G'day all - New member from Australia

[twodko]

Don't let them put you off with horrid tales of our beloved Skip68. He may be a few fries short of a Happy Meal but who isn't. You live in/on one of the most beautiful countries/continents in the world which just happens to have an over abundance of nasty highly venomous stinging, biting, chewing on you things. I mention this because our Skip68 likes to play with rattlesnakes and scorpions. All tame by AU standards. Mrs Skip, Our Jackie and the ever lovely Mrs Fred.......well, I don't want to get into any trouble but I'll offer one word.

Lookers!  

Once you meet them you'll forget all about our scary Skipper.  

[Rosco]

Welcome! Good to see another Aussie!

As others have said, rear window, quarters, boot floor, etc, are the major rust spots.
Can't help too much with the importing, as I bought one that was already here.
Best of luck finding one!

[fy469rtse]

I've never been to Australia, but the wife and I ate at the Outback last night. 

that refers in old times as the toilet, why would you eat there lol , did the serve kangaroo or just deep fried snake,

[fy469rtse]

check out some of the importers here just mustangs , riddles creek, American used at hastings , they regularly have cars on the way or in stock or could help you search for the right car and paper work , I'm sure that there's more than these importers here, do a web search

[polywideblock]

just imported for the 3rd time cost to import approx $3000 but the big killer is GST 10% of the TOTAL that you spend on the import that includes  car,transport fees in the us etc etc  .I've used  http://www.autoezysearch.com.au/ all three times and can't fault them and they do it all dotars, customs etc etc all you have to do is arrange transport from Melbourne to your home and pay the GST  everything else is included in one off fee . I've found cars from e bay .com and http://www.carsonline-ads.com/colsite/col?use=UC1_BrowseSite&cmd=showHome   i haven't had a problem getting car inspected within time limits  maybe I've been lucky

[loudmouthaussie]

Welcome aboard. Tom from Brissy. '70 500 w/ 383 auto 

Plenty of dealers around in oz. Its pretty hard to find good mopar for good price though.

Have a friend who goes to states once a year and brings 5 cars back most times.

He'd love to bring more mopar but can't find many. If you want his number/email I can give it to you in a PM 

[aussie]

Thanks for all the oz support  .
I mostly had the Charger in mind, i suppose a lot of it will come down to how much the wife will let me spend lol.
I like the super bee but they are just as expensive i have seen.
Love the coronet and road runner as well, maybe one of them if the missus won't free up the purse strings.
Not really after a all out performance machine, i already have a purpose built drag car that i trailer to and from the strip... Ford falcon meets Toyota Supra... did i just sacrelidge ? 
I just like the evil look and stance of the old mopar monsters, just an added bonus they go like stink... with the right engine.
Honnestly i have even been looking at the Chev Chevelle, seem to be a lot of car for the money. Have they not reached cult status yet? Nice looking car.

Somebody might be able to help me with this one too, i was on ebay the other night and sore some plymouth i think it was with this disgusting looking bonnet scoop, i have seen a couple cars with this but i cant remember its name? Has like 4 divisions in the scoop, looks almost badly home made, it really ruined the whole car for me. Thought it may have been a Cuda but could be wrong. Any ideas what it is?

[polywideblock]

if your talking about this     

               its the 68 hemi A body scoop   cudas and darts hell race package and yes" factory"

[aussie]

Yeah similar to that, it was actually a 3 divider one i seen, found the add. Hope i'm not treading on anyones toes saying that looks shit house lol. ( the scoop i mean ).
Anyone on here have much to do with the road runners and coronet?

[polywideblock]

I've got a 71 roadrunner, great car  everyone got at least a couple of favourites .I'd like a 70 super bee or coronet r/t but hey i want a 76-77 dodge  street van too but when push comes to shove  there all mopars and you just gota love em

[aussie daytona]

hi...just up the road from you in narrabri,are you a tamworth chrysler club member ??...great bunch of guys on this forum who helped me many times with hints on building my car.

[aussie]

No not a member of the chrysler club yet, but i know Mr Loffel, i bought a 265 Hemi 6 and auto off him for a drag racing project.
I'm in Tamworth Drag Racing Association though.

[Chippa]

Welcome Aboard Aussie  

This is an awesome site i have learnt so much from the kind ppl on here  

Cheers

Chippa, Western Australia  

[figgy308]

G'day Aussie,

Welcome. You probably don't want to do it the way I did, bought sight unseen from CL (although it had been inspected semi-professionally) and shipped across country. It does introduce a lot of worry but I was lucky and had a great seller who was super helpful and honest.

When you are looking to buy think also of resale. Chargers, particularly 68 & 69 will hold their value well down under because we are aware of them and that applies to those non-car guys. Yes you can thank DOH for that but it is a fact. Whereas other Mopars are less well know and despite them being good cars they won't hold their value in comparison to their value in the states. In my opinion a USD$20K Satellite wouldn't be worth the same in Australia as a USD$20K Road Runner for example.

Set your budget, you may not be able to afford an R/T but if you pick up a well optioned base model in excellent condition you will save yourself a lot of work. Like all cars it is the little bits that end up costing so much. Sure they remanufacture them, but that is expensive generally and we don't have the option of going to a wreckers for secondhand part.

Finally if you do buy one and you can arrange it, get any parts you need loaded in the car. You will need to declare them and pay GST, but you save a heap on transport which can cost a lot, particularly for large parts such as fuel tank,bumpers etc. Don't try and get by without declaring them it really will cost you a heap more when they won't let your car move off the wharf. Oh and make sure the import approval is done correctly, they got my VIN incorrect and fortunately I pricked that up before it landed. Good luck