I’m not sure how you can leave a car sitting and rusting for 50 years and still call it your pride and joy.
@rocksteadyspeedboatlomboka51198 ай бұрын
Yes so weird and strange that. Just park it up after 5 years and never think to drive it again. Place is shambolic. Guess it fits.
@GhostOfRT3008 ай бұрын
💯
@stephenkleinhans39283 ай бұрын
Yeah sad hey
@honestpat77899 ай бұрын
Car’s in better condition than the house 🏠
@toneloc90848 ай бұрын
House is 60 years older lol
@GhostOfRT3008 ай бұрын
Debatable
@wizzard54429 ай бұрын
Unbelievable! Imaging being the neighbours all these years (decades?) living near a highly-sought collectors item just a few metres away and not knowing about it.
@MICHAEL-ys3pu2 ай бұрын
More unbelievable is having to live with all that rubbish just a few meters away
@wizzard54422 ай бұрын
@@MICHAEL-ys3pu Its rubbish I'd gladly have and a highly profitable one at that. A Phase III version of same rubbish sold for $1.3 million in Sept 2021.
@jasondaley67239 ай бұрын
What a Custodian he's a gentleman and I'd restore it enough to drive it have some fun after no fun for nearly 50 years and sell it
@tonymontana8979 ай бұрын
Being in Queensland, I knew it'd be rusty and crusty. What a shame. Ole mate, should've covered it up at the very least or lavished it in rust prevention. Some patina is ok, but that's really bad.
@graysaus9 ай бұрын
We’ll have another video this week, I think you’ll be surprised with the condition.
@WeveGotBush8 ай бұрын
Custodian in maintaining the jungle.
@blastermaster23838 ай бұрын
@@tonymontana897In hindsight , that’s fine but back then no one knew how collectable these cars would become. My father had a beautiful XY Fairmont , 351 auto & traded it in 1980 for a 1979 near new XD Falcon , 351 motor , spoiler kit , 12 slot wheels & a really nice car . He got $2000 for the XY . He is still kicking himself but in the day , that’s what it was worth . Crazy .
@stuartmorton26898 ай бұрын
It didn’t ever cross someone’s mind in 40 years to at least put a cover over it? Unbelievable
@matthewvarian3678 ай бұрын
The bloke wasn't all there. Called it his pride an joy.
@mikevanblommestein57269 ай бұрын
What a treasure ! Well found Rian
@phil49779 ай бұрын
That’s a real Queenslander. I lived in Brisbane 92 to 96. Saw a lot of houses like that. All that vegetation is common with the climate. Wonderful genuine people. Don’t be quick to judge them.
@nickytrelour5809 ай бұрын
Hopefully thay found good home for the transit👍👍
@JadeWearne2 ай бұрын
Any 1 need a front grill 4 a transit van
@TheTruckdriver9999 ай бұрын
Love the back story’s on these finds
@tonymontana8979 ай бұрын
Here come the Vultures !!
@BlueyChandler9 ай бұрын
Great back story and build up to this find.
@ronniebraine96929 ай бұрын
Awesome find.
@user-hs9bq7ct6g9 ай бұрын
Wouldn’t have killed you to clean up the guys block and take the rubble away while you had the bobcat there would it? It’s not all about scabbing the last dollar from the guy.
@sarahhinderjacobboyd44138 ай бұрын
I agree with you 100% Wouldn't have taken much more effort.
@bluebludded8 ай бұрын
💯 agree
@damienmilk63098 ай бұрын
Possibly the house will be sold as a development block, it would be interesting to find out more of the story. Great find, though.
@MegaPixie6668 ай бұрын
The guy hasn't lived in the house for years. Google channel nine news House brought for $25,000 in 1977 from grandmother. It sold in September 2023 for $1,300,000
@user-hs9bq7ct6g8 ай бұрын
@@MegaPixie666 whether he’s lived there or not is completely irrelevant. They turned up with a bobcat, cleared a path, dragged the car out, and then left the mess behind. Proper form would’ve been to remove the rubbish when they had the bobcat there to do it. Like I said, it’s not all about scabbing the last dollar from the guy.
@obiemichaels96758 ай бұрын
Where I used to work one of the older security guards in the mid 1990’s had a phase 3 with 175 miles on the clock
@georgep90599 ай бұрын
lovecl these barn finds😊
@2DogsVlogs9 ай бұрын
There are so many cars like this in Brisbane. My sister-in-law lost 3 such cars. A Hilman, HR Special wagon and an EH sedan. Parked for over 30 years. Sadly they were all scrapped after the 2011 floods. I had a 1971 Crown buried in the yard which I scrapped and a 1976 450SEL that was in the garage but all the carpet rotted even though I got all the water out.
@lisacolledge76248 ай бұрын
That's incredibly sad with the floods. The damage to your home, contents everything.....PLUS damaging these 'priceless' relics. 🫣
@bossdog14802 ай бұрын
Sad about the Crown. They were really good cars in their time.
@rOb18428 ай бұрын
My idea of pride and joy of owning something like that would be to keep everything working taking it for a spin now and then cleaning polishing putting a cover on it at least. Can’t understand how you can just leave it to decay. It will cost a shit load to strip and restore this beast to its former glory.
@GhostOfRT3008 ай бұрын
💯
@jmpersonal24028 ай бұрын
WOW... those were wonderful - the drive-in movie with ice cream!... and some people had a bit of educational adventures in their Falcon back seats! It's better than any television. May the GT live to be enjoyed by many for another fifty years?
@Peter_T1239 ай бұрын
Awesome 👏
@Tk-ou9ec8 ай бұрын
I hope it gets restored (or just cleaned up) and goes to a museum or someone willing to enjoy it again.
@maccastime8 ай бұрын
Tell ‘‘em the price Jim$$$$$
@kellyoconnor78968 ай бұрын
I bought 3 cars from grays and all 3 of them ended up having huge problems that I didn’t know about. 2 went to the wreckers . I will never ever buy a car from the scammers again.
@Anteek658 ай бұрын
I hope grays does not charge him a buyers premium as they do to most customers. Some auction rooms ask 20 percent . The sale should be for no sellers premium with all the publicity they are receiving I think that’s fair. We should keep an eye on this sale and make sure they’re not ripping him off.
@ghostrider99789 ай бұрын
Selling up n hitting the road in the camper ,, I’ll bet the old house worth a mint too ,,, good one.
@robertgarland93428 ай бұрын
Wow what a find. The car is probably worth more money that the house and land that it was parked under.
@telluride40178 ай бұрын
I enjoy your Channel gives insight to what's going on down under.
@petertillotson63478 ай бұрын
Give that car a full clean up and mechanical over haul ! Please! Very Beautiful car , thank god its still in good condition.
@desmondayres79738 ай бұрын
I have a 1951 Austin A40 Devon Sedan that I drove under my house in April 1971. I was going to restore it when i retired by repainting, ulpholstery and mags but when i retired in 2006 the ecomony made it impossible for me to restore it and the car has been under the house since.
@graysaus8 ай бұрын
Hey Desmond, send us a message on Instagram or Facebook, we'd love to know more about your car. Instagram instagram.com/grays.com_/ Facebook facebook.com/grays.australia
@daledundee466Ай бұрын
Unbelievable, do a follow up video of the finished job.
@steveskrobot94969 ай бұрын
Stripe delete option? I wander if he has the driving lights?
@shanebrbich56989 ай бұрын
Yup, stripe delete! Pretty rare! Check those wheels too!
@graysaus9 ай бұрын
The owner removed the stripes in 1975. Driving lights are in the boot and the original sports road wheels are with the car, we had to put those wheels on to get it out.
@shanebrbich56989 ай бұрын
@@graysaus Right on! This all adds to the “Mystique” you know! Ya gonna have queries about the “cold weather nostril” he removed to make it go faster! Questions to why it had one in Queensland 🤪
@alphaone37048 ай бұрын
WOW 🤩! An absolute classic!! Lot of money in there!!
@Hobbies138 ай бұрын
My xw fairmont has been off road & garaged for nearly 30 years, they’re out there
@Mavo19898 ай бұрын
Lucky the house didnt fall down onto it....
@brianhoffman48612 ай бұрын
All those years and it can still leave marks on the road..
@jarnosaarinen45839 ай бұрын
One thing most people do when storing a car is pull the E Brake, Don't Do It! Specially on flat ground!!
@gureno198 ай бұрын
Blows my mind how blokes just parked cars like this up for literal decades and do nothing with them...not even drive them and enjoy them, they arent hard to maintain and keep on the road, especially back then.... Just seems lazy
@ablokeinatroopyaustraliawide8 ай бұрын
Love the tow truck how it bends in the middle, who does that modification.?
@tiller_gorilla72208 ай бұрын
Hit the jackpot.
@donaldthomson89656 ай бұрын
he has a transit van as well jeeeeeees
@The_Candyman868 ай бұрын
What a dump of a house, would rather live in the car with the cats😅😅😅
@WeveGotBush8 ай бұрын
He can build a new home now with the sale😂
@WeveGotBush8 ай бұрын
I can imagine the spiders in there😢
@BlueByYou078 ай бұрын
Being in America, ive always wondered why these were not available as a 2 door??
@glennmckay11868 ай бұрын
Awesome
@donaldthomson89656 ай бұрын
lets talk about the transit fit a mazde desiel c4 auto fit strait on mounts that would do me
@montys8th8 ай бұрын
That's gotta be East Brisbane.
@prancer47438 ай бұрын
How much did he sell for ????????????? And what’s it worth if someone could answer this question 👍😃
@TomLymberopoulos-du5he2 ай бұрын
Wonder what these classic cars cost to the buyers?
@patrickclark97198 ай бұрын
Nice story
@ronnieroypearson24418 ай бұрын
What size motor ? They never give that or the horse power it puts out !...
@larrylongprong52199 ай бұрын
That sweet commission 🤣
@bt68509 ай бұрын
Only 60000ks should have just driven it back!!😂
@WeveGotBush8 ай бұрын
Can't believe never cleaned his backyard?
@iwaswrongabouteveryhthing8 ай бұрын
yet the headlights and chrome are clean. yeah sure pal, parked up for 200 years
@erroneouscode8 ай бұрын
What's the story with the Transit van?
@cplbruiser82678 ай бұрын
So how much was the old guy paid ???????
@marvinmartinsYT8 ай бұрын
Trying to get a reasonable price in my head.
@colindyer48109 ай бұрын
What about the transit 😢😢
@pnr97309 ай бұрын
❤😮
@user-tw4ru6po4i8 ай бұрын
Watching the car moving,back wheels not moving,gearbox not good ?
@user-pe8ce7kg5nАй бұрын
Handbrake seized on
@stephensmith17948 ай бұрын
Barns are US. Sheds in Australia
@user-me7wp8zo3e8 ай бұрын
Not true, we have barn and sheds in Australia
@damiencozens3149 ай бұрын
What’s the plan for it?
@graysaus8 ай бұрын
Going to auction on the 23rd of November www.grays.com/lot/0001-50706077/classic-cars/1970-ford-xy-falcon-gt-manual-sedan-barn-find
@747fa8 ай бұрын
@graysaus Hi. Thanks for the link. Is it a Phase 3, GTHO?
@bossdog14802 ай бұрын
Shame it wasn't a bit better looked after.
@323K1ELS8 ай бұрын
Fleeced the poor guy, you’d be a good person!
@brendotheoffendo8 ай бұрын
High KMs for a car which was only used/drove for 7 years. Across the Nullarbor a few times? 😂
@user-pe8ce7kg5nАй бұрын
Always gonna be High K's on cars in OZ.....to get to anywhere can often mean Driving long distance.......
@fredfungalspore8 ай бұрын
I'd rather have the Bob cat..
@stephenkatthagen86048 ай бұрын
Cannot see any video .
@no-namecrown55102 ай бұрын
I'm sure this guy could have sold this car privately without all this theatrics
@jasonswift70988 ай бұрын
I just don't understand why people park up cars, it happens all around the world. It's in very poor shape, if people are going to park up a car for 20+ years put a decent cover over it and jack it up so the wheels are off the ground.
@rainlori9 ай бұрын
Quicksilver!
@ritmolatino16278 ай бұрын
straight to the tip
@ernietab77148 ай бұрын
Do you have any idea what 200k can do these days if you invest in your car or any car these days in upgrades ???? I don't know what these people are smoking these days through in money in the rust and dust!!?? But hay it's your money you can do whatever you want. I have no idea. it's just my thoughts and just saying...
@tongoio8 ай бұрын
I feel sick missing out on gear like this
@LxToranaHatchy720hp8 ай бұрын
Smart owner for calling grays, all the wogs that cry poor mouth cant get it for a grand now😂😂.
@johnnywadd30202 ай бұрын
i was 17 1/2 l0l
@MrDejast8 ай бұрын
But its a 4 door sedan, not for me. I prefer muscle cars in coupe form.
@twistedthrottle85139 ай бұрын
epic find wow
@Slippergypsy8 ай бұрын
Real life Forza Horizon
@GhostOfRT3008 ай бұрын
Iconic model no doubt, but one badly neglected rust bucket at that.
@andrewdunbar8288 ай бұрын
This comment is one-of-one!
@outdoors53522 ай бұрын
Awesome car, pity its probably just going to be be bought by some rich flog. No longer an enthusiasts car, just a rich mans game now.
@tamadrummer1nz8 ай бұрын
No one cares about the old Transit thats beside it lol
@ntal58598 ай бұрын
STUPID MUSIC IS TOTALLY NOT NEEDED.
@michaelgiglio15718 ай бұрын
THAT CAR IS AUSTRALIAN NOT OZZY. PITTY A VEGETABLE OZZY HAD IT. 👎
@christ5109 ай бұрын
A 4 door ford falcon yuuuuukkkkkkk. no thx.
@petergiannaros90378 ай бұрын
Where are you from?Sounds like you have no idea about Australian Falcon Gt"s.
@stivi7398 ай бұрын
Sounds like a vauxhaul lover with an imported engine..you do know wat the last truly Australian built car was?? Right
@RolandElliottFirstG9 ай бұрын
jUST another rust bucket Ford, nothing special.
@steelearmstrong96169 ай бұрын
WHY? You live a miserable biased hating life. Beer drinking and marrying the wrong person will do this
@pablowvangreenlow74309 ай бұрын
Funny because you obviously watched it 😂😂😂
@david.m.3049 ай бұрын
Okay, they weren't exactly rust free as I have one but they're now very rare and collectors cars in ANY condition, it's NOT JUST another rust bucket Ford, THIS one IS special, one of a kind due to its history. I'm hoping it'll go to a repairer who'll RESTORE it and not change it, THEN to a Ford Museum for display. Here's hoping!
@RolandElliottFirstG9 ай бұрын
I have had a couple in the past as well as other fords (TD 4.1 L cortina, Escort, Capri V6) I was involved in PD of these things, (Fords of all variants) I am not sure if I personally can see any worth in them actually, just my opinion. @@david.m.304
@jimcrawford31858 ай бұрын
Waste of time vid
@mik8238 ай бұрын
The music pissed me of big time. I would much, much rather hear all the natural sounds then put up with the Hollywood BS...
@fc74248 ай бұрын
His grandparents would be disgusted at how he neglects the house. What dump.
@BarnesyInOz2 ай бұрын
Its a SHED FIND FFS! Why oh why must people in Oz call a shed a barn?