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just wondering how much it would cost to restore my XA Superbird and where or who. it was my old man for 10 years on the road and has been on blocks in a shed from 1980's till this year when i had recoverd it. It's still in original condition and still ge
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Tommo,
what needs to be done and where are you located? It's very hard to hazard a guess when we don't know what needs doing to it. There are quite a few repo parts out there for the coupes now. From switches, interiors, panels, lenses.
Paul.
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Just thought i would add my ten cents worth to you all.
I own an original Superbird, although now not painted the original colour(Orange and Brown - Colour not listed through out these threads).
Car is thirty three years old - Has never had any rust and
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I've been told of some coupes that got a special galvanising treatment when they were getting built in the early 70s. Only heard of a few and from what I am lead to believe these particular cars are very rust resistent to this day. I don't know why only
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hey paul i think my coupe got a good treatment of rust profing it a 1976 xb falcon 500 it has had a terible life be fore i got it i found it sitting in grass over the roof it had been sitting in the same spot for round 5 yrs and has no rust in the usual p
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Hey Tommo, check us out at xasuperbird.com happy to help in anyway we can in restoring your bird, would love to hear more about it and what you'd like to have done to it..... cheers Ben - which state are you in?
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what year did the XA start
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XAs started in 1972, ended in 1973.
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quote:
Originally posted by Munromad2004
I saw a XA superebird coupe on the road in Adelaide just this weekend.
Very rare a
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