If you could import one car, what would it be? 

"Spridget" (dustbustervans) 07/15/2016 at 17:24 • Filed to: None

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Like pretty much every other person here, I browse classifieds for cars. Unlike pretty much no one else, I browse foreign classifieds as well. My question today is, if you could import one car from another country, what would you choose? I’d obviously have to choose a Citroen, but after that it’s pretty much a toss - up. I’d have to choose an Ami, purely because it’s so rare, and my fondness for them has !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! What car would you buy off of Goo -Net, AutoScout24, Gumtree, or Classic Cars for Sale UK, Oppo?

Berang > Spridget 07/15/2016 at 17:28

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Suzulight Fronte. Ideally, if one could even be found for sale. I saw one a few years ago on Goo and it was pricey despite being in dilapitated condition.

HammerheadFistpunch > Spridget 07/15/2016 at 17:29

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VDJ76, FZJ105, HDJ81, or VDJ200 GX*

*Sorry Justin Young

Basically any of the great late land cruiser we didn’t get here.

Spridget > Berang 07/15/2016 at 17:31

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Personally, I’d rather have a later Fronte SS 360 or SSS:

Baskingshark > Spridget 07/15/2016 at 17:32

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R5 Turbo for sure

Party-vi > Baskingshark 07/15/2016 at 17:32

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ohsweetbabyjesusyes

Berang > Spridget 07/15/2016 at 17:33

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I do like the LC10 a lot, but the suzulights are rarer/more historically imporant.

Spridget > Baskingshark 07/15/2016 at 17:33

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Excellent choice!

unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins) > Spridget 07/15/2016 at 17:33

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Classic Mini with a 1098 engine.

Trunk Impaired 318 > Spridget 07/15/2016 at 17:33

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I cant choose just one. But....

EDIT: As you can see I can’t read very well.......

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Spridget 07/15/2016 at 17:34

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Ford Edge

For Sweden > Spridget 07/15/2016 at 17:34

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make it a wagon

EDIT: I read this as “improve one car,” but my choice stands.

AfromanGTO > Spridget 07/15/2016 at 17:35

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Easy choice for me.

Out, but with a W - has found the answer > Spridget 07/15/2016 at 17:36

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djmt1 > Spridget 07/15/2016 at 17:36

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Plymouth GTX

interstate366, now In The Industry > Spridget 07/15/2016 at 17:49

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I’d get a post-refresh JDM 4th gen Prelude with an H22, an LSD, and absolutely nothing else. No 4WS, no ABS, no airbags, no sunroof. They’re hard to find, but they’re out there and make a pretty good platform for an autocross car.

CRider > Spridget 07/15/2016 at 17:51

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A Troller T4, obviously.

nermal > Spridget 07/15/2016 at 17:55

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Range Rover Evoque w/ Manual. In White.

Spridget > djmt1 07/15/2016 at 17:55

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Huh- as an American, that seems like an odd choice.

Spridget > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 07/15/2016 at 17:55

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Livin’ on the Edge

Spaceball-Two > Spridget 07/15/2016 at 17:56

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Amarok. It will probably break down just like all my other VW’s but man I want one.

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > Spridget 07/15/2016 at 17:58

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GE90man > Spridget 07/15/2016 at 18:01

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B6 Passat R36

Aaaron > Spridget 07/15/2016 at 18:12

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Maybe I’m just the first to say it because it’s so obvious that everybody already knows we want this but.... R34

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Spridget 07/15/2016 at 18:22

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Toyota S-FR when it comes out

Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) > Spridget 07/15/2016 at 18:31

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Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Spridget 07/15/2016 at 18:44

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Can’t decide R5 or Stratos.

misfitmascots > Spridget 07/15/2016 at 19:11

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G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > Spridget 07/15/2016 at 19:35

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Affordable:

No budget:

V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches > Spridget 07/15/2016 at 19:41

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This thing. ‘91 Nissan Cedric Gran Turismo Ultima

CaptDale - is secretly British > Spridget 07/15/2016 at 20:06

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It would have to be a 2002 Mazda RX-7 Spirit R Type-A

CaptDale - is secretly British > AfromanGTO 07/15/2016 at 20:08

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Sir I applaud you, but

Jonee > Spridget 07/15/2016 at 20:08

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Those are such great looking cars. I also like this Fronte Coupe a lot. Can’t go wrong with a Fronte.

Jonee > Berang 07/15/2016 at 20:09

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I have a fetish for the similar 1st gen. Daihatsu Fellow.

Jonee > Spridget 07/15/2016 at 20:12

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A Kroboth Allwetterroller

Berang > Jonee 07/15/2016 at 20:15

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They’re very interesting cars, actually rather sophistacted underneath unlike the similar looking Minica.

AfromanGTO > CaptDale - is secretly British 07/15/2016 at 20:16

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You can swap the LSA into it now. ;-) We have all the parts needed to swap it into the GTO. :-)

CaptDale - is secretly British > AfromanGTO 07/15/2016 at 20:18

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But I want a Gen F Maloo.

Plus I would rather LS9 the GTO

Jonee > Berang 07/15/2016 at 20:20

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Yeah, I’d love to poke around one myself. Daihatsu is an underrated company. They made some interesting contributions to the small car much like Suzuki.

AfromanGTO > CaptDale - is secretly British 07/15/2016 at 20:24

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I want one a LS9 too and a VF Maloo! There needs to be a way for it to clear the strut tower brace. Harrop did it somehow, and I think they lowered the cradle or used a dry sump to get it to fit.

CaptDale - is secretly British > AfromanGTO 07/15/2016 at 20:27

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Isn’t the VF a Gen-F?

AfromanGTO > CaptDale - is secretly British 07/15/2016 at 20:36

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The VF has Gen 1 and Gen 2.

My 2014 SS is a VF, I haven’t heard it called a VF Gen 1. You can tell by it’s fog lights in the bumper and the polished forged 19s. The 14s have silver brakes and Brembos on front, and the 15-16 have red Brembos on all 4 corners.

The VF Gen 2s don’t have the fog lights, vents in the hood, and have different wheels.

Interestingly enough the 2014s handle better, brake better, and are faster on the road course that the 15-16s. The 15-16s were softened up for the public, and the have the mag shocks too which the 14s don’t have.

AfromanGTO > CaptDale - is secretly British 07/15/2016 at 20:36

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Here’s the build to the yellow LSA GTO.

http://www.hsvforum.com.au/showthread.php…

Spridget > Jonee 07/15/2016 at 20:51

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There’s a MINT LC10 Fronte on Goo- Net right now for $15k. If If I had $15k to blow and no responsibilities, I’d buy it now.

Those Fronte coupes actually pop up on this side of the Pacific occasionally; I think there are a few here in the US.

Spridget > Berang 07/15/2016 at 20:51

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Weren’t the Suzulights one of the first hatchbacks and Suzuki’s first car?

Berang > Spridget 07/15/2016 at 21:30

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They were Suzuki’s first car, and they had a three door variant, but it opened to the side rather than as a hatch. Still, a pretty forward thinking design.

Jonee > Spridget 07/15/2016 at 21:53

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The LC10 and the GX were sold in Europe, too, so I guess they’re not impossible to get. 15 grand sounds perfectly reasonable for a mint one. I’d totally do that as well if I had an extra 15 thousand.

TheBimmerGuyWhoNowOwnsAChevy > Aaaron 07/15/2016 at 21:56

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Was wondering when it would be said.

Out, but with a W - has found the answer > CRider 07/16/2016 at 04:27

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CaptDale - is secretly British > AfromanGTO 07/16/2016 at 11:05

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Shit I need to step up my Holden game.

Oh I see, so VF is the current generation. I have only seen them as Gen-F1 and Gen-F2 so that makes sense.

CaptDale - is secretly British > AfromanGTO 07/16/2016 at 11:17

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That is a wicked build. Must have cost more than the car though.

AfromanGTO > CaptDale - is secretly British 07/16/2016 at 12:00

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That guy has some deep pockets apparently. He built up a HSV Senator prior to the GTO. Those HSV GTOs are still going for 50-65K aus.

CaptDale - is secretly British > AfromanGTO 07/16/2016 at 12:21

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Holy shit!! That’s $41K usd. Dude has his priorities right for money spending though. I will give him that.

AfromanGTO > CaptDale - is secretly British 07/16/2016 at 12:55

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We could do the build cheaper over here. It’s not hard for us to find these parts for fairly cheap. The LS9 lid would be the most expensive thing to buy (besides the blower) new for the conversion. In their build they still use the LS2 throttle body and accessory pulleys. The guys doing them over here use the CTS-V accessory pulleys and LS3 throttle bodies. This is one build with a CTS-V blower, and if he used lower motor mounts he would have been able to use the stock hood.

http://www.ls1gto.com/forums/showthr…

CaptDale - is secretly British > AfromanGTO 07/16/2016 at 13:06

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Or I could just get a crate LS9 for $23k.

AfromanGTO > CaptDale - is secretly British 07/16/2016 at 13:17

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Or buy a wrecked Vette from copart, and sell off what you don’t need to reclaim cost.

CaptDale - is secretly British > AfromanGTO 07/16/2016 at 13:19

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Yeah... That would be the better way around. And while I am at it, put in the electric A/C

boxrocket > Spridget 07/16/2016 at 22:35

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Ford Falcon, even though it’s a bit aged.

RWD, good size, can be had as a Ranchero-like 'Ute, V8...