buying a gt coupe

boxermad

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/2281087
there is a link to a cam ive had my eyes on the last couple of days, after selling my car now i want to go rwd, anyone much experience of twincams? things i should look out for if i do go to buy it?

gaza4

give the bodywork a good look over, should be in decent nick considering its been resprayed but there could be rust. check the arches and underbody. engine wise once its been well maintained it should be ok...

B00MSTICK

Hop onto any of the forums and see if anyone knows anything about it.

I've seen it around, wasn't getting ragged at those times anyway.

Top Dog

Haven't seen that one in years!

Brings back memories of a mis-spent youth

chris139ryan

these usually go for a much higher price for a good one so thats the first thing id be wary about

lav1

if your serious about buying a coupe and dont know much about them definitly do not buy the first one you see! go look at afew and you get an idea of what there like and it,ll be easier to spot a good one. BUT be warned it will more than likely mean travelling up and down the country.
also try and join up to ae86irl.com and you get all the info you will ever need.
( and all the info and stories about the pink panter:p )

DaleB91

A friend of mine used own this coupe, it wasn't bad rust but there was rust. I know loads of previous owners, it was dogged and it was crashed

--Kaiser--

DaleB91 wrote: »

A friend of mine used own this coupe, it wasn't bad rust but there was rust. I know loads of previous owners, it was dogged and it was crashed

Most cams have been dogged to be honest. You'd be very hard pressed to find one that was minded

_Conrad_

--Kaiser-- wrote: »

Most cams have been dogged to be honest. You'd be very hard pressed to find one that was minded

The reason many people buy them in this country is because they've seen/heard one sat on the rev limiter doing donuts and want a piece of that action, and yeah most have at at least some abuse at some stage, many have had a LOT of abuse many many times.

They're certainly good craic and a nice machine to have but the price of them even now is insane for a top quality one when there's so much else car wise that you could get for that money that's better in a lot of ways, but they've become an iconic car.

Anyway a specialist forum would be a far better place to get proper information on them

Keith in cork

Join www.driftireland.com

You'll find alot of well maintained ones there. And you'll also be told the do's and don't of buying/ownership/maintaining the ae86.

Pdfile

Keith in cork wrote: »

Join www.driftireland.com

You'll find alot of well maintained ones there. And you'll also be told the do's and don't of buying/ownership/maintaining the ae86.

agreed, buy a british rolling shell since you're going to mod it and have a wide choice of parts OP...

if **** isn't a daily driver GS300's are cheap... you just need a big shoe horn for that 2jze