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Originally Posted by classicswede (Post 1655800)

What year is it?
Chances are I will have everything you need for it

Also what side wing?

but you might have to wait weeks for it , any luck yet Dai , i'm still alive :-) ? !

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Originally Posted by Spoonaltap (Post 1655199)

Hey all, I've come across a 340 that's had a crash on the front left corner so the wing is mashed. I'm gonna have a look at the suspension components to see if it's straight and have another look over. I can't find a replacement wing to save myself so parts for these must be quite rare? He was only wanting a £100 for it but if I can't get a new headlight, wing and bumper plastic then not much point. Shame cos I don't want to see it go to the scrapper.

So my question is how hard are parts to come by for these cars?

There were new wings on e-bay last week around £60 which is fair , about the same price they were when the car was current , an easy job to repair too , I can only find a R/H side today though . But there are other panel manufacturers who can supply non genuine . You could use a second hand wing they unbolt ..

I have been looking for 343 spares for 5 weeks now , i have found 5 sources , i have had one part delivered from one of these sources . the others despite saying yes yes i' have this and that or i will look and let you know , nothing comes of it despite chasing them up .
So yes there are plenty of 340's being dismantled , but these people do not seem interested in selling what you want . This spares situation wont last forever as the remaining 300's get scrapped so get what you need now ...

Clan, this thread is 3 months old.

It seems to have been bumped by some spam.

good spotting :-) the issues are current though .. may help someone ..

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Originally Posted by CTCNetwork (Post 1727179)

Hi,

It was spam, posted by a spammer and so deleted.

Des. . . ;)

Thank you for that. I hadn't realised it was 'spam' - I genuinely thought it was someone looking for help regarding his 'phone.

Although I, like everyone else, I'm sure, occasionally receive emails that are instantly recognizable as such - requests for bank details and the like - i didn't know that they could get onto forums such as this.

You live and learn. Thanks again. John.

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