Brand new 1982 Ford Falcon ESP up for auction

[Trevor]

Only 60 kilometers on the clock - last V8 off the production line as Fiord AU went to 6 cylinder cars for years - it was used in promotional material and has been sitting around ever since - owner starts it every month, but has never driven it - it has never been registered - Up in Brisbane in a dealership

V8 (302C) and 4 speed manual

Who has the $$$$$$$??  Already has $290,000 as a bid, maybe $750,000


https://www.grays.com/lot/0001-50006...st-v8?spr=true

[Sonic]

just saw that too. will be interesting to see what it gets!

[Trevor]

If only I had the money, but it wouldn't have 60k's on it for long I can tell you

[AlbertM]

There is money around for this kind of stuff. Fords last FG Falcon GT has been reported as sold for around 1 million. I reckon this XE will go for the very high 6 figures.

[Trevor]

web page is down this morning, must have been a lot of people checking it out - it was on the Melbourne Ch 7 news last night

[Bloopy]

The rest of the Grays website is working fine. I guess they had to take the auction down because of too many fake bids or some other issue, if it hasn't sold already.

[Trevor]

it was back up and running last I looked, the bids were sitting at just over $290,000 with 10 days to go

[Bloopy]

Ah, looks like you mistakenly copied and pasted an abbreviated web address from another forum. I only quickly searched Falcon and didn't find it because it's under Fairmont. Here's the working link:

https://www.grays.com/lot/0001-50006776/classic-cars/1982-ford-fairmont-ghia-xe-esp-v8-manual-60-km-s-the-last-v8

[coyote302]

Currently at $315,009

[Trevor]

Ah, looks like you mistakenly copied and pasted an abbreviated web address from another forum. I only quickly searched Falcon and didn't find it because it's under Fairmont. Here's the working link:

https://www.grays.com/lot/0001-50006776/classic-cars/1982-ford-fairmont-ghia-xe-esp-v8-manual-60-km-s-the-last-v8

thanks mate

[madbugger]

They went a bit soon with “last V8”

[Trevor]

at the time it was the last Falcon V8, but yeah they were premature

[murph_fan51]

Does it have the new car smell? 

[Sonic]

Does it have the new car smell? 

sheepskin covers? LOL

[skaifeman]

Ended up going for $354,759 + 7.5% buyers premium.

Other notable sales: (+ buyers premium)
$1,057,509 for Brock's personal VK Group A, which I think is an auction record for an Aus car?
$276,009 for an XA GT RPO83 hardtop - barnfind condition
$268,759 for an XC Cobra auto

Almost certain the Group A was purchased by LMCT+, and it will go for charity raffle, as per their two W1 Maloo's, which they paid over $1mil for, each.