Cheap cars are thick on the ground?

TURBOTAXI · 19-11-2006, 02:27 PM

Today I bought a 1990 Ford panelvan with LPG (tank has 8 years) and 4 months of NSW rego for the grand price of $900.

I will be the first to admit its not pretty, it has a white body, with grey doors and bonnet. It has a bullbar and driving lights.

It drives really well with no clunks or rattles.

Was regoe'd with no cat as the fuel system is disconnected (I didnt think it was legal to do that)

The car has genie extractors and a reco engine. Its a 3 speed auto but the trans shifts well and the fluid looked OK.

It has power steer, I got the A/C gear with it, but not on the car.

I found this car locally and I am intending to use it as a gopher for my shop. I cant get over the value that is available in these older fords.

MotherNatureVer2 · 19-11-2006, 03:44 PM

Congrats on the new purchase Roy ........ I think I know the old pano you described :P

We are blessed out here to be able to pick up these old treats ........ although you paid more for yours than I did the EA :P

My wonderful OH & myself are looking at a few X series at the moment for his pleasure ..... Its amazing how many are just sitting around not doing much ......

Who said living in the city was a better way of life :P

eb_5litre · 19-11-2006, 04:07 PM

Yep, just go out to any farm and check under the trees lol My mate was working on a property in Mullaley that had a few old jags and some XW/Y utes etc just rusting away under the trees....

S3SR · 19-11-2006, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by eb_5litre

Yep, just go out to any farm and check under the trees lol My mate was working on a property in Mullaley that had a few old jags and some XW/Y utes etc just rusting away under the trees....

i got myself 2 charger RTs doing that (in good nic and a hemi 426)...except i was called out there.

jarridtheruler · 19-11-2006, 07:04 PM

Wow $900 that is cheap. Most LPG cars i see have fairly high price tags on them, sounds like you got a bargain to me

Psycho Chicken · 19-11-2006, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by TURBOTAXI

Was regoe'd with no cat as the fuel system is disconnected (I didnt think it was legal to do that)

It's not.

Van D · 19-11-2006, 07:50 PM

Same here. I got my 1990 XF van for a grand. It's very clean, and pretty straight (the barn doors are perfect). The best thing about it is there's NO rust at all and when I got it the 250 ran quiet and the auto was smooth as. There's also no rattles or creaks, no clunks from the front end and it drive smooth as (just got to get it to handle descent, haha).

It's now got a 5 speed, extractors/exhaust about to go on, grey Spac interior (which is going to be black soon with some custom stuff i'll do) with fairlane trims, ZL front with an FE grill waiting to go on and colour coded bumpers.. I've hardly spent anything on it, and i've got a good solid car to get my around, which looks great and has comforts like power steering, air con, power windows, electric mirrors and central locking. I've also got electric seats out of an LTD to go in as well.

Really, for the bit over 2 grand that i've spent all up including getting it on the road, I really can't complain.

nugget378 · 20-11-2006, 12:22 AM

Not always the case though.
I went to look at a coupe in gunnedah a while back,the trim and paint was exactly what I wanted,but it was the most rusted piece of crap I ever saw,and was way over priced,even by sydney standards for a running car let alone a heap that came off a paddock somewhere.
The bloke was even telling me stories of the cheap finds he got off the surrounding properties,no way I was gonna be the sucker lining his pockets.
Seems most of the finds are by word of mouth,once they hit the internet sites the prices go up ten fold..
A few project car threads lately show they are out there,just got to be lucky I guess..

HOON69 · 02-12-2006, 02:30 AM

lpg def a good start with fuel prices etc
what she get out of a tank?

normxb · 02-12-2006, 05:48 AM

Yep , poor old XF's are pretty hard to sell , I tried to sell mine ('86 unleaded wagon out of Rego) , country car , 214,000 k's on the clock , NO rust ,very straight , Hayman Reese towbar , manual , reasonable nick . All it needed for Rego was a handbrake cable , new radiator & 2 new tyres , best offers I could get for it was $180 - $320 . I had a couple of calls , but because it was "yellow" most weren't interested . Thought about selling it in parts but you get left bits in your yard .

All I wanted was enough $$$ to put P/Steer on my XB , anyways , made a deal with my mechanic , give him the XF & he'd pull the P/Steer out of it and put in the XB (labour incl.) for a swap & he could use it as parts , I was happy with that .

Sad end for a reliable car .