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We're lucky these cars are highly collectible and there is strong aftermarket support for new and used parts. Imagine if you were intending to keep a 1980's AMC car original, you'd spend all your time flipping thru Hemmings.
Yes there will be some parts that will dwindle off over the years, fog light lenses and interior bits being some of them. I go to u-pull-it junkyards, and you can always tell the 'pattern failures' like power window or ignition switches etc - they will have 40 Pontiac GrandAm's, but all the ignition switches have already been pulled. We'll experience that as all the fog lights from wrecked Carrera's get sold off.
When the significant EFI parts become un-available (say the idle air controller) either an aftermarket conversion will appear, or a complete EFI replacement will become attractive. But once those parts are NLA, keeping a bone stock Carrera running will become difficult if not impossible.
Mine isn't stock now, so I don't have any problems - bring on the change!
Chuck.H
'89 TurboLookTarga, 338k miles
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