Some viewers have accused Omar and Oz of asking their friend Adrian Portelli to bid on their Macedon Ranges home in order to push eventual buyer Danny Wallis into paying a higher price
When Ford motorsport legend and Bathurst winner Allan Moffat first saw the Falcon GT sedan that would take him to victory in the early 1970s, he scoffed at the price. “No-one’s going to pay $5000 for .
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The Holden Commodore V8 had been driven by the late motor racing hero Peter Brock as his company car. It was number 05 of 500 built, a reference to the champion driver’s racing number.
For enthusiasts and financial speculators who can’t afford to spend $1 million, there are slightly more affordable options.
A 1982 Ford Falcon ESP – which was the last Ford V8 car manufactured in Australia until the company reintroduced the V8 option in 1991 – sold at the same Grays Online auction this week for $355,000, a record for that model.
“In most cases people are buying cars they dreamed about when they were growing up, but couldn’t afford at the time,” said classic car expert, Christophe Boribon, from the Shannons auction house and insurance company, which specialises in rare motor vehicles.