1990 VN Berlina - What to do with it?

[VicCop]

I bought a second car earlier this year. A 1990 VN Berlina sedan.

Myself and the other half have split up and I ended up letting her have it. She's now got herself her own car and giving the VN back to me.

I bought it for $1200 back in February, with rego on it until December (coming up). I'd like to gauge how much interest there would be in such a car for me to offload it as is.

I bought it back then with a full roadworthy. However it's developed an oil leak in the valley cover and cracks in the strut heads. There was also something about the rear suspension bushes being worn also. Must have been some roadworthy I got

It's got the usual paint fade on the roof and bonnet (roof is the worst). The sides however are immaculate as well as the interior. The engine was said to have been maintained quite well. Someone who looked at it recently said that the radiator looks newer than the car. There's also other parts in it that have the date they were installed written on them so it's been maintained at least.

Rego is about to expire and I have the standard three months until it's cancelled completely giving me that time to decide if I want to renew it. So what does everyone reckon I should do? Slowly fix it and sell, or just chuck it out as is? I really don't want it sitting in my yard for too long.

I've thought about wrecking it and disposing of it piece by piece but then I'll end up with half a car laying around which is probably worst.

[Ozzie]

i would sell it as-is. after the repairs to get it back up to road standards + rego youd never get your money back on it anyway.

[88GreenVN]

Sell it in South Australia - no road worthy needed.

[TVR-190]

use it to do some ram raids.

seriously though itd be easier tosell the whole car then piece by piece, theres bound to be someone that will want it, even if you sell as is you could get 1k

[padrickz88]

keep it, paint it, illegal tint, lower it (about50mm clearance?) some nice interceptors and an animal 5L with the loudest exhaust you can get


your a cop, so i doubt you would get defected lmaooo

[h0Ld3n`VN]

if the motor has done around 200k mark give it to me :P

[centy]

well i would try to get 1k for for it then slowly drop the price till you get to about 5-600.
here in north qld you would get the 1200 for it due to it being a berlina.

[h0Ld3n`VN]

centy.. i dont think it really matters.. vn berlinas are allmost the same as an executive..! mine had no power windows mirrors etc.. they only thing it had was the extra roof light thing and for the rears aswell.. the front door pocket things, 4 speaker crap, n boot release :S oh and the badge :P

[xtreme_sony]

Just sell her mate, with the list of things wrong sounds like a pain is the ass project.

[hi_ryder]

the engine on my vp calais was pising from every gasket so was the tranny. based on what you said i should have parted mine out. just did a full service on it and im going for roady soon. replaced the drive belt oil change did a change over steering rack (power steering was buggered) all filters changed, transmission service, spark plugs, wiper blades, rocker cover gaskets, new battery new headliner new driver mirror, mirror switch and a new taillight. and im not finished yet. its getting a full respray with house of kolor red ice pearl overlay.

[GH05T]

part it out, make some money, wreck the shell
how much do you want for the radiator?