What Would Be Your Weekend Project Car?

[JappyBeast]

Even tho my MR2 still has a shed load of things left to do,

I would love something a bit different to work on at the weekends. I have the space..lol.

I would either buy an old Hilux and make it look mental. Bright yellow paint, prob cut the roof off it.

Or buy a cheap mini and totally gut it out and put a silly engine in it.

Need to focus on the MR2 for now tho!

[Boro Sera]

Mini......no contest.

Cheap and mechanically simple. Easy engine to modify/tune. Billions of modding options. Most fun car I've ever had.

Rich

[JappyBeast]

Same here.. my old mini is the only car I miss.

[Fidgits]

would have to be a TVR, or some other V8 beast

[Bibbs]

Mini .. or a Lotus 7 .. or a big V8 muscle car ..

I don't know ..

[GIDDLEPIN]

Got to be a kit car.

Unfortunately the regulations have changed a lot since the last car I built.

It was in 1975 I built a Magenta.

This was based on the old BMC 1100 ($hit I'm old)

I fitted a 1275 cooper S engine & gearbox with a 45 DCOE side draught Webber driven through 12" wheels ( O K you aint got a clue what I'm on about) It might not seem like anything special but in its day and up to the time of the Ford XR3 it could keep up or pass these pieces of cr&p.

The thing is when I built it nobody knew what to do with kit cars, not like today with SVA's etc, so after I'd finnished the build and applied for the neccessary legal bits and pieces, I was informed that my "vehicle"had to be inspected, so informed the relevant parties (plod) who the came down to inspect the said vehicle. The copper who came down didn't have a clue what to do but looked it up and down then said "Nice looking motor" signed my doc's then buggered off.

I only got rid of that motor 4 years ago. so if I had a project it would be to find my old buggy and do it up again.

[JappyBeast]

I have been looking at VW camper vans on auto trader.co.uk for £500

[knightrider]

i miss my mini too! nearly bought one the other day to put a 2.0 vaux engine in!

and lotus 7 bibbs? way to expensive for liking as a second car,m more like get a sierra 7

[jaxx]

bung the Yaris in the garage and do something totally mental with it and import a Will or Caldina for a daily driving car :P

or yaris on road and a heavily modded skyline/supra

[Bibbs]

I'd be after a lotus 7 style car .. something for track day abuse ..

[JappyBeast]

I'd be after a lotus 7 style car .. something for track day abuse ..

You are really into this drifting thing eh?

[Fizz]

I'd be after a lotus 7 style car .. something for track day abuse ..

My sentiments exactly...

Cant beat a weekend kit car!... B)

[russell]

SWB Beach Buggy

or

Ford Pop Hot Rod

or

Bedford CF van

or

VW camper

the list goes on.

Anything 70's customised

Russ

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[JappyBeast]

Russ.. if I bought a VW camper van would you make a bodykit for it?..lol.

[Radtoy]

Russel, bedford Cf, love your style!

i've got plans for one, pimped out inside and A team colours outside. I think it would be a seriously cool motor!

Theres a girl by me who has done a Scooby Doo mystery machine, its brilliant and everyone spins around in the streets to look at it

[JappyBeast]

My mate was gonna get a Bedford Rascal and make that a mystery machine!

[Ken]

Nearly bought an immaculate MK1 MR2 at jae last year, the only thing that put me off was i couldn't do out to it as it was fully restored and looking bling :(

[russell]

Russel, bedford Cf, love your style!

i've got plans for one, pimped out inside and A team colours outside. I think it would be a seriously cool motor!

Theres a girl by me who has done a Scooby Doo mystery machine, its brilliant and everyone spins around in the streets to look at it

I still have all my old Street Machine mags from early 80's

One mag has a shortened and roof chopped CF.

Looks the nads.

Russ

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[russell]

Russ.. if I bought a VW camper van would you make a bodykit for it?..lol.

There was a van at JAE last year with a humungous bodykit on.

Did anyone else see it???

Russ

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[Bass junky]

AE86 nuff said

Later

[Tom.B]

Id buy my old 2 door mk2 escort again. Still miss that rear wheel corner slide fun :(

[Nick-Johnson]

Datsun 240 Z, no contest!

[Leeky]

Im just waiting for the right time to move out and get a place with some mates and then i'll hopefully be starting Project Leeky which i've been planning for months now. Full on pure track only car.

Im hoping to build a spd200 which is a Ford RS200 Evolution replica. You build it using a Sierra Cossie as a donor car.

http://www.sportspowerdrive.com/

My plan is to build the car as a full replica of the original rally car but because i dont rate the ford engine as being much good at all i'll be installing most likely a 3S-GTE Rev3 into the car. 0-60 should be sub 4 seconds no problem :D

[starletsy]

:D AE86 or a Mk1 glof GTI maybe a polo G40 the list could go on and on

[DazH]

MK II Escort, with maybe a 2.8 Capri engine in <_<

Once saw an old Ford Pop with a V8 in, now thats a project :D