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Hi all ,
long time no post for me , but now back in the hunt for a wagon

cant make it to the Show & Shine sunday
but I will get up there Saturday in hope to spot plenty FB/EK's in town

GO BENDIGO

Mez of this forum had his EK hyda wagon on ebay for $9000, really good nic, nothing to spend, send him a PM, Trev .

thanx Trev , bit out of my range at the moment

Too bad.

I have come to appreciate who much these cars are worth to spend a bit extra and get something that you can drive home a put straight in the garage and not have to touch, gold.

Or do what I did, bought a $3500 wagon and it's taken 3 years of stripping it down to a rusted out shell and fixing it up slowly when we (family) could have been out enjoying driving it , Trev .

I agree with Trev, Paid 5 for mine and a couple of weeks of stuffing around doing to it what I want and the family have been on two club runs in it already!
The Mez Wagon is value if ya after a stock wagon!
Cheers Theo Z........................

I also agree. I have been putting away every cent I can since Feb. I have about $5000 at the moment, so I could get a car that needs work if i wanted. But as Trev said, I would rather wait a bit longer and find something drivable and in pretty good nick so we (family) can enjoy it straight away. The problem is not being tempted by something and thinking to myself,"I could fix it up over the next 6 to 8 months, and then we can go cruisin", because it never happens like that! (plus MRSDAKAM would have a shit fit if I brought something home that was about to fall into 1000 pieces.)

Or you can spend $500 and think what have I got myself in for......

If we had the money it'd be a different story. Luckily we have one on the road.

You can probably spend 5 grand or there about and get something that is totally driveable, but may need stuff like a paint job in the future and has the odd dent or bit of rust here and there.

In hindsight I probably should've spent close to double that and got something that was close to 100% perfect, though at the time I was looking there weren't many like that around.

The market seems to be flooded with them now

Thats what I am ultimately lokking for, a car that doesnt need much at all. It does get very frustrating as you said Cal, all the cars around at the moment around the 10grand mark, which would be perfect, but i dont have the dollars for them at this moment in time. When I do , the market will dry up and there will be nothing around, Murphys law!

What I've found as well is that a lot of the cars I was looking at around the 10 to 12 grand mark weren't exactly cars that needed little to no work.

Some had more rust than the one I have now, though to be honest even with that sort of money (and considering the age of these cars) you're not going to find one thats near perfect.

I was sort of lucky with mine. Sometimes I think I paid too much for it, but apart from having a rough body (don't look at the photo's - it's rough) I got a relatively good deal.

What's opened my eyes is the cost in having work done to these cars. Panelbeaters seem to be living in another world as far as I'm concerned.......especially when you get quoted double what the car cost for a few body repairs and a respray.

That's whats pushed the price of these cars up. If a guy is going to spend 15 to 20 grand restoring one, he's not going to want to sell it for peanuts.

I was in the same shoes as you, Dakam..........looking for one that needed little to no work. If you find one thats a little cheaper that needs work that doesnt have to be done straight away, and is driveable and presentable, don't knock it back

For around the money I am looking at, all I want is a good honest reliable car that wont shit itself within a couple of weeks of purchasing it. It doesnt bother me if it needs a bit of work, just not a total rebuild. I will keep my eyes peeled, I am quite confident that I will find something, oneday

Well mine shit itself the second week I had it...............though it was only a clutch

I'm sure you'll fine one.......................patience, my son

Ive alredy have had 3 years of patience , mind you it was 10 years of patience waiting for my monaro .

Just got back from bendigo only saw a few FB/EK's along my way , I realy wish I didnt have to work tomorow

To every one going have good one and I hope that rain clears