JC Cosmo for sale

[Tim_Burgess]

I've just been doing a bit of surfing and I came accross a Cosmo for sale with an importer in Japan.

www.ridhaa.com

It's a 1990 13b Type S in silvery grey, recorded mileage I calculated to be about 32.000.

From the pictures the car looks absolutely immaculate inside and out (better than mine in fact).

I nearly fell off my seat when I did the currency conversion, it's for sale for £886.00 !

Even taking shipping, registration & SVA in to account I reckon that you could be on the road for about 3 grand.

I even thought about buying it myself but the wife would kill me.

[Tim_Burgess]

I just grabbed these pics off their website:

[Tim_Burgess]

And this one:

[Ultraman_Cosmo]

I SO want one of those cars, that one did look lovely. According to the website it's been sold now. A couple of weeks ago I went and viewed the one that sold on Ebay for £1400 a couple of months ago. Unfortunately it has had a very hard life. The interior is a mess and the engine is shot. It stalls when you put it in gear / turn the aircon on or put the steering on full lock, the old Ro80 engine tests! No compression. Also a very strong smell of burning oil. Shame, he was a nice guy but I think he unfortunately got a bit stitched up buying it, the previous seller claiming that the engine had been checked by RX Motors. I do really want a triple but a 13b would be nice too i'm sure.

[Tim_Burgess]

That's a real shame, it looked so nice.

I got mine through Chris Watkins at hsimports.com. He mainly imports cars to special order but he imported mine & used it as his own car for a year. A really nice guy to deal with he only imports top grade cars. His wife is Japanese & translates all the service histories in to english.

If you really want one he may be able to help you. But they are getting scarce.

Regards

Tim

[DMRH]

Best to get these cars out of Japan Tim. If they dont get sold then the delaer sometimes scrapes them & thats another rare Cosmo off the roads

NZ & Oz can't import these anymore due to Gov regs, so its up to you guys........

[flectron]

i was pretty tempted to phone and ask about this one (http://www.hurleyrotary.com/cardetails.aspx?carid=7)
it's been there for ages (easter special?!) so i reckon he'd cut a deal (or he sold it ages ago and hasn't updated website - just noticed website contents are copyright '99-'03 :rolleyes: )

gord:D

[flectron]

duh. sorry tim, just read the thread u already posted about that 'un.:rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[rx7_bhp500]

I SO want one of those cars, that one did look lovely. According to the website it's been sold now. A couple of weeks ago I went and viewed the one that sold on Ebay for £1400 a couple of months ago. Unfortunately it has had a very hard life. The interior is a mess and the engine is shot. It stalls when you put it in gear / turn the aircon on or put the steering on full lock, the old Ro80 engine tests! No compression. Also a very strong smell of burning oil. Shame, he was a nice guy but I think he unfortunately got a bit stitched up buying it, the previous seller claiming that the engine had been checked by RX Motors. I do really want a triple but a 13b would be nice too i'm sure.

Hi - Are you still wanting a Cosmo ? I know this is an old post...but anyway...what about a 20B !?

Jas