wheelinround
21st September 2007, 07:04 PM
I did my apprenticship 1st yr working on these things
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,22453247-5006009,00.html
Falcon muscle car hits $1m
Article from: http://www.news.com.au/images/sources/h14_dailytelegraph.gif (http://www.dailytelegraph.news.com.au/?from=ni_story)
By Ashlee Pleffer
September 21, 2007 12:00am
THE price for a classic Falcon GTHO muscle car is heading toward $1 million.
The top auction price for one of the muscle cars of $683,650 was set earlier this year.
However that looks set to be broken at the Sydney motor show auction on October 21.
Auctioneers Shannons will offer a restored 1971 Monza Green Phase III Falcon XY GTHO which the auctioneer forecasts will fetch up to $800,000 because of its excellent condition and history.
Shannons national auctions manager, Christophe Boribon said: "It's probably one of the nicest Phase IIIs we've ever had on offer.
"The quality of the restoration, the originality of the car being correct in colour scheme and everything that came out of the factory."
The car, sold new for $5638 in WA in 1971, spent most of its life there and was restored to factory-original condition in the 1990s. It even has the signature of 1971 Bathurst winner Allan Moffat on the glovebox lid.
But while official auctions haven't yet broken the $1 million mark, experts claim private sales have.
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,22453247-5006009,00.html
Falcon muscle car hits $1m
Article from: http://www.news.com.au/images/sources/h14_dailytelegraph.gif (http://www.dailytelegraph.news.com.au/?from=ni_story)
By Ashlee Pleffer
September 21, 2007 12:00am
THE price for a classic Falcon GTHO muscle car is heading toward $1 million.
The top auction price for one of the muscle cars of $683,650 was set earlier this year.
However that looks set to be broken at the Sydney motor show auction on October 21.
Auctioneers Shannons will offer a restored 1971 Monza Green Phase III Falcon XY GTHO which the auctioneer forecasts will fetch up to $800,000 because of its excellent condition and history.
Shannons national auctions manager, Christophe Boribon said: "It's probably one of the nicest Phase IIIs we've ever had on offer.
"The quality of the restoration, the originality of the car being correct in colour scheme and everything that came out of the factory."
The car, sold new for $5638 in WA in 1971, spent most of its life there and was restored to factory-original condition in the 1990s. It even has the signature of 1971 Bathurst winner Allan Moffat on the glovebox lid.
But while official auctions haven't yet broken the $1 million mark, experts claim private sales have.