Thanks guys. Appreciate your help with the info. Yes its a shame that there are so many dodgy rego'd early evos. I'm only after a yellow plate and would pay the right price for the right car through.
Was Travis's old 2 a yellow plate? If so then I guess ~$16.5k is the benchmark value for a top condition car.
The black 2/3 has a 240km speedo, so who knows how many kms it really has done. Its also not factory colour.
Yes the silver one is interesting. Not in NSW though, so likely a rebuild.
Problem is that there are very few good condition early evos left in Japan. So even if the laws here change, its not like there are a boatload in Japan to suddenly import. Add on top of that places like the US that also have a 25 year rule. They have a 25% advantage over us on the currrency!