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OH MY! My diamond in the rough find!

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Old Aug 8, 2012 | 09:40 AM
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OH MY! My diamond in the rough find!

Well after months of searhing I came across my EXPY wide to console!!!!! Found it in a local salvage yard in a rolled over 2002 expy. Took 4 hours in 90 deg heat to remove it because the brakets were so rusted to the floor pans but! i only paid 30 bucks for it! The windsheild was missing so it had been rained on for some time and was pretty nasty (even had mold growing on it! But after about 3 hours of total dissasemmbly and cleaning with hot bleach water this is a few pics of it! Oh and did i mention i only paid 30 bucks for it! LMAO The one pic looks a little weird cause i did a quick wipe down with armerol and missed a bunch of spots since the bleach water dulled it but it shined right back up! here's some pics!


 
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Old Aug 8, 2012 | 10:04 AM
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good find!! looks great!
 
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Old Aug 8, 2012 | 11:24 AM
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im so jelly. sometimes I wish I was an auto
 
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Old Aug 8, 2012 | 12:02 PM
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Well the guy had 3 of them and ive been doing some figuring and thinking of buying all 3 grey ones and one tan one pulling them apart and cleaning them and reselling them to make some profit to fund my truck addiction. I think i could prob sell them for like 165.00 a piece if they were in perfect condition. He also had a few narrow tops but i dont think id even waste my time on those.
 
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Old Aug 8, 2012 | 12:02 PM
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Looks good blue!!! I want a center console so bad. I honestly wouldn't mind if it was just one like the original yoy had!
 
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Old Aug 8, 2012 | 12:09 PM
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Very nice find!! Sounds like a fun 3 hours of removing it though .
 
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Old Aug 8, 2012 | 12:10 PM
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looks good! i wanna get rid of my bench seat now. stop making me want to buy more things. lol.
 
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Old Aug 8, 2012 | 12:22 PM
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If there were others available.. im in dire need of the console lid. Mine is cracked and all messed up
 
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Old Aug 8, 2012 | 12:22 PM
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Looks good. I like the console in my Expedition, a whole lot more than the one I had in my F150.
 

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Old Aug 8, 2012 | 01:01 PM
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I need bucket seats, or I'd say pull the tan one for me lol!!
 

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Old Aug 8, 2012 | 01:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Raptor05121
im so jelly. sometimes I wish I was an auto
Thejake had a widetop and M5OD.

And there's a Lightning on another website I'm on that converted to a T56 and still has his wide top, looks damn good too. I'll steal a pic and post it tonight.
 
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Old Aug 8, 2012 | 01:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Barrett
Very nice find!! Sounds like a fun 3 hours of removing it though .
It was horrible! LMAO broken glass everywhere and the expy smelled like mold!seats wouldnt move cause battery was dead and windows wouldnt roll down...Needless to say not very much fun!
 
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Old Aug 8, 2012 | 01:18 PM
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If there were others available.. im in dire need of the console lid. Mine is cracked and all messed up
I did notice the lids were the same shape and size as the one i pulled out of mine and mounting configuration was identical. Next time im there i will see if theres a lid i can take off for you and just charge you the price i get it for and shipping if your intrested. Is yours the light or darker grey?
 
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Old Aug 8, 2012 | 01:22 PM
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Looks good blue!!! I want a center console so bad. I honestly wouldn't mind if it was just one like the original yoy had!
I wish i would of known i just sold my factory grey cloth buckets with matching console and rear seat for 200 bucks.I have another grey f150 console with a small crack in the vinyl arm rest id be will ing to sell you cheap. You can have the arm rest part recovered for about 30 bucks when i had it quoted last year.
 
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Old Aug 8, 2012 | 02:08 PM
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Nice find, welcome to the expy console club.
 
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