Craig- type r

Love this picture!

Think I might have seen that it wasn't for sale for long at all was it? This one was imported 1998 so has almost full uk history, every mot ticket since its been here, missing 2 tax discs I think, correct bitma certificate, receipt for a full api engine rebuild in 2006 and has done 22,000 miles since with a stack of other paperwork aswell so couldn't get much better on the paperwork side of things but I never got any kind of deal on the car had to pay top price for it as it was the only v3 type r for sale at the time and the boy fairly knew that. I think it will be in 5 years time the car will jump in value when its 25 years old and considered a classic. Nigel Gough from classiccarauctions has phoned me before the last 2 auctions they done asking me to put it in but wasn't giving me quite high enough numbers. I'm going to see about classic rally/Colin McRae tribute rally type shows aswell as I have him and Richard burns going mental in the late 90s in my head 😀 if in doubt, flat out!!!

Holy jesus! Theres definatley just as much love invested under your bonnet as their is cash that's for sure. Awesome set up there savage I thought my engine bay was clean but wow! Better get the cleaning products out before summer I think. Definatley setting the standard there like. The type r was bought as an investment firstly but I did consider modifying it a month or so after buying it because it annoyed me that much trying to find out information on it and got absoloutley nowhere. Glad I never though however I did think that by now I would have found someone with another original one. Your car must get loads of attention when its out being an older reg plate does it? Mine doesn't but won't be until April its out with the new registration on. My cousin said it looks weird with a small spoiler but I think it makes it stand out. Matter of taste and opinion I spose

Still a very rare car saved though, have you managed to find out how many there are left on the road today? I've gave up with the type r did send a freedom of information request to the dvla and got a reply a month later saying we've got no idea. any v1 sti will Keep going up in value regardless id think no? Is that plate available? I'd imagine it would easily be 10 times the price of mine if it is. Had a few comments from people saying the car doesn't look mean enough lol. Seriously understated car that's for sure.

Cheers savage got lucky I think I'm the first owner of the plate so was cheap considering every letter and number works for the car. Guess the v3 came and went before anyone considered plates. Just thought if there is heaps of them going about still it will make people look twice at it at least. Nearly bought P555 YYY glad I looked on all the sites first. Think I will give up looking for an OEM centre section and just get the resonator remade. Car is defiantly staying as original as possible still cant find another unmodified one.

Hi everyone, I'm looking for an original exhaust centre section for my v3 type r. any help appreciated, thanks in advance, craig

Somehow this plate wasn't bought 20 years ago, hopefully help the car stand out a bit at shows this summer

Cheers tidgy I've had the same problem asking people its ashame because the car has just became more hastle than its worth. The plan is to fix the few little niggles it has over winter and put it up in march after the mot possibly take it to a few shows. However if anyone on here has 13k to invest in what I would say is a very rare car then its theirs I can't b bothered putting it up and taking loads of phonecalls. If I didn't have to pay for storage/insurance etc I would be keeping it but I can make that space a lot more productive with something else. Car has certificate of authenticity and a stack of paperwork nearly full uk history. 4 years time I believe this car will be worth 20k and maybe **** a few people off on here but overall mechanically better than a p1 and possibly rarer (don't quote me on that 1 can't find numbers). Better investment than gold if you have free storage. A lot more to look at as well. That's about as far as my sales skills go I'm afraid so I'll check every night for posts and thanks in advance for any information anyone finds or for getting the word out.

Cheers tidgy apprentice it. 2 months I've been trying to get info on numbers/ rarity dvla has nothing either

Bridgestone potenza re010 tidgy? Mean anything to you? Way beyond me

Great thanks tidgy, only other problem is I can't find another one in the same condition. 79000 miles 3 owners almost full uk history and spent its whole life on the south of england until I bought it about 6 weeks ago. It was taken to an enthusiast who owns a garage and he said the only time he'd seen the underside of other Subaru's that straight was when they were new and advised me to remove the wax oil and put clear stuff on for sale. He also said it has the same make of tyres it would have had when it left the factory. I thought I was on to something with this car in the condition it was in but clearly not. Time to sell I think will end up loosing money if I keep paying insurance, mots, fuel etc

OK thanks everyone, might be an obvious answer but is that good or bad? I am still yet to find someone that can tell me how rare it is. I have been told a nearly full uk history is quite rare. Here's some pics

Hi everyone. I have a v3 type r as far as I was aware they were built to order for the uk market being the gc8 code. My car was manufactured 1997 and registered in Britain in 1998. Were they available in Japan as well or does anyone have any idea of why it would have been registered over there 1st. Thanks, craig. Pic of vin plate not sure if that helps

Sorry forgot the other thing I was going to ask was the other one for sale has the wrx decals in front of the back wheels and mine doesn't, I know a lot or them were taken off/put on by owners but does anyone know if that means anything? I have found both brochures and pictures of cars with and without these decals

Cheers savage. Aye prices are all over the place when I have seen them there is/was one in Spain for sale, looked like a p1 with gold wheels, had a stroker kit as well and the boy wanted 20k. Pretty sure that same car is now in Berkshire for 10k. And the v4 limited I seen was 14k. The other thing is I don't know what people collect I assume there are collectors of all the desired models inc. The rb5 etc? Surely these deserve a place in the line up. Anyone ever tried a shout out to uk Subaru drivers? See if a more accurate table can be produced.