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14-08-2006, 12:41 PM
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XBCoupeGuy
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Adelaide, Northern Suburbs
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Hi all,
Found this sad and sorry sight while cruising around outback Andamooka last Friday. I though a few of you would shed a tear or two as I nearly did. It didn't have any compliance plates on it to tell what engine it had fitted, but going by the paint scheme it appears to have been a GS. There was also a HJ GTS Monaro there in similar condition. Very sad indeed.      |
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14-08-2006, 12:43 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
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the sad thing is the country is littered with dumps like that.
you only need to go to some remote rural area that has its own dump and your bound to find similar. |
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14-08-2006, 12:44 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Down the Obi..
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I heard a rumor that that car was the original interceptor from Mad Max, but had all the stuff removed (hence no front end) and was repainted yellow to stop trophy hunters, then dumped...
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14-08-2006, 12:44 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Newcastle, NSW
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Damn. Such a waste of a classic.
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14-08-2006, 12:46 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Melbourne
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I think the guys from Pimp my Ride will be able to fix that.......just have to work it out how to get it to them
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14-08-2006, 12:48 PM
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XBCoupeGuy
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Adelaide, Northern Suburbs
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No. it's definitely not that car.
I took this picture on Friday and it appears to be the original paint job. It wasn't there a while back when I was up there last time so it's only been dumped recently. There is at least one other XB coupe in Andamooka that I know of but it's still driven daily. I'm currently working in Woomera and also have pics of another XB coupe that has been butchered up for use as a speedway car and it's laying in a paddock up this way too. I'm a collector of Aussie Muscle Cars and always keep my eyes open when out and about in these outback areas. You never know what you may find. |
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14-08-2006, 12:50 PM
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14-08-2006, 01:12 PM
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You win again, gravity!!!
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Craigieburn, Melbourne
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so sad...
looks as though it was rolled, and landed on a gutter. Im sure you could make a nice convertable out of it ;) Better on the road as a convertable, than rotting away into the ground...
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14-08-2006, 01:26 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
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If it had rolled it would have a lot more damage than that. It's been crushed at some point.
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14-08-2006, 02:03 PM
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Ah, no worries...a bit of putty and a buff, good as new!
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14-08-2006, 02:16 PM
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Join Date: May 2005
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You see worse cars than that for sale on ebay.
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14-08-2006, 02:43 PM
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Life's a Gas
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Sydney
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It'll buff out.
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14-08-2006, 02:44 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jul 2006
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Maybe somebody still has a mortgage on it. Only 3 more payments and it's theirs!
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14-08-2006, 04:05 PM
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thats a sad sight none the less. :(
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14-08-2006, 04:24 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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is that a Dodge in front of it (the green car)
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14-08-2006, 04:26 PM
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The one and only
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Carrum Downs, Victoria
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Man, now I'm crying.... :'(
waste od a XB GS
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14-08-2006, 04:29 PM
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Location: central coast NSW
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yeah looks like a 65/66 phoenix by the boot lid
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14-08-2006, 05:41 PM
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XBCoupeGuy
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Adelaide, Northern Suburbs
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Here's a pic of the car in front of it.
It's definitely a dodge/valiant of some sort. 
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14-08-2006, 06:01 PM
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Just a bogan VF SS driver
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Blackwater, QLD
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what a waste
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14-08-2006, 06:33 PM
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14-08-2006, 08:08 PM
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Some random bloke came up to me once at work - I heard him on top note asking someone "Is that your Ford?" Got pointed to me...
Here we go another "I had one of them" or "I built that car, do you like the colour I chose" (rack off its the only one this colour - and I built it - so get bent) Anyhew - this bloke went on and on about his son's yellow coupe. Claimed it was a GT 351 etc but I'm sure he wouldn't know. Story goes after only a couple of weeks owning it the guy drove it off the end of the Port Lincoln Jetty (or was it Pt. Pirrie?). He and his front passenger got out, but the rear passengers did not as the roof caved in (upside down at the bottom of the sea). He carried on about how dangerous the coupe is because the roof will squash in - just like I'd imagine in those pictures. I wonder, if just maybe, that's the yellow coupe from the bottom of the ocean? (I assume they'd have dragged it out 30 years ago to get the two rear passenger's remains out)
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14-08-2006, 08:20 PM
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14-08-2006, 08:27 PM
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14-08-2006, 08:39 PM
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Please never do that again!! im out of tissues now thanks to that!
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14-08-2006, 08:45 PM
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thats just my opinion though. |
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14-08-2006, 09:56 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: in good 'ol WA
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your right, it looks like surface rust, not actually being eaten away, and is very straight. hurry up someone restore it!!!!
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15-08-2006, 12:20 AM
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i reckon they're probably just dumped after being nicked and stripped, I've seen three cars nicked and stripped around the corner from my place this year alone
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15-08-2006, 10:55 AM
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15-08-2006, 10:58 AM
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Great project car, already got a chopped roof ready to go.
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