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Hi Bungel,

You may have to do what I did and look fior a vehicle that is in need of repair that the owner isnt willing to pay to have done.

I bought my 1997 GQ for $6000.00 and it had a cracked head. I spent $3800.00 rebuilding the topend of the motor and now have a great car that we have a lot of fun in.

I still have to do a few things to it like new tyres, bushes, ball joints and fix the winch but that will come in time.

Cheers,

Rob

Ya wont get a late model GQ thats well looked after with low Ks for 10K
You will pay more, unless it needs work
3.0 auto GQ , as mentioned didnt happen

I don't really know whether I paid a good price or not, see lots of people paying less, but I paid $9000 for a '92 GQ, auto, 260k, 4.2efi with lpg from a dealer. It was bog standard, no signs of off-roading and reasonable service history. But I think the auto is on its way out (seemed fine when i got it). Had a few niggly things to fix (constantly on going!).

Shows how little i know about these vehicles. haha. Just want to get something standard and spend a few extra $$'s getting it mechanically up to scratch if needed.

Yeh, i looked at a diesel turbo, must have been a 2.8ltr a few weeks back. Was duel fuel too, engine bay looked very well cleaned up but was little crap on the outside. $6250. Would have been happy spending a few K getting it up to scratch if it wasnt mechanically sound.
Also looking at a current 4.2ltr petrol model similar to what you have Boggy, 290kms but not duel fuel. Its looks in great nick, inside and out. But has a bit of trouble starting up, took about 8 cranks to get her going. Something about the fuel draining away while sitting around. hmmm??? wanting 10k for it.

http://www.drive.com.au/used-cars/NI...782304706&pt=1

No service history sadly.

Got plenty of time to view all this stuff online, but hardly anytime to actually go see the vehicles which makes it difficult. Annoying part of working away.

Payed near 12K for my 1997 GQ TB42E/auto
Under 200K on clock, full service history from new 1 elderly couple from new (yep for real)

Spent tooo long looking at rubbish
So maybe i paid too much,but condition Vs Ks, Vs all the other rubbish
Not think so

Dont be fooled by the duel fuel jargon
Buy the absolute best you can find then get LPG fitted (still the government rebate of $1500 towards fitment)
Pick the engine/gearbox combo you want
Then stick to that,or youll only be dissapointed

Just keep looking Bungel. I spent the best part of 8 months searching the web.

If you arent sure of a vehicle then let it pass. There will be others.

Try these websites mate:

http://www.carbuddy.com.au

http://www.carsales.com.au

http://www.tradingpost.com.au/Automotive/Browse

http://www.car.net.au/sales/default.aspx

http://www.drive.com.au/

http://cars.ebay.com.au/

http://www.automarket.com.au/

Cheers,

Rob

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Originally Posted by Bungel

Shows how little i know about these vehicles. haha. Just want to get something standard and spend a few extra $$'s getting it mechanically up to scratch if needed.

Yeh, i looked at a diesel turbo, must have been a 2.8ltr a few weeks back. Was duel fuel too, engine bay looked very well cleaned up but was little crap on the outside. $6250. Would have been happy spending a few K getting it up to scratch if it wasnt mechanically sound.
Also looking at a current 4.2ltr petrol model similar to what you have Boggy, 290kms but not duel fuel. Its looks in great nick, inside and out. But has a bit of trouble starting up, took about 8 cranks to get her going. Something about the fuel draining away while sitting around. hmmm??? wanting 10k for it.

http://www.drive.com.au/used-cars/NI...782304706&pt=1

No service history sadly.

Got plenty of time to view all this stuff online, but hardly anytime to actually go see the vehicles which makes it difficult. Annoying part of working away.

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That first one doesn't make sense cobber... are you sure it wasn't an RB30 petrol motor if it was dual fuel... that doesn't explain the Turbo tho?

If that second one is an EFI and it is hard to start... put your wallet in your pocket and run away.

Patience is the key, there are some very nice EFI Petrols come up for around 7 to 8K's. (My old one sold for that range and it had 2 inch lift, Auto Locker etc straight as a gun with zero rust and LPG)

Should have added... early 90's is when the new series came out... different shift setup in the Auto's and the 4.2's went to EFI in the Petrols.

If you get a 4.2 Petty Auto make sure it is a Series 2 with EFI and the upgraded Auto and I wouldn't pay more than 8K for a 94 to maybe 9 something for a really nice 97 with low K's depending on extra's. You will find a stack of Series 2's made in 94 and 97 as they imported a few big batches in those MY's and very few 95 or 96... nothing wrong with them just the way the import years worked out

Cheers guys.

Yeh, recon its pretty poor form not to have any service history. I will keep at it, as i do have time on my side.

Thanks Rob, been scanning most of those sites for the last month.. but there are few more i hadnt checked. Nice :)

yeh, that doesnt sound right does it. Was definatly a duel fuel. so must not have had the turbo. .

thanks very much for the info, i really am looking for any guidence i can get. Will keep all this in mind and hopefully info like that can help narrow the search down for me.

Cheer Mr Evil Twin. :)