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Number: 1306
From: "Brent Abrams" <babrams@l...>
Date: Mon Sep 23, 2002  9:59 am
Subject: Re: [ASC McLaren ] Taking the hunt for oddball Capri parts to Canada...

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From: "Marquis Grove" <infosyssec@y...>
To: <ascmclaren@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 9:27 AM
Subject: [ASC McLaren ] Taking the hunt for oddball Capri parts to Canada...> Here is an interesting thought that might help the Capri owners expand
their search for parts...
>
> It seems to me that there were more Capri's sold up in Canada then down in
the United States... or
> at least that is what struck me when I cruised through a number of auto
wrecking yards in Ontario
> and Quebec ? Now I know the US has a population that is 10 times larger
then Canada, but it
> almost seems like more of the Capri styled Mustangs ended up in Canada (
although cold hard stats
> may prove me wrong in my impression ).
>
> I recall one wrecker in Quebec ( located at a yard just outside of Hull in
a town called Gatineau
> Quebec ) that had a perfect condition Capri RS sitting inside his building
( and he would not part
> it out because he wanted $2000 Canadian for the entire car - which is
about $1200 US ). It had
> the upgraded interior in very good condition, aero effects, no rust on the
body, I think it was
> black with lime green pin strips ? ) and it packed a running 302 with a
standard transmission in
> it. I stumbled on it while I was searching for parts to restore my Cobra
and so it didn't really
> interest me personally at the time.
>
> And to make things even better for Capri style Mustang hunters is that the
later version of the
> Capri never made it in to Canada... so that means that the only Capri's
that will show up in a
> Canadian auto wrecker are the Mustang styled Capri's and the earlier
non-Mustang version ( of
> which very few would still be found in a wrecker ).
>
> Anyhow, I just thought I would toss that thought into the mix for the
Mustang Capri owners who
> have never pursued their hunt for parts into Canada. You might surf the
Internet and try to
> locate some auto wreckers in the Ottawa Ontario area or the Gatineau
Quebec area - as both had
> large concentrations of your models of Capri's.... And since most of
those auto wreckers are
> interconnected with each other they could perform some local searches of
all the other local yards
> to try to help you find some oddball part that can't be found. And if
you are lucky enough to
> locate what you need the cost will be in Canadian dollars ( which are in a
pitiful state - meaning
> 1 US dollar is equal to 1.60 Canadian ).
>
> And with the NAFTA Free Trade Agreement auto parts shipped from Canada
would be tax and duty free
> as the vehicles were originally manufactured in North America ;)
>
> Marq
>
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