Heres the story,

I brought it from a salvage auction. It was a special auction for one of the big auction groups here in melbourne but the car was located in the country. After winning and organising pickup i drove 2hrs to finally see what i purchased.

On arrival the yard owner knew what i was there to pick up and immediately asked if i knew what i brought ,I told him some import toyota crown and in a worried tone asked whats wrong with it?

Told me it was a excellent buy and the car is mint! Told me the story why the insurance company wrote it off on the poor owner. The guy was moving a TV in the passenger front seat and had to do a emergency brake, which smashed the tv into the screen and cracked it badly. He was paid out the value of the vehicle because a replacment windscreen wasn't available.

In the process of organising a screen from jap land.... $$$$$$$$$$$$$

Good stuff how does it go

such a good score, so it can be re-reg with a viv or whatever it is or is it a total write off? hope you can re-reg what a great car just the one Im after when I head back to Jap land

Repairable write offs over 15 years old dont require a VIV, just a RWC to be registered again.

Its no rocket ship, its 1500kg with maybe 100rwkw.

Pimpin!

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1972 Datsun 1600, S14 SR20DET Engineered (204rwkW @ 17psi.)
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Needed the supercharger to carry around the 500kgs of velour.

I love the air filtration system the cressidas have which this should have and 100kws is plenty for cruising

Should have insured with Shannons. Free replacement windscreen per year

Not sure how well they will honor that service with a import vehicle

http://toyota.epc-data.com/crown/gs121/ ... 503/56111/

better make a trip to japan cheaper in the end as luggage

Nice buy

I had a MS112 Crown with 7MGTE and 5 speed - was an awesome sleeper

They are great cars

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1971 Datsun P510 SR20DET 276 rwkW
2005 Mercedes AMG E55 350 kW
1969 Datsun P510 L20B EFI 95 rwkW
1975 Ford XB Fairmont GS Wagon 179rwhp
1980 Escort Van SR20DET unfinished
2002 Suzuki GSX1300R Hayabusa 185hp

They insure imports

NZ got more of them than us too as you know so might be worth checking closer?

Spent some time on the interior this arvo.