If you don't like the ebay prices, try the Bombardier prices.
Examples are: TCI aprox $500
turn signal flasher unit: $500+
I remember seing prices on simple things like washers were over $1 each, for something that should have been 10 cents.
One modification I remember (which was illegal as it was unapproved) was that in Cypress we installed the VW rabbit mechanical fuel pumps on the engine and bypassed the electric fuel pumps. They ran flawlessly, and without any vapour lock even in the million degree heat of Cypress.
There will be ways to keep them going for a while anyway. You can replace most of the 24 volt ignition and starter system over to 12 volt by using commercial components from the rabbit. The guages could all be changed over to mechanical, or 12 volt equivelants as well. With a bit of ingenuity you might be able to get a normal flasher into there somehow. But then at the end of the day it isn't origional, which is what collecting is all about.
The military surplus stocks won't last long. The CF was run like a business, with purchases of spare parts based on previous usages. So there won't be 1000s of spare anythings available for the guys who want to keep these things origional.
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