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Subject:Re: good finds at wreckers
From:Roger Whittaker
Date:Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:38:06 -0800

dear lucky at the dump

i am suitably jealous
yours

On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 6:01 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:

> Friend and I we up to Malahat Auto wreckers today (Vancouver Island).
> He was looking for good door seal, I was looking for this and that :)
>
> We got a pretty nice door seal for $10. I found an '86 panel van, (at
> first I thought it a personal import, the remaining intact tail light
> did not have the SAE stamp on it, but door jamb sticker had Canadian
> import sticker), with an intact full front rubber mat. You know,
> moulded and held on to van the same way as front carpet. Got that for
> $20. Beside the vanagons was a JDM pajero or montero turbo diesel
> with 2 intact Cibie SC Oscar spot/driving lights. Nice units,
> stainless steel, flat lens, got pair for $60.
>
> Picked up a pair of the delay dimming interior lights from circa 1992
> jetta/golf *the kind that look light the stock vanagon interior
> light, but with added circuitry) for $10.
>
>
> All in all a fun afternoon, and it wasn't raining.
>
> cheers
>
> Alistair
>
> PS interesting to see a couple of the JDM mini trucks and vans in the
> yard
>
>
> '86 syncro 7  passenger
> '82 westy, diesel converted to gas in '94
> http://www.members.shaw.ca/albell/
> http://shufti.wordpress.com
>

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