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Old 11-09-2012, 08:53 PM   #1
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Default My Ford graveyard .

Hi guys
Here is a picture or two of my ford graveyard just thought you might like them .



a few genuine parts floating around in this lot .
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Old 11-09-2012, 08:55 PM   #2
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Brings a tear to my eye
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Old 11-09-2012, 09:14 PM   #3
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Y U NO RESTORE!

Both a sad, and remarkabe site to see.

Is that a XR pano in there?
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Old 11-09-2012, 09:27 PM   #4
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Congratulations! You sound very proud!
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Old 11-09-2012, 09:44 PM   #5
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"NOT FOR SALE, WILL GET AROUND TO RESTORING THEM ONE DAY:



Nice collection.
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Old 11-09-2012, 09:48 PM   #6
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I want the green XB wagon!! Poor poor ol' wagon!!
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Old 11-09-2012, 09:54 PM   #7
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whats the old green truck in the second pic behind the falcon ute ????
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Old 11-09-2012, 09:57 PM   #8
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Hi guys
Here is a picture or two of my ford graveyard just thought you might like them .
Like them?? You do realise this is a Ford forum right...?

*sigh* either way its quite a collection. But having them sit there to rot is just not cricket. I sincerely hope they all plan on being saved one way or another.
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Old 11-09-2012, 10:00 PM   #9
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Old 11-09-2012, 10:21 PM   #10
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Default Re: My Ford graveyard .

i have been picking up any xr sedans wagons Utes etc that i can find since i was 20 which is a while ago the sole purpose was to get enough together to not only restore a couple but to also have the parts to keep them going i have spent hours searching farms backyards high and low picking up anything no matter what condition they are in i cant shed them all but i have saved many from being recycled as most farmers up this way have been getting good money whilst getting there farm cleaned up of all the scrap metal from metal recyclers maybe graveyard is the wrong term maybe it should have been retirement home but all these vehicles are all in some way projects being it restoration or parts to restore .here is one more this is my first car that i got my p plates in a while back now
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Old 11-09-2012, 10:25 PM   #11
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i have been picking up any xr sedans wagons Utes etc that i can find since i was 20 which is a while ago the sole purpose was to get enough together to not only restore a couple but to also have the parts to keep them going i have spent hours searching farms backyards high and low picking up anything no matter what condition they are in i cant shed them all but i have saved many from being recycled as most farmers up this way have been getting good money whilst getting there farm cleaned up of all the scrap metal from metal recyclers maybe graveyard is the wrong term maybe it should have been retirement home but all these vehicles are all in some way projects being it restoration or parts to restore .here is one more this is my first car that i got my p plates in a while back now
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Well thats good to hear mate. Im glad that they were saved from a worse fate.
Too many Fords have succumbed to being acerage ornaments tagged as "future" restorations...
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Old 11-09-2012, 10:29 PM   #12
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Y U NO RESTORE!

Both a sad, and remarkabe site to see.

Is that a XR pano in there?

yes it is a pano its the first to get restored i now have a place were i can finally start to work on them the panelvan is in the project car section but only just starting will put more pics up as i go along .
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Old 11-09-2012, 10:32 PM   #13
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Well thats good to hear mate. Im glad that they were saved from a worse fate.
Too many Fords have succumbed to being acerage ornaments tagged as "future" restorations...

Tell me about it believe me they would all be in a shed if i had one big enough ..But that would have to be very big
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Old 11-09-2012, 10:57 PM   #14
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Some good straight bodies there. You could sell them off as projects.
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i have saved many from being recycled as most farmers up this way have been getting good money whilst getting there farm cleaned up of all the scrap metal from metal recyclers
This is the biggest issue of late with many of the old stuff lying around
Most of the old stuff has been sitting around since moses put it there, yet noone has shown interest in it , or done the searching, and many complain that its getting scrapped
I was talking to a local fella who goes to farms out here and does the cleanups,he got an old F500 truck that ran and was complete,to fit it on his trailer he cut it up with a gas axe and shipped it to sims
To him it doesnt matter what it is, its worth its value in scrap

Good onya for saving what you can ....
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Old 12-09-2012, 01:27 PM   #16
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Old 12-09-2012, 06:54 PM   #17
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Nothing sends a chill down your spine like being in a rural area and seeing a Simsmetal semi with a portable crusher on the back cruising around looking or victims...
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Old 12-09-2012, 08:36 PM   #18
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Oh well, at least nothing is gonna rust in a great hurry in mildura, pretty dry there.
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Old 12-09-2012, 09:30 PM   #19
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Oh well, at least nothing is gonna rust in a great hurry in mildura, pretty dry there.

yes you are right there rain is something we don't see to often and no salt where i am either could be a lot worse could be beside the sea .
And as for the metal guys i had about 7 old Holdens given to me for parts or projects if i wanted utes station wagons sedans they were all F something but i never bothered to move them big job and now there all gone to Holden heaven ,i actually emailed a Holden club in Sydney and told them about them and no one even had the decency to reply so that was the end of that .
One thing i have noticed over the years is that 9 out of ten cars i find are old Holdens the fords have been snapped up quickly i still know of old Holdens laying around farms but then again why would anyone want one lol
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