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    Hi all, I just got given my mums old car,

    from the rego papers I got the following.

    Body: sedan
    year: 1981
    Engine: VL217803
    its got 300k on the clock and has been serviced every 5k, on top of that its never been pushed hard as its 2 owners were both over 60year's old, no dents on it, some minor scratch's thats all.

    its got a blue engine under the hood too, someone mentioned that blue is good and red is bad?. and a SL badge on it.

    What do you reckon its worth? someone said they would buy it $300 but I'm sure its on the realm of vintage. I already have a car so I don't need it. I looked online and cant find find them anywhere. No one has a single one for sale so I'm guessing its in demand, the closest I found was a stock 1983 model for $9000 Any help would be great! thanks.

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    $9000 for a 1983 model - it would have to be an immaculate SLE version with a 5.0 litre and all the goodies.

    The reallity is a VH SL 202 with a good body and those k's is about $900 (tops) with no reg or rwc.

    Not what you wanted to hear.

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    If its that clean, put it up for 1500 and see what happens, a decent shell is hard to find, forget the blue/red motor thing, electronic dizzy and usually refers to the 8's, SL is a good model, still not too bad inside, you'd only be aiming at the market who like VH's, even first car buyers can get a lot later models for as low as $2000. Post pics if you can

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    Someone just messaged me and came over, and he's coming back Monday with $2000 he gave me a $750 deposit. Guess they are in demand. He tested the engine, reved it hard and it was still in perfect condition. Inside its perfect. Its had 2 layers of car seat covers on it since the day it was bought. I was going to link some pictures but no point now since it sold in less than 12 hours and I didn't even get to list it online yet :-S

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    lucky sod!!! bet it was a p-plater that paid that much. first cars are always worth more :P

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