Project suggestions

[flounderbout]

I have access to all of these:

http://www.classiccarclub.co.uk/classics.asp
http://www.classiccarclub.co.uk/future_classics.asp
http://www.classiccarclub.co.uk/modern_sports.asp
http://www.classiccarclub.co.uk/utility.asp
http://www.classiccarclub.co.uk/motorcycles.asp

How? I used to have some money, now I have an old Mercedes...

If you just want to look at them, you can go up there anytime for a poke around. If you are interested in seeing what any of them are like, I can flutter my eyelids, show a bit of leg and probably take you out for a spin (I'd have to drive) in any that are there, working and not already booked.

What's with the Saab 900!? Not to mention the Wrangler...

[J i m s t e r]

OK, so looks like I may have to have a visit to these guys

May have to save some pennies first, and also better get rid of the third Surf and finish off LVII.

How gorgeous is this though...

YES. Seen a few of these replicas in the flesh, they are timeless.

Beetle mechanics, IIRC, so well-sorted for spares and no NASA-spec wiring looms/ECU headaches (as long as you don't want the heater to get warm inside of 15 minutes). I always think of Jimmy Dean though, so I'd have to stick some roll hoops in there.

[Sancho]

What's with the Saab 900!? Not to mention the Wrangler...

A lot of the members don't own cars anymore so there's a stock of the 'utility' ones that you can take out if you just need to go to Ikea or something, rather than spending all your points on an Aston Martin just to move a wardrobe.

Those cars normally end up in the club by people part-exchanging them against membership. They get driven around until they die, then sold on ebay.

In fact, you've reminded me that they are currently in the process of selling off some of the knackered stock of decent cars to clear some space. I'll see if they've got any potential projects lying around. They tend to be dry-stored so they're not rusty. It's normally that the interior's gone or the engine needs expensive work.

[POPEYE]

Your wife suggested you buy a car to spend time and money on???

[flounderbout]

Your wife suggested you buy a car to spend time and money on???

Yes I was a bit suspicious of this too...

One possibility is that she has seen how much pleasure I get from tinkering with the Surfs and wants me to be happy. This possibility can obviously be discounted as being absurd.

More realistically, she is either planning a very expensive house project or yet more animals and so wants me onside, or she has taken a lover and wants me to be distracted. But hey, either way I get to buy a car to spend time and money on...

[Overland Tonka]

OK, so looks like I may have to have a visit to these guys

May have to save some pennies first, and also better get rid of the third Surf and finish off LVII.

How gorgeous is this though...

As I said there are two places to check these out not far from you and me.... Pub lunch and a test drive...

[flounderbout]

As I said there are two places to check these out not far from you and me.... Pub lunch and a test drive...

Sounds perfect. You're on. And perhaps a little burn in LVII too ?

[Overland Tonka]

Sounds perfect. You're on. And perhaps a little burn in LVII too ?

Life does not get much better....well it prob does.....seriously I will check the places I've been to and get back to you...one is in Nutley just outside east grinstead and one is in Kent not to far away.

[MWS]

YES. Seen a few of these replicas in the flesh, they are timeless.

Beetle mechanics, IIRC, so well-sorted for spares and no NASA-spec wiring looms/ECU headaches (as long as you don't want the heater to get warm inside of 15 minutes). I always think of Jimmy Dean though, so I'd have to stick some roll hoops in there.

The "James dean" car was a Spyder. Completely different animal. As you can see from the photo, roll hoops wouldn't have made much difference...........

[flounderbout]

The "James dean" car was a Spyder. Completely different animal. As you can see from the photo, roll hoops wouldn't have made much difference...........

Lawks. He made a mess of that didn't he?

[shokenore]

http://www.g-tlac.com/aircraft.html

[HONEST AL]

Project suggestion

As an alternative to the kit car idea,why not purchase a new MGB bodyshell from the heritage people that make them,and build a "new" MGB from scratch,you could use a scrapper as the donor car but new bits for the important stuff,brakes and what have you.

[HONEST AL]

Project

As I said there are two places to check these out not far from you and me.... Pub lunch and a test drive...

Just been looking at last weeks paper,about a girl who bought a Beetle,cut the top off and rebuilt it as one of the above,to use as her wedding car,got all the bits off ebay and the like,it did take her about 15 years though??

[gary-r]

i bought this as an unfinished basket case

its all rivets and nuts and bolts - took about 6 months of spare time to make it right. basic mechanics and simple wiring - no ecu's and sensors to give you a headache

an unfinished one is a cheap way to start as the owner has already bought the bits.

i was looking at cobras but this came up and i just went fnarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

[Overland Tonka]

i bought this as an unfinished basket case

its all rivets and nuts and bolts - took about 6 months of spare time to make it right. basic mechanics and simple wiring - no ecu's and sensors to give you a headache

an unfinished one is a cheap way to start as the owner has already bought the bits.

i was looking at cobras but this came up and i just went fnarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

Ok...got to say that beats most cars for me....lovely..