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Hey guys, so after i sold my mk2, i vowed i would stick to RWD cars, had a mx5 for a year and realised i need something more practical, this is what i got...
Its a 1994 manual 5 door vr6 with 160k on the clock. It has had all the mechanicals looked after but the bodywork has suffered.
When i saw it for sale on the forum and initially wanted to convince my bro to buy it, how i ended up buying it i still dont know..
The plan was to fly over to Melbourne, pickup the car and drive it back to SA. After organising a permit and buying ticket ect. the seller kindly met me at the airport early on a sunday morning to have a look at the car. Dave is his name if i remember correctly. I inspected and test drove the car and everything was A ok, bought it and didn't get 20min from his house before the drivers side inner cv exploded and left me by the road side. So its 9am on a sunday and i am in Melbourne with a car i can not drive (also we planned a day of site seeing and visiting various restaurants ect). I gave Dave a call to let him know what happened and cant thank him and his friend enough. We spent the rest of the Sunday trying to repair the car with a spare driveshaft we managed to get from another bloke (thanks to you too) but the outer cv would not pop out of the housing.
It was getting dark by now and i had to surrender, we towed the vr back to the same parking spot i picked it up thins morning which i found ironic, and booked a hotel in the city and flight back in the morning as i had UNI to get to.
Chapter 2 begins with not being able to find a reasonable quote for someone to transport the car back to SA for me, so after exhausting all our options i decided to hire a trailer and drive over with dad and his car to pic up the vr and drive it back. All went well and we managed to get back completing a round trip in just under 24hrs.
So the plan is to restore the car back to its former glory as its in a bit of a sorry state.
Body
I have already sourced a replacement tailgate that is straight and doesn't have the rust in the corners of the window. Will also be ironing out the dent int the front guard before giving the car a full respray.
Running gear
Plan is to source a complete set of new inner and outer cv's for piece of mind and as the car comes with a set of adjustable Bilstein's, i will be getting a set of lowered springs to just drop it a touch as well as spacers or new wheels with better fitment. Will need a replacement exhaust or an upgrade.
Interior
The Leather seats are in generally good condition other then the drivers seat where the bolster has seen some ware. Also will need to replace the clamshell, drivers door card and find a replacement steering wheel.
Hamza
Its a 1994 manual 5 door vr6 with 160k on the clock. It has had all the mechanicals looked after but the bodywork has suffered.
When i saw it for sale on the forum and initially wanted to convince my bro to buy it, how i ended up buying it i still dont know..
The plan was to fly over to Melbourne, pickup the car and drive it back to SA. After organising a permit and buying ticket ect. the seller kindly met me at the airport early on a sunday morning to have a look at the car. Dave is his name if i remember correctly. I inspected and test drove the car and everything was A ok, bought it and didn't get 20min from his house before the drivers side inner cv exploded and left me by the road side. So its 9am on a sunday and i am in Melbourne with a car i can not drive (also we planned a day of site seeing and visiting various restaurants ect). I gave Dave a call to let him know what happened and cant thank him and his friend enough. We spent the rest of the Sunday trying to repair the car with a spare driveshaft we managed to get from another bloke (thanks to you too) but the outer cv would not pop out of the housing.
It was getting dark by now and i had to surrender, we towed the vr back to the same parking spot i picked it up thins morning which i found ironic, and booked a hotel in the city and flight back in the morning as i had UNI to get to.
Chapter 2 begins with not being able to find a reasonable quote for someone to transport the car back to SA for me, so after exhausting all our options i decided to hire a trailer and drive over with dad and his car to pic up the vr and drive it back. All went well and we managed to get back completing a round trip in just under 24hrs.
So the plan is to restore the car back to its former glory as its in a bit of a sorry state.
Body
I have already sourced a replacement tailgate that is straight and doesn't have the rust in the corners of the window. Will also be ironing out the dent int the front guard before giving the car a full respray.
Running gear
Plan is to source a complete set of new inner and outer cv's for piece of mind and as the car comes with a set of adjustable Bilstein's, i will be getting a set of lowered springs to just drop it a touch as well as spacers or new wheels with better fitment. Will need a replacement exhaust or an upgrade.
Interior
The Leather seats are in generally good condition other then the drivers seat where the bolster has seen some ware. Also will need to replace the clamshell, drivers door card and find a replacement steering wheel.
Hamza
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