expensive BA GT

[Vesper Martini]

Originally Posted by GT0132

I'm the opposite. I couldn't wait to rid myself of my 1977 XC Fairmont 5.8L GXL ...by 1985 it had become a rusty ol POS and not a week went by when there wasn't a new problem with it. When I was offered good coin to change over to an XF Ghia ($2,500) I grabbed it.

Funny isn't it, cars of that era wouldn't last 10 years outdoors without rust.
Build quality of today's cars is much higher

[You Yangs]

Originally Posted by boss351290

Rarity is not everything although it is important to a degree. If it was all about rarity then the king would be the TL-50 series 3 5.6 litre. Only one made. You can’t get rarer than that.

I did have xt sorry I was fixing it up when you must have posted

I'm pretty sure there is three T3 TL50 examples. Still ultra rare though.

[FTE217]

Originally Posted by You Yangs

I'm pretty sure there is three T3 TL50 examples. Still ultra rare though.

There is 3 as known but only 1 is legit with paperwork and serial/chassis #, the other 2 are T2TL's with the stroker fitted and other similar trim additions from memory.

[mike_nofx]

Originally Posted by FTE217

There is 3 as known but only 1 is legit with paperwork and serial/chassis #, the other 2 are T2TL's with the stroker fitted and other similar trim additions from memory.

So in other words there is one?

[FTE217]

As quoted by boss351290 originally, yes.
The 1 owner is a AFF member actually.

[FPV414]

I think the bloke who mentioned that the average punters on this forum aren't the type he's marketing to is right. The owner of this GT is on to the auction results where we see Walky's doing $340k etc at Burns and Co Auction recently (Google D'Alberto collection). There were also 2 Toranas which fetched ridiculous coin - one was actually the earliest/1st serial number car with documentation to match/prove. I don't know SFA about Torana but those both went for high $200k.

The people these cars/sellers are looking for are the types that buy the above. It might be a bit of a premature time to cash in on a 2002 GT, but some of the modern Monaro's and GTS' with similar KM have been going in the $100k+ range. I have the auction results but not the effort to post here, so Google it.

It seems we don't do ourselves and our cars favors when we habitually put them and their values down. We've brought mixer shafts and roof-linings in to the equation here - albeit in jest. But all of us need to settle down and remember the times (as already pointed out) where people thought XA/B/C/D/E would be worth nothing. Now you get a XE GL with 150,000KM no power steering or left hand mirror pulling the $7k mark. Anything E-Series V8 flies off eBay, GumTree or CarSales. I sold the most average EB S XR8 manual for $3250 in a matter of hours and was inundated with texts and calls. An XE Ghia 302 that was on GumTree for 11 hours yesterday did $8k with some decent rust but 121km and original books.

The performance of the car (there has been a comparison between BA GT 5.4 and GT-F) has no place in the equation here either. Each car has it's own history and it's own merit which will ultimately determine it's value.

XF and EA will be worth stuff all, ever though. But I'd pay good money for a MPFI 5 speed with less than 80,000km.

Cheers friends.

[FPV414]

... and while we're here, and people are positing old motor show pictures - does anyone have pics of the Sydney Motor Show where F6 Typhoon was released?

[au350hp]

Originally Posted by FPV414

I think the bloke who mentioned that the average punters on this forum aren't the type he's marketing to is right. The owner of this GT is on to the auction results where we see Walky's doing $340k etc at Burns and Co Auction recently (Google D'Alberto collection). There were also 2 Toranas which fetched ridiculous coin - one was actually the earliest/1st serial number car with documentation to match/prove. I don't know SFA about Torana but those both went for high $200k.

The people these cars/sellers are looking for are the types that buy the above. It might be a bit of a premature time to cash in on a 2002 GT, but some of the modern Monaro's and GTS' with similar KM have been going in the $100k+ range. I have the auction results but not the effort to post here, so Google it.

It seems we don't do ourselves and our cars favors when we habitually put them and their values down. We've brought mixer shafts and roof-linings in to the equation here - albeit in jest. But all of us need to settle down and remember the times (as already pointed out) where people thought XA/B/C/D/E would be worth nothing. Now you get a XE GL with 150,000KM no power steering or left hand mirror pulling the $7k mark. Anything E-Series V8 flies off eBay, GumTree or CarSales. I sold the most average EB S XR8 manual for $3250 in a matter of hours and was inundated with texts and calls. An XE Ghia 302 that was on GumTree for 11 hours yesterday did $8k with some decent rust but 121km and original books.

The performance of the car (there has been a comparison between BA GT 5.4 and GT-F) has no place in the equation here either. Each car has it's own history and it's own merit which will ultimately determine it's value.

XF and EA will be worth stuff all, ever though. But I'd pay good money for a MPFI 5 speed with less than 80,000km.

Cheers friends.

Torana A9X just got $365,000 at Lloyds.

[ebv8]

http://www.graysonline.com/lot/0001-...sedan?spr=true

[ebv8]

here is P0005 for $16k
https://www.carsales.com.au/private/...-3637372/?Cr=4

and here is a BA GT for $43k
https://www.carsales.com.au/private/...-3582035/?Cr=0

prices are now all over the place
you can get a GT for $10k if your keen and don't mind a few km's on the clock. i'm tempted to get a daily GT now, if i can find a blueprint or white manual BA GT-P for $10k i'm doing it.

[FPV414]

How about a re-visit on the $170k value with the infamous Rona Tax.. Does the value seem to fit now?