XY GT HO Phase 3 Urban legend Found, Build 41 of 300 , Fire damaged genuine Phase 3 wreck ? Phoenix
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- A rare Look at a Damaged Genuine XY GT HO PHASE 3, The holy grail of wreck finds, This is a Low Kilometer 2 owner car as documented In The Phase 3 GTHO Register by Ross Vasse as a ford endorsed Register of what was known as the worlds fastest 4 door sedan in the world. The most revered Australian Muscle car throughout the decades. This car features on pages 109 & 110 of the register so if you can find a copy to read you will see its history on those pages. Please if you know its location dont mention it in the comments at owners request. Thank you
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They had the technology to rebuild Steve Austin, they will do it with this car.
Yep it will be saved with a roof replacement and major restoration on the rest of the body to keep the car intact. Whole process will be filmed for authenticity.
@@ablokeinatroopyaustraliawide looked at 69 ZLI Camaro that was supposed unfixable but they did it, even traced down the original aluminium 427 that was originally fitted to the car.I wish these people all the best with the restoration.
Yep, anything can fixed with time , skill , passion and money. Most times somebody say something is unfix able it’s only not financially viable. I’m looking forward to seeing it done and it will get done .
Get the Nanobots that rebuilt Jason Voorhees in Friday the 13th.
Faster, stronger.better than before
If the owner had a dollar for every time in the last 50 years he heard "Why have you still got that? Its f*cked just get rid of it." It would probably be enough to pay for the resto.
Thanks for another great video Troopy 😎👍
I reckon you’d be right there….
Definitely among the most amazing cars Australia ever produced. A shame it’s in the condition it’s in, but it’s hardly going to scrap nowadays either. 👍🏻
Those cars bring back a lot of memories , I feel bad for the owner he must have been devastated to see the car after the fire . Thanks for another great video 👍
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks
@@ablokeinatroopyaustraliawide can you please find all the old Holdens for me
See my other videos for plenty of holden content, thanks for watching
After seeing what some people restore, yes this car is restorable. For the vast majority it isn't worth it, but to the right enthusiast/investor definitely. I hope someone does bring this one back to life.
Definitely
Not sure if people are sure what this car is Troopy by the comments.
It's not an everyday beaut GT,
This is a H O !!!!!!!!
300 produced that's it.
These are a beast of a car a super fun to drive, I have owned a genuine GT previously and if I had 250k lying around I would gladly get this one back on the road.
Someone will find where it is and do the job, it just makes financial sense if you have the passion for this type of project.
Great video, thanks Steve.
Exactly, glad you enjoyed it.
Great video and story mate! I've owned a lot of GT's in my time and to see one burnt out like this one, is heartbreaking. Keep the great videos going. Cheers!!
It is heart breaking for sure, thanks for watching and glad you’re liking the content 👍🏻
Would be amazing to see a quality shop bring it back to life, I would pay to watch the progress every week.
It’s on the cards…
This is the sort of channel I can really enjoy. Being an Aussie and enjoy watching car videos, I’ll certainly be back
Glad you enjoy the vids, thanks for watching.
this car is insanely rare nd u managed to encounter two of these sitting next to each other which is amazing, nd Ofc I feel bad for the owner I hope this one comes back to life 🙏 it’s a shame seeing a car like this damaged
It can be fixed, but needs someone with deep pockets. But it’s getting to the point in time of “now or never”. The owner has to do something with it very, very soon. Subscribed!
Yes that’s very true, it will definitely be happening, and sounds like it will be happening soon. Glad you enjoyed it. 👍🏻
@@ablokeinatroopyaustraliawide That is GREAT to hear !!
Peter Anderson and xacoupeguy would be all over this and save it!
It will be saved, the process will be filmed to remove any doubt as to how it is done as well.
@@ablokeinatroopyaustraliawide Will it be posted on youtube and who by?
Wow,
really hope it gets saved, its got the genuine engine number so a great start !!,
also looks like the fire generally was not hot enough to make the metal brittle, floor refab needed but roof and all panels are probably fine !!, I owned an XA and XB GT back in the day :)
You had to be super keen to restore that
Such a beautiful car it would be restored
Easily fixable with the right amount of time and money as everything is surface rusted and not structural. Definitely worth taking on if you have the time and money as being a genuine Ho with low kilometres it'll easily fetch more than the restoration cost even if you use all standard Gt parts as the ID plate is where the money lays in GTHO'S
Spot on , thanks for watching.
Will be playing Spotto from the XPT on my way to Cobar for the Running on Empty Festival in 2 weeks.
Great video.
This one would be worth saving.Its such a legendary car!!Would have to pick apart start again.Anything made from steel can be remade. One of less than 300 taking into account the write offs.
Didn't see compliance plate but shock tower I'D would be ok.
Thanks for the video
Glad you enjoyed it and yes can be rebuilt, numbers are all still good so no doubting it’s authenticity, the tag story is in the register book so all is good with the car. Thanks for watching
Thanks Troopy guy. It looks like a mess to me, the whole place looks like a junkyard, good on you for sharing with me and others this wonder of things you find. Good luck to the rebuild on the XY. A real one is hard to find in HO condition. Cheers.
Glad you enjoyed it, junkyards are my favourite places 😉 I only know of one other genuine HO wreck and it’s just parts of a shell cut up in pieces and hanging from a ceiling on display
@@ablokeinatroopyaustraliawide I know those cars are icon's now day, but back then it wasn't so special compared to now. I'm sure under the circumstances of this particular vehicle to be in for repair and came out fried would have been beyond belief for any owner.
The Heap the Chariot !!
What colour is she ?
Green . Its your base green .
Green is nice 👍👍👍👍👍
The Lord took away my sight so that I could see sence ! Good old Rev !! Cheers Bloke in a Troopy from Pome Land 😂😂😂
The old coot is blind….. ha ha good movie, thanks for watching mate 👍🏻
I thought it was going to be another which I have seen , which was stolen back in the 70's. It was hidden a dam,full of water and the person responsible carried the cowl tag around in his wallet. I saw it back in 1992 ,still in the dam but in pretty much the same state as this one. The White car next to it threw me a bit as there was also a white GT in the same town as the drowned one. Back in those days Cockies were still making good money and the GT's were a popular car amongst their young'uns. .
Wow, what town if I may ask ? I heard of one in a dam but never knew how true it was.
What a shame. I be there were tears over that one.
Definitely
fella at work just bought the last 79 v8 series twin cab Landcruiser shipped into Australia ,the last one ,hes just put every single FACTORY option on it ,you name it hes paid to have it done ,tray bullbar scrub bars winch etc etc ,hes under the impression with advice from the Toyota dealer principal thats its a blue chip investment ,the landcruiser will be delivered directly to hes garage not to be driven ,by all accounts this beautiful toyota will be a investment similar to a phase 3.thoughts???
Yeah I reckon that’ll be a good investment for sure.
So said to see , But that car is save able mate , 🤑💲💰🤠
Definitely is mate. The crazy part is you could sink 400k into it and still be very viable.
I can not believe. One more side by side. Mould and moss growing out of it. 100.000 car left to rust and grow. ((( yes the burnt out car can be repaired with downer car. If need a body I know of 3 . Azman the owner of a work shop in Fitzroy Crossing wa. Thanks for the video old mate. Hope the old troops is running good. Take care old mate. Be safe. Mick. )
Thanks mate, yes it’s a shame it was left so long but it will be great to see it rebuilt. Glad you’re enjoying the vids.
Thank you old mate. I appreciate you doing this. ) no words) you live a dream i wish. Take care old mate. Im in Wollongong now. As you know fitzory crossing wa far away. Mick ) no words ) smile.
After .my post im shore people will hornet azmen. At lest there no rust. Good dooner cars available. ) pray old troopy is good. Be safe old mate. Thank you . No words. ) smile)
Take care mate 👍🏻
Looks like the owner has a few more interesting cars tucked away under sheds. I spotted a HK Monaro?? in the background as you walked around filming. Cheers
Quite a treasure trove for sure.
With fire damaged cars it depends on how much heat the metal took. If it was to hot the metal becomes brittle and they can't be repaired. However looking at the video this thing looks savable and being a HO it definitely should be.
What a shame.. Nothing is unfixable...... But.......... This would be total dedication..... Good luck to whoever you are... 👍 🇬🇧
Exactly, nothing is unfixable with the right skills, time and money. Thanks for watching.
Was it just me or did some one else look at the background this bloke got some awesome stuff siting there
Sure does….
@@ablokeinatroopyaustraliawide Thanks Bloke for putting that up
Glad you enjoyed it 👍🏻
People restore 100 odd year old veteran/vintage cars that are way worse condition having to remanufacture parts and panels . Parts are plentiful for XYs nowadays , being a GTHO it’s worth doing if you have the skills to save money or otherwise a big bank balance . 41 of 300 it’s worth a second chance in life I reckon even it most of it won’t be original parts
I fully agree, thanks for watching.
Thanks for your reply , recently found your videos , love the old classic outback/bush finds , new subscriber as we speak , cheers 🍻
Glad you’re enjoying my vids.
It’s cruel sometimes. I had a mate who had the ID plates pinched off his XBGT coupe when it was at a mechanic overnight. Then it got burnt out in a panel beater fire a few months later when it was in for a tiny touch up job. Hopefully someone has the skills, money or both to resurrect this one. I’d call it phoenix.
Very few dozen Australian cars worth fixing in this nick. But this is the cream of the crop. 90% sure someone will get to this car in good time. 🤙
Wow what a find, looks like he has a few classics sitting around the property
Sure does.
@@ablokeinatroopyaustraliawide Any Chevy Muscle
Yes… I only asked to film the Ho though, see what happens in the future.
@@ablokeinatroopyaustraliawide I'll look forward to it immensely if & when it eventuates.
That Ho was awesome, definitely worth Resurrecting.
this would be one of the rare ocasions where it might be worth restoring a burnt out wreck, but even then it would be almost a completely new car, as all the steel panels would've been warped, only savable panels would probably be the ones with the paint left on, motor and diff would be rebuildable with a lot of new parts maybe the wheels would be ok, they are usually pretty thick steel, but I think the one next to it would be 1st in line for a resto
Yep, time, money and skill and all three in bulk, it seems the rust is more of a problem than the fire damaged panels but it’s all fixable with those three components. The one next to it will no doubt be giving up a lot of its parts to save its neighbour.
A bit of sandpaper and a little bit of polish this will buff out will cost money for the rebuilding of the motor though awesome video plus a little bit of work on the interior
Yep, just a bit of cut and polish 😂😂. Glad you enjoyed the video.
Looking at everything else around it there is no hope that this owner will ever restore it, one of those I'll get to it one day blokes. Such a shame people like that have these treasures.
And yes, it is 100% restoreable.
Seen vehicles that were basically unrecognisable rust piles put back on the road. As far as bodywork that's a a fairly simple one
Yes I agree except that I do fully believe this will be rebuilt.
Nice Job Mate Thanks for the documentation , Nicley Put together
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it
There’s still hope this car can be restorable, but it will need a huge outlay of money soon. Interesting relic from a by gone era.
Yes most definitely, thanks for watching
Seems to be a perfectly good white GT worthy of restoration sitting alongside which gets no acknowledgment or attention.
It’s a faker the white one, has all the correct gear in it though. Must say the rear spoiler placement on the white one annoys the heck out of me….
I’d be up for it…. If I could afford what they would want for the burnt out rusty shell.
More than just a shell, still has full numbers matching driveline. It’s definitely fixable and will get done .
While showing the burnt out wreck I was looking at the xy GT next to it.
So the compliance plate would have been melted in fire because it was aluminum. It can be rebuilt. Just get Rebel from Running on Empty onto it. He has motor magic.
A good fixer upper, nothing is impossible, just remember the impossible we can do it,s the miracles that take time👍👍👍😁🇦🇺
Exactly right.
My eyes are tearing up...
My uncle had one of these bitd, his old man owned a ford dealership in Tasmania and let him choose a car for his birthday, it later got stolen in NSW and stripped then dumped and burnt in the bush
What a sad end to such cool cars, I bet he still thinks of how good it was to own one.
Nilly brought a tear to me eye
I know how ya feel…
By some miracle, was the I.D plate removed before it went into the repair shop, or did it melt? ...and thank you for sharing.
Glad you enjoyed it, all numbers still matching etc so there’s no worries with its identity.
@@ablokeinatroopyaustraliawide Im not doubting that its a real phase 3, im just curious if the I.D was melted in the fire, or if it somehow survived?.
Perfect parts car nxt to it
Definitely 👍🏻
Awesome mate a shit load of money and time what about the white gt even though I'm a Holden lover , cheers shaneo, nelson nz 👍
Both great projects, I can’t wait to watch the Ho get rebuilt.
Yes it could be restored but I wouldn't, I repaired a hk Bathurst monaro in similar shape for a chap a long time ago and would never do another burnt car to this state again, the issue is all the damage was done when the roof was crushed while hot which in turn means the whole lot is bent and the metal is seriously compromised, now if it wasn't squashed and just a burnt she'll without the damage then it would be more worth it, just pull it into shape and clean out all the dirt and crap and seal it up the way it looks 😊
The roof was actually bent with a front end loader after the fire, it was taken back out to the farm and loaded/unloaded with a front end loader and for some reason ended up squashed like that. So I’m that sense that part is nothing a replaced roof structure won’t fix. As you know a lot of work and patience but will be worth it in the end to see it driving again.
Still a completely burnt shell and not suitable as a street registered resto, a resto as a show piece or as a museum item yes but this extent of heat put into the metal definitely changes it's strength and pliability, it makes it worse if the car was red hot and then sprayed with cold water from fire fighters, one part a lot of people don't realize is most totally burnt cars there floor pans buckle up as well
From what I’ve seen over the years if it’s got paint still on it you can fix it, this still had most of its lower paint until left outside for 40 years. Time will tell once all the outer skin is removed and the skeleton is unpicked where needed to see how bad it is I think.
@@ablokeinatroopyaustraliawide yeah ide be interested to see how far back it gets stripped, if the floor pan is straight and firewall straight then it's doable but so much work, what I can't understand is why it's sitting outside
Amazing to witness these remains.
The white XY GT next to it would'nt be the Geoghan race car?
No sorry the white one is a replica but with all the correct and genuine gear on it.
What colour is she? So I can dig the hue.... Green is nice :)
The old coot is blind…..
@@ablokeinatroopyaustraliawide Pissoff is a polish name....
Yes I agree it is repairable but the cost would be in excess of 300 k . Parts alone before body work and paint, all I’ll say is good luck
Yes I reckon it’ll be in that ball park figure. Thanks for watching
Might be a good promotional restore for a quality shop....sitting next to a donor car already
Certainly would be.
Why farmers do that I don’t understand, sell it to someone and give it life again, instead they just let it die!! With all the parts available nowadays for Xy falcon a good panel beater could repair that
Yep it’s hard to understand at times, yet thankful he didn’t scrap it 40 years ago at the same time. It will live again fortunately.
thats beyond repair
That will buff out easy enough
Ha ha, I look forward to seeing it happening when it is rebuilt though .
I would love to see this thing getting rebuilt.
Definitely, can’t wait to see it happen myself. Thanks for watching.
Someone would give it a go, and still get their money back when finished !!
For sure and it’s going to happen, will be great to see the process of the build. Mammoth but rewarding task for sure.
It's sad to see such cars rotting away.
Yes indeed. Thanks for watching
I gather the white one is there for the donor roof and radiator support,floor pans, worth saving anyways as ford don't sell em anymore....😅
White one is more for all the small bits, bolts nuts etc. another shell will give up its roof etc
@@ablokeinatroopyaustraliawide glad to hear that, cheers 👍
One of the few four-doors it’s actually worth restoring. Hope he gets it done.
Yes indeed, it will be done.
@@ablokeinatroopyaustraliawide did part of the building collapse on it crushing the roof and back door?
Front end loader bucket I believe whilst moving it to farm
Was talking to my workmate John and mentioned your channel, and he said he knew about your channel because you knocked on his door and asked if you could get some footage of his old galaxy.
G’day , yes I did after spotting the galaxy from the road . What a great town he’s in there. You’ll see his gal in one of my earlier videos. Thanks for watching.
@@ablokeinatroopyaustraliawide Hope you didn't get stuck there too long, old Johnny loves to talk😄 Yeh the old town is not too bad. Born and raised here and moved back from Perth three years ago and loving it. Some of the cockys around here would have some absolute gems sitting in old sheds around here.
I’ll need to look you up for any leads in the area next time I’m over.
And farmers are always whinging that they don’t have money 🤣
I would definitely restore it,cheers slim
🤯 good video Bloke , but geez it could of been a trailer for the movie christine.. i think that old classic creepy ford should be left out in the open where it wants to be, and the crows reckon so to, wtf 😂🤣
Ha ha yeah the birds were having a comment or two… glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching
@@ablokeinatroopyaustraliawide haha, i did enjoy it, and just goes to show why ive always said. Fuckin firds. Why own one when you can own a nice trusty non creepy Holden 🙏😂
What a shame it will probably never see the road again
Time will tell.
definitely the best looking two-owner low km car I've seen
Ha ha yep, funnily enough that’s exactly what it is.
Amazing
I have a few thoughts on this. 1. why on earth did he leave it outside for 40 years. Should have been sold and restored decades ago. 2. It will cost circa $250k to restore. 3. Why do old men pay so much for a GTHO? 4. I loved them as a kid, but let's face it, compared to anything today they are Meh! I suppose for someone with stupid amounts of money sitting idle, it's a project to relieve their boredom.
If it does get fixed, make sure you video it.
Yes I’m sure you’re not the only one with those thoughts , 1 he’s a farmer and they do weird things at times. 2 yes I reckon that’s a pretty good estimate. 3 they were the best at the time and when you drive one for the first time they put a spell on you for a factory 1971 car. 4 yes any amount of modern performance cars will cream them. Lastly yes it will filmed and a documented build.
Hello, if we can't know the owner and current location (understandable) would you please convey to him that I am a serious buyer/collector and would like to buy both xy's in this video. Please PM me to advise if available for sale. Thanks John
There have been offers made in the past but at this point it won’t be going anywhere sorry, if you wish I could pass on your details but no promise if a reply. Look me up on Instagram or Facebook and send me a message.
Wow just wow
Make a great project car. If you took the project on you would need a shed big enough to strip it back an rebuild everything.
It sure will, the owner has the skills required to rebuild it properly but is always busy building other peoples cars instead…
@@ablokeinatroopyaustraliawide he should rebulid how much a genuine GT phase 3 sell for half a million. An the rest.
300 phase 3 built…..only 500,785 currently available.
Ha ha, this is why the registery books are so important.
A trip to Rare Spares and she's as good as new.
Time skill and money will get things done , thanks for watching.
what about the white one next to it
Hopefully another vid at some stage.
Yeah, another one that gonna get done up. Like never.
There seems to be a donor car next to it.
There certainly does…. Thanks for watching
Considering they’re getting big money 1mil plus I would try fixing and I’m just a carpenter!
Yes they are definitely up there in value these days . Thanks for watching
IF rebuilding it?? almost would be better to start with a better body shell, this one is pretty rough, shame!!
Yes that would be a very easy way to build a replica with phase 3 driveline but it would always be just a replica. Or you can do the massive and expensive task of fixing this one so that it’s still a matching numbers genuine article.
What a shame,would be good to see the white one next to it stored under cover.Not to mention a few of the other cars there.
Yes , that gives you an idea of how good anything undercover must be.
Why didn’t you show us the white GT next to the burnt one?
Because the owner only gave me permission to film the phase three, so I abided by his rules.
Forget it mate
the temperature of the fire has stuffed up the temper of the steel and the metal itself has been weakened……
She’s stuffed
What temper are you talking about? The body is mild steel. Everything is replaceable.
There is no actual temper in the steel, everything in those cars is mild steel and fixable, cut all the outer skins off, unpick the areas of skeleton that need replacing then start adding new outer skins to suit. Very intensive and time consuming but very doable. I’ve seen quite a few old burnt cars become hotrods over the years.
That one might be a bridge too far
Nah I reckon anything is fixable with time and skill.
Still quite straight other than the roof panel.. acid dip and primer and ur good to go
lol, rust is CANCER . This is burnt twisted rusted to the bine marrow , Rust never leaves . There is nothing to work with
RIP , it's rooted
Thanks for watching ✌🏻
Mate if the numbers are there it's worth the repair. Even if it costs 100 grand to restore it's gonna be worth 5 X that. Go for it mate
All numbers still match and I’d at least double that budget to do it right. Will be great to see it done.
@@ablokeinatroopyaustraliawide even at 200k it's still worth it brother ❤️💪
Definitely
Noice!!
Fb marketplace. Yeah it's a 2 owner car it's mint with only a small dent on the roof and a missing gard but easy to repair. But no legitimately it's sad to see it sitting there. I hope it gets restored it would be a big job but worth it
Ha ha yep that’d be a marketplace description for sure 😂
I wonder how much it’s worth in that condition. How much would it cost to restore it.
Well if you spent 300k on it to get it back to as new you could justify a very substantial amount for the purchase even as it is. However it’s not being sold instead it will get the resto it deserves.
@@ablokeinatroopyaustraliawide
I’ve just subscribed. I’ll be watching with interest as I had a XW GTHO back in 1971 still remember rego KPT 971 👍👍
@@ablokeinatroopyaustraliawide Yeah, rusty pile in a farmers yard. One of the Gunna Gunna tribe. How often have we seen cars worth saving not having the decency of even a coupla sheets of corrugated, Soon enough it will be a pile of dust. Just look at the car next to it. What's in a ,man's mind?
Yes it happens many times I agree, watch some of my other videos to see just how many cars are rotting in paddocks. I have full faith in this one finally getting a fresh life in the future though.
the old falcon cant handle the the heat.
Ha ha
It can definetly be restored but does the current owner have the money or intention. If not it would be nice to sell it on to someone who can and will. Sadly there are cars like this where the owners simply won't let them go and the car just gets left to rot. It looks like it's being left out in the rain and elements and what damage the fire didn't do the rust and repeated heat/cold cycles will. It looks like there is a genuine GT next to it as well. Does anyone know about it?
Hi yes they will be getting it done and done properly in the future, the car beside it will be giving up all its original gt parts to help revive the HO. Thanks for watching.
@@ablokeinatroopyaustraliawide Cheers for the feedback.
$1million at the Auctions
I can't watch i can't afford.greennis nice.
Bit of time and research could locate where it is with Google earth view , the give away is just map the railway lines as can clearly hear the train horn close by
Can do that with anything if really needed to.
@@ablokeinatroopyaustraliawide the train horn definatly narrows down the search area
The compliance plates are probably melted .
If you can access a copy of the GTHO register by Ross Vasse you will be able to read about its plate and authenticity as a “first batch” phase three.
Looks like the Gazard brothers got to it!
Yep, 3 apes in a holden….
@@ablokeinatroopyaustraliawide solid gold mate
Love your work
breaks my heart seeing cars like this rotting away on farms. 😭
Same….
What gets me is not the fact it’s damaged nut that he has had it for decades and done nothing with it. Either spend the time and money and bring it back to life or sell it to someone who does want to do that. Shits me when you see heaps of cars like old mate has in his paddock sitting there turning into dog shit and won’t let anyone else go near them because he’ll do them up “one day”.
Yes, this is one case I do understand the waiting reason but that’s not for me to say. . I do honestly believe it will be fixed in the not to far future. But yes most places are a crying shame to see what’s around.
A real palnel beater could repair that. Unfortunately there's not too many of those around these days.
Yes this is very true, thanks for watching
Heart braking video bud
Yes indeed.