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Originally Posted by happy1
That means there are 9362 less of the ugly AU sedans to spot on the road this month!
And sadly in total another 17000 other Falcon sedans also gone from the roads during the last month alone, so the numbers are dropping rather steep.
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I get calls every day for particular parts on AU Falcons that we don't have as regular production items, its usually inquiries from Burson and Repco branches chasing up for the customer in front of them at the counter, so usually said components may cost a customer through a Burson branch $150 or so if its a regular production item.
Except with these particular parts for the AU, they all have to be one off custom manufacture jobs - we need a sample from the car, we'll make it up, but it'll cost the Burson branch 500% more than a regular production item so the end user ends up paying $500+ for it by the time Burson makes their margin on it and naturally their customer is not overly keen on spending $500 per component when they may need 3x of them to keep their car roadworthy so the car just goes to the wreckers.
Older cars just generally aren't worth fixing unless you're an enthusiast and the car has value outside of monetary reasons, especially when its in that transition period between being too new for places like Rare Spares to start manufacturing replacement parts and too old for genuine spares, EF/EL/AU/BA/BF are in this transition period where parts availability is becoming a drama.
BA/BF are starting to get to this point right now that they're hitting wreckers in huge quantities, I'm still waiting on Jefferson Ford to supply a driver side front seatbelt assembly for a BF Falcon that I've been on their books for since 2015
Or shifter cables for BA/BF with BTR:
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/GENUINE-...EAAOSw1ExcGCm-
Not many left in circulation and its a common problem, sometimes you can just get away with a bush kit thats available aftermarket, but if the cable snaps then you need the full assembly, there are a few different variations of this particular cable to suit different engine combinations but the shortages are starting to occur on the regular 4sp/4L that's the more common car.