You lucky buggers !!!
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You lucky buggers !!!
Well the topic title say's it all really !
You guys in the US are soooo bloody lucky. Having had a good look round the forum and seen the piles of junk as you call it makes so jealous .
I wish I could find a '71 99 anywhere in the uk let alone in a junk yard OR a '74 combie with a acc roof rack,
Oh and the piles of EMS alloys, the sonnets laying in a field with a pile of socker's under a tree !
Man I need to MOVE !!!!!!
You would struggle to find a sonnet in the UK for less than £4000
I think there is less than 50 in the country anyway !
Oh and twin headlight grilles GOOD LUCK
Right sorry about that just been looking for half the stuff above for years (at a sensible price ) and its so hard to source some of this stuff but if you need it to finish projects then that drives the prices up .
Same old story I suppose supply and demand !
Rant over!
TA Mark
You guys in the US are soooo bloody lucky. Having had a good look round the forum and seen the piles of junk as you call it makes so jealous .
I wish I could find a '71 99 anywhere in the uk let alone in a junk yard OR a '74 combie with a acc roof rack,
Oh and the piles of EMS alloys, the sonnets laying in a field with a pile of socker's under a tree !
Man I need to MOVE !!!!!!
You would struggle to find a sonnet in the UK for less than £4000
I think there is less than 50 in the country anyway !
Oh and twin headlight grilles GOOD LUCK
Right sorry about that just been looking for half the stuff above for years (at a sensible price ) and its so hard to source some of this stuff but if you need it to finish projects then that drives the prices up .
Same old story I suppose supply and demand !
Rant over!
TA Mark
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Re: You lucky buggers !!!
You blokes do get all sorts of cool cars/engines that we never get here because they think we need another bloated SUV to carry our cheesburgers. And let's not forget how you guys have all that wonderful lukewarm beer
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The sad part is seeing cars that could be salvaged rotting out in a field. Its really a weird market for 99s .. I think for the majority of car buffs they are considering a crappy import, but fans are definitely diehard.
Also, it seems very easy to this get the "99 bug" .. there are several folks who have sets of cars and they hoard parts carefully. And bless them for that.
Also, it seems very easy to this get the "99 bug" .. there are several folks who have sets of cars and they hoard parts carefully. And bless them for that.
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Re: You lucky buggers !!!
There are so many here because if cars in the U.S. had to pass anything half as strict as the MOT inspections easily half the cars in the entire country would be immediately removed from the road.
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Hmmmm still not convinced .
I get what you guys are saying won't stop me been jealous tho
Can anybody recommend parts companys/salvage yards that will ship ?
Oh and the beer is only warm down south!!
I get what you guys are saying won't stop me been jealous tho
Can anybody recommend parts companys/salvage yards that will ship ?
Oh and the beer is only warm down south!!
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Do they only drive on the wrong side of the road in the south too?
I'm sure I could get together a set of dual round headlights if you want to ship this over in exchange
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FORD-ESCORT-MEXICO-MK1-RALLY-CAR-/130577313179?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item1e6703ad9b#ht_500wt_1156
I'm sure I could get together a set of dual round headlights if you want to ship this over in exchange
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FORD-ESCORT-MEXICO-MK1-RALLY-CAR-/130577313179?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item1e6703ad9b#ht_500wt_1156
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Re: You lucky buggers !!!
Plus we have a lot more space here in the states to hide a treasure trove of saabs outside the watchful eyes of the law.
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Geoff wrote:Do they only drive on the wrong side of the road in the south too?
I'm sure I could get together a set of dual round headlights if you want to ship this over in exchange
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FORD-ESCORT-MEXICO-MK1-RALLY-CAR-/130577313179?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item1e6703ad9b#ht_500wt_1156
No sadly we all have to drive on the "right" side of the road
Happy to help any of you guys with shipping of things, I'll even chuck in a pair of front wings (fenders) that I cut off a Mexico before I scraped it !!
Re: You lucky buggers !!!
But isn't half the fun for us non US based people is trying to find and secure all those rare Saab 99 gems ?
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Why can't we just all band together and be jealous of the Swedes?
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I can't really be jealous of the "mother land" as its only 3hours away for me
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Check out www.gumtree.com . its sort of like Craigslist for Europe and australia.
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What we need then is an International parts exchange !!!!!
I'm happy to do the UK side of things , Sourcing and shipping etc
Who's up for the US,OZ and Swede sides ????/
I'm happy to do the UK side of things , Sourcing and shipping etc
Who's up for the US,OZ and Swede sides ????/
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sweedspeeduk wrote:What we need then is an International parts exchange !!!!!
I'm happy to do the UK side of things , Sourcing and shipping etc
Who's up for the US,OZ and Swede sides ????/
I now have a lot of contacts in OZ...and hope to import a container of Land cruisers in the future.
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