For those who didn't know I had a HSV VN Group A ( genuine) I hotted it up a bit
In the end it made over 500 kw @ the wheels and was a great driver, and cruise car, all beit a bit fast.
One night after a cruise I was messing around on the freeway, and as I was slowing down a police officer saw me and pulled me over.
I was waaay over the limit, in the 'loss of license' range. He would the kms back and gave me a ticket and I drove away with my car.
It was then I decided this car is way too easy to have a life changing issue ( loss of license, loss of car ) and decided it must go.
So I listed it on Ebay !!, got over 1000 hits a day.
I decided the money I get for it I would use the whole amount to build my dream car a DeTomaso Pantera.
I guy from WA bought it and on the truck it went !! bye bye.
So now it was a pantera I was looking for.
A lengthy search Australia wide turned up 2 that were for sale, none I really liked.
I was told South Africa... none there.
England, A couple but the pound to dollar conversion killed that idea !
USA, found a real nice yellow one there, slightly over my price range, but the pics made it look real nice.
The deal was done and all was good, except when i said I was from Australia and would be bringing it back to Australia, he said he would not sell it to me.
I was, like what ?? I put the money inyour account, I send a tow truck, how easy is that, he said no, so the deal was off.
I was P*ssed. I spent heaps of time and phone calls to make sure this was the one, and now he says no ??
Oh well time to look for another.
I found a black one,worse condition, but 10k us cheaper.however he was in Florida, which meant it had a $1300 us tow bill just to get it to my shipper in Los Angles.
He was a uni student, who rebuilt a viper and swapped it for this. Now he needed the money for his school fees !
However he did have history on the car, and the previous owner even had it's own web site !!
I looked up this guys house on google earth and he had a plane in his driveway !! I figured they had money !!
The deal was done and the car was towed away.
A couple friends went to the USA and they saw it before me, they said it was a sh*tbox and my heart was on the floor, what have I done !!
Drove like crap, flat tyre, flat battery, steering seized etc.
Anyway the week before xmas it arrived. Brockyb8 and I went to pick it up, this was the first time I actually saw it in the flesh.
It was covered in dust, the paint flaws he said it has were 10 times bigger, and I thought, my wife is gonna kill me !!
We towed it home and started assessing the car.
My wife looked at it and yes I was right, she was very upset, the Group A was a nice shiney car, that had many magazine features done on it, and now I spent all the money on this crappy looking car !!
Once i washed it and polished it it looked a bit better, but still not as good as the pics !!
Anyway it was off to the engineers to see what it needed for compliance and RWC.
3 pages later
I had a bit of work ahead of me !!Here are the pics from the ad that made me buy it !!
Tell me what you think ??
Chapter 2 coming soon
p.s It ends well
Are there others in Australia you know of?
Stupid brain.
