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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.

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. 

😅 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 😁

Ha, a rusty shed with questionable drive train is your starting point for a backdate ST, you have panel work to do anyway, that's where your UK imports come in handy and nothing wrong with that.  

I have 16 of these, new, unused and painted in galvanised paint. Do not ask me how I ended up with them but needless to say it was a self inflicted cock up. These are very pricey. I am open to reasonable offers so that I can buy the correct 944 items. Cheers. Realised they are also used on early 924s.

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!