This Barn Find XY GT has been garaged for almost 50 years!
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- Опубликовано: 27 июл 2024
- Rian got a call from Clive in Brisbane, letting him know that he had an XY GT that he was looking to sell that he has had garaged for almost 50 years. He mentioned that the car was going to be a little hard to get out as the yard had overgrown a little and the car hasn’t left the driveway since 1977. In this video, we meet the owner and find out a little more about why this car has been parked away for so long.
View the car here www.grays.com/lot/0001-507060...
Have you got a interesting car story for us? Let us know in the comments!
00:00 Introduction.
00:37 We meet the owner.
03:16 Heading down to see the car.
04:01 Uncovering the car.
07:05 Pulling it out. 
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Car’s in better condition than the house 🏠
House is 60 years older lol
Debatable
I’m not sure how you can leave a car sitting and rusting for 50 years and still call it your pride and joy.
Yes so weird and strange that. Just park it up after 5 years and never think to drive it again. Place is shambolic. Guess it fits.
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Yeah sad hey
Hopefully thay found good home for the transit👍👍
Any 1 need a front grill 4 a transit van
Unbelievable! Imaging being the neighbours all these years (decades?) living near a highly-sought collectors item just a few metres away and not knowing about it.
More unbelievable is having to live with all that rubbish just a few meters away
@@MICHAEL-ys3pu Its rubbish I'd gladly have and a highly profitable one at that.
A Phase III version of same rubbish sold for $1.3 million in Sept 2021.
It didn’t ever cross someone’s mind in 40 years to at least put a cover over it?
Unbelievable
The bloke wasn't all there. Called it his pride an joy.
What a treasure ! Well found Rian
What a Custodian he's a gentleman and I'd restore it enough to drive it have some fun after no fun for nearly 50 years and sell it
Being in Queensland, I knew it'd be rusty and crusty. What a shame. Ole mate, should've covered it up at the very least or lavished it in rust prevention. Some patina is ok, but that's really bad.
We’ll have another video this week, I think you’ll be surprised with the condition.
Custodian in maintaining the jungle.
@@tonymontana897In hindsight , that’s fine but back then no one knew how collectable these cars would become. My father had a beautiful XY Fairmont , 351 auto & traded it in 1980 for a 1979 near new XD Falcon , 351 motor , spoiler kit , 12 slot wheels & a really nice car . He got $2000 for the XY . He is still kicking himself but in the day , that’s what it was worth . Crazy .
Love the back story’s on these finds
That’s a real Queenslander. I lived in Brisbane 92 to 96. Saw a lot of houses like that. All that vegetation is common with the climate. Wonderful genuine people. Don’t be quick to judge them.
Great back story and build up to this find.
Awesome find.
Where I used to work one of the older security guards in the mid 1990’s had a phase 3 with 175 miles on the clock
Here come the Vultures !!
lovecl these barn finds😊
My idea of pride and joy of owning something like that would be to keep everything working taking it for a spin now and then cleaning polishing putting a cover on it at least. Can’t understand how you can just leave it to decay. It will cost a shit load to strip and restore this beast to its former glory.
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There are so many cars like this in Brisbane. My sister-in-law lost 3 such cars. A Hilman, HR Special wagon and an EH sedan. Parked for over 30 years. Sadly they were all scrapped after the 2011 floods. I had a 1971 Crown buried in the yard which I scrapped and a 1976 450SEL that was in the garage but all the carpet rotted even though I got all the water out.
That's incredibly sad with the floods. The damage to your home, contents everything.....PLUS damaging these 'priceless' relics. 🫣
Sad about the Crown. They were really good cars in their time.
WOW... those were wonderful - the drive-in movie with ice cream!... and some people had a bit of educational adventures in their Falcon back seats! It's better than any television.
May the GT live to be enjoyed by many for another fifty years?
Awesome 👏
I hope it gets restored (or just cleaned up) and goes to a museum or someone willing to enjoy it again.
I enjoy your Channel gives insight to what's going on down under.
Selling up n hitting the road in the camper ,, I’ll bet the old house worth a mint too ,,, good one.
Tell ‘‘em the price Jim$$$$$
I bought 3 cars from grays and all 3 of them ended up having huge problems that I didn’t know about. 2 went to the wreckers . I will never ever buy a car from the scammers again.
I hope grays does not charge him a buyers premium as they do to most customers. Some auction rooms ask 20 percent . The sale should be for no sellers premium with all the publicity they are receiving I think that’s fair. We should keep an eye on this sale and make sure they’re not ripping him off.
Wow what a find. The car is probably worth more money that the house and land that it was parked under.
Give that car a full clean up and mechanical over haul ! Please! Very Beautiful car , thank god its still in good condition.
Wouldn’t have killed you to clean up the guys block and take the rubble away while you had the bobcat there would it? It’s not all about scabbing the last dollar from the guy.
I agree with you 100%
Wouldn't have taken much more effort.
💯 agree
Possibly the house will be sold as a development block, it would be interesting to find out more of the story. Great find, though.
The guy hasn't lived in the house for years. Google channel nine news House brought for $25,000 in 1977 from grandmother. It sold in September 2023 for $1,300,000
@@MegaPixie666 whether he’s lived there or not is completely irrelevant. They turned up with a bobcat, cleared a path, dragged the car out, and then left the mess behind. Proper form would’ve been to remove the rubbish when they had the bobcat there to do it. Like I said, it’s not all about scabbing the last dollar from the guy.
My xw fairmont has been off road & garaged for nearly 30 years, they’re out there
WOW 🤩! An absolute classic!! Lot of money in there!!
Hit the jackpot.
Love the tow truck how it bends in the middle, who does that modification.?
I have a 1951 Austin A40 Devon Sedan that I drove under my house in April 1971. I was going to restore it when i retired by repainting, ulpholstery and mags but when i retired in 2006 the ecomony made it impossible for me to restore it and the car has been under the house since.
Hey Desmond, send us a message on Instagram or Facebook, we'd love to know more about your car. Instagram instagram.com/grays.com_/ Facebook facebook.com/grays.australia
Awesome
Unbelievable, do a follow up video of the finished job.
Stripe delete option? I wander if he has the driving lights?
Yup, stripe delete! Pretty rare! Check those wheels too!
The owner removed the stripes in 1975. Driving lights are in the boot and the original sports road wheels are with the car, we had to put those wheels on to get it out.
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Right on! This all adds to the “Mystique” you know! Ya gonna have queries about the “cold weather nostril” he removed to make it go faster! Questions to why it had one in Queensland 🤪
Lucky the house didnt fall down onto it....
That sweet commission 🤣
he has a transit van as well jeeeeeees
All those years and it can still leave marks on the road..
One thing most people do when storing a car is pull the E Brake, Don't Do It! Specially on flat ground!!
What's the story with the Transit van?
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Being in America, ive always wondered why these were not available as a 2 door??
He can build a new home now with the sale😂
Nice story
What about the transit 😢😢
I can imagine the spiders in there😢
lets talk about the transit fit a mazde desiel c4 auto fit strait on mounts that would do me
That's gotta be East Brisbane.
What size motor ? They never give that or the horse power it puts out !...
Wonder what these classic cars cost to the buyers?
Cannot see any video .
Blows my mind how blokes just parked cars like this up for literal decades and do nothing with them...not even drive them and enjoy them, they arent hard to maintain and keep on the road, especially back then.... Just seems lazy
What a dump of a house, would rather live in the car with the cats😅😅😅
Can't believe never cleaned his backyard?
How much did he sell for ????????????? And what’s it worth if someone could answer this question 👍😃
Barns are US. Sheds in Australia
Not true, we have barn and sheds in Australia
So how much was the old guy paid ???????
Trying to get a reasonable price in my head.
Watching the car moving,back wheels not moving,gearbox not good ?
Handbrake seized on
Only 60000ks should have just driven it back!!😂
What’s the plan for it?
Going to auction on the 23rd of November www.grays.com/lot/0001-50706077/classic-cars/1970-ford-xy-falcon-gt-manual-sedan-barn-find
@graysaus Hi. Thanks for the link. Is it a Phase 3, GTHO?
High KMs for a car which was only used/drove for 7 years. Across the Nullarbor a few times? 😂
Always gonna be High K's on cars in OZ.....to get to anywhere can often mean Driving long distance.......
Shame it wasn't a bit better looked after.
Quicksilver!
yet the headlights and chrome are clean.
yeah sure pal,
parked up for 200 years
straight to the tip
Fleeced the poor guy, you’d be a good person!
I feel sick missing out on gear like this
I'd rather have the Bob cat..
Smart owner for calling grays, all the wogs that cry poor mouth cant get it for a grand now😂😂.
I'm sure this guy could have sold this car privately without all this theatrics
I just don't understand why people park up cars, it happens all around the world.
It's in very poor shape, if people are going to park up a car for 20+ years put a decent cover over it and jack it up so the wheels are off the ground.
i was 17 1/2 l0l
Do you have any idea what 200k can do these days if you invest in your car or any car these days in upgrades ???? I don't know what these people are smoking these days through in money in the rust and dust!!?? But hay it's your money you can do whatever you want. I have no idea. it's just my thoughts and just saying...
epic find wow
Real life Forza Horizon
But its a 4 door sedan, not for me. I prefer muscle cars in coupe form.
Iconic model no doubt, but one badly neglected rust bucket at that.
This comment is one-of-one!
No one cares about the old Transit thats beside it lol
Awesome car, pity its probably just going to be be bought by some rich flog. No longer an enthusiasts car, just a rich mans game now.
STUPID MUSIC IS TOTALLY NOT NEEDED.
THAT CAR IS AUSTRALIAN NOT OZZY. PITTY A VEGETABLE OZZY HAD IT. 👎
A 4 door ford falcon yuuuuukkkkkkk. no thx.
Where are you from?Sounds like you have no idea about Australian Falcon Gt"s.
Sounds like a vauxhaul lover with an imported engine..you do know wat the last truly Australian built car was?? Right
jUST another rust bucket Ford, nothing special.
WHY? You live a miserable biased hating life. Beer drinking and marrying the wrong person will do this
Funny because you obviously watched it 😂😂😂
Okay, they weren't exactly rust free as I have one but they're now very rare and collectors cars in ANY condition, it's NOT JUST another rust bucket Ford, THIS one IS special, one of a kind due to its history. I'm hoping it'll go to a repairer who'll RESTORE it and not change it, THEN to a Ford Museum for display. Here's hoping!
I have had a couple in the past as well as other fords (TD 4.1 L cortina, Escort, Capri V6) I was involved in PD of these things, (Fords of all variants) I am not sure if I personally can see any worth in them actually, just my opinion. @@david.m.304
Waste of time vid
The music pissed me of big time. I would much, much rather hear all the natural sounds then put up with the Hollywood BS...
Its a SHED FIND FFS! Why oh why must people in Oz call a shed a barn?
His grandparents would be disgusted at how he neglects the house. What dump.