looking to buy

[festa]

First post for me, hi everyone had a look at this car today it was on piston heads last month very tidy with no rust and very clean underneth the guy wants 3200 for it, is it worth it.
Has had a recent rebuild, uprated clutch, exhaust and paint job as you can see by the over spray in the wheel arches just needs under sealing to cover.
He has had the car for about a year and got it off a guy who imported it from japan, doe\'s anyone know the car?
here is a link to some pics
Cheers
 
http://s847.photobucket.com/albums/ab33/festas/

[ad4m1]

3200 for an fc? are you nuts?

[festa]

No not nuts, I like FC\'s and its hard to find one thats not a rust bucket

[1990_fc3s_t2]

There are a few fc\'s for sale at the mo that are rather overpriced to put it kindly!:evillaugh
Knowing what i know now i would only buy an imported fc. As all uk cars are prone to rust and i think, well on my car anyway the damage is so bad and been neglected so long it will effect the structual rigidity of the chassis.

Id pay that for a rust free jay deee

[TiddlesRX7]

Not all Uk ones are rot boxes, just most of them You just have to know where to look for the bad bits. JDM ones are deffo a safer bet though. FC\'s are hard to price up at the moment. They are getting thin on the ground and interest in them is high. This puts prices up. Unfortunately the global cash crisis has dropped the arse out of the market so people don\'t have the money to spend on fun cars. Meaning some people are having to sell them for peanuts or break them
As for that car, I think I recognise it but don\'t know why. If its got proof of the rebuild and a recent compression test then it might not be over priced. It\'d cost you more than its for sale for to import it.

[m1tch]

Its a series 4, so will have the lower power turbo, might be a jap import, hence no rust, but its still a bit much, I got my UK spec FC with hardly any rust for £1600 3 years ago, 86k, compressions of 7s on all faces

[L18M]

judging by the rear lights / numberplate and 3rd brake light. i\'d say its jdm
speedo too, and front indicators and side indicators.

m1tch: why is it a series 4?

just had a quick peek at \'rotary\'heads and seems fc prices have gone up a little.

[grinder]

looks like a S5 JDM , and i cant tell if its got the really really rare rear lights

**edit**

yeah it looks like it has

[festa]

it\'s a 1991 so should be a S5, and buy the sound of it not that over priced because of the condition its in

[m1tch]

Its not a turbo II, check the writing on the intercooler - it says "rotary turbo with intercooler" and not "13b intercooled Turbo II" so unless they have put a series 4 intercooler on a series 5 turbo II engine its a series 4 lol

BTW, I was offered this car a few years ago for £3k:

[NeilSR]

Nice mitch!

I imported mine for just slightly over 2k inc all the charges, that was back in 2007

I would definately import

[grinder]

Its not a turbo II, check the writing on the intercooler - it says "rotary turbo with intercooler" and not "13b intercooled Turbo II" so unless they have put a series 4 intercooler on a series 5 turbo II engine its a series 4 lol

interesting theory - mine is a S5 and has the same IC

[chrisJDM]

speak to L18M he will import one for you

[peterwolds]

now (thanks to grinder) established my 91 FC is a uk car mint  & solid as a rock,standard apart from fox rs alloys & stereo 38000 miles l wouldnt sell for £3200

[dthebuk]

the clocks on that blue one are s4. Also it doesn\'t have the sideskirts. Looks like someones just put an s5 bumper on it.

oh an the interior is s4