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XY / XW guards same?, Price on very good pair. XW front bumper, headlight surrounds and grille.? steering column? column shift
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Hey fellas. Wrecking FOrds has knobs on it, have done a few too (a dozen or so) more recently: NA fairlane EL falcon etc
currently ZJ fairlane, rust free XW ute
NEVER NEVER AGAIN WILL I WRECK A FORD, no one wants them.
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I also picked up today an XA sedan, anyone interested? or is this going to sims as well? probably.....
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XW/XY guards are essentially the same but there are differences with headlight position (headlights are closer together on Xy's) These differences can be overcome with fiddling.
The reason that you can't sell the Ford parts is because the Fords don' |
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Fair enough Jim5.0
ANother example: was offered an AU falcon Wagon the other day, light rollover, some panels still ok, 188,000Km, $150. not worth the time or hassel to wreck.
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When you wreck any car first you have to live in a city where theres people to buy them not in the country. Second you have to advertise them and third you have to be patient look at all the wreckers that sit on parts for months its a time thing someone |
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Adam I totally agree with you. I find getting rid of commodore parts to be a lot easier than Falcon parts. Maybe it because Commodores are usually owned by younger drivers who break more things than the Average Ford owner trashes.
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old ford parts are worth money ,i just paid $355.00 plus interstate delivery for a xc v8 bumper,i am sitting on 4 xw grills plus inserts plus 3 xb gt bonnets for a rainy day.i can't aford another xw gt replica, i am reduced to xc gs for v8 satisfaction..
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Also try wrecking a foreign car... I wrecked a BMW a couple of years back the cluster went to Tassie, the doors/guards/bonnet went to Dubbo, the Starter motor went to Adelaide, the radio and tool box went to Perth, the brake boosters and m/c went to Thail |
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the reason holden parts sell easy because there **** unrealiable
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Was about to post about the prospect of wrecking out my XT wagon which is seriously too good to wreck but i'm a poor man and really need my two grand back but noone seems interested in it complete. The way this thread reads though, i might be best just ke |
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