An X series fat coupe in Palliative care.......

[TURBOTAXI]

I have been on Russell Island In QLD for a couple of days.

I found this retired coupe on one of the more remote roads.

Two things I learnt:

1. Russell Island is an untapped gold mine.

2. Salt air makes these cars go to bits.

[Mongoose]

Nothing a bit of sandpaper and a few coats of clear cant fix :P

[TURBOTAXI]

I was waiting for the "itl buff out" type of comment.....

[xr8ute]

The interior looks like its in pretty good nick ;)

[Bucknaked]

She's well gone now. A minutes silence.

[apolloxbgt]

//Waits for the ebay listing,"xa coupe,some rust,almost all paint removed"

[Pinkbits]

Grab me the door handles and any other parts worth sending!

[outback_ute]

It is worth studying - a lesson in where they rust!

[GXL078]

Who's game enough to list it on E Bay for a laugh?

[Falcon_Phill]

Sorry to go off topic, but i have an old x series falcon and i live near the beach. Its garaged 24/7, and ive always wondered, will it rust itself to hell even though its covered? That coupe makes me want to cry.

[Big Mike]

Its an XA - it presumably was red once; then a white GS/GT with black paintouts - and now?

Crush it. Not even enough left to make moulds out of for the repro industry. Which interestingly still no one has bothered to do. But yes - crush it - so that WE aren't crushed any more by looking at it.

[Fairlane]

Total right, off wont even get scrapped it would cost you like $600 just to get it to the mainland and a shat load of trouble. For the non QLD's the only way to get a car to russel island is by barge.

Boys will just have to drink to it, another coup returned to the ground from which it came.

[[Tonko]]

Who else has tears welling up?

[TURBOTAXI]

Would have to be a cheap project - at least the purchase would be cheap. The project might run to $30k and thats just the bodywork. Very sad, but thats where we need to move faster, if someone had grabbed it when it was parked it would have probably been redeemable.
It actually loks only slightly worse than some of the cars with "island Rego" lol.

Barge from mainland return is about $80.00 so to return to mainland would be about $120. (thats for a small flat tray truck) But I sam afraid it would only be for burial. She is too far gone.

[atec77]

Originally Posted by TURBOTAXI

Would have to be a cheap project - at least the purchase would be cheap. The project might run to $30k and thats just the bodywork. Very sad, but thats where we need to move faster, if someone had grabbed it when it was parked it would have probably been redeemable.
It actually loks only slightly worse than some of the cars with "island Rego" lol.

Barge from mainland return is about $80.00 so to return to mainland would be about $120. (thats for a small flat tray truck) But I sam afraid it would only be for burial. She is too far gone.

Makes me smile , when I bought my first coupe back when a 351 that drank petrol at 35C a litre cost me $4500.00 , and I thrashed it badly

[Super Roo 1970]

looks like some good parts available from it. just cause the body is had it dosent mean everything else is totalled.

[XCSEDAN]

is there any good coupes on the island?
im after one!
i wonder what would happen if you kicked that rear 1/4.... $5 on foot through it!!

[TURBOTAXI]

Originally Posted by XYSEDAN

is there any good coupes on the island?
im after one!
i wonder what would happen if you kicked that rear 1/4.... $5 on foot through it!!

I dont know - I saw lots of Grandpa spec XD's.

[bob 351]

Originally Posted by XYSEDAN

is there any good coupes on the island?
im after one!
i wonder what would happen if you kicked that rear 1/4.... $5 on foot through it!!

if your lucky $5 might fall out of it

[Quicklier]

Wonder what the running gear was/is.

[sprjenkins]

its all right, that'll buff out lol

[Squalo]

Great photo.

[agony]

Originally Posted by TonkoXR8

Who else has tears welling up?

No not me!