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pies4ever 
Joined: 11 Feb 2002
Location: rosebud,vic,australia
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Old Ford sells for $683,000
Ashlee Pleffer
March 27, 2007
THE man who bought the last Monaro has just paid a record $680,000 for a 36-year-old Falcon that isn't even registered.
Darryl Mattingley outbid a field of rivals to pay $683,650 for a rare 1971 Ford Falcon GTHO Phase III at a classic car auction in Melbourne on Sunday.
It is the highest price ever paid for an Australian muscle car at auction and is way above what similar cars have fetched before.
Mr Mattingley, a car enthusiast who owns a housing removal company in central Queensland, also bought the last Holden Monaro for $187,600 when it was auctioned on the online eBay auction site last year.
Yesterday he wasn't sure why he paid so much. "I don't know, I must be silly," he joked,
"But I wouldn't have done it if I hadn't been happy with it."
The 56-year-old said he had been chasing a GTHO Phase III for quite a while and he had put months of consideration into his latest investment, including consulting his wife, Shelly.
"She was helping with the bidding and the financing," he said.
"It's not something you do without approval. It's a big investment."
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,21451999-2862,00.html
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PeterWH 
www.peakhillfm.com.au
Joined: 20 Oct 2001
Location: back home after travelling around Australia
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| The buyer had GOOD taste.....you wouldnt get anything near that for a 'holden' |
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PeterWH
www.peakhillfm.com.au
Joined: 20 Oct 2001
Location: back home after travelling around Australia
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I am actually looking for a Ford Falcon XM/XP hardtop auto of course,BUT trying to find one of them is, well its bloody hard.....
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PiesOnCollins
Joined: 26 Mar 2007
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| Tess wrote: | The GHTO Ph3 was a good car, but in back to back road tests the RT E49 was a better car. Twas only the diff ratio options that gave it a higher top speed down Conrod and pushed the Ford close to 150mph compared to the Valiant Chargers 140mph. Only reason the Torana GTRXU1 got between the two for second place was fuel economy.
Would have loved to seen the real Charger RT E55 with the 340, tripple webers and 4 speed up against the V8 GTRXU2 and the XA GTHO PH4.
Pity the current Race is just a Ford Vs Holden thing. Toyota and Mitsubishi have got the ability to make their Aurion and 380 fly if they were only allowed to race the Falcadores. |
Well, they can, if they drop a V8 into the engine bay. |
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sherrife
Victorian Socialists - people before profit
Joined: 18 Apr 2003
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I'm not a big car nut by any means, but i reckon a Jap-made V8 would absolutely smash anything the Aussies or Americans could come up with.
It's probably better for our poor industry that they don't get involved.
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PiesOnCollins
Joined: 26 Mar 2007
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| sherrife wrote: | I'm not a big car nut by any means, but i reckon a Jap-made V8 would absolutely smash anything the Aussies or Americans could come up with.
It's probably better for our poor industry that they don't get involved. |
Yep, and they did before it became the V8 supercar race, remember Nissan GTR, won many races sadly. |
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member34258
Joined: 05 Nov 2006
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| The Nissan was an awesome vehicle. But was it a V8? I thought it was a twin turbo V6. Something the Japs do extremely well. |
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Culprit 
Joined: 06 Feb 2003
Location: Port Melbourne
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| sherrife wrote: | I'm not a big car nut by any means, but i reckon a Jap-made V8 would absolutely smash anything the Aussies or Americans could come up with.
It's probably better for our poor industry that they don't get involved. |
The car referred to was the fastest 4 door sedan of its time (estimated 140 MPH + top end). Yep the japs these days are better, but then again they never invented the V8 but hell they improve on everything.
Bit pricy for me, I would have brought a house instead.  |
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Piethagoras' Theorem 
the hypotenuse, is always a cakewalk
Joined: 29 May 2006
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Italian V8 over a Jap one anyday. Built by humans passionate about cars, not robots. Again, a bit pricey 
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