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pjwilliams2:
I'm looking at only spending up to $20000 Au on the purchase of the vehicle itself. I know this won't get me a great example of a C3 Chromie but I think something with a decent frame and body and not a wreck of an engine or interior is not out of the question.
I'm prepared to have to perform some maintenance and restoration myself to get the vehicle roadworthy and comfortable. This does not bother me - rather, this whole project started out as a suggestion from my wife that I should get a car to fix up as a hobby and steadily improve over time.
We all need our hobbies :22

gtc:

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nifty:
get an importer to do all the paper work mate....far easier...you pay him, and pick your car up when it lands...
you wont save a great deal of money by doing all the running around yourself...
i have a mate who imports cars, and the paper work is mind blowing..
some of the importers will find you  a car in your price range... they will supply you with a detailed report, WITH pictures..
good mate of mine bought a 68 camaro sight unseen, and got it shipped out.the car is in so bad a condition its never been driven on aussie soil.
the running gear will be pulled (fitted to a hk monaro), and the body scrapped.
he chose to do it himself rather than get a licensed importer to actually check the car out on his behalf.... the landed price for the hunk of crap was around the 25 grand mark...
once bitten twice shy...its something he said he will never do again.

MR 69ER:
G'day Patrick I've sent you a U2U, have a read & get back to me.

Cheers
Steve

demonx:
Word of advice from a once dissapionted fello.

Look at the car yourself before buying. Dont trust others to look at it for you!

I had a great 76 coupe I drove every day. Sold it to buy a 70 vert that I was "meant" to get on the road pretty much straight away.

Couple years later this wonderful 70 vert is stripped to pieces in my shed and will cost approx 3 - 4 times more than expected.

Sure many people get what they expect. Theres also the many that dont. Depends how rich you feel and if you can afford o gamble with tens of thousands. I couldn't and that why I'm still years from having the car on the road.

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