EB 1 Fairmont wagon

[Peter l]

Hi guys still have car for sale lots of interest but best offer was $4.5K
The engine protective cover has disintegrated , is it necessary if so is wreckers the best place to look

[mad2]

Originally Posted by Peter l

Hi guys still have car for sale lots of interest but best offer was $4.5K
The engine protective cover has disintegrated , is it necessary if so is wreckers the best place to look

do you mean the cover on the bonnet? or the V8 engine cover?.

[Peter l]

Under bonnet. 3.9MPEFI

[XR Martin]

You won't find a good second hand one at the wreckers.

https://trufitauto.com.au/product/un...alcon-ea-eb-ed

[Peter l]

Thank you very much greatly appreciated. Is we are selling the car is it important to have the under bonnet protection.

[NX74205]

Originally Posted by Peter l

Thank you very much greatly appreciated. Is we are selling the car is it important to have the under bonnet protection.

I wouldn't have thought so, no. The other option is to remove it completely, rather than leave it as is in its current disintegrated state.

[MrEL]

If you have been offered $4.5k for a 6 cylinder EB Fairmont , why do you still own it?

[jstanovic]

Originally Posted by MrEL

If you have been offered $4.5k for a 6 cylinder EB Fairmont , why do you still own it?

This.


How much are you expecting to get for it?


As above you won't get a good secondhand one, $249 for the new one sounds reasonable. Don't think you'll get that back when you sell it though.

[aussiblue]

Redbook is still an excellent guide to realistic car prices: https://www.redbook.com.au/cars/resu...EB).)&offset=0 so $3,000 max. IMO you should have grabbed the money and ran. Remember, the prices on Car Sales and the like are what people are asking not what they are getting, and there are a lot of extremely unrealistic dreamers asking very unrealistic prices at the moment.

A sensible sales strategy is tp list it and your dreaming price on Gumtree and then cut the price by $200 (or $100 or $500 depending on how quickly you want it sold) each week until it is sold. Essentially a reverse auction that should get you the real market price. Remember, with a car this old, it loses value each week as the amount of paid up registration reduces, and also ultimately you have to pay the annual rego and insurance bill that might then exceed what you will get for it. You location may also have an impact on price in terms of closeness to major cities/markets etc.