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I have used Captain Transporter a few times now and recommend both for best value and good service.

Sooooo, RX foamers...

Would anyone want to buy an unrestored, tidyish, 1985 Series 3 turbo with matching numbers and 94,000km?

Fully serious question.

2.5 kilometers per litre fark me! (And that appears to be considered good)

Good result so far - What did you use to clean the non-shiny bits of the wheels? 

Thanks guys.

Apparently Snells have gone out of business? Does anyone have recommendations for who would make up some front springs without having to take the car to them. Don't mind sending them the original springs or measurements etc. I'm up north but willing to deal with anyone who will do a good job.

Good score! Had one just like this as my first car but not this tidy. Cost $120 in Dunedin. We picked up a drunk Taine Randell one night and dropped him home and he ripped the back seat the fat cunt.

I'm glad you were happy with the car mate.

It wasn't perfect, but she looked to me to be a very honest car.

I was actually planing to PM you to see what you thought of it. (I was actually a bit worried that you were driving it  back to the far north the same weekend as Lusi)

Yeah drove back the weekend of the cyclone but was no drama except when I first turned to go on to the motorway and put my foot down and the back stepped out big time. The tires are only 165's and the lack of traction round corners is sometimes a wee bit sketchy. Thanks again mate.

Any comments/discussion here.

Awesome work The Bronze keen to read  the rest.

What about a 4g63t out of a starion? Should be more straight forward and relatively cheap.

Good score. I love these sigmas with the twin round headlights. Looking forward to what you're going to do with it.

I'm up north for a fishing holiday this week. Did you see the pair of front shocks for sigma on trademe?

Here ya go. Sorry about the crap photos.

Let me know if they are of use.

Ok tomorrow.

Nah up in Whangarei. Can courier/post.  Not 100% sure they'll fit but someone else may have a better idea?

Got a pair of 1985 Mirage shocks if you want them. Brand new old stock. Can take a pic if you want, I'm not going to be using them.

Whoa thread from the dead.

Get a boost tap and tee it in line with the tubing that goes to the wastgate actuator (actuator is the metal cylinder thing). Then you can adjust how much air you bleed off (and therefore how much the actuator sees) so that the actuator opens the wastegate at a higher boost pressure. 

Interested in this have sent you a pm. 

As far as value goes I have seen original GS's in good nick go for 10k+ and then most recently an average one on trademe with spare parts car didn't sell for 5k reserve. (Was a shit auction to be honest). An original GS with a 4g63t repower and original paint sold for 7500 a couple of years ago and was re advertised in the lastest classic car magazine for the same but has since sold. Was original colour and pretty mint. All depends on the right person coming along as said above.

^Choice

Would like to hear what that sounds like if you can chuck up a vid?

Sneaky old les37

If it took old bidley1 two days to hit the buy now he deserved to get snaked.

Had an Atenza 2.3 hatch a couple of years ago. Lowered sensibly etc, better exhaust, gay pod filter. Power and economy was good. Wife broke the front lip as a little bit low. We gave it a service and trans flush when we got it @ 90k and did normal servicing until sold at 150k without any problems except a broken engine mount (weird knocking which we originally thought was steering) which was fixed relatively cheaply. Would buy again.

Oh the wife thought the electric windows were broken for a few weeks when she was driving it but turns out she had the window lock button pushed down. Easy fix.

If all else fails sell the car to me.

Edit: Quite serious.

Squirt a bit of fuel into the throttlebody and see if it stutters into life. Sounds like fuel problem. Is this Mike?