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How interesting

Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 3:16 pm
by eben
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Many readers will have great memories of the Australian muscle car era. The best years were the 1970s and one of the best examples of the age is the XW/XY Ford Falcon GT. Not as many of you will remember that during that era a whole bunch of Falcon GT parts were exported to South Africa where they were assembled into Fairmont GTs. Recently (or perhaps not), a large haul of Fairmont GTs was unearthed making Ford enthusiasts across the country go weak at the knees.

There were a few cosmetic difference between the Fairmont and Ford GT models, but essentially they are the same car. Indeed, in the areas that matter, these were fair dinkum Falcon GTs.

There appear to be scant facts around about the way this collection was built, but interweb rumour suggests the cars were purchased individually in South Africa with the sole intention of exporting them back “home”. The idea being, of course, that the home grown collecter market would gobble these GTs up at some profit to the importer.




The further one digs, the murkier the water becomes. One story goes that a bloke by the name of Tom Druce was seeking the cars in South Africa under the pretence that they would restored and placed in a museum. The reality (or the internet forum reality, at least) shows that the cars were bought back to Australia and sold for a tidy profit
http://www.ausmotive.com/2009/02/19/for ... l#more-490

Re: How interesting

Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 3:22 pm
by Blitzkrieg
Yup - There was a guy who used to place an ad in the Autotrader and the CAR magazine Free Ads every week/month, looking for these cars :x

Most of the ones that were lying around here in SA are all gone back to Oz.
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Look closely and you can see the NC plates on the White Monaro SS in the left corner :evil:

Re: How interesting

Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 3:25 pm
by Blitzkrieg
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Look closely at this picture. It was taken here in South Africa :!:

Re: How interesting

Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 3:26 pm
by eben
"cars were bought into Perth about 1.5 years ago,i think,tom druce brought them in,bought them all almost in one go i think,he payed off the police to give him the addresses of all ms33 cars in sa,,& knocked on there door & said he was setting up a museum in sa..some people were very upset when they found out..but they were on the boat by then,,i think he paid 150 grand for 10 cars...he still had a lot of then last time i said hello...amazing site to see,,,,,good on him,,,

Re: How interesting

Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 3:33 pm
by Chris
R90 000/car.Almost a million for ten,he paid for the export and bribes,and he still made a profit.

Do you want a better example of how ruthless these guys are."I'm building a museum".

Man,the balls on this guy...!

Re: How interesting

Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 3:53 pm
by eben
Did you forget about the original use for Australia? :P

Re: How interesting

Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 4:19 pm
by greenbean
Bastards!!!.............. :mrgreen:

Re: How interesting

Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 4:32 pm
by eben

Re: How interesting

Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 4:38 pm
by Blitzkrieg
Our forum is much nicer than theirs :mrgreen:

Re: How interesting

Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 7:41 pm
by Tom Bishop
Chris wrote:R90 000/car.Almost a million for ten,he paid for the export and bribes,and he still made a profit.

Do you want a better example of how ruthless these guys are."I'm building a museum".

Man,the balls on this guy...!
Ok, so who on this forum or in SA is willing to pay 90k for a Fairlane. Please contact me if you are interested.