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Title: finally found a TC in a junkyard!!!!
Post by: Thunder Chicken on October 07, 2005, 12:14:09 PM
The rear end is gone, the front brakes are gone, and the interior is SHOT, but it has a good hood and header panel! I'll be picking up the hood tomorrow and the header panel soon - $100 for the hood, $75 for the panel. The funny thing is that this TC is the same one a guy tried to sell me for $3k a few years ago. I knew it was junk then, but now it's official ;)  It had an '86 engine, no intercooler, and the wiring looked like it was done by monkeys. Now the entire rear half of the car is rotted off. BUT I GET THE HOOD!!! :D :D :D :D :D
Title: Re: finally found a TC in a junkyard!!!!
Post by: SirChirpAlot on October 07, 2005, 12:20:35 PM
But if u wait to long u can bet the hood will be gone too.
And if the turbo is still there get it too.
The kids on the civic board will pay 250 for a used turbo.
Not like i take them of caravans and sell them or anything like that  :giggle:  when i go to s yard on all u can pull days
Title: Re: finally found a TC in a junkyard!!!!
Post by: oldraven on October 07, 2005, 12:45:37 PM
Any tail lights? :D
Title: Re: finally found a TC in a junkyard!!!!
Post by: Tbird232ci on October 07, 2005, 12:59:47 PM
*looks outside*

whew...mines still here...

mine has an 86 engine in it also
Title: Re: finally found a TC in a junkyard!!!!
Post by: Thunder Chicken on October 07, 2005, 01:15:22 PM
Tail lights are still there. I'll ask about 'em if you'd like, Oldraven. I'm getting that hood tomorrow come hell or high water - it is literally the first TC I've seen in a junkyard in ten years, and the ONLY one I've seen with the hood on it. The header panel I can wait on - if it's gone, it's gone. At least they can be shipped if I decide to buy one off eBay or something.

I'll check the price on the turbo, but it likely won't be worth my while to bother with it...
Title: Re: finally found a TC in a junkyard!!!!
Post by: oldraven on October 07, 2005, 01:43:52 PM
I'd like! I'd like! :cheers:

If you can get them for under $40-50, can you possibly pick them up? I'm good for it. Even just the drivers side, if it comes down to it.
Title: Re: finally found a TC in a junkyard!!!!
Post by: Thunder Chicken on October 07, 2005, 03:56:00 PM
So, like, $50 for one or $50 for the pair? How much are you willing to pay for one, in case the other is no good? Remember we have 15% sales tax here and shipping would probably cost around $15 for one (this is an estimate, it could be much higher or much lower).

Just wondering, because the J/Y is in the Lake Echo/Porter's Lake area, which is almost an hour away from me, so I don't wanna have to make too many trips
Title: Re: finally found a TC in a junkyard!!!!
Post by: oldraven on October 07, 2005, 05:12:55 PM
Quote from: Thunder Chicken
So, like, $50 for one or $50 for the pair? How much are you willing to pay for one, in case the other is no good? Remember we have 15% sales tax here and shipping would probably cost around $15 for one (this is an estimate, it could be much higher or much lower).


Because of shipping, $50 for the pair. If it's more, see if you can get me one for max $30. Considering how long I've been looking for a  drivers tail, I'm willing to eat whatever tax and shipping charges they can throw at me. But the cheapest you can get, obviously. They may be generous since you're getting a hood. :disappoin  you Ford and your two year run. It's a good thing they sold a lot of 'birds in those two years.

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Just wondering, because the J/Y is in the Lake Echo/Porter's Lake area, which is almost an hour away from me, so I don't wanna have to make too many trips


That's why I'm giving you my price range, so you don't have to make any special trips just for some carpetbagger out west. :giggle:
Title: Re: finally found a TC in a junkyard!!!!
Post by: CougarSE on October 07, 2005, 09:27:42 PM
I hate to hijack but you canadians can answer this for me.  Is brunswick in canada.  Has to be?  I was behind a car today with a plate from there.
Title: Re: finally found a TC in a junkyard!!!!
Post by: thundergrowl on October 07, 2005, 09:30:15 PM
Quote from: CougarSE
I hate to hijack but you canadians can answer this for me. Is brunswick in canada. Has to be? I was behind a car today with a plate from there.

I don't know about brunswick but New Brunswick is just north of Maine

EDIT: actually, it's north east.

EDIT part deux: Is this the plate
(http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Speedway/1151/NB/SA-NB-1991ND.jpg)
Title: Re: finally found a TC in a junkyard!!!!
Post by: CougarSE on October 07, 2005, 09:41:25 PM
Yup thats the one.  Saw a new Impala down here with that plate.  Wan't to know the funny thing.  It was in McArthur Ohio.  This is the smallest town with a courthouse in the poorest county in Ohio with the smallest population for a county in Ohio.  And a Canadian was pulling into a Hotel?  Oh the things you see.
Title: Re: finally found a TC in a junkyard!!!!
Post by: Thunder Chicken on October 07, 2005, 11:26:29 PM
I've always considered New Brunswick a buffer. It's between Nova Scotia and Quebec, and it's between Nova Scotia and the USA. Kinda like a safety barrier :p

Unfortunately it's also a barrier to finding decent cars. Every car I see that I want is in Quebec, Ontario or the USA...
Title: Re: finally found a TC in a junkyard!!!!
Post by: Thunder Chicken on October 08, 2005, 10:39:43 AM
FVCK!!!!!
 
I called there this morning and the goded hood was sold this morning!!!! This is bullshiznit! I told them I'd be back this morning, even offered a down payment to hold it and they said it wouldn't be necessary,  and they went and sold it to somebody that offered them $150!!! There aren't even many of these cars on the road around here! I can't believe somebody snapped up that goded hood within those few hours!
 
So much for my TC hood:mad: :mad: :mad:
Title: Re: finally found a TC in a junkyard!!!!
Post by: thundergrowl on October 08, 2005, 10:54:06 AM
Quote from: Thunder Chicken
FVCK!!!!! I called there this morning and the goded hood was sold this morning!!!! This is bullshiznit!
I know the feeling. remember the TC I was looking to buy? You wanted the seats. I missed that one by 30 minutes. I never did find that car again.