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Cheers. I've had a look and someone has already pm'd me to say its in mint condition and worth a look.

Perhaps I can convince my wife to take a holiday to Melbourne - she's always wanted to go there!!

Final update on my disappointment: The dealer decided to contact the owner with my offer and was told that he bought it off Trademe (NZ's equivalent of EBay) for $12,500 a few years back. Apparently there was some vigorous and competitive bidding so the owner believes there is someone out there who ...

71ta22: There will be others I'm sure. I'll keep in touch with this one but can't see anyone buying it for at least 10 years :) I'm in a predicament though, which I'll outline briefly and will result in an embarassing confession. We only have one car, a small people mover. I also have a Chinese mope...

Just a pity that cars like this get shut up and only few people get to admire them

Update: Had a chat to the car dealer earlier today. Told him that my research tells me his Celica is worth about half what he's asking ($13,500). Dealer told me that because its completely original (re-paint aside) they and the owner thinks its worth more. The other problem is, apparently, the owner...

Don't expect them to accept it but thems the breaks.

Had a chat to the dealer today and had a more thorough look at the car. I still can't find anything other than typical surface rust. I didn't have a magnet on me to test for repairs but I'm pretty confident it's solid all round. The dealer said the guy selling it has a lot of cars and doesn't need t...

71ta22: Thanks for that - I'm obviously a bit of a novice with the Celicas. You don't want to sell one of yours do you??

Haven't had a chance to speak to the dealer but will do on Monday. Will let you know how it turns out.

Cheers 71ta22. Did you make an offer on it at all? Also, can you give me an idea what you think yours is worth? Would be helpful so I have a bit of bargaining power behind me (and make it seem like I know what I'm talking about) :) . I'm picking they won't accept $6000 but may be worth a shot. Are t...

Thanks everyone - I probably haven't said it but I agree its overpriced, the $13K is just what they're asking for it and I'm certainly not going to part with that sort of money for one. Magnet idea is a good one. 71ta22: Seems you're also from NZ Have you seen this one?? You're more likely to know a...

Cheers Hamza. I'm guessing we're in closer time zones than most of the others on here.... they don't seem to be around much during the day. It's definitely an ST, has the 2T-B engine and the oil/amps gauges. Found out that it was a Kiwi soldier who brought it back from Singapore in '73/'74. The more...

@1JZRA21: The dealer was a motoring memorabilia place but, being a car nut, got into selling classic and vintage cars. He's the NZ Morgan dealer and has had old and new Ferrari, Maserati, Aston Martin, BMW and other older European cars in stock. Doesn't usually stock this sort of "Jap Crap"...

It worked!! So here's a few more.... http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4004/4581819155_892aa96fcc_m.jpg http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4036/4581819175_d2d31391c3_m.jpg http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4047/4581819221_97df066df7_s.jpg http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3300/4581819213_d21a0270bd_m.jpg And jus...

Just trying the photo upload ...

@hamza - I'm struggling to convince my wife I should be allowed to spend NZ$13K let alone AUS$13K!! @jhun_hapi - will give it a go. Does anyone have any brilliant ideas to convince my wife that an old 2-door sports car is what we need for our family of 4 when we could be spending that money on the m...