Experts believe it will require about $100,000 to get the ride back in factory condition. ![]() Success with the ‘Chicken Coupe’ sale prompted owner of this GT to auction it through Grays, too. What truly makes this scenario wild is if the winning bidder wants to fully restore the car, they’re looking at spending even more cash. The appetite for classic Aussie muscle cars shows no sign of abating, with a 1973 Ford XA Falcon GT RPO 83 hardtop selling at auction for 276,009 after a similar model went for just over 300,000 last year. To say the final amount well exceeded expectations is obvious. Industry experts had estimated this Ford would easily auction for over $150,000 while estimated it might hit $200,000. The winning bidder has remained anonymous but is from South Australia. That practice follows the auction site’s rules that rival bidders have up to 10 minutes to respond to a new offer, so each of those individuals put in their final bids before one pushed it beyond the comfort level of the other three. Photo credit: Īt the very end, bidding was fierce among four bidders, causing the site to extend the bidding window for an additional 40 minutes. The following day the high bid hit $300,000 where the price held steady for about three days until a final rally. Within the first 10 minutes the high bid hit $160,000 and $250,000 within 12 hours of going live. It didn’t take long for bidding to get furious for this Falcon. Looking to buy a Classic Ford falcon xb gt coupe v8 Complete your search today at Car & Classic where you will find the largest and most diverse collection of classics in Europe. Interestingly too, there's a genuine 1973 Ford Falcon GT hardtop advertised for sale for 335,000, highlighting once again that the best way to protect a classic car's value is to keep it standard. The odometer reads just 46,386 kilometers or just under 29,000 miles. Even though you can’t really tell, this car is orange with a white leather interior. ![]() Photo credit: įor those not familiar with the 1973 Ford Falcon XA GT RPO 83, it comes with a 5.8-liter V8 and a manual four-speed transmission. The Ford wasn’t even cleaned up before being posted on Aussie auction site, meaning the buyer gets the privilege of cleaning it in addition to paying top dollar. Having sat unused and uncared for in rural Queensland for 32 years, the Ford has all the coveted barn dust one could possibly want, as well as quite a few beverage cans surrounding it before it flew the coop. Call it the ultimate barn find car from the land Down Under, a 1973 Ford Falcon XA GT RPO 83 which was abandoned in a chicken coop auctioned for $300,909 recently.
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