what would you pay for..

rust3 · backyard mechanic Joined: 04 Feb 2002 Posts: 971

81 TE gemini

*straight body, gold in colour
*white and grey vinyl interior, momo s/wheel, guages, m/tacho
*15" chaser rims
*2.6L rodeo engine, ems, t03 r/b, headlight to headlight intercooler, custom plenum, 13b turb injectors, 3in exhaust etc etc..5 speed. 180kw's
*locked diff with 28 spline axles, disk brake ass end

very clean and tidy car. so what would you pay for it?

Gold TX Sleeper · backyard mechanic Joined: 05 Feb 2002 Posts: 509

Approx. $3000 as is, or approx. $4800 if it came with a VL L.S.D instead of the locker, and had full engineers approval for registration in Q.L.D.
Jasyn...

TG 1985 · backyard mechanic Joined: 08 Jan 2002 Posts: 550

m8, if it's not just a shit cond. gem with crazy engine, nice paint, neat everythin, i would giv u bout $4,000.

rust3 · backyard mechanic Joined: 04 Feb 2002 Posts: 971

what? i was offered 10,000 when it had 17's

zzz · petrol head Joined: 16 Jan 2002 Posts: 1298

doesn't matter how much money you spend on it
it's just a gemini if your lucky some one may give you
5-7 but thats pushin it there market price is only
3k probly less now

Soop · backyard mechanic Joined: 30 May 2002 Posts: 748

Its not just a gemini. To me a gemini has a 1600 carby fed engine with drum brakes, bad paint and a bit of rust hee and there.

You have to accept that the car has a bit of work done to it and therefore it should be priced a little higher.

Sure, you should never expect to get money back on a car like that or even break even. But there is no way you can compare that to the market value for a gem.

For example, mooch's car. He's hardly gonna be selling that for 2 grand in the trader is he ?

zzz · petrol head Joined: 16 Jan 2002 Posts: 1298

but unless you strike some dumb shit what fuck wit
would pay 10 k for a gem

TGNVD247 · tinkerer Joined: 04 Nov 2002 Posts: 470

there is one in the trading post for $20,000 - u gotta laugh

20PSI TX · tinkerer Joined: 23 Oct 2001 Posts: 475

I've seen a gem go for $10,000. What you have got to look at though is the guy had over $40,000 in reciepts. Completly legal 11 second car in adelaide and in adelaiide a completly legal car is very hard to come by as not many real fast cars are.

Gold TX Sleeper · backyard mechanic Joined: 05 Feb 2002 Posts: 509

What the hell did this guy have done to his Gemini?

rust3 · backyard mechanic Joined: 04 Feb 2002 Posts: 971

yeah right. i know of 4 turbo gems around here, one guy got offered $10,000 without rego, another got offered $10,000 for a 1600, my brother was offered a swap for an ET turbo with 17's plus $5000 and as i said i was offered $10,000 as well. so go figure.