Ah, Tassie. Shades of former decency. How refreshing. Mind you, in WA it is once only. My 4CV was inspected in 1990 and the R8 in 1989. Neither has been seen by any authority since.....Yes more reason to give mine love as its original and unmolested.
I think mine has done its head / water pump.. I tackled a very big hill in it, and boiled the coolant.
It made it up the hill, but I couldn't stop, and lose momentum it was that steep.. and long, and high.. and its little box got revved off.
Not a difficult or unfamiliar fix, the body repair will be a little more challenging.
I also always had problems with the hatch hinges not sitting right, and the hatch hinge having heaps of play.
something needs to be spot welded.
such a fun little car, I always found it amusing pulling up next to a mini at the lights, the only thing smaller on the road.
having the near miss put me off driving it for a bit, opting for something I didn't mind wearing out on tassie roads.
Currently I'm driving RX4s, too many of them.. either registered or just out of rego.
In Tasmania you don't have to put cars over the pits when you change ownership / buy.