Chasing Old Cars - XR GT Barn Find!!! (PICS)

[RedHotGT]

Hey guys!

Was cruising around Facebook and stumbled across a page called Chasing Old Cars.
http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Cha...50551845034888

At first I thought it was just another car page - but have a look at this! I've never heard about this one????

XR GT Barn Find:

and SAVED by someone


But also - This photo caught my eye:

XY GT's Sleeping:


And then this one - looks like ?? No it couldn't be - COULD IT??


I've now 'liked' them, hopefully there will be more!! How have we not heard about these ones???

PS - There's also a few Holdens on there too... Monaros, Toranas, etc...

[FERG_51]

Just love barn finds. The XR looks like all it needs is a wash and it would be all good.

[cairfull123]

thanks for showing the pics, the xr is my dream even to own a standard one but that is magnificent gee i hope it is your trailer it is on thanks

[GasoLane]

Originally Posted by loftie

And then this one - looks like ?? No it couldn't be - COULD IT??

Nah, I think it should have an 'E' after the 65 to be the real thing, but then again.......

[aussie muscle]

Originally Posted by GasOLane

Nah, I think it should have an 'E' after the 65 to be the real thing, but then again.......

yep

[jaydee]

That one of the XY GT's sleeping looks suspiciously like the South African GT Fairmonts, I could be wrong.

[2011G6E]

Originally Posted by jaydee

That one of the XY GT's sleeping looks suspiciously like the South African GT Fairmonts, I could be wrong.

Yes, the moment I saw that photo I was taken back to an article on South Efrican XY GT's and Fairmonts sitting in a shed. I'm sure that's where that pic is from.

[conordec]

Originally Posted by jaydee

That one of the XY GT's sleeping looks suspiciously like the South African GT Fairmonts, I could be wrong.

How so?

They have bumper overriders, not many cars had in RSA if any from memory.

No vinyl roofs.... most RSA cars had, yes, not all.

Wheels..... look like 12 slots? or 5 slots.... not rhino style caps.

Turkey perch (spoiler) not available apart from a couple of cars perhaps in RSA.

oh.... they have a stripe on the side!

doubt if they are rhinos, maybe even replicas or the real deal.

Mick.

[hankscorpio]

Does anyone know any more about this XR GT?- I'd be interested to know the story behind it - ie why it sat so long, who found it and how they found it, and how much it sold for (if it did change hands..) - just keen to know as I've been tracking XR GT's advertised/sold over the last few years..

[trippytaka]

I saw this too, i am a fan of the chasing old cars. Far out... how does someone leave a car like an XR GT, or an XY GT etc for decades without at least putting a cover over it?