Went to the local council abandoned vehicle auctions the other day. It was raining fairly hard, and the auction itself is held outdoors, so only myself and two other people bothered to show up. (and they were more interested in an old tractor)

 

 

Bonnet latch was stuck... council guys didn't even bother to pop it. Oh if they had....

 

 

Its a GA70 (import) converted to a twin turbo 1JZ... and manual. Nice set of 18's too.

The bidding was intense... but I managed to buy it....

 

For $50. The opening bid.

 

Unfortunately all the build and compliance plates have been flogged, so it'll never be registered again... :yes:

 

So this thread will eventually turn into the buildup of whatever vehicle I decide to shoehorn this driveline into.

 

I have a few ideas :lolcry:

Dang you've got a supreme bargain there :lolcry:

Go die in a hole, Canadian scum.

 

@)(#)_@(#)@( !!!!!!!!

Oh shit. Best bargain ever. Ill give you a hundred bucks for it. lol. Best thing is they already ditched the shithole motor it was born with.

Oh shit. Best bargain ever. Ill give you a hundred bucks for it. lol. Best thing is they already ditched the shithole motor it was born with.

 

Ironically, when I first saw it I was kinda hoping it had the 1G so I could shove it in a 'rolla :yes:

But a 1JZ is fine.... don't get me wrong :lolcry:

 

I have yet to check which GB it has... its an early JZ and I'm not sure whether its a W or R series. Either way it shifts well and the clutch feels like a HD item...

 

Going to be fun pulling it down and seeing what other goodies it has... I just found a Blitz BOV and boost controller...

I haven't even checked what GB it has yet... its an early JZ and I'm not sure if they used a W or R series... either way it feels slick.

 

 

If its the original from the car it should be R154. I think a lot of 1J cars had em too, so I bet thats what it is. That gearbox alone could be worth 1500 dollars.

Man what a score!

Edited May 29, 200818 yr by oh what a nissan feeling!

HOLY SHIT!! thats a bargain unbelievable for $50 even if it is a strange world where everything is at

90degrees to the horizontal.

 

Well done, be a few K profit there if was resold... this is one of those stories you hear about

but never believe.

 

Scott.

Edited May 28, 200818 yr by ROL-110

;) Your lucky bastard!!

 

Oh, and ROTATE THE f@$kING PICS!! :)

flipped for your convienience

 

Cheers

Edited May 28, 200818 yr by rolla_kid

Oh much better. So how many cars do you own now Shades?

http://www.turbosupras.com/pages/en/pages/...JZA70/jza70.htm

 

could it be factory 1jz?

 

 

nice buy anyway!

Edited May 28, 200818 yr by Jono

You know I think the police / rego authorities can provide you with a new chassis number if you can prove you acquired the car legitimately. I don't know how they tell if its an aussie car or a import in that scenario though.

cheers rolla_kid... couldn't be arsed doing it myself... and admittedly the thought of Jip (any many others) staring at the screen with head tilted 90 degrees kept me kinda amused for a little while :)

 

Jono: They did come JZ from factory, but in this case it was originally a GA70, with a 1G-GTTE.

Jip: I ran out of fingers after 10 and I can't be bothered taking my shoes off to count any higher so I'm not sure.

 

Silverra: I have looked into getting new plates etc, but having done some cafe napkin calculations on restoration costs I think I will save myself the bureaucratic nightmare and just pinch the driveline, part the rest out. It can be done, but the paper trail will be immense. As it was imported under the old rules I'll need to get a new LO1 import plate issued, build plate from another GA70 import, new VIN number, and to top it off, a modplate for the JZ conversion... *sigh*

 

I think I will stick the driveline into THIS :D

 

Going to fiddle with it today, see if it will fire up. Also need to slide under and ID the gearbox... its missing the shifter, which is annoying.

 

Oh and I only just noticed, its an Aero-top ;)

i have 2 words for you...

 

Lucky.....C*$T

 

Nice buy......you gloating arsehole. :)