A decent price for a VN Calais?

[havavb]

What is considered a good price for purchasing a VN Calais in good condition. What about one to do up, which may be smashed, parts missing etc.

Thanks in advance.

[tmerivale]

to be honest bro i couldnt tells ya but i suppose it depends if its a 3.8 or 5.0
i had one and decided to wreck it, was going to be a project, needed motor and box. i decided to get a new project, something not so common. but getting back on topic it really depends on lots of things as well, are you looking for manual or auto did you want it worked or have one or two black lines left down the road behind you two is the magic number, (especially with women) did i say that? oops, sorry. did you want higher diff gears or any other modifications as well as what kind of kms on it.

without trying to hijack your thread if you need parts i have most still with me including sunroof. pm me but if your interested in picking anything up as its better to stay on topic

what color are you chasing for your calais or are you not fussy? lots of variables if you want it accurate otherwise you might be a couple of g's out on either side of the scale

[TVR-190]

crappy / beaten up- under 1k

good condition v6 -2g depending on kms

v8 - 3g km depending

[greenfoam]

Thats about right for a good one you can get in a drive around right now, 2k for V6, 3k for V8, You might find a V6 for bit less, 1500 maybe. But they are worth more than an exec which would be 500-1000

[neet_wagon]

Theres a white VN calais in town here, V6 (comes with spare engine as well), stock as a rock (apart from the seriesII in it, as it came with the spare motor originally), even still has the 1980's car phone. (has everything except the leather)

The guy wants 1200 for it. So shop around and you can get a good deal.

[Matt_vp]

Most i have paid for a vn in the past 4 years is $500 and that was only because it was a manual. I have picked up about 3 vns and 2 vps for $300. They where all V6s, so i would say 1500 max for a tidy manual vn calais.
Matt

[Fun_Bucket]

Matt- 1500 max for a tidy VN Calais manual?

I dunno what condition cars are like out your way, but for that price, we must have 2 totally different ideas on what "tidy" means....

[STEALTHY™]

Lets not be stupid people. Cars are worth different amounts in different states......

[greenfoam]

Lets not be stupid people. Cars are worth different amounts in different states......

Why is there such a shortage of old bombs in S.A everyone crashing them ?

[STEALTHY™]

Why is there such a shortage of old bombs in S.A everyone crashing them ?

Theres no shortage. Any car thats unroadworthy in NSW is sent here, given a set of plates and let loose

[88GreenVN]

I was happy to pay $1000 for a clean white 91 V6 VN Calais on gas with the pan hard rod mount ripped out. Came with good stereo and climate control. Had 240,000 k's on the cluster. New radiator and fuel pump. Cost about $800 to get on the road with minor repairs and fixes. The seller had paid $3,000 for it 12 months before and stacked it into a gutter. It still has a little bit of a bent axle but - thats no real issue. All the electrics work in the car - even all the windows and door locks. Starts first kick.

[88GreenVN]

Theres no shortage. Any car thats unroadworthy in NSW is sent here, given a set of plates and let loose

So constant flow of newbie wrecks from NSW to drift though bottle shops with

[STEALTHY™]

So constant flow of newbie wrecks from NSW to drift into bottle shops with

Fixed your post

[VSHeaven]

They where all V6s, so i would say 1500 max for a tidy manual vn calais.
Matt

Calais manual eh? Never seen one though I have heard stories of a handful made.

[STEALTHY™]

Calais manual eh? Never seen one though I have heard stories of a handful made.

There were quite a few VN Calais manuals made, both V6 and V8s (talking 100s). There were less VP Calais manuals made, but still you can find them. Easy way to spot a genuine factory manual Calais, is it wont have the cruise control, they were deleted from factory.

[Shortstuff]

I paid $200 for my '89 VN Calais with 238000km on the clock. Paint is shot but it's straight and has leather.

[K3zBang]

Recently paid only $2000 for a 5.0ltr Silver over a bluely color (Looks great).

Tire's where flat and Slashed.

Rear power windows didn't work.

180XXX on the clock and it's been ****ing great.

Come with a decent head deck (wish usb and Ipod) 2 inch splits in the front and type S 6x9's in the rear, with cables ran/fused for duel subs in the boot.

[VNAer0HDT]

if anyone got 1 for sale let me kno perferably leather seats and manual

[UBWRND]

i just bought one for 2000 immac condition and its a v6

[markER717]

I own two, a Imperial Blue V6 Calais 5 Speed manual completely immaculate, paid 3k with mags & rego. Then I got my 5ltr dirty pig paint short, looked like someone used the interior for toilet paper, a little work to be done, paid 900 grandpa spec no rego.I guess it just depends what your after.

[havavb]

I found an 89 auto with 165000 on the clock for $1000. Thinking of buying. Seems like a nice straight body, engine looked clean. Gonna check it out hopefully this weekend.

[romez]

bought my 1992 vp calais for 5gs 144xxx on the clock original wheels cassete player rwc and year rego and its frkn immac

so if ya spend that bit extra and look a bit more youll get something sexc for example my first car was a 1997 vs acllaim everything was good but the body wasnt straight but i got it cheap the amount of money i spent on it and still wasnt happy with it i couldve bought a frkn vs calais but you learn from ya mistakes

[havavb]

Yes, but being unemployed at the moment i had to settle with the budget i had.