Finding where your first car is now....

[ReaperSS]

I would give my left nut to find where my old lh 308 torana is now and would love to buy it back.
Quite a few people i know want to do the same.
Anyone know if its possible to trace back who may own the car now?

[mys1]

Pretty difficult as its kept private, You may have luck with a copper mate who can search rego Numbers or someone at DPI.

I bumped into my old Rx7 at a house party and had a chat to the owner, was keen to buy it back, but he sold it since for less than I sold it for. on to its 3rd owner since me I believe, Would like to find it again, Id seriously consider buying it back!

[ReaperSS]

Pretty difficult as its kept private, You may have luck with a copper mate who can search rego Numbers or someone at DPI.

I bumped into my old Rx7 at a house party and had a chat to the owner, was keen to buy it back, but he sold it since for less than I sold it for. on to its 3rd owner since me I believe, Would like to find it again, Id seriously consider buying it back!

yeah its since had rego changed and i dont have the vin # .
Was around 14yrs ago i parted with it so it may be gone. Maybe even wrecked :(

[Riggs]

Would buy my my old hilux in a heartbeat, some boong stole it so now its prob on its lid under the sand up at Narrowneck in Wedge, or a burnt shell in the pines.

Loved that car!

[stumps.]

DO NOT WANT my first car back. Pulsar panelvan 2 seater

[TargaHatch]

My first car, also a Torry, written off. 2nd car, turned into a shitter, 3rd car, another Torry, also written off. List goes on, most cars I've sold have been wrecked, and they weren't shitters to begin with. Don't buy a car from me..........lol

[shifted]

The only car worth looking into from my ownership, I wrecked myself. Problem solved!

[Basic]

Funny thing, almost every car I've owned has been written off since I sold it on, guess if you love your car it pays to be a picky seller.

[Cold Fusion]

for the amount of money i spent on my 1st car id love to buy it back at what i sold it for...but i dont think it would be a wise thing to do :(

some people still see it though around busselton which is good, glad the newly P plater hasnt ruined it!

[YOUR MATE]

My first VN in all it's rusted out glory is still getting around, but I'd never want it back. Some mates saw it parked up at Subi oval a year or so ago, looking as I sold it way back when I was 18. Same goes for my white VT, sold to some young bloke in rocko, still getting around on the same rims with monaro rear end. I know the guy with my XU6, I've even offered to buy it back but he wont part with it. Still in as good a nic as when I sold it to him, which is nice to see.

[Tocchi]

the 4wd... do want back... providing its running on 8 cylinders now ;)
supercharged landrover with big bullbar = bin run warrior !

[Daisy]

still have my first car :P

[Torquen]

Mine I know for a fact is scrap metal :(

[Sandy]

Oh the 240gl, would love that car back LOL

[Mad_Aussie]

Mine I know for a fact is scrap metal :(

Ditto
Was sad, until they gave my my $80. Carton of piss fixed the sorrow, and was more reliable than the car was.

[mitchy]

i want mine back, but it's probably property of sims now.
89 ford laser, understeering into shit on gravel roads out the back of geraldton was the best fun ever.

[Simon]

my first car i sold to a fella in Vic,
What i spent on that car and then sold it for was a HUGE lesson.

Id like to track it down and see if its still going but i dont like my chances getting info interstate.

[Torquen]

Oh the 240gl, would love that car back LOL

Should never have sold the Volvo!!! That thing was fucking sweet :D


Ditto
Was sad, until they gave my my $80. Carton of piss fixed the sorrow, and was more reliable than the car was.

Fuck, I only got $60 for mine! Ripped!

[ben351]

85 XF Ghia ... do want back.

[kurbn]

My first car was sold tastefully modified and in good nic.

last time i saw it, it was for sale not running in someones back yard missing engine components and looking a bit worse for wear..

Seems to always happen, you spend bulk coin on a car to get it all nice and within a week someone has fucked it beyond recognition

[ReaperSS]

Would be good for both partys , seller and buyer if the seller could acsess previous owners of the car to advise them its for sale and if they want to buy it back

[perthute]

my first car was a hillman hunter wagoon and i cut the roof off so i dont want it back lol

cops and dpi can get into shit for searching the data base without a vaild reason

[Mad_Aussie]

Fuck, I only got $60 for mine! Ripped!

These days some of the places expect you to pay them to take the car away, times are changin' i tells ya.

[Butcher]

Might be an idea for carsales.com or the like to have a registry on the site where you can sign up and put in details of said previous vehicle and if it comes up for sale you could be notified.

[gav_wah]

left mine in the pines on its roof squished after selling it to mates as a pines basher, came back with car trailer to remove the gearbox and diff(brand new) only to find the car already gone in matter of 25mins.

was only a shitter starfire corona...with more bog than steel

[Joe]

My first car is still getting around afaik on its 2nd owner after I sold it.. Red Series 2 Mazda RX7.

Packing 12A turbo power and a set of 18s as opposed to smaller rims and 13B carby ported goodness when I owned it.

Would love to buy it back and go all out on it!

[monk_13]

left mine in the pines on its roof squished after selling it to mates as a pines basher, came back with car trailer to remove the gearbox and diff(brand new) only to find the car already gone in matter of 25mins.

was only a shitter starfire corona...with more bog than steel

Sounds similar to mine.Fucking old corona just would not die. I had the old 18RG (I think) motor in mine though. Went decently for a POS.

I miss my second car more. 86 Corolla, mild 4AGE, no mufflers etc etc. Sold it for a bottle of bourbon with the motor in the back.

Have often thought of purchasing another and turning it into a track car.

[urban]

My first car, 83 Mitsubishi starion, is still sitting in my sisters shed gathering dust up north.

[RRob]

Would love to see my old ute, Vr rb25 spec clunker. Aparrently has rb30det now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQgDqYynuvE

[ben351]

Would love to see my old ute, Vr rb25 spec clunker. Aparrently has rb30det now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQgDqYynuvE

tj wants HIS 32 back ;)

[RRob]

Tell him to bring cash....

[ben351]

wont have any left when he gets back from Bali ... rub n tugs n shit

[JT3]

Spotted my first car , ae82 twincam at uni the other day. I left a note telling them to contact me back, but they still haven't :(

[V70R]

I would love to have my old 85 KF Ford laser back - just so I can have the pleasure of getting rid of it again.

[sprint347]

Reading stories like this confirm why I've gone to such lengths to keep my first 'real' car

[sprint347]

My first car is still getting around afaik on its 2nd owner after I sold it.. Red Series 2 Mazda RX7.

Packing 12A turbo power and a set of 18s as opposed to smaller rims and 13B carby ported goodness when I owned it.

Would love to buy it back and go all out on it!

I remember that thing, it was noisey and shot flames!

[Tocchi]

found terry's first vehicle

http://images.travelpod.com/users/york_tyke/rtw_adventure.1137388560.20_boat_people.jpg

[S133LTR]

First car was an LH SLR Torana. Loved that car so much almost washed the paint off the thing.

Sold it to another young bloke in Leeming when I moved to perth, saw it about 6 months after I sold it with a big scrape/dents from the a pillar back on one side.. never saw it again.

[WOMBAT8686]

My first car at least went to a good home. AE82 twinky I sold for spare parts for a rally car.
My second car lasted less than a week. AW11 MR2 SC Backed into a pole by it's new owner. Was not surprised, it spent most it's time facing the wrong way when I had it. I was just lucky.

[NoOg_sTaR]

As far as I am aware my S13 is still roaming around, I saw it a few months ago but it looks to be on its last legs.

It's a shame considering I took good care of it back in the day.

[MrMayhem]

Odd conincidence, Had a dream other night Id bought my old XY falcon back, was just arranging for the repaint when I came too. Ran the plate number through dpi the original 1970s plates have been derego'd so funk knows what its fate is

[esky]

Still got mine first car.

1980 mk2 ford escort. Sits in garage at mums house, doesn't get used much but at least its there so when i got the money i can do what i always wanted with it, bash a yb cosworth motor in it.

[Milhouse]

Would love to see my old ute, Vr rb25 spec clunker. Aparrently has rb30det now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQgDqYynuvE

I remember this back in the day, the motor could rev higher than the tacho showed haha

My first car ended up as ben351's daily, then on-sold to BBK who got it yellowed and crushed into a cube.

[Passage GT]

my first car was a shitty datto i wrote off
would love to buy my impala back, advertised it about a year ago on behalf of the guy who bought it off me (we kept in touch) and i still get pms on forums asking if it's still for sale lol
if a chance to buy it back comes up i will buy it back no doubt

[Mistikal]

First car was cubed - 81 735iL.

VT was traded at SPV, Tech9 bought it, then after that it went thru a couple of owners and is now owned by an aboriginal family somewhere in St James/Vic Park. See it a fair bit these days... looks like a complete and total junkheap now. Used to wash it once a week and keep it looking tops when I had it :(

[MMM]

I think my 1st car is still getting around. '84 XE Fairmont. Would love to have it back!!! Clear coat was starting to peel off tho..

[lysdexia]

my first car ended up painted green with a roller, gutted, and taken to the bunbury tip

shame really, i loved that car

[Pete]

'79 UC Torana, god knows where it's gone. The old Hillman got sold to a young bloke, dunno where it's gone.

Although, my old lancer has been through 4 owners since me, and I saw it the other day, same stickers, same wheels, same exhaust.

The S13, is in Perth somewhere, making bulkload more power, but haven't heard anymore since.. it was white with watanabes, then he put some 17" drifteks. Apparantly still has the KS13 plates on it too.

[Sevan]

I KNOW WHERE MY FIRST CAR IS!
This guy: eScoRt20 (http://www.antilag.com/forums/member.php?u=8326) has it.

'76 ford escort 1.6L. 3 speed auto. Top speed of 120km/h (130km/h downhill if you have the wind behind you)
0-100 in about a week.
first thing i did when i got it was take the drivers seat out and put plates in to move it back 6 inches i i could get my knees under the steering wheel.

Sold it to a neighbour when i bought a 180, she sold it to this guy.
From the sounds of it this kid's done quite a bit of work to it and it might actually run now.

Antilag, bringing people together?

[RB20ZED]

would love to know where my old zed is... loved that would love to build another like it with a rb26. Lost a shitload of money on that thing but for what it was it pissed...
last time it was seen was about 9 months after i sold it.
went from being a hi12 sec car to apparently hi 14's.
dont miss washing it every 48hrs thought :>

[VT SS]

Wouldn't my last car back 1991 Mazda Mx6, sold it for more then i purchased it for but with a lot more then it had when i brought it :)

Probably torqued steered into a tree in the wet by now haha :(

[mr_mike]

wouldnt mind first car back but purely as a project car, yellow HZ kingswood wagon, 202 3 on the tree, PA speakers stolen outta schools year 12 block mounted in the back runnin of a sound4 tape deck. Spun up one wheel, donuts on many school ovals and towed many many wheelie bins.
Would like it back to rebuild, respray and drop a mild 308 in.
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[eScoRt20]

I KNOW WHERE MY FIRST CAR IS!
This guy: eScoRt20 (http://www.antilag.com/forums/member.php?u=8326) has it.

'76 ford escort 1.6L. 3 speed auto. Top speed of 120km/h (130km/h downhill if you have the wind behind you)
0-100 in about a week.
first thing i did when i got it was take the drivers seat out and put plates in to move it back 6 inches i i could get my knees under the steering wheel.

Sold it to a neighbour when i bought a 180, she sold it to this guy.
From the sounds of it this kid's done quite a bit of work to it and it might actually run now.

Antilag, bringing people together?

shes pretty sad at the moment dude. thick layer of dust on her. haven't done any work on it since a couple of months before i went to the winters in june. im keen to get it running pretty soon tho.

first car was a VL. now at sims, then a XE falcon, now at sims,....

[duste]

My first and second cars are still in my possession. :)

[gazza750]

Would love my first car back but highly doubtful after 30 years :9
1977 escort van with 3 lt out of a capri under the bonnet and 3 bags of cement in the back for traction

[ovaxitd]

haha was only thinkin bout this the other day... my first car 1975 HJ kingswood ute in white with black tray cover. [XLC 344] had the original plates made again an managed to keep one of the original ones off her.... has 173 4 on the floor... bench seat.. a shit load of rust... prob gone....

some day i will have a bench seat again... sex was awsome in that thing.... brace the fire wall and off ya go... :p

[eScoRt20]

Courtesy of PeterM

I have been asked by a few members on another forum group to post the following info. Thought might be of interest here too.

Hopefully will be of some interest and use!

Following the recent purchase of our RS2000 I often wondered about the history of this car. Obviously the car was close to 30 years old and had been well cared for over many years. Where had the car previously lived, who owned it and for how long? Was it originally sold in Sydney? Were these people still around?

Ford marketed these cars to the younger generation in the very late 1970’s, so we assumed that the early owners would now be in their early to mid forties. Soon it occurred to me that since these cars were always built as enthusiast cars maybe the past owners would also be interested knowing that their old car was still surviving very well. They may also have memories and photos that they would happily share.

The first port of call was Ford Motor Company in Melbourne. Being the manufacturer of the vehicle permanent records should still be on file and be available. On phoning FoMoCo Customer Relations I was pleasantly surprised how interested and helpful they were. Within two working days Ford promptly phoned me with details they had found about the car in their “Old Vehicle Report”. I requested a letter of confirmation be posted to me. A week letter a Letter of Verification arrived complete on official FoMoCo letterhead. The letter was provided absolutely free of any costs or charges. I have added the letter to our permanent documentation for the car.


What you will need:

1. A letter of request. (see sample letter below, best in your own words though!)
2. Proof of your identity. (ie photocopy of your drivers licence etc)
3. Proof of ownership of the vehicle (ie photocopy of recent registration papers or proof of purchase)
4. Fax or post your letter to Ford.


Sample Letter to FoMoCo.

Date.

To: Ford Motor Company Australia.
Ford Customer Relation Centre.
Private Mail Bag 5
Campbellfield, Victoria 3061.
Ph: 131-673.
Fax: (03) 9929-3175.

From: Your Name,
Address,
Phone Number (Bus Hours).


Hello To Ford Customer Relations,

Could I please request a Letter of Verification for the following Ford vehicle.

I am the owner of the mentioned vehicle. The vehicle is quickly becoming a valuable collectors item. I wish to build up all possible documentation for permanent record for private keepsake purposes.

I have as attachment provided proof of ownership and also my personal identification.

Please feel free to phone me should you have any questions.

Details as from Compliance Plate fitted to the vehicle:
Ford Escort RS2000.
Prefix Body: (your vehicle’s numbers)
Serial: (your vehicle’s numbers)
SIDO: (your vehicle’s numbers)
Model: (your vehicle’s numbers)
Build Date: (your vehicle’s numbers) Really this will be the original retail date.
Factory Options: (let Ford provide this info)
Original Selling Dealer: (let Ford provide this info)

Best wishes and thank you,

(your signature)

(your name printed).


The second port of call was a long shot, however worked out very well.
Since we now had Ford’s proof of manufacture we wondered about past owners and where the car had lived. In the socialist state of Australia the authorities had long ago invented crappy laws limiting freedom of information. They call it “Freedom of Information”, however the more intelligent of us will identify this as double speak which actually limits even to professionals the amount of information made available, especially by protectionist government departments.

Since I live in NSW I posted a letter to the Roads and Traffic Authority NSW (RTA). I requested the information be supplied to myself in writing as specified under S17 of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act.

I requested:
1. The exact date (day) and original registration number of the car
2. Current names and addresses of all past owners of this particular vehicle.
3. As with the letter to Ford I provided proof of my identity and proof of ownership of the vehicle.

The first point I thought would be responded to (if I was lucky), however I thought that the second point would be blatantly refused by the government department.

Several days later I received a phone call from the RTA Records Access Unit in Sydney from a very friendly woman requesting more info from me and to generally suss me out.
She informed me that any info older than 25 years from current date had automatically fallen off the edge and permanently lost from their database. So the original rego number and the exact day of first registration was not available from the RTA. She suggested alternative routes to find this info.

The second part of my request was in fact easier for her to research and was considered doable if we followed the correct procedure. I followed up with a slightly more detailed letter of request than my first letter together with a small fee which set the wheels in motion. On receipt of this letter (and payment) the RTA would research and send letters by express post to all past owners at their current addresses. The request was the permission for the RTA to pass on their names and addresses to me as the current owner of their old car. I received several phone calls from the RTA all being very positive and very helpful and keeping me continually updated. Soon after we received a list of names of each past owner, their current address, registration numbers of the car for the past 25 years, and also purchase and sale dates. As a result of this documentation we have been able to establish when the car was registered, unregistered, in storage etc. Past owners have also phoned me and also visited the car to see it in current condition. One past owner was so excited to receive the RTA letter he immediately phoned the RTA asking for my details so that he could phone me straight away! So a very positive experience for all.


What you will need:

1. A letter of request. (see sample letter below, best in your own words though!)
2. Proof of your identity. (ie photocopy of your drivers licence etc)
3. Proof of ownership of the vehicle (ie photocopy of recent registration papers or proof of purchase)
4. Post letter to the RTA (NSW) or equivalent in your state.
If the RTA NSW the address is on top of my sample letter below:


Sample Letter to RTA.

Roads and Traffic Authority NSW
Records Access Unit
PO Box K198
Haymarket NSW 1240

From: Your Name,
Address,
Phone Number (Bus Hours).


Hello To The RTA,

I have recently purchased the vehicle as identified below. The car is quickly becoming a collectors vehicle and I am interested in learning as much about the history as possible.

Strictly for personal keepsake records could I please ask for the following information:
1. Exact date of first registration
2. First registration plate number
3. Names and current addresses of all past owners.

I request this information to be supplied to myself in writing to the above address as specified under S17 of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act.

As the current owner of this vehicle, I request the information be supplied on the basis that it is strictly for my personal and private use only. Any information supplied will be kept as private keepsake material with the vehicle’s permanent history records in our possession.

Details as from Compliance Plate fitted to the vehicle:
Ford Escort RS2000.
Prefix Body: (your vehicle’s numbers)
Serial: (your vehicle’s numbers)
SIDO: (your vehicle’s numbers)
Model: (your vehicle’s numbers)
Build Date: (your vehicle’s numbers) Really this will be the original retail date.

Please feel free to contact me if I can be of any assistance to you.


Yours Sincerely,


(your signature)

(your name printed).



For those interested in researching the history of your car the information will be of significance. We have also found interesting magazine articles for our exact car by Googling and also on Ebay. As an enthusiasts cars most, if not all will have positive responses to requests for information. It is wonderful to find and receive photos and copies of magazines 15 to 20 years old with your exact car featuring in it finding some guys' name in the article, finding his phone number in the white pages and calling him and saying “Hi, in 1990 did you once own……, well we have recently purchased your old car…”.

But best of all the enthusiasts that once owned your car often are still enthusiasts; and often become friends.

Remember, unless your car has had only a few (still living and contactable) owners and easily tracable then the history will be found from various sources and have to be pieced together.

Have fun!

this is off a small ford forum, and obviously from NSW, but may be applicable here.

taken from: Classic Ford Forum (http://classicford.mine.nu/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=17490)

[ho57ile]

My el foulcoon got T-boned by a mates mum, striped the stereo and got back what i payed for it in insurance. I turned it into a piece of shit, diff was fucked, interior trashed gravel pad and school oval warrior.


Loved it.

[Fryman]

1997 lada sable. all options, shipped from russia rebuilt by wheat farmers in new zealand sold in australia for $6997 brand new.

Absolute tank took a beating, not bad for a 1.6litre carby, great fun! STILL kicking around in a family friends farm where 2 generations of kids have learned to drive in it. Rock solid!

[lazy6]

93 vp commodore wagon miss that thing so much , the other half wrote that one off.

[miss_petepie]

i had an 83 ford meteor.. paintwork still perfect, interior not a mark.. brought it from a wreckers that my dad was friends with and had under 150,000kms on it.. drove that around for i thnk 2 years? worked perfectly and started every time! really miss it.. ended up selling to dates mate and he wrote it off going down welshpool road from kalamunda and fell asleep :( RIP my meteor :(


altho wouldnt mind finding my torana.. sold that to a dude who stripped it out and building it for targa racing.. will keep an eye out this year..

[Stef]

92 mazda 323, i sold it to a mate who in turn sold it to another mate. still kicking around huntingdale area i believe.
vn - sold it to a mate who let it run out of rego n some coons bought it, fuck knows where it is.
bluebird - quite happy to not know what happened to it after i traded it.
88 hilux - sold it to a mate, who sold it on, and turns out another mate bought it.
90 hilux - fuck knows.

[DTM-031]

my old r31 pintara is hardparked in bunbury with a fucked motor. lol

[AndrewT]

Sounds similar to mine.Fucking old corona just would not die. I had the old 18RG (I think) motor in mine though. Went decently for a POS.

Lol sounds exactly like my first car. 1976 Corona with 18RC motor. (was yours 18RG? Those were the highly sought-after ones from early Celicas with Twincam and Twin carbs I think).
I loved that thing. Had like NO power but man, I kept the rear wheels totally bald on it all the time from so many alleged burnouts :)
Allegedly I got pinged for going around 140km/h in an 80 zone in the first week I had it. Took me like 2 months to pay for that fine. Only got 4 demerit points for that back then.
Alledgely I got it up to 160km/h once, not bad considering it only had 4 gears.
Infact, allegedly about 10 minutes (litterally) after getting my licence I was doing a burnout on some guy's lawn with a mate in the passenger seat.
Somehow I managed to kill the 4spd in it but it was just cause the synchros in 2nd gear were so bad, too much crunching finally killed it. Replace the gearbox and it still kept going strong for ages.
Engine used to burn heaps of oil like 4litres a week.
Heh....oh for those care-free hoon days, what a blast. In my Corona lol.
Sold it to a P plate kid in the end for 200 bucks.
Don't think I'd buy it back if I had the opportunity though. Rust got it pretty bad from being parked in the weather the whole time I had it.

[Uncle Mick]

85 XF Ghia ... do want back.

thats where u first where arse rapped in the back

[Fujiwara13]

Does anybody do this the other way? Randomly rocking up where you bought the car from with a big "LOOK WHAT I'VE DONE TO IT" thing going?

I bought my skyline as an absolute lemon, didn't even drive home. If the guy I bought it from wasn't such a pleb I'd be really interested in showing him how much it's improved since then.

[jaybee]

my first car is still in my driveway, however it wont be too long until it's scrap metal :(

[quadeyquade]

First car was an ae86, bought it for 1200 :D. Sold it to a couple of guys who wanted to drift it I think, not too sure what happened in their hands.

[Passage GT]

how my old girl looks now, i really really want it back!

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f4/Passage_GT/chevimpala002.jpg
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f4/Passage_GT/68Chev004.jpg
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f4/Passage_GT/chevimpala004.jpg

[jaybee]

parking that thing would be fun!

[Passage GT]

was a bit bigger than my patrol but easier to park, had heaps of lock in the steering and good powersteering
i always took up two bays just so no pingpingpingping bashed their doors into the side of it

[26gtst]

My n14 pulsar got totaled by me. Too much power!

[mr_mike]

great car for running abo's down eh trav?


loved that chev thing was huge!!!

[family guy]

93 vp commodore wagon miss that thing so much , the other half wrote that one off.

That day was a ripper. Smashed from watching the AFL grand final, watching that useless towie try and put it on the back of that banana back. Priceless

[Passage GT]

great car for running abo's down eh trav?


loved that chev thing was huge!!!

lol!
i'd forgotten about that, good times

[mr_mike]

lol how can u forget knocking a gin down, would be a highlight for most workin class aussies

[Gladio]

Seen my old XR6T ute on Firday. The guy who bough it had a massive front end damage and wrote it off. Was sitting at one of the local wreackers...

[DanWA]

had a vl bt1 v8 for first car, sold to antilag member dhs who sold it to nor crackheads

dark blue with plates 7xx256. will pay spotters fee if someone can help me find it and gwet it back :)

[EYEH8HSV]

would kill to know who has my old r33..miss that car.

[dmwill]

Telstar TX5.....I still had a copy of the transfer forms for some reason. Looked up the address on Streetview to see the car parked on the verge. Was close to my Grandparents house, so always drove by and had a quick look. Didn't see it for about a year, though in the past month I have seen it 3 times in Kingsley - I'm guessing the owner has moved or it's been sold on.

Brings a smile to my face knowing it is still in immaculate condition, would not be surprised if it has had a rebuild though...

[thrtytwo]

miss my 32, only been about 9 months now, everyone i know but me has spotted it, usually always on roe hwy, black 2 door gtst [J TUNED]

hope the kid is lookin after it, big regret selling it haha