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Spotted this morning in Cronulla - totally unrestored Torana GTR in the right colour:

Acquired this a couple months ago and just got it back on the road. Bought it de-registered and all it required was a right front door and driver's side guard, some paint and repair cert for compliance. Got it all done and dusted, complied, registered and some RUCs for 7k all up which I am not complaining about. She has been a beautiful car. All I have added thus far is a front splitter and the mirror caps which I bought online for measly dollars. Will be updating this as I go along my journey. It came on these factory 19 inch wheels but looking to get some 3 piece 20 inch wheels for it and lower it a tad on H&R super sport springs. Currently doing 117k and will go up as I commute - a lot! Here's some pics

Started this project almost two years ago after I sold the 850i and finally got the car road legal yesterday (cert, WOF and rego). The goal was to build a very fast, comfortable tourer that I can use for daily driving, which meant retaining the automatic gearbox, ASC and AC - which all turned out to be pretty complicated!! Had a lot of help from a bunch of people but a big shout at to Brendon (Assault) and Westy as this would just be a paperweight without them! Car has an M62b44 (non-vanos) drivetrain with custom sump mounted to a modified front subframe. Gearbox is a 5hp24 tiptronic slushbox from the same donor car as the engine (97 E39 540i) with modified driveshaft. It has a bunch of other interesting mods and, at some point, I'll document everything we did to get this thing working. As far as I know, it's the only RHD M62-powered E36 in the world with auto, ASC and AC!!

Probably the spot of the year for me, an early 2wd Sapphire Cossie... But completely stock standard and unmolested with all the patina you'd expect (including the bird sh*t on the bonnet, and random detritus on the recaros). Stunning.

Sorry , got you mixed up with another member that lives your way. BTW , Brought Bimmer Utility , thanks for the tip. Sorted Harman Kardon coding and camera module type in about 10 mins so working correctly. Just need to spend some time to have the phone snapin adapter reappear under USB inputs.

Your engine is port injection, the intake valves remain clean by the fuel wash from the injectors. One less job for you.

Ooh that’s a bit of me @Neil McCauley - well remember a 1.5 hr Auckland - Whangārei jaunt as a passenger in a cosworth version (and that was when the motorway ended at Albany!)

Not to mention the tiptronic gate on the shifter too Gorgeous looking car and awesome conversion. I bet the colour combo with the leather looks great

Suspect that E9x wheel with paddles isn't just for show! Looks amazing.

I am ignoring this post. I just bought some last weekend. 🤦‍♂️