I think I'm about to do something stupid...

Alemenara · 08-01-2013, 02:13 PM

So i've been lurking here for a little while now whilst i've been amassing the funds and parts i need to put my astina on the road. Whilst i've been waiting for funds and so on a few friends of mine & myself have completely cleaned & rebuilt the motor from my existing astina, which i was planning to put back in sometime this week. My plans for my Astina were fairly simple; 17s, FGK Exaust, Rebuilt Motor, Swap teal interior to black/grey, debadging & a respray. I have been buying a few bits and pieces when i see them going cheap and most of which have been sitting in my boot for a month or two; Front & Rear discs/pads, Smoked tail lights, a pair of head lights with carbon eyelids, a remote central locking kit & various bits and pieces for building a decent stereo. Anyways onto the point.

I've seen a few threads now where people have bought perfectly good Astina's for hundreds of dollars not thousands purely because it needed a clutch or brake discs or something simple. So i've been looking out for a bargain like that myself. The other day i come across this:

so it needs a windscreen, tail lights, front & rear discs/pads & a master cylinder for the clutch. I've been out to see it and it looks pretty clean, its got 6 months rego on it and looks to be pretty neat.

My plans ultimately would include putting my freshly rebuilt motor, gearbox and random bits & pieces into this astina and replacing that god awful cannon with a FGK system. I have all the parts nessicary bar the master cylinder to repair this car and im fairly sure i can pull the one from my existing Astina without too many issues. The guy wants $900 for this including the rego on it. Do you guys think it would be silly to buy it considering i have all the spares to fix it and a motor to put in it?

08-01-2013, 02:13 PM	#1
Alemenara AstinaGT Regular Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia Car: 94 V6 BA Hatch Posts: 264	I think I'm about to do something stupid... So i've been lurking here for a little while now whilst i've been amassing the funds and parts i need to put my astina on the road. Whilst i've been waiting for funds and so on a few friends of mine & myself have completely cleaned & rebuilt the motor from my existing astina, which i was planning to put back in sometime this week. My plans for my Astina were fairly simple; 17s, FGK Exaust, Rebuilt Motor, Swap teal interior to black/grey, debadging & a respray. I have been buying a few bits and pieces when i see them going cheap and most of which have been sitting in my boot for a month or two; Front & Rear discs/pads, Smoked tail lights, a pair of head lights with carbon eyelids, a remote central locking kit & various bits and pieces for building a decent stereo. Anyways onto the point. I've seen a few threads now where people have bought perfectly good Astina's for hundreds of dollars not thousands purely because it needed a clutch or brake discs or something simple. So i've been looking out for a bargain like that myself. The other day i come across this: so it needs a windscreen, tail lights, front & rear discs/pads & a master cylinder for the clutch. I've been out to see it and it looks pretty clean, its got 6 months rego on it and looks to be pretty neat. My plans ultimately would include putting my freshly rebuilt motor, gearbox and random bits & pieces into this astina and replacing that god awful cannon with a FGK system. I have all the parts nessicary bar the master cylinder to repair this car and im fairly sure i can pull the one from my existing Astina without too many issues. The guy wants $900 for this including the rego on it. Do you guys think it would be silly to buy it considering i have all the spares to fix it and a motor to put in it?