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El Fairmont wagon.

Postby nstg8a » August 9th, 2015, 10:52 pm

After pulling the pin on my au fairlane I needed a new ride . Went to the auctions and in a moment of weakness, desperation and or blind stupidity ended up buying a vy commodore S, with the supercharged v6.

Clearly me and auctions don't mix, it turned out to be a bucket of the highest magnitude. Lost $1500 on it and sold it for parts a week later. Looked all right but.
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So with that putting a hole in my car funds (me and the missus have an agreement my car addiction has to be self funded lol) I needed to find something cheap.

Dude round the corner from home has had this wagon for sale for $1300 for months, I've eyed it up a few times, but never thought seriously about it.

Went and looked, it's a genuine old car, few bumps and bruises and the paint is literally falling of it in flakes in places. But everything works except the heater so offered him $700 which he accepted, so I dropped a deposit on it and picked it up a few days later. (I had promised the missus no more cars until I had gotten rid of two lol)

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Went through a rwc yesterday and it only needed a seatbelt to pass, so rego on payday and it's all go.

Not sure if il,just drive it yet, or do a few things to do it. There is a fairly cheap xr close to home for sale which I may grap for its lights and wheels. I like the look of an xr wagon.

It certainly drives a lot different to the fairlane.
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Re: El Fairmont wagon.

Postby nstg8a » August 9th, 2015, 11:24 pm

One do the first things I wanna do it try and tidy it up a bit, so I figured I'd start with an easy removable piece first.

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Had to come off anyway as one of the number plate lights had come adrift and was floating around illumination the inside of the tailgate.

Gave it a quick sand, and threw some plastic primer and rattle can white on it. Passes the 5 metre test anyway. Definitely tidies the rear up a bit.

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Thinking of colour coding the centre piece in the grille next. Just a pain in the ass pulling the grill apart.
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Postby TUFEF » August 10th, 2015, 11:12 am

That's a good score. What's the inside like?
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Re: El Fairmont wagon.

Postby fezza » August 10th, 2015, 1:26 pm

Heater actuator easy knocks $500 off the price. what a shit job that is. My white sedan el fairmont had the same issue when i bought it.
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Re: El Fairmont wagon.

Postby nstg8a » August 10th, 2015, 5:16 pm

fezza wrote:Heater actuator easy knocks $500 off the price. what a shit job that is. My white sedan el fairmont had the same issue when i bought it.

Don't need a heater in Brisbane anyway, doesn't get cold enough. At works, that's all I care about.

Tufef, interior is pretty tidy, hasn't been a smokers car. No complaints. Some of the window switches are a bit lazy, so il pull them apart and give them a clean out.
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