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Subject:Re: Possibly NLA Suspension Parts
From:neil N
Date:Sun, 8 Feb 2009 17:53:03 -0800

On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 5:44 PM, mdrillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote:
> The self serve yards around me get about $300 for the whole front end. That
> gets you rust free California parts and if from 86+ the later improved front
> brakes are included too. This weekend was half price weekend but I passed up
> the setup from a nice 1990, just barely. No wear on the rotors even.
>
> Mark
> SoCal

Sounds like it would be sweet. And maybe I didn't need to know that...

<grin>

I'm already $1000 Cnd. into this brake job/front end partial rebuild,
so suffice it to say, I'm committed. Or should be committed.....
<grin>

But, I will have replaced almost everything from the ground up to, but
not including, the upper control arm.

I found it interesting too, that the core "charge" for each caliper
was $150 Cnd. I was quite surprised. Especially considering that the
actual cost of each caliper was $111