Been thinking of getting a set of late model Taurus wheels for my Windstar for quite some time.
A visit to my friendly yard guy ( I am there a lot), and snooping in the yard, I run across, not a C4C, but a mildly front damaged late Taurus with 16" alloys in pretty good shape.

Some more snooping located a set of late S-10 Alloys with BRAND NEW TIRES, still on the C4C Blazer.

Now I have a set of new tires for my Ranger, a better set of S-10 wheels for the 66 Elky, and a set of 16" Taurus Alloys for my Windstar:D.

Been thinking of getting tires for the Ranger before the winter sets in.

Susan keeps losing the plastic wheelcovers on the Windstar, and I am getting tired of giving Ford $96 for each one every couple of months.
(hate those plastic things that the heat here gets to) I think I have the only 96 Windstar in the county with all 4 wheelcovers----cause she gets cranky if one is missing too long.

$150 for the S-10 Wheels, tires, caps, lug covers, lugnuts:D
(the crappy set I bought last year was $275 for wheels alone)

$80 for the Taurus wheels, teeny tiny caps, and chrome lugnuts.

This C4C thing might be good for getting engine serpintine belt systems pretty cheap too----seats, or any type of goody you can think of.

Check these yards often----This guy sold me the wheels for the same price that he gets from the wheel vendors in the area.

I'm sure that some looking around might uncover something you could use on your Chevelle project, or even your daily driver.

what are my options for my 92 Aerostar?

for wheels?

Are the parts off c4c cars free?

Are the parts off c4c cars free?

I don't think the parts are free, it was on the News that the yards around here were buying some of the C4C car to sell the parts off of them.

Are the parts off c4c cars free?They should be, you already paid for them. ;)

They should be, you already paid for them. ;)

:yes:

I thought the whole deal was they could not take parts off of them they had to be crushed and recycled. Or did I miss something?:confused:

I thought the whole deal was they could not take parts off of them they had to be crushed and recycled. Or did I miss something?:confused:

From what I understand,the "gas guzzeling" motors had to be blown up.The salvage yards who got the winning bid for them has a month to strip parts off of them,then off to the crusher.

They should be, you already paid for them. ;)

l:) yes ........ 24K each from what I've read :clonk:

From what I understand,the "gas guzzeling" motors had to be blown up.The salvage yards who got the winning bid for them has a month to strip parts off of them,then off to the crusher.

I thought it was 6 months? Anywho, the engine, transmission, and rear end cannot be resold, nor can the car ever be registered again. Time to go-as said-this topic makes my oil pressure go up.

I thought it was 6 months? Anywho, the engine, transmission, and rear end cannot be resold, nor can the car ever be registered again. Time to go-as said-this topic makes my oil pressure go up.

I believe it is just the engines----Every windstar at his yard is missing the tranny (that says something about the windstar trannys---I just had a $2700 repair on mine)

The C4C irritates the hell outta me too, but at this point, not a lot I can do, unless one suggests I not go looking for something I may want.
(won't be the first time I paid for something twice--nor will it be the last)

At this point (cars in scrapyard) it now becomes a support your local business. My yard of choice is one that seeks out the older rides. He also treats his repeat customers very well.

Did not intend to piss anyone off at all-----just got to thinking of all the stuff that people can use (electronics-hard parts-etc.) may be a bit less costly as the yards are cleaning this out and getting the cars to the shredder.