Unfortunately could only manage a brief look over as it was starting to get dark but I called a halt before the light disappeared.
The exhaust isn't loose, so not sure if it's perhaps had a knock to end up at that angle, or maybe needs adjusting and rehanging?
Bodywork seems mostly straight and tidy considering its age.
Starts ok, lumpier idle than I would expect. Probably due to sitting around waiting for/during export, potentially new set of dizzies and rotor arms. Didn't get to check state of engine loom.
However, the reason I called it short is, as Jay alluded to, the state of the interior. Having spent enough time around Jap imports I know they frequently get a mileage haircut, but this one's feels like it's had a Grade 3. IMO, there's no way it's done 35k miles and if the true mileage is even vaguely nearly this, the interior has led quite a hard life.
The seats are nearly as creased as mine (which have seen several times the mileage), the scuffing on the squab bolster is quite severe and I have no idea how they've scuffed the front corner of the cushion so badly. The wood on the centre console is badly in need of refurb, and there's evidence of where various electronic gadgets were fitted.
If someone was seriously interested I could go back for a deeper look and a drive, but in light of the above, I'm not sure I would bother.
