SpaceYam
somewhat awesome
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- Feb 19, 2004
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- Central Coast, NSW
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- 2014 Ford Focus ST
Well guys, Tuesday has marked a new era! On Monday I discovered I was in a financial position to not only pay off my current debts within a couple of months, but also to finance a VX2 executive station wagon 
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So yeah... My time of owning a VN has come to an end! It did come as quite a surprise that I would own a 4 year old car at the age of 22, but I'm not complaining!
Anyway, what I'm going to be doing is finishing off painting the front doors black, the handles red and sewing - by hand - red cloth onto the inserts (I can't remove the inserts). I've already done the back doors but I need to redo the passenger side back door and I need to do the handle for the drivers side back door. Plus I need to find a way to lengthen the connecting bit of the winder handles as I'm putting a layer of industrial carpet underlay behind the door trims to deaden sound a bit and as such the winder handles either don't go on or they actually pop off under the pressure!
So when that work is done I'm going to sell the car - shouldn't take more than a month.
What the dilemma is, is that the car is not going to pass a roadworthy check in December without having the steering rack replaced (it's more expensive to replace the individual parts which need replacing), and the rear trailing arms have play, I can't remember the exact details. Plus there's rust which needs attention.
It's a Series 1 (late '89) model Executive - a Manual, V6. There'll be no stereo with it because I don't have one to put in and I would assume a potential buyer would be more interested in doing the car up - nobody buys a car that old to get comfort off the shelf!! It's lowered 2.5 at the back and 2 at the front (to my knowledge), the interior (bar the seats and the edge trim kick panel at the doors, and the parcel shalf) is schemed in red and black - mostly black. I have a custom made short shifter (just the shaft, nothing changed inside the gearbox), red and black Autotechnica steering wheel, Level 2 dash, I spray painted the roof lining black with about 5 cans of cheap black spraypaint - looks scabby except when you're paying attention to the road.
I have VS seats in there - provided by S-Pack Sam (a user on here). Brake rotors are new all round (I think) - less than 2 years old and have about 30% wear on the brake pads.
Anyway, To my knowledge there's probably about $1500 of work that needs to be done - repairs to rust, replacing the front steering rack and fixing up the rear suspension - bushes and stuff, not sure exactly. The engine has done about 323,000kms (at a guess, the odometer was tampered with and I did some calculations to work out exactly how many) but still runs like a champ.
It also has a CAI which I only put on 2 months ago and a 2.5" Redback exhaust which has been on for 2 years.
What sort of price would I be likely to get for it with 4 months rego left on it? I'm thinking about $1500 considering the repairs that need to be done - flog it off to some young hoon with a bit of cash or a bank loan. An extra $500 will get some 16"x7" VR GTS wheels with unroadworthy tyres - thanks to those lovely suspension problems.
So does that sound alright? Anyone wanna buy it off me?
Or should I simply sell the parts individually?
.So yeah... My time of owning a VN has come to an end! It did come as quite a surprise that I would own a 4 year old car at the age of 22, but I'm not complaining!
Anyway, what I'm going to be doing is finishing off painting the front doors black, the handles red and sewing - by hand - red cloth onto the inserts (I can't remove the inserts). I've already done the back doors but I need to redo the passenger side back door and I need to do the handle for the drivers side back door. Plus I need to find a way to lengthen the connecting bit of the winder handles as I'm putting a layer of industrial carpet underlay behind the door trims to deaden sound a bit and as such the winder handles either don't go on or they actually pop off under the pressure!
So when that work is done I'm going to sell the car - shouldn't take more than a month.
What the dilemma is, is that the car is not going to pass a roadworthy check in December without having the steering rack replaced (it's more expensive to replace the individual parts which need replacing), and the rear trailing arms have play, I can't remember the exact details. Plus there's rust which needs attention.
It's a Series 1 (late '89) model Executive - a Manual, V6. There'll be no stereo with it because I don't have one to put in and I would assume a potential buyer would be more interested in doing the car up - nobody buys a car that old to get comfort off the shelf!! It's lowered 2.5 at the back and 2 at the front (to my knowledge), the interior (bar the seats and the edge trim kick panel at the doors, and the parcel shalf) is schemed in red and black - mostly black. I have a custom made short shifter (just the shaft, nothing changed inside the gearbox), red and black Autotechnica steering wheel, Level 2 dash, I spray painted the roof lining black with about 5 cans of cheap black spraypaint - looks scabby except when you're paying attention to the road
.I have VS seats in there - provided by S-Pack Sam (a user on here). Brake rotors are new all round (I think) - less than 2 years old and have about 30% wear on the brake pads.
Anyway, To my knowledge there's probably about $1500 of work that needs to be done - repairs to rust, replacing the front steering rack and fixing up the rear suspension - bushes and stuff, not sure exactly. The engine has done about 323,000kms (at a guess, the odometer was tampered with and I did some calculations to work out exactly how many) but still runs like a champ.
It also has a CAI which I only put on 2 months ago and a 2.5" Redback exhaust which has been on for 2 years.
What sort of price would I be likely to get for it with 4 months rego left on it? I'm thinking about $1500 considering the repairs that need to be done - flog it off to some young hoon with a bit of cash or a bank loan. An extra $500 will get some 16"x7" VR GTS wheels with unroadworthy tyres - thanks to those lovely suspension problems
.So does that sound alright? Anyone wanna buy it off me?
Or should I simply sell the parts individually?
