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James, i sent you a text but i think i got the wrong number whistling.gif

Im gonna go see an n13 right now .. 500 bucks ;) he just got the head gasket fixed so he wants more but ill bargain my way through it ;)

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Haha yeah I think i pressed the wrong number ... it was in yanchep ... i checked it out .. it was pretty dodgey the clutch was rock solid and he said one of the engine mounts was gone or something

This bunkie car business is tricky!

Yeah I just bought a quokka today, gonna go check out a couple more cars before I make a decision ... saw a nice 1977 escort and 1980 Datsun Sunny ... their freaking cool looking cars so I wanna see them ..

May see a few more corollas/pulsars/excels/cars in that price range ... but the pulsar today wasnt bad, he did say he was gonna have a go at fixing the clutch a bit ... how bad of a problem is an engine mount?

The rest of the car was in real good shape so I may pop around to give the car another go when the clutch is fixed or something

Or I may just stretch the budget to a bit under 1000 .. some good cars around for 900 or so

I hate the old lasers, and newer ones too lol. No seriously though they are decent cars reliability wise, i just hate the look and the ford badge lol

Engine mount is nothing mate, i flogged out both on my vr commodore back in the day and me and my old man did em both plus full service over the space of a day, with lots of bourbons lol.

I cant remember the exact procedure being so long ago, but i remember jacking the engine up with a regular car jack to get at them/replace them. Plus i dont think the parts were very dear either.

I gotta say if i was in your position though, i would prefer something like a ke corolla or datsun sunny, i just love seeing the old beasts getting around.

Fully agree with you cannabis, I LOVED the KE Corolla and real keen on the escort and sunny ... but yeah for a first car to work on its a bit of a daunting prospect and I'm not too sure if ill be able to handle it?

Is the engine mount a real problem or can I just leave it? I'll give the pulsar another go if thats the case once he's fixed the clutch a bit

Engine mount is definitely something that needs doing, and if i remember right, one going usually stresses the other causing it to break.

As far as the older cars go, i think they are probably better to work on in a lot of cases, the lack of electronics makes things easy. Only problem i could see with SOME of the older ones is getting your hands on parts. Still, imo the pulsars are really solid, and you definitely wont have a problem getting stuff at the wreckers!

Yeah I'm leaning towards pulsars/corollas mainly cos I like good old japanese cars ... plus their well known for reliability and have a good amount of parts available and all .. thats what the head says but im in love with the classics like that KE Corolla .. if I had the money I'd go for that one and try to fix it up ... have to look at the sunny and the escort though

I do need to learn how to drive a car without power steering though, gonna end up with some incredibly beefed up arms thumbsup.gif

yeah mate, i drove a few 31 na manuals when i was younger, and they FELT deceptively fast haha. I suspect that all the young rev head p-platers have reduced the numbers by planting them into trees and poles etc- much the same as the vl.

bastards!

That R31 you showed me is such a great buy ... I actually wouldnt mind an auto car, I do drive alot and an auto car would save me the problem of a rock solid clutch?

Girlfriend will just have to do without learning how to drive a manual LOL although she'd have some major issues learning how to do it in a car without power steering anyway

Although I have heard of auto transmissions on old cars being a bit of a problem at times ..

that was 10-4's pick mate- and a good one imo. Not too sure about the auto in the 31, but the vls auto (whilst being really long geared in first) was a tough piece of gear. Imo the pick of the bunch is that r31. Usually a good guide to the condition of an auto box is to sit in neutral with your foot on the brake, and select between drive/neutral/reverse. If it takes ages to select and is rough whilst doing so, its usually a good sign of a fckd auto. My vr's box went at like 380k and it took about 2 or 3 seconds to engage reverse from neutral haha. Eventually it got stuck in first gear and called it a day

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