New old bloke from downunder

Hi all, picked up a 1997 F today so have joined up to digest everything from this enormous rabbit hole. The previous owner has upgraded everything at great expense that goes wrong with these cars so touch wood I am looking forward to enjoying owning and driving this British Racing Green specimen.

It comes to me with a low mileage donor engine from a Freelander and a 135hp head, and now has stainless coolant pipes, bigger brake discs, coilovers, coolant level alarm, and a host of other improvements. Cosmetically not perfect, so that's now up to me to work on given the mechanical stuff has all been done.

G'day...........whereabouts in OZ are you?
I'm in Melbourne..........East Bentliegh to be more precise.

Hello and welcome to the Forum.
Sounds like you have the makings of a great car.
Lot's of info here and in the How To section.

Thanks Cobber - I'm in Sydney. The car has spent most of its life in Queensland and northern NSW before the previous owner bought it in 2020. So I'm the fourth owner.

Retrobyte wrote:

Thanks Cobber - I'm in Sydney. The car has spent most of its life in Queensland and northern NSW before the previous owner bought it in 2020. So I'm the fourth owner.
 

Smegtown Eh? Well we wont hold that against you! 🤣

Welcome aboard.

Nice sunny winter's day here today, after a week of wet weather, so my first drive with the top down

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