![]() |
|
Welcome to the Australian Ford Forums forum. You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and inserts advertising. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members, respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features without post based advertising banners. Registration is simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today! If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact us. Please Note: All new registrations go through a manual approval queue to keep spammers out. This is checked twice each day so there will be a delay before your registration is activated. |
|
The Pub For General Automotive Related Talk |
![]() |
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
![]() |
#1 | ||
Banned
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Adelaide's Southern Subs
Posts: 1,308
|
So a mate of mine just bought a VE commodore for $1000
No rust no body damage clean interior looks brand new. The catch 900,000kms on the clock, ex taxi. his plan is to spend the other $10k he has on replacing the driveline (hes a mechnic so parts cost only DIY job) my question is: Is it worth it??? I think it is. His previous car was an XT BF (not a taxi) which he fully converted to an F6. All the different parts that are on the F6 he put on the XT (including interior trim cluster brakes, suspension etc etc. Which I think he has built to a better standard than a true F6
__________________
HIS THUNDER 2004 BA XR8 Blueprint Mods: Quad Exhaust, Hi-Flow Air filter, BFtiming chain tensioners, Billet Oil pump gears stage 2 shift kit, riding on G6ET 18's HERS FLASH BA MKII XR6 Turbo Phantom Purple Typhoon front end Parking your ford after a long day of being Awesome
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Parkin...37774932974038 |
||
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#2 | ||
Regular Member
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 157
|
its only worth it if he makes it unique.
if it ends up looking like an SS then its a waste. |
||
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#3 | ||
Banned
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Adelaide's Southern Subs
Posts: 1,308
|
could be several thousand dollars cheaper which is the overall angle
__________________
HIS THUNDER 2004 BA XR8 Blueprint Mods: Quad Exhaust, Hi-Flow Air filter, BFtiming chain tensioners, Billet Oil pump gears stage 2 shift kit, riding on G6ET 18's HERS FLASH BA MKII XR6 Turbo Phantom Purple Typhoon front end Parking your ford after a long day of being Awesome
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Parkin...37774932974038 |
||
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#4 | |||
Chasing a FORD project!
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: adelaide
Posts: 5,114
|
900,000klm on a VE?? What was the cabby doing, driving asleep??
__________________
Quote:
1996 BMW 740iL V8. TV, phone, leather, sunroof, satnav, all as standard. Now with 19" TSW Brooklands, 2 1/2" stainless steel exhaust, plus more coming soon. |
|||
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#5 | ||
Render unto Caesar
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: ::1
Posts: 4,221
|
900,000km on a VE would equate to ~830km a day, that's a lot.
That car must have been driven 24hrs a day at no less than 34km per hour.
__________________
"Aliens might be surprised to learn that in a cosmos with limitless starlight, humans kill for energy sources buried in sand." - Neil deGrasse Tyson |
||
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#6 | |||
In the jungle
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Sydney
Posts: 609
|
Quote:
But on the VE for 1k. Thats a good price for a cab, even if he spends 15k to make it the standard of a HSV would be good. Interior, body kit, paint, new v8 and so on. Good little project for a mech |
|||
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#7 | ||
Member
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 4,940
|
$1k is fantastic for no rust or body damage + a good interior. Great potential project.
|
||
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#8 | ||
BF XR6, oh yeah!!
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Melton, Vic
Posts: 1,015
|
Woah, where do I start?
The price, Very cheap, most ex taxis I see go for about the 2K mark, and are usually the superseded model, that said however, the kays are extremely high, even for a cab, they usually run up to that in 6 years, let alone 2 or 3. If the body and interior are in good shape (worry about dents, ignore scratches, you would probably want to respray it anyway). I would probably go for a real sleeper, find some ordinary 19" SS wheels on it, and give it some lower suspension, but other than that, leave the exterior as is, then go to town on the driveline, put in something to make HSV blush and blow away all of the little ricer boys in their fully sick Silvias. Oh and one other thing, a VE as a cab, what were they thinking? (yeah yeah I know I know ![]()
__________________
Current ride: 2005 BF XR6 Sedan, Lightning Strike, ZF Auto Previous ride: 2001 AUII Futura Sedan, Narooma Blue |
||
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#9 | ||
Pity the fool
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Wait Awhile
Posts: 8,997
|
What would the "body wear" (i.e. torsional twisting, flexing, structural stresses etc) of a car of those kilometres be like?
|
||
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#10 | ||
Boss 335
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 4,330
|
Amazing.. $1K for an '06 car? Here was I thinking a 320,000km '02 BA XT for $8000 back in 2007 was a good deal for a car to strip down and rebuild. Where'd he find such a deal, and can he find anymore ?
![]() |
||
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#11 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 1,245
|
Where did he get this cab from, i want one...
|
||
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#12 | ||
normality is boring
![]() Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Up in the hills on the QLD/NSW boarder
Posts: 1,803
|
Personally I think it might be lot more trouble then its worth. I used to work for holden and the hassels you had to go threw to fit an upgraded steering wheel and gear knob, holden accessories and the pain in the butt that is installing a towbar onto a ve with revers sensors. I hope hes good at electrics and daignostics
|
||
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#13 | ||
Barra Turbo > V8
![]() ![]() Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 25,754
|
Bargain or not he can keep it.
__________________
-2011 XR6 Turbo Ute - Lux Pack - M6 -2022 Hyundai Tucson Highlander Diesel N Line |
||
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#14 | |||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 957
|
Quote:
Ibrox90, would you be able to get a piccy of the oddo reading?? |
|||
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#15 | |||
Chasing a FORD project!
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: adelaide
Posts: 5,114
|
I did sums..if it is a 2006 model, first ever made, with 900,000klms, it's around 850 klms a day non stop for 3 years, car virtually never stopping or switching off, even with driver swapping between shifts this car can't have that many kays. Around 500,000 klms would be closer the mark but for a G, that's too cheap almost.
__________________
Quote:
1996 BMW 740iL V8. TV, phone, leather, sunroof, satnav, all as standard. Now with 19" TSW Brooklands, 2 1/2" stainless steel exhaust, plus more coming soon. |
|||
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#16 | ||
Just a bogan VF SS driver
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Blackwater, QLD
Posts: 719
|
theres a FG XR6 here in town and had its 3000km service within a week, it is out 24/7, will have to try to find out how many on that
__________________
Just your typical Holden Driver ![]() ![]() |
||
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#17 | ||
SV6000. Yum
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 846
|
Ive ridden in a few holden taxi's with 300,000 on the clock and they feel like they are being held together with elastic bands......
|
||
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#18 | ||||
Chasing a FORD project!
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: adelaide
Posts: 5,114
|
Quote:
![]()
__________________
Quote:
1996 BMW 740iL V8. TV, phone, leather, sunroof, satnav, all as standard. Now with 19" TSW Brooklands, 2 1/2" stainless steel exhaust, plus more coming soon. |
||||
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#19 | ||
My young fella "Paddy"
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Brisbane North
Posts: 388
|
I reckon he got robbed!
|
||
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#20 | ||
Now Fordless
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Fremantle, WA
Posts: 3,611
|
900,000km? Thats a fair bit. Surprised a VE could even get that high.
Was probably a test hack from Holden |
||
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#21 | ||
Shame Holden, Shame
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Sanitarium
Posts: 1,306
|
If you put lipstick on a pig, its still a pig.
__________________
Essendon FC '11 EFII "XR8" Fairmont V8 185KW ELII XR8 engine, box & exhaust|Dual Fuel|Tints|FTR's|Factory bodykit |K&N panel filter|Interior LED Conversion|Leather steering wheel|Slotted rotors|Ghia wood + chrome|Subwoofer| ![]() ![]() |
||
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#22 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 14,654
|
You can't make chicken soup from chicken s@#t.....
At the end of the day it will allways be a mega high milage ex cab, no matter how much money he pours into it.. and resale will reflect what it was, not what he makes it.
__________________
335 S/C GT: The new KING of Australian made performance cars.. ![]() |
||
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#23 | ||
Love Thy Ford
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Central Coast NSW
Posts: 120
|
It must have been falling to bits by that stage
|
||
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#24 | ||
2008 BF Futura
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Adelaide, S.A.
Posts: 595
|
I've seen taxi's over here in Adelaide with well over 1Million K's...
__________________
2008 BF Falcon Futura 2009 BF Falcon Wagon Dedicated LPG Previous Cars: 2003 BA Falcon Wagon Dedicated LPG 1999 Ford Fairlane Ghia XF Fairmont Ghia Escort MK2 RS2000 Replica |
||
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#25 | ||
Mopar/No Car
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Down the Obi..
Posts: 4,648
|
For a thousand bucks it'd make a pretty schmick dog kennel or paddock car... The VE's at my work with 200,000 on them are that loose and rattly and squeaky, you wouldn't even think about something with that kind of use..
Also, 900,000 seems excessive, but even at half that, I wouldn't want it.
__________________
ColumnShift Media '72 Plymouth Scamp '80 Courier '13 Kawasaki ZX14-R '13 Berlina '92 Suzuki DR650 If you don't fight - You lose
|
||
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#26 | |||
Chasing a FORD project!
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: adelaide
Posts: 5,114
|
If I could get one for a grand with more realistic klms (450-500,000) I would, purely for a stupid burnout car. Matt black, no rear springs. For a grand it's not like you are really losing much money, plus no doubt some silly bugger will buy it for that much after you're done anyway..
Oh..wait a minute..
__________________
Quote:
1996 BMW 740iL V8. TV, phone, leather, sunroof, satnav, all as standard. Now with 19" TSW Brooklands, 2 1/2" stainless steel exhaust, plus more coming soon. |
|||
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#27 | ||
B-Series Powered!
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Northern Suburbs - Melbourne
Posts: 582
|
Holy . 900,000km on a VE. Holden's don't really have a reputation for lasting that long, I'd like to see photo's of said car really.
__________________
2003 BA Futura Pacemaker 4490's, 2.5" metal cat, 2.5" mandrel bent exhaust, hi-flow air filter, more to come! |
||
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#28 | ||
Regular Member
Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 85
|
pretty good deal i think....good luck to him if he can make it work!
|
||
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#29 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 2,699
|
I wouldn't even think they're little 6's could handle over 500 000, I guess the age plays a role.
__________________
EB II 1992 Fairmont - koni reds, wade 977b, 2.5inch/4480's and much more to come! |
||
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#30 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 976
|
Anything can last waaaaaay over 500,000 these days with modern oils, especailly on a car that's hardly ever cooled down. The alloytech is alot smoother engine than the early V6 and they will do 500,000 no problem even without really being looked after. There are alot of VN's arund with 500,000 + on the original motor
Still I don't think the 900,000 is possible this early in the VE's life |
||
![]() |
![]() ![]() |