Ek9 Ctr

[EG30]

Saw an EK9 CTR on the street just now in the City in Perth. Probably owned by one of our forum members.

Looked very mint in championship white, 1st one I've seen in orig condition in the flesh. It came all the way from Queensland to Perth.

Are they aval as a grey import in Aust? ie do specialised importers bring them in? I know the EP3's will be aval in Aust very soon, but I like the EK better over the EP ( not keen on the electric power steering ) despite having a better drivetrain.

[spetz]

That's f'ing HAAWWWT AZ!

[Zdster]

These can only be imported if you can prove that you have owned the car overseas (and were a resident) for a year.

They arent available as grey imports though. There are a few floating around Australia, but not many.

[bennjamin]

otheriwase its easy enough to simply rip everything off and install it on another local AUDM EK chassis.

[Perry]

noooo the owner took the Jap rego sticker off

[EG30]

Ok only as a personal import then. Thanks for the info zdster.

I'll look into the possiblity of getting a fren to own and bring one in from the UK or HK. Trouble being the car is getting old in the UK and underbody corrosion is a real problem and very hard to find an unmolested EK9 in HK, where EP3 are very easy to find there.

Best to find someone in Japan who has looked after the car and owned it for a year already and get that person to come over on a working visa and bring the car over. A lot of mucking around and paperwork but saves me living there for a year with no income. I know this guy who got the owner of a TVR Tuscan to bring the car in this way.

[VT3C]

yeah i've seen that one once up in Osbourne Park !!

I want to meet the owner !!

can only be a personal import

[mrwillz]

theres mayb 5-6 ek9 in aus?
good spot
white is nice
black even nicer
or yello

[Kazaf]

theres mayb 5-6 ek9 in aus?
good spot
white is nice
black even nicer
or yello

Never actually seen a black or yellow EK9 before
I thought it was only CW?

[SiReal]

nice - my neck hurts.

[rhk]

i knew that it was an ek9 on the last cruise haha.

i was like "omg lookee!" as the car drove by galleria (i think it was galleria anyway not sure about northern suburbs) and everyone turned too late

[EG30]

Just spoke to my fren Salvatore in Japan who is a backyard car dealer and English teacher, a rough EK9 can be had for around $6-7K AUD and mint late models around $10-12K. He had an EF9 2 years ago, bought it for $600 and on-sold it for $1700 a few weeks later. He reckons the EFs are hard to come by now and most are either wrecked or shipped to NZ many year ago.

bringing the EK9 in would be the biggest problem, need him to own it for a year if the current owner doesn't want to visit Aust and all up would cost $18-20K for the roughie and $25-28K for a mint one. Cost of keeping the car on the road and insured for a year is not cheap in jp.

here is a bunky one he found on the net for me in his prefecture, asking $AUD 7500