G'day gang,
So, Terry rings Ron, courtesy of the Club listing in Just Cars, to say he has a Eureka and would like to sell it. He tells Ron he bought the car off "Allan Purvis' son about 6 or 8 years ago" but he hasn't driven it since so he'd like someone to assess it's worth so he can sell it. So Ron passes the info onto me and I go and look at the car so here's some photos on our photobucket site.
http://s480.photobucket.com/albums/rr166/eurekacarclub/Garage%20find%20%20ex%20Shane%20Purvis/It's a red F4 on an IRS pan with a twin carby type 3 engine it, elephants ears and Linak electric roof lifters and
it is still currently Victorian registered! It is painted red but was originally black gelcoat that had faded beyond restoration when Shane got hold of it and the cabin interior, under the bonnet, guards etc are all still black gelcoat which really looks the goods I reckon.
Both Shane and Terry reckon they swapped ownership of it "6 or 8 years ago" but the rego sticker on the windscreen expired in 1996 so how time flies when you're having fun eh!
Terry showed me the currently paid up rego certificate which expires in August this year so it is definitely still registered,
it's just been in Terry's garage since 1996 gathering dust (and R/C model aeroplanes).
You can see from the buildup of debris under the back of it that it hasn't moved in ages. Terry and I had to drill out the rivets to remove the padbolt from the garage door to get in to look at it. :
All it needs to get it going it is a wash and a vacuum as well as 2 side window latches (Terry has 2 newly cut (1996??) side windows), a new battery and a new exterior electric roof keylock (ex Holden station wagon tailgate) and the usual engine, brakes, tyres, wiper blade etc to be checked. It got stolen out of Terry's driveway
by a couple of kids who smashed the side windows and latches and roof keyswitch then piled in through the windows and still couldn't work out how to raise the roof
so they finished up rolling it down the street and around the corner before running away and leaving it there. So it was back in Terry's garage that same night. Terry got 2 new side windows cut then rang Shane to find out where to get some new window latches and a keylock but he never got any further than that and it has sat in his garage ever since.
Apart from the thick coat of dust it looks just as schmick as when Shane sold it all that time ago.
Terry and the car are in Westmeadows near the Melbourne airport and he is asking $10,000 for it and from my experience it's worth every cent of that so if you are looking for a top quality F4 with minimal work needing to be done to it then please give Terry a ring on 0418 574 198. Terry is starting to get on a bit and he feels he needs to clear out the stuff he doesn't use anymore but it has not been advertised anywhere else and he is no rush to sell it.
I was gobsmacked when we finally got into the garage!
PP.
