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Factory 5

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Hi everyone,

Im in Melbourne, and i need someone to look at a car for me, its a turbo oldskool MR30. no rego etc.

it has been offered to me at an unbeatable price, and i have no way to look at it (the dude has no PC either)

Can someone take some time to check it out for me? some photos and maybe a short test would be great, even a sound recording of the engine... photos especially of under the bonnet are essential as i already have a mr30 but no turbo! so the engine is the most important part....

please pm me with your details if interested!

Regards,

Andrew (MAG86)

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hobzta

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might help if you let us know what suburb in canberra the car is located in, as I am sure some people won't want to drive 30-45mins to the other side to look at it...and never know your luck there might be a member just around the corner from it :happy:

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Yeah, I would be happy to have a look. I am on honeymoon for the next 2 days, but will be back in Canberra on the 17th. Let me know if you would like me to arrange for you. I can take digi photos, video etc if you wish.

Cheers, Luke

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Factory 5

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OK

the car is in a workshop at Conder

15 NORMAN LINDSAY ST.

CONDER 2906

Chris (owner) says Saturday morning is a good time to look at it...

reply here who is avaiable then, and i will pm you his mob. number, you get in contact, and we will go from there...

thanks for your help so far guys!

Regards,

Andrew

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I think you can get pay NRMA to check it over for you and email/fax you a report of their findings.

It's not that far from my place, I could go look at it, but I couldn't tell you much unless it didn't look like a car. Anything specific you were worried about?

And, I don't think it's the Ti with the RB25det conversion. I remember that guys name being Bill. He did live down around that area from what I remember.

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a20089

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Well I said I could go out there and take photo's and recordings etc.

But Mag86 PM'd saying could not get my phone number working (wish rest of my clients had troubles), MAG86 didn't answer the number he gave me for himself (no answering system either) and the number for the guy selling seems incorrect as it answers for Dave.

Left message on "daves" phone, PM'd MAG86. But no reply's since late Friday. I have answering machines at work and home.

Either MAG86 has dyslexia or I've been given the run around.

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i saw this car the other day looks a little ordinary but it is an old car so expected had quite a nice exhaust note sounded very rb'ish saw them move it from the servo to the shop had a big miss under load possibly just cos it was cold tho since they fired it up and moved it straight away

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a20089

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Here's the car.

Images posted to Mag86.

Car doesn't even turn over currently (likely flat battery).

On another matter, I'd not be sure about sending my car to the local service centre. The kids working there are not even old enought to have a drivers licence! Nice kids.. just no experiance.

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Factory 5

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I hereby express my gratitude for the time you took to check this car out for me, and the pics are great, they showd me exactly what i needed to know...

I apologise for not contacting you earlier , and for not giving the correct details in the first place.

And yes, i do have dyslexia, and it is no fun at all.

I cant remember names or numbers or what day it is, how old i am , it takes be 20 sec to tell the time on a watch...

so instead of badmouthing me on a public forum, please contact me personally.. im sure you still have all my details.

Shit mate ive only been on this forum a few months, dont give me a bad reputation already, its not like ive screwed you over or ripped you off or anything...

Cheers,

Andrew

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Amaru

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I see this car every time I fill up with fuel, its at my local servo.

I had a quick look at it tonight, it looks pretty rough/neglected on the outside. No idea what condition the motor is in though as I could only have a real quick glance at it.

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a20089

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I had a quick look at it tonight, it looks pretty rough/neglected on the outside. No idea what condition the motor is in though as I could only have a real quick glance at it.

If you are semi interested, a small pic.

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I'd like to ask how much cash are they going to give you to tow it away...........looks a bit lowbrow to me. Especially when you can pick up good cars [31, 32, 33] for around the $10000 mark these days.

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