Good value second hand cars - COVID times, Falcon/Commodore tax

[DFB FGXR6]

Originally Posted by OneMadMan

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One owner minter grand pa spec AU Fairlane Ghia $7,000 174 kays. Looks good if your chasing one. Be Awesome if it had the 'big block' five oh...
---Cheers,--One Man

That's a LOT of car for $7000!

[Franco Cozzo]

Originally Posted by OneMadMan

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One owner minter grand pa spec AU Fairlane Ghia $7,000 174 kays. Looks good if your chasing one. Be Awesome if it had the 'big block' five oh...
---Cheers,--One Man

Before I bought my Caprice I was looking for an AUII Fairlane Ghia or LTD, but 5L Wheezer,

Day after I bought my Caprice, customer comes into my workshop with an AUII LTD 5L that needed an alternator, and he wanted to get rid of the car

[randel]

Originally Posted by DFB FGXR6

Still, how many Forte's drove off the line with the V8.

I had an AUII with v8 looked very similar. Although not Herrod “Enhanced”

Mine was an ex Cop car - was a bloody good car!

[OneMadMan]

TC Cortina.. seems like a good thing.. 302 crate Whinger, C4 etc.. $52K Arks sing (not a typo)

https://www.facebook.com/share/Msb4MVicf79TZ8Q3/

Bet it does good skids... Like my last 302 4 speed TC XLE...

Cheers,

One Man

[smoo]

$50k for a Cortina, gtfoh.

BF wagon showing what they’re capable of.

[OneMadMan]

$50k for a Cortina, gtfoh. BF wagon showing what they’re capable of.

Yeah does seem a bit steep.. but..
I have built a couple of these back in the early 90's.
When you consider the parts build price alone, it's pretty dam reasonable.
Plus as a bonus, it's legal, where as back in the day I didn't bother. To much money as hassle.
If your old, like me, and a fan of the TC's this is a wet dream.
Yeah yeah, I know, it's FPV money for sure, but how many Cortinas do you see at every other set of traffic lights?

My guess ta mate on the parts cost break down of the Cortina would look like something like this:
Engine $4 - 6K
Exhaust system / extractors etc $5k
Trans $2 - 4K
Suspension bushes sway bars shocks etc $5k
Brakes / brake lines $4k - $5k
Diff $2k - $3k
Tailshaft $500 - $1200
Paint $5k - 10k depending on who did it..
Engineering maybe 5k.

Around 63k at my guess. And that's being conservative. With no labour charges, parts only.

The Cortina itself, being pretty original as far as door trims, instrument switches, centre console, door trims, grille, chrome trim, brake light lenses etc you'd be paying around 20k+ for just a stock 250 T-bar in that condition.
I would like to know:
Does it have big valve alloy heads?
Electronic dizzy?
Does it have an XLE Tacho dash with the 130MPH speedo, and a re-calibrated tacho to suit the V8, as that's what I did to mine.. to keep the stock original theme.
Does it have a LSD?

I was thinking about my last one.. and I now know where I went wrong.. IE with the handling. I put a 9 inch LSD in it. Big mistake weight wise.
It handled far better with a 250 and Borg Warner rear end, compared to a 302 (cast iron heads) and 9 inch LSD with 38mm axles from memory. Sourced out of an F100.

Just sayin..

Cheers,

One Man