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Now is the time to buy a muscle car! 93 cents to the US this morning and ad 10% duty and $2800 delivery and you could pick up some american muscle for under $10,000. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebay...ucks?hash=item4ceb6a61c1http://cgi.ebay.com/ebay...ucks?hash=item3a53b68dbdhttp://cgi.ebay.com/ebay...ucks?hash=item45eeb2e93ehttp://cgi.ebay.com/ebay...ucks?hash=item4149b9a794and the good thing about american muscle is you can buy almost any part for your restoration and australia has plenty of dealers. Havent you learnt anything from that guy that gives sermons at church?...Captain whats his name. |
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Id go for the Chevelle. Theres no rust in the front floor pans, cause theyre goooooooone. James
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haha yeah "needs work" if i had the money right now i know id rather buy american muscle you can buy complete floorpans anyways and you can stuff a big block in it with no hastles from the RTA.
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I think it would be cheaper to restore american muscle then aussie muscle.
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too strong a aussie dollar will not help holden with its plans to sell more in the US$ markets, but yeah if I had the spare dosh I would love to import a caddi or two.
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I was looking at this the other day. You can look at a k-t-g and we know those are still going for pretty big dollars but look at the for only $15,000 US. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebay...ucks?hash=item2ea86295d1 Made me think..... I am not allowed a mistress so i got a GTS - and its better |
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HJHeaven,thats no good !!it runs on GASOLINE,and weve only got petrol:-)
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If you guys ever browse the racingjunk website youd cry at how cheap their modded cars are. If you want street/strip and dont mind something thats not a show winner, you can bring in ten second cars (for example) for less than the cost of a motor here. |
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theres predictions that the dollar could even out or even go as far as $1.10!! thats when buying a american car would really be worth it
how much does it cost to get one over here? $100s $1000s ???
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Depending on who you go through or who you know, factor on a few grand to get a car here. More leg-work you can do, cheaper it is. Not sure about import duty/taxes etc though. |
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i had a old gemini like the chevelle it was good i did not have to throw my maccas rubbish out the window,just kicked it through the holes in the floor lol.
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i looked at importing with Calafornian Image at narangba near my house. bunch of ****ers! price sounded good $600-900 to get the car to california from Vancouver canada then $2800 to australia plus 10% of the cars value. The car was a 327 base model 67 camaro which was in the shed of my father inlaws house he bought, it was for sale for $500. Californian Imagae told me i was full of s*** and they import these cars for a living and were just rude on the phone. so im guessing they like expensive only cause they get there 10%.
My uncle was going to a by a chevelle with a blown bigblock of him shook hands told him to come back in 2 days. he come back and he had sold it because someone offerd him more money. Not a very honest or customer friendly company.
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the strong aussie dollar makes looking thru the summit catalogue dangerous!
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If you were in Sydney (or happy to transport a car from Sydney to your state) I can recommend a good, honest importer, who ships in cars/parts/containers from CA (Long Beach area) to Sydney.
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John Cain still imports cars for people I believe, into Newcastle.
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I dont think the change in the value of our dollar compared to the US dollar has much of an impact until you consider spending $15K - $20k. As much as low prices are touted around for importing to Aus., the realistic cost is closer to $4000 door to door incl. GST. Especially if the car is not on the West coast of USA. A vehicle at a purchase price of $2000 + $4000 import is a $6000 car landed. I suppose the other thing to consider is why bother to buy a car from USA on low price alone? Low purchase price will mean lots of work once landed, spares only available at high price etc. as not much is available here cheaply. If you always wanted one for years, maybe it is more realistic to get one now, but I still believe the lower end of the market is not worthwhile. And, watch out for Mexican reco jobs & Bondo. We use cans of filler, they use 44 gal drums. Utility8  Edited by user Tuesday, 20 October 2009 9:24:18 PM(UTC)
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Theres always risk. But the biggest gains as i see it are for the buyer who has contacts overseas. Anyone whos been to the US probably knows that its relatively easy to find desirable cars for sale in quite good condition, but getting ahold of them is who you know, not what you know.
Buying from an importer theyre selling desired models and making money, after all, its a business, fair enough.
Right now a mate of mine in Portland is selling his Camaro. Late 70s, great condition, local sale in his area, 7grand. I know the condition of this car and itd cost you over 20grand here from an importer. With the strong Aussie dollar for currency exchange, cutting the middle men out of the process and low rates for shipping, there are literally thousands to be saved.
Not saying its easy, but the opportunity is there.
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