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cheap zook?

Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 7:28 am
by hezza00
is $1800 alot to pay for a 85 zook with 250ks on the clook, its mainly stock but has a bit of a lift and some bigger tyers?

im realy keen to get it
what would most likely go wrong?

Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 8:31 am
by Gutless
Need pics mate.

It could be full of rust, damaged, etc.

I would have thought $1200-$1500, but if it is in good condition then it could fetch over $2500........

Need more info.

Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 3:44 pm
by 86slowsierra
im not even sure what type of Suzuki your asking about.

Rust and shagged motor..... well lots could be wrong. hard to say through the net. dogs could sleep in it.

tim

Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 6:39 pm
by Kitika
I bought an 85 drover with minimal rust which had done 360,000km for $1000. Gearbox was apparently rebuilt and so was the motor but if they had been they must have put the original bearings back in as they are both well and truly shagged (didn't realise until a month or so later tho).
Look for rust above the wheel wells particularly in the back and listen for any gearbox whine as they quite often get noisy near 200,000kms. Rust is the main killer of zooks and lack of maintenance as they are a cheap car and they are treated as such by many people.

Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 11:49 am
by hezza00
well its an 85 sierra, has rust in the right chasey, and around the wheels at the back, its pretty rough inside and out, its frfom a wreckers, they said the motor is fine and the gearbox is fine, but as youve said you dont know if there bending the truth.

Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 9:57 pm
by Highway-Star
hezza00 wrote:well its an 85 sierra, has rust in the right chasey, and around the wheels at the back, its pretty rough inside and out, its frfom a wreckers, they said the motor is fine and the gearbox is fine, but as youve said you dont know if there bending the truth.

Without pictures as everyone else has said, I wouldn't bother.
Rust in the chassis sounds pretty bad to me :!:

Keep looking, you'll find a reasonable one for a good price if you look hard enough ;)

Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 12:26 am
by me217
i paid 1800 for mine and it was rego'd and only had a bit of rust beside the windscreen which is now gone.

Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 5:40 pm
by Turbo Tonka
i paid 1000 for a 94 soft top with 1 days rego stock as a rock and straight,passed first go again then for my next zuk i paid 1500 with 9 months rego,89 model hard top with 8" rims etc and a pretty banged up body but no rust.

If it were me id probly stay away from that one and keep looking mate

Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 4:00 pm
by hezza00
yeah i think i will keep looking

Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 10:31 pm
by Kitika
Rust in the chassis is a no go I reckon to hard to fix properly and I'd be a bit sus about driving a car with knowing it could have it rusting out from other spots in the chassis that you don't know about.