interesting seeing the side "coupe gx" emblem on the guards instead of the rear quarters as per the jdm gx models

Well it seems someone right here in ZA Pretoria bought it. I went to get a pipe made up for my clutch a few weeks back, and I saw this car standing outside the place, I grabbed a quick pic with the phone, and didn't think about it until tonight when I wanted to download a pic of another one I took at exactly the same place. I look at the number plate, and it seemed familiar. I looked up this thread, and lo and behold, it's the same car. I can tell you that it's as good as the pictures suggests, I can remember telling my wife about the one on the site that was in just as good a condition, little did I know...

Gosh DTW thats a very generous offer I like rventuras car too...maybe we should just collect them from around the world. It would be a GX homecoming....

Hey "converted"......if you want it I'll make you a deal. You do all the organising to get it over here, and I'll pay the cash (AUD$6000 + import costs). I'll hang onto the car, unused in my shed until you have the cash to buy it off me. If you meet the initial outlay costs, plus interest on my money for the time it takes you to get the cash together (i earn 5.2% at the moment), then I'll sell the vehicle to you when you're ready. Happy to put it all in writing if you want.
I know you've wanted one for a while, and you did me a favour with some parts for my car. You never know, another one might not come up, unless rventura wants to see too.

"rventura"...that is a very nice car...!!!

Just like this... It's in my garage!!!!
It's in Portugal, Europe since 1981...

What a beautifull car....and interesting features indeed. I would have such a hadt time selling that Datto....I would have to be abducted and incomunicado in a cave in the Himalayas for such a sale to happen.....

BTW... I see surfers paddling out??? or is that rocks at the shore??? Perhaps Shawn Thompson is hanging in there.....

mmm so that $5400 AUD well that puts things in perspective...
Anyway good lukc with the sale she is a nice car. I would hang on to it with everything I could and this will be quite a nice little car to have in the future.
Always wanted a genuine GX...ah...just dreaming

Hi Dodgeman,
Interesting stuff. Kind of breaks my heart to part with her but unfortunately I have no choice.

Very interesting to observe that it has the parcel tray, the full door trims, & the console, which seem to be 'DeLuxe' trademarks, & the clock, which was an option, but no radio, which was standard fitment in DeLuxe models.
At least, this was true for Japanese & Ausralian models. The blue air filter assembly & the square top carbs tell me that it is a 1974 or '75 model. I'll re-read the posts to see if this is right.

Edit.
Yes, 1975, the last year for the 1200 in ZA.
Interestingly, these still used the '1200 engine [front distributor] but were fitted with the later 120Y GX induction system, so I suspect that the engines may have been manufactured in ZA, but the induction was sourced from Japan, possibly even as a complete, ready to install assembly.

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