I'm just putting the feelers out about this car...
An old family friend that lives out in Saudi kept this car over here to use when he was visiting the country. However it hasn't been used for about 5 years and has just sat in a dry underground car park. It's now been given to my Dad to basically do with as he sees fit.
It's now been recovered to my Dad's garage and is sitting in there in the way so he's trying to decide what to do with. There was absolutely nothing wrong with it 5 years ago when it was driven last, and when some fresh fuel was put in and the battery charged it fired up straightaway - that's Japanese reliability for you, wish my SD1 was like that!!
Anyways, what I'd like to know if that anyone was interested in buying it. Before it goes back on the road at the very least all the brakes will be stripping down, discs skimming, everything cleaned up and freed off etc etc and then an MoT put on it - all this can be done but there's no point put this effort into it if it's not gonna be worth anything at the end of it.
To give you a little more info it has (I think) a 24valve V6 with around 180bhp - so it's no slouch. Exterior needs a good wash and polish but it should come up ok I reckon. Interior is all leather, which is in great condition, plus there's plenty of toys. Mileage is an ultra low 49k miles. And here's some pics:
Apologies for the quality of the pics - the car is squeezed into the corner of the workshop at the mo, plus I only had my phone with me at the time.
If I wasn't trying to get my SD1 on the road I'd have it myself as I think it's awesome, but I just haven't got the time or money at the moment.
As I said it needs to go, but not really sure on price at the moment - all depends how it all looks when it's up on the ramp and how it drives when it's back on the road. Feel free to throw some sums around though. It could even be taken away as is if someone wants their own project.
Any questions please shout.
An old family friend that lives out in Saudi kept this car over here to use when he was visiting the country. However it hasn't been used for about 5 years and has just sat in a dry underground car park. It's now been given to my Dad to basically do with as he sees fit.
It's now been recovered to my Dad's garage and is sitting in there in the way so he's trying to decide what to do with. There was absolutely nothing wrong with it 5 years ago when it was driven last, and when some fresh fuel was put in and the battery charged it fired up straightaway - that's Japanese reliability for you, wish my SD1 was like that!!
Anyways, what I'd like to know if that anyone was interested in buying it. Before it goes back on the road at the very least all the brakes will be stripping down, discs skimming, everything cleaned up and freed off etc etc and then an MoT put on it - all this can be done but there's no point put this effort into it if it's not gonna be worth anything at the end of it.
To give you a little more info it has (I think) a 24valve V6 with around 180bhp - so it's no slouch. Exterior needs a good wash and polish but it should come up ok I reckon. Interior is all leather, which is in great condition, plus there's plenty of toys. Mileage is an ultra low 49k miles. And here's some pics:
Apologies for the quality of the pics - the car is squeezed into the corner of the workshop at the mo, plus I only had my phone with me at the time.
If I wasn't trying to get my SD1 on the road I'd have it myself as I think it's awesome, but I just haven't got the time or money at the moment.
As I said it needs to go, but not really sure on price at the moment - all depends how it all looks when it's up on the ramp and how it drives when it's back on the road. Feel free to throw some sums around though. It could even be taken away as is if someone wants their own project.
Any questions please shout.
I would be tempted to try and get it on the road where I am sure you would get loads more.
