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    Ask Smithy Xtra 1969 Holden Monaro GTS

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    My late aunty is now in a nursing home and has left me her deceased husband's car, a 1969 Holden Monaro GTS. It is a bronzy color outside with black stripes and white inside, and has a 350 chrome shiny-top engine and four speeds. I asked a mechanic to install LPG to make it cheaper to drive and more appealing to sell, but he told me it wasn?t worth it as the car was too old and would not properly respond to gas. I find this odd as the car has only traveled 31,473 miles from new and appears in better condition than my 2006 Honda. I have since tried another mechanic who has indicated that LPG would not add to the appeal of this car and would make it harder to sell. He has insisted on buying it for $10,000 without LPG and a RWC, as the tyres are cracked, and the fact 'super' petrol is now unavailable. The first mechanic has now offered me $12,000 for the same conditions. Am I legally able to do this, or does it violate Vicroads laws without the RWC paper? Finally would LPG not be suitable for a car this old?
    Answered by CarsGuide
    5 April 2010
    Graham Smith

    For starters the mechanics are conning you by offering you so little to buy the car, it’s worth much, much more than that. The Monaro GTS 350 is a very desirable model, and yours is a very appealing colour/trim combination with low mileage. Depending on the condition it could be worth as much as $100,000. It could be fitted with LPG and it would run well, but I would urge you most strongly not to do it, as it would affect the originality of the car and in my view reduce its value. Even though the tyres might be cracked, and perhaps unroadworthy, they could actually add to the value of the car if they were the original tyres as fitted at the factory in 1969, so don’t discard them. Finally, you can sell the car without a RWC, but state on the transfer papers that the car is sold ‘as is’ without the roadworthy and the buyer is then responsible for getting the RWC.

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