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I was really specifically talking about UK cars. To be honest I haven't had any experience with South African cars and very little experience with HK cars. I do notice they tend to move a bit quicker though than the UK cars. I looked at a wine red HK 3.2 years ago, wasn't sold on the red on red, but as you said, didn't see any rust. Love your YouTube channel by the way. It's been very helpful over the years!

That is also one of the perpetuated arguments that is flawed. I agree that some UK cars can be rusty (some were never driven in the winter), but South African, Hong Kong, etc, all get the same discount. I have also seen plenty of Aus delivered cars with rust. Let's face it, the cars we are talking about are 40 or 50 years old and have lived in a lot of different places. Same thing that I think mileage on these old cars is now irrelevant. I always suggest the number one rule with these old cars is to buy on condition.

Hello everyoneI, I am looking to modify wheels and suspensions on my 3.2. I saw this car online and thought it was perfect. I know maybe hard but can anyone tell the height and wheel sizes from photos? I thinks it's euro height with 16x8 and 16x7 rears maybe? I want to get my stock car to looks like this. I think it's just adjusting height and wheels only? Also do you think this too low for roads and speed bump? Or ok. I tried to buy some parts from USA. Wow the Australoan dollar is bad. Might put on hold!

The UK cars that can be imported (not including Private Import) are early cars made before Turbos were available in Aus. I am definitely not saying the UK cars are the same, but it still waters down the market, just like it did with the R32 GTR back when the Japanese ones first started getting imported. I never understand why people buy cars and not drive them just to save it for the next guy...

Hoping to catch up with a few mates at the Historics on Sunday!

The VW is a “recreation” by the original builders, Peter Fowler and Bryan Thompson. The original was sold, stripped and burnt. I found these articles. https://autoaction.com.au/2021/01/15/famous-sports-sedan-to-be-born-again https://www.v8sleuth.com.au/stunning-tribute-sports-sedan-breaks-cover/

SHIT!! Thought it was next weekend 😡 Love the Mallala historic meeting. Is that the real Bryan Thompson V8 VW Fastback or a replica? And Clem Smith's old Charger 👍 Clem used to own Mallala track for those unaware. His family sold it to the Shahin family (The Bend owners) after Clem passed away.

Yep, very common practise for rebirthing stolen cars. They steal a car, then transfer the VIN plate from a wrecked one they bought 'legitimately' cheap. Most end up interstate or overseas

Yep, By all reports they are a blast with the PDK is a capable fun unit the wife's new car.

Seeing it differently. When it comes to some of the higher end priced manual 996 turbo's, purely the buyers are dreaming and the reason for no sale.

It's generally to avoid scammers using/copying the car's ID - In a similar way to obscuring Number plates. The scum that plan to scam people, will use anyone else’s genuine ID to pretend they own that car to solicit a buyer in a fraudulent sale.

Interesting. I cannot recall coming across many oz delivered turbos with a 1999 build date. Is that a UK thing. I reckon oz delivered manual with all p stamped parts and low km's and kept tidy will hold value. Having seen some you tube videos on UK examples and lack of preventative maintence with the harsher weather and cheating out on non porsche stamped parts, buyer beware me thinks on future imports that are brought in to scratch an itch and then flipped with very little maintenance done with high mileage put on the odometer. Unless your wrenching yourself, tyres, brakes, suspension and other rubber and plastic bits and dry ice cleaning starts to add up whether your forking out gbp or aud to get to a very tidy example. Not all 996 turbo's are alike. Maybe cheap for good reason. If I was buying a uk import with a view to scratching an itch, I would buy a heavily modded with a view to driving it and racking up miles with a view to drop some coin on selling. . If I'm in for the longer haul with a view to not dropping too much off your purchase price and not doing to do a lot of k's on it, I'm keeping a well sorted low km ( not low mileage) AUD delivered example. I'm looking at another mark and guided by one of world's best wrenches /indy workshops for that mark in the UK. His motto is always pay the higher price initially for the better conditioned car if you can. Brakes, suspension, interior bits, carbon fibre and known model parts that will fail if not already addressed catches up with you and the added the costs to sort those items out piecemeal to the initial cheap purchase price ends up costing you just as much as the well sorted at the end of the day ( if you don't wrench yourself) and you probably still have an inferior car like for like with regards to shininess particularly interior wise. I think that holds true for 996's turbo as well. Not seeing a lot of mezgers engines up for grabs that are cheap. Didn't someone post recently they got burnt buying a cheapy and known gremlins on the 996 turbo becoming apparent on their watch.

Congrats @tomo Porsche SUV's make for a great daily/all rounder

I don't think it's mainly to do with the piece of paper. Rust is a big issue with UK imported cars. I thought the same thing when I started looking, but every UK car I saw had some form of rust. Bubbles around the tail lights, windscreens, front guards etc. Even the cleanest one I saw had small blisters. After looking at 3, I decided to steer clear. I'm sure there are good ones, but the odds are against you and given the price of these cars now, it's not unusual to do a quick sand and repaint, which will hide rust for a while to help sellers move the cars. 911's got to a stage where they were pretty cheap too and I even remember your 911 conversion needed to fixed, because it was very rough. Again, not saying there aren't good ones, but sometimes they were converted to make profit by importers, so you need to make sure you know exactly what to look for. I was an importer of cars quite a few years ago. Mainly from Japan, but occasionally from the US and the UK. I rememeber a client brining over a 997 cab, which would have been under 10 years old at the time as a personal import and it was covered in surface rust. Australia never got the FQ Mitsubishi Evo 8's and neither did Japan, so we bought some in from the UK and I tell you, they had rust holes in the spare tyre cavity in the boot and even in the inner sills, which was fixed by spraying some black tar crap on it in the UK and saying it has been "rustproofed" from the factory. We used to do alot of RHD conversions on Silverados, camaros and mustangs. Albeit, a bit more complicated than an early 911, but the work was horrendous unfortunately. The stigma is there along with the premium on Aussie cars, because people have learnt over time. Give me two early 911s, identical besides one being UK delivered and one being Aussie delivered. To me, I'd rather save the money and buy the UK car, but most of the time you get what you pay for (as above, I'm sure there are good ones, but majority aren't). The car for sale here looks very well sorted though. Building an engine like that and a glass out respray won't get you too much change out of $100k these days. I'm suprised it actually hasn't sold yet. As others have said, I think it's more a reflection of the market slowing. Price is right.

When an advert is placed "on hold" it does not necessarliy mean the ad has been paused. Carsales seller system is flawed. When you sell your car, it gives the seller the choice to mark the ad "On hold" or "No longer available". So, many sellers mark it "on hold" when they recieve a deposit, but then never update it as Sold later.

Did the drive across arriving this afternoon. Still just spectating. Looking forward in particular to the Historic Sport Sedans! Tonight's Street Party in Mallala

A mate of mine locally is now just put his 996 Turbo on the market. Interesting to see where the values currently lie for these cars. Particularly now there are a bunch of early cars coming in from the UK cheap.

Not yet, it’s still in the box … I ought to do something about it! Will update once I have

Congrats, glad it worked out for you

Saw this on my travels today. Very nice

Well the 911 has a new shed Mate, Pick her up next week, Having a major with a few bibs and bobs. 😀

😅 Well mine was a half decent SC from Hong Kong which I backdated meself, and a mate sold his very clean Aussie delivered '84 for not far off the money being asked above, and the buyer completely stripped it turning into an ST replica, so they don't have to be a rusty shed to attack them with a grinder 😁

Dreamer vs Dreamer = no sale.