Who's buying the Last Falcon to Mothball it?

[goo33]

Seriously considering an FGX XR6T to put it on blocks.

That way I'll get through Black October with minimum trauma.

[tranquilized]

You could reduce your trauma further by actually driving and enjoying the thing.

[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.

[JC]

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.

[benoxr]

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

[Vesper Martini]

Originally Posted by benoxr

My BA with 0 kms in 2004

So it never moved before you got in it?

[SYZ]

Originally Posted by benoxr

My BA with 0 kms in 2004.

Sorry, but my call on this is Photoshop. Unless it was physically picked up—literally—off the assembly line, a zero reading is impossible.

[neptune blue]

It may be worth something in about 40 years

[goo33]

Simple question mate.
Anybody going to store the last Falcon?
But since you've started, another end of supply, the Landrover Defenders, seem to have gone up $10K in the last year. Geez, who would have thought the bleedin' obvious. I'm sure the Trolls will argue the point, but like I said, I'm not blocking one to speculate. What any bloke may or may not bid for a rare, new Falcon bothers you not me.

[Vesper Martini]

If you cant think of a better way to invest $50K then go for it.

[goo33]

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

Where are the bloody enthusiasts?

$50K for mothballed car is upsettin' people?

[XB GS 351 Coupe]

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?

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

[Josh1983]

Is goo33 the new Hulk?

[MercurySilver]

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

[DJM83]

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...

[tranquilized]

Originally Posted by goo33

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

You're the one suggesting buying a Falcon and then putting it on blocks and never driving it.

Originally Posted by goo33

Where are the bloody enthusiasts?

They're out driving and enjoying their cars mate.

[NTF6]

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.

[buggo]

Originally Posted by Bevsta007

If you cant think of a better way to invest $50K then go for it.

Yeah this is exactly it. If you take that $50k and invest it somewhere with a steady 5% return, in 20 years it's now worth $135,000. If you're real smart/ lucky and diversify a bit and can nab 10% annual growth, in 20 years that's now worth $366,000. And you haven't had to maintain or insure or make space for anything. I don't think a Falcon will be worth that much in 20 years.

If you want a last Falcon 20 years from now, buy it as a weekender and enjoy the **** out of it but take great care of it. They're made to be loved

[goo33]

That's about the stupidest comment I've read on this forum.

According to you, Ford should not display preserved vehicles at it Museum in Geelong.

Let's all just drive cars into the ground and in ten years lament their passing.

Here's to putting new collector's cars on blocks for the Daewoo drivers of tomorrow to drool over in years to come.

[OzJavelin]

Originally Posted by goo33

That's about the stupidest comment I've read on this forum.

According to you, Ford should not display preserved vehicles at it Museum in Geelong.

Let's all just drive cars into the ground and in ten years lament their passing.

Here's to putting new collector's cars on blocks for the Daewoo drivers of tomorrow to drool over in years to come.

Lot of cars that are a hundred years old and have been driven regularly. It's all about maintenance and mechanical sympathy.

Problem is that 100yo cars are simple, mechanical things which can be fixed with simple tools. A 100yo FGX will likely be a non-runner as the plastic will have degraded, electronics failed an no one knows how to fix them (much like early EFI is now).

Might as well drive that FGX and enjoy it while it's useful .. then store is as a static display when it becomes all too hard/expensive.

[HO 3]

Originally Posted by OzJavelin

Lot of cars that are a hundred years old and have been driven regularly. It's all about maintenance and mechanical sympathy.

Problem is that 100yo cars are simple, mechanical things which can be fixed with simple tools. A 100yo FGX will likely be a non-runner as the plastic will have degraded, electronics failed an no one knows how to fix them (much like early EFI is now).

Might as well drive that FGX and enjoy it while it's useful .. then store is as a static display when it becomes all too hard/expensive.

This is a large part of the reason why the old iron has a certain collector value, relatively easy to work on and restore..................looking at the way cars are built today, I can not see any long term collectable future for them, let alone a time when it will be viable to restore them. Look after them, drive and enjoy them, then move them on when the time is right, but don't expect to make money out of it because it won't happen, pure and simple.

Cheers Mick

[blk6t]

Couple of ways to look at it, you could either:
1) Invest $$$ into buying lots of Falcon parts now and stock them, sell the parts at a premium price to those that run them into the ground and / or mothball them, or
2) Mothball the Falcon and buy parts from person in scenario 1, once parts starts decaying, or
3) Run the Falcon into the ground and buy parts from person in scenario 1, for parts that are broken, or
4) Buy the Falcon, drive it, look after it and live with the fact that inevitably, you will be driving another NON Falcon car thinking how good your old Falcon used to be...

[simon varley]

because it's built to be driven not stuck on blocks.

[DJM83]

Buy it, take it out for some skids. Wash it, look after it, drive it, do more skids and enjoy it. *** leaving it in the shed IMO.

[blakef6]

This is retarded

[goo33]

Mate, doin' all that would defeat the point.

Blockin' preserves.

B&S circle work don't.

[HO 3]

Another Friday Hulk thread?

Cheers Mick

[goo33]

Tedious.

Pristine 1980 Ford Escort with just 12,000 miles on the clock goes on sale for £37,500 - more than 12 times its original cost.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...inal-cost.html

[DJM83]

Originally Posted by goo33

Tedious.

Pristine 1980 Ford Escort with just 12,000 miles on the clock goes on sale for £37,500 - more than 12 times its original cost.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...inal-cost.html

And what enjoyment did the owner get from it, apart from the aesthetics of looking at it?

Anyway each to their own, i stand by my buy a last XR6T go do skids, look after it comment.

[buggo]

Originally Posted by goo33

Tedious.

Pristine 1980 Ford Escort with just 12,000 miles on the clock goes on sale for £37,500 - more than 12 times its original cost.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...inal-cost.html

It's on the market for £37,500, no one has bought it.

I can put my car on carslaes for $100,000. Doesn't mean its worth that

It's still a bad investment even if it does sell. Let imagine the owner invested that original £3000, and instead of insurance and maintenance of £500 a year for the last 33 years he invested that too, at 5% annual return he'd have £55,000. Way more than what he's trying to sell this Escort for. He should have just enjoyed it all that time