is much simpler that any newer modern Falcon I've worked on..

New cars won't last. No way.

whynot · 11-02-2016, 09:32 PM

This topic does come up from time to time. Here is a response that I posted nearly three years ago. (Note, before the collapse of the mining industry).

http://www.fordforums.com.au/showthr...61#post4748061

XB GS 351 Coupe · 11-02-2016, 11:12 PM

Why are people not learning from the past and why are people getting butt hurt about a bloke who wants to store away his new car because he wants to and because he can??

I wish I did not listen to people when XW's XY's, XA's and XB's were lined up in rows and stacked on top of each other at the local wrecker because lets face it they were just an old falcon that no one wanted and they were worth nothing.

I remember a mate of mine paddock bashing a nice XB GS Falcon sedan we bought for $400 in the trading post with three months rego.

Went to our local wrecker last week and he has nice EF EL and Ba Falcons sitting around everywhere, some with mint interiors, some are stacked three or four high, not even worth stripping, much like XY's Xw's etc were stacked back in the early 80's, and the cycle will continue.

Carrion · 12-02-2016, 12:41 AM

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Originally Posted by XB GS 351 Coupe

I remember a mate of mine paddock bashing a nice XB GS Falcon sedan we bought for $400 in the trading post with three months rego.

I think we have all made that mistake in the past.

I sold a XA GT for $7,000.00

benoxr · 12-02-2016, 01:14 AM

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Originally Posted by JC

That's never going to work - no new car ever has 0km. I'd at least drive it once every few weeks to keep the seals wet etc.

My BA with 0 kms in 2004

ebv8 · 12-02-2016, 07:46 AM

buy a car when the value has bottomed out not brand new
EA-BA's are currently worth nothing
I just sold a nice 5sp ED XR6 for $2k. and that back in the day was a v8 killer and probably equivalent to a current XR6T. I should have kept it but i have other cars i like more to keep like my BA GT, VZ LX8, SWB Vitara Soft Top and HX Kingswood

also those barn find XY GT's are worth the same as a fully restored version. just keep the rust out and keep it complete and it will still hold its value

**MercurySilver** · 12-02-2016, 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by XB GS 351 Coupe

Why are people not learning from the past and why are people getting butt hurt about a bloke who wants to store away his new car because he wants to and because he can??

I wish I did not listen to people when XW's XY's, XA's and XB's were lined up in rows and stacked on top of each other at the local wrecker because lets face it they were just an old falcon that no one wanted and they were worth nothing.

I remember a mate of mine paddock bashing a nice XB GS Falcon sedan we bought for $400 in the trading post with three months rego.

Went to our local wrecker last week and he has nice EF EL and Ba Falcons sitting around everywhere, some with mint interiors, some are stacked three or four high, not even worth stripping, much like XY's Xw's etc were stacked back in the early 80's, and the cycle will continue.

Ffs no ones getting butt hurt
People sre saying a car is made to be driven and thats what theyd rather do

Vesper Martini · 12-02-2016, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by benoxr

My BA with 0 kms in 2004

So it never moved before you got in it?

TheInterceptor · 12-02-2016, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Bevsta007

So it never moved before you got in it?

Odo reset before delivery? Especially if it had 20kms or so on it from being a car that was randomly selected to test quality assurance? (If they did that that is).

Carrion · 13-02-2016, 02:52 PM

There is money to be made.

Buy bog stock base model FGX Falcon 6 cylinder.

Keep it for thirty years.

Then somebody will come along looking for a good FGX to work on so they can build a FGX XR6/8 Sprint replica out of it.

Probably sell for a couple of hundred thousand dollars.

Happy retirement.

NTF6 · 13-02-2016, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by goo33

Geez, we're a bit obsessed with makin' money eh?

Where are the bloody enthusiasts?

$50K for mothballed car is upsettin' people?

If you're not obsessed with making money why would you block it?

I reckon your full of it and in all honesty who knows of a zero k car that has been blocked for the last 20 years in Oz, few and far between I reckon.

Not sure if goo33 will get back on here as he left the building at post 20.

benoxr · 25-02-2016, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by TheInterceptor

Odo reset before delivery? Especially if it had 20kms or so on it from being a car that was randomly selected to test quality assurance? (If they did that that is).

Correct. It had 12kms on it but the salesman took pleasure in resetting it to zero and sending me the photo on email.

**Giant Cranium** · 25-02-2016, 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by benoxr

Correct. It had 12kms on it but the salesman took pleasure in resetting it to zero and sending me the photo on email.

Isn't that very illegal?

FG50T · 25-02-2016, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Carrion

There is money to be made.

Buy bog stock base model FGX Falcon 6 cylinder.

Keep it for thirty years.

Then somebody will come along looking for a good FGX to work on so they can build a FGX XR6/8 Sprint replica out of it.

Probably sell for a couple of hundred thousand dollars.

Happy retirement.

If mint condition bog stock, six banger falcons aren't going for a couple of hundred thousand dollars an FGX sure as hell won't. You'd be lucky to break even on rrp...