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| andyf:
Nick, I still yearn for a Lotus (or more likely these days, Caterham) Seven. They can be surprisingly cheap to insure as a second car, if you have a clean insurance record and are willing to restrict yourself to a low yearly mileage. I suppose the mileage wouldn't be a problem with one as a second "fun" car used only on nice summer days. What would be a problem is clambering in and out, given my advancing years, and perhaps a certain snugness once seated, given my similarly advancing girth :( Then again, maybe an Ariel Atom http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariel_Atom , though I doubt if I'm streamlined enough to achieve the advertised 0-60 in 2.7 secs. Andy |
| HS93:
--- Quote from: PeeWee on November 08, 2010, 09:01:42 AM ---Looking very good, brings back memories of my restoration of a Triumph GT6 Mk3. like everyone says, small but huge on the fun side. --- End quote --- I did some work with someone on a GT6, the owner had taken the engine out but got stuck so we hadto tow it to where we worked on cars to sort the engine was in the back in bits , I got the job of being towed, as you will prob rember the vision out the front is not that great if you are short, but with the engine in the boot it was a fun 20 mile tow. the only other car with worse vision was the Marcos even with the engine in :lol: :lol: I am helping out with the wiring on a westfield with a Toyota 16v twincam, why can they not just have points. instead of a box with 40 + wires :ddb: peter :ddb: |
| NickG:
Andy, I priced up a Caterham 7 Kit and even the most basic one with optional extras of a windscreen, 'wet weather gear' and a heater came to around £14500 which is unfortunately out of my price range at this time! Obviously you can get older ones cheaper but with one of those a lot of the fun would be in the building too! I always used to want a Lotus Elise until a colleague at work got one, for some reason if I'm going to buy a novel type car I can't bring myself to get something anyone I know already has! Therefore a Vauxhall VX220 is still on my list - essentially the same car but looks a bit different. The issue with that is, could I live with it every day for 50 miles a day? As with the Boxster, that would have to be an every day car. I'd love an Atom but they're still around the £30k mark so it'll probably be always out of reach for me! --- Quote ---why can they not just have points. instead of a box with 40 + wires :ddb: peter :ddb: --- End quote --- My wife's Citroen C5 is full of technology (or stuff to go wrong) - on Monday I got a warning on the dashboard "Engine Anti Pollution System Fault" and it's restricted me to about 10% power! It's going in on Friday to hopefully find out what's wrong and sort it out, £65+VAT just to connect to diagnostic computer then I'm sure it'll tell me whatever is wrong is not covered by the warranty! This is making me want to buy a classic even more, I can deal with a coil, distributer, points, plugs and carbs! Anyway, sorry for going :offtopic: Great work on the hard top windows John, I think that is the style of hard top I had too - the only thing wrong with it was some sort of flock on the inside that was peeling off - didn't really know what to replace it with. Are you going to spray it body coloured? Nick |
| Bernd:
Nick, Fixed the slight boo boo with the quote from Peter. Bernd |
| NickG:
Thanks Bernd, I've never been able to do that properly! |
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