Barn Finds Are Still Out There.... - Page 12

302 XC · 25-04-2011, 10:14 AM

Its only a shame to reject older cars nowadays cause some are worth alot
But back in the day they were worth nothin
Then ya have the other issue of other things are/were more important

Gee i just fired up my XD ute , that was sitting in the paddock for 2 years
Why cause i was too lazy to keep wheeling a wheel barrow of firewood a time
Now the utes full of cut wood

wodahs · 25-04-2011, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by mad-xa

found this on a property behind a cargo container original xb coupe red pepper v8 been sitting for a while

thats just cruel

Bucknaked · 25-04-2011, 01:51 PM

Heres a barn find. Well not exactley, but it was out front of a barn and the price was fair.

shedcoupe · 28-04-2011, 12:25 PM

Chev in a shed. A cut-down 60s sedan.
Not mine, not my thing at all, definitely not for sale, don't ring the mobile numbers .....

Went to photograph a 265 VJ Charger but it was gone .....

SEZ213 · 28-04-2011, 12:39 PM

I found one the other day at Esk...not in a barn, on the back of a trailer...and a little worse for wear...but still pretty cool nonetheless.

lilmattie · 09-08-2011, 11:28 AM

That GT40 and the car in the last post have been around Ipswich for years.

I wish the GT40 owner would actually paint that awesome car - it's just gel coated fibreglass atm.

PimpMyHubcap · 08-09-2011, 09:45 PM

Saw this at a mates place a few doors down. He was moving it from his garage around to his back shed and left it out the front for an hour. I took a bonnet that he had "free" written on and posed it for a few pics.

In that 3 minutes of taking the pics, 6 cars had slowed and turned around to come back for a closer look.
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Bucknaked · 08-09-2011, 09:55 PM

On the way to work today I spotted a white HQ GTS sittting under a tarp. The front quarter of the car was exposed so I dunno if it was a 2 door or 4 door.. Had the same guards as the HQ above. Thinking about going back for a closer look

samftr · 08-09-2011, 11:15 PM

struth there has got to be something worth using on the car yes

PimpMyHubcap · 09-09-2011, 09:23 AM

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Originally Posted by samftr

struth there has got to be something worth using on the car yes

The "free" sign was being used for other stuff. He had been offered good money for it two years ago but knocked it back. He is actually a large seller of holden parts on ebay.

Cheers

XR6_661 · 09-09-2011, 12:01 PM

Here's a couple from a trip to visit my parents in Tassie.

These are on a private estate that my parents live on. The close up of the hub is on the chassis with the wooden spoked wheels.

Excuse my poor attempts at being a photographer also haha.

XESP351 · 09-09-2011, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by XR6_661

Wow, is that a tree growing through the truck?

XR6_661 · 09-09-2011, 02:51 PM

haha yeah it sure is...They've been there I dare say most their lives.

Quite sad really...

Same property has some vintage farm machinary that they still use...If anyones keen to see a whole bunch of pics from the estate, just say and I'll make a seperate thread...

jaybo34 · 09-09-2011, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Shaker888

I know where there is an XY V8 just sitting in a driveway. Hasn't moved for 4 years.

A bit dusty and made into a GT replica

The bloke's missus gets asked all the time if she want's to offload it as if they are doing her a favour.

Problem is it's MYBLOODY car!

ohh that made me LOL

LOCO XP · 09-09-2011, 11:19 PM

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2011G6E · 10-09-2011, 12:52 AM

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Originally Posted by LOCO XP

That's very odd...the tailgate, the triangular pressings in the rear quarters in front of the taillights, the look of the roof and side panels (all one piece and factory-looking)...what is it?

LOCO XP · 10-09-2011, 01:27 AM

all I can think is a coachbuilder built coroner rig... aka meat wagon?.... otherwise no idea. something about it, cool yet creepy.... interior was all complete, somewhere between hearse and ambulance

**SSD-85** · 10-09-2011, 01:31 AM

Speaking of barn finds, if anyone knows of a FC/FD LTD 6cyl in good order in QLD on the cheap, please let me know.

**Charliewool** · 10-09-2011, 09:18 AM

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Originally Posted by 2011G6E

That's very odd...the tailgate, the triangular pressings in the rear quarters in front of the taillights, the look of the roof and side panels (all one piece and factory-looking)...what is it?

ZC/D tail lights grafted on??

au2000 · 10-09-2011, 09:54 AM

x ambulance......
check google images re old ford ambulances & you'll get the idea..

2011G6E · 10-09-2011, 09:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Charliewool

ZC/D tail lights grafted on??

Yes well that's what I first thought, but then noticed the pressings in the guard and the well-made side panels where the windows would be in a wagon...it's just too good a job to be someone simply cutting and shutting at home.
I'd go with the theory of a meat wagon...there used to be a "stretched" Fairlane some years back which used to run up and down the highway with some sign on the side about "funeral services", and it too had the plain panels along the rear instead of windows, and low roofline.

Whatever...I love it...I reckon that thing would look great in satin black with a nice set of wheels, plenty of chrome, slammed, and maybe some phantom graphics up the side along the bottom of piles of skulls.
Or is that just me?

Rodp · 10-09-2011, 12:34 PM

Seems to have gone from barn finds to paddock corpses. :(

Outbackjack · 10-09-2011, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Shaker888

I know where there is an XY V8 just sitting in a driveway. Hasn't moved for 4 years.

A bit dusty and made into a GT replica

The bloke's missus gets asked all the time if she want's to offload it as if they are doing her a favour.

Problem is it's MYBLOODY car!

So thats your car. I drive past it everyday.... Its sarting to look very shaby. When will you be starting to bring it back. I see the engine has been removed. Rebuilt??

TC200six · 11-09-2011, 05:32 PM

Not sure about the story of this one, but you would think a Volvo coupé would be too valuable to be seen in this condition

I spotted it in suburban Alexandra Hills, not far from where I previously spotted this old Monaro (as I posted here earlier), and yes it's still there today

RedHotGT · 13-09-2011, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by LOCO XP

No photo of the car next to it (on the right?)

cowboy · 13-09-2011, 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by XR6_661

haha yeah it sure is...They've been there I dare say most their lives.

Quite sad really...

Same property has some vintage farm machinary that they still use...If anyones keen to see a whole bunch of pics from the estate, just say and I'll make a seperate thread...

Please do!

Bobman · 13-09-2011, 04:35 PM

How many old fire trucks are lying out in these same farms where some of the cars are? Say from 1950s up to 1990s vintage.

2011G6E · 13-09-2011, 04:44 PM

There's an old rural fire brigade truck beside a house under a tree in Duaringa, a little town about an hour from Rockhampton. It looks to be a Commer or some English thing from maybe the fifties. Not bad shape, but needs a good home.

Every time I see it I'm reminded of the Yank trend from a few years back to make "big hot rods" out of old fire engines...things like La France fire engines with massive straight eight engines in them, cut off at the top of the windscreen and doors, and leaving the chassis bare to build a sporty body on it. They looked like hot rods, but scaled up a few times.

LOCO XP · 14-09-2011, 12:28 AM

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Originally Posted by loftie

No photo of the car next to it (on the right?)

nah, was a year or so ago only snapped a few pics.... these have since been for a swim during the Victorian floods earlier this year.... and out this way the water moved very slow..... so these relics are even more of a can of (tin)worms now!