So while it may seem that no work has been going on with the Ford Falcon XR6, well ….. no work has been done!
My father (bless `is kind `art) has been doing a bit more work and has managed to track down a scrap yard that has a XR6 with rear end collision damage.
Going to go have a look this weekend (24 January 2009) at the car which is in Middelburg. Hopefully I can get all I need off of it, at a fair price!
Otherwise the poor Ford will have to stand a while longer gathering dust.
If I can’t get the parts at a reasonable price I am considering using the car as a donor for a Lotus 7 replica see what I mean at www.locost.co.za. A 4 liter straight six ought to do pretty nicely in one of those!!
Seems that not that many XR6′s were sold, meaning that most scrapyards just don’t have anything for them, I placed an ad on a classifieds site for spares and the ONLY guy that answered told me that lights cost R 1 500 a piece, and there’s 4!!! Bloody hell.
Anyway need to get spares soon cos my neighbour is going to teach me how to weld with a MIG welder, because I upgraded his PC for him and did not charge him anything. If I do get the spares then he will also help out by fetching the spares with his bakkie and trailer (I just have to pay for petrol)
Of course nothing is ever easy so when I do get the spare I have to make a plan to finish the gate I started making. I am going to put it up next to my house where I have a precast wall running between the house and the perimeter wall. I am going to take out the people gate in that wall and one section of precast slats, then put the gate in there. This way I can park my wifes tazz in the ‘backyard’, which is where we keep our dogs. That should make it harder for anyone to steal another car from my house!
Until the gate is up though I will probably have to leave the spares outside, quite possibly in the rain.
Ho hum….
Posted under Project Falcon
This post was written by Shaun on January 20, 2009
