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Nov 15, 2006 22:07:03 GMT
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Uh...oh.........Obviously my brain is releasing 'car buying' endomorphines as well as 'good vibe' ones tonight........ And just in time, I've stumbled on this:  Why hello there!   It IS tested, it DOES drive.......but I can't help feeling it might be a bad move. I'm feeling a little lacking after selling STM as it was such a fun noisy machine and I can't afford to do a V8 conversion at the moment.....maybe this would be a suitable stop gap? However. STM cost me almost double what the car cost itself to buy in parts to get it road legal and then didn't really work either. Please just tell me it's not a good idea. It's so cheap, too  Although I know the engine may not be the most tuneable I bet you could get some great noise and torque out of it.... I can't even go and look at it, so it'd be totally blind. Sheffield, methinks. |
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Last Edit: Nov 22, 2006 22:48:57 GMT by Lewis
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Nov 15, 2006 22:12:45 GMT
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Maybe Vanpeebles has it right...  |
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greaz
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Nov 15, 2006 22:14:38 GMT
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buy it you know you need a big torquey crusier ps buy it
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Last Edit: Nov 15, 2006 22:16:14 GMT by greaz
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Nov 15, 2006 22:15:29 GMT
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of course u should go for it, be sensible when u get old lewis. regret is a terrible emotion etc etc ;D ;D ;D
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"quote hairnet"
I'm not paying nine pound for a pi$$!
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Nov 15, 2006 22:17:17 GMT
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personally i wouldnt, unless penny pincher cheap.
cant confirm cam (ie don't know spec)
would need proper brakes, and if not confidence inspiring handling, will put you into a very expensive looking heap in a field.
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Nov 15, 2006 22:17:20 GMT
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Hmmm, interesting. Essex makes a good rumble and they can be tuned. Don't expect it to be high RPM screamer ever though. I had a 3.1 Essex in a 100E and it felt a lot faster than it was. How far forward is it, they are heavy lumps.
Sheffield y'say... Probably too far for me to go take a looksie for you, anyone else up that way?
I'd buy it.
But then some of the junk I'vebought, thats no recomendation.
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Nov 15, 2006 22:17:49 GMT
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I admire a man who will buy a car based on one twenty foot postage stamped sized shot and a photo of 'an engine' ;D
Not that I did that with the green Sprint, nooo....(they were out of focus as well ;D)
And that was one of the better ones I've bought ;D
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Nov 15, 2006 22:27:03 GMT
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It does look a bit thrown together but it all depends how much it goes for.
Would i give fifty quid for it? Yes.
Would i give a grand for it? No.
Anything in between is maybe ;D
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Nov 15, 2006 22:29:24 GMT
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Oh it's considerably less than a grand!
Methinks it may eBay quite well, too, if I stuffed it up. Another bad thought, god-dammit brain, working against me tonight ;D
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Nov 15, 2006 22:39:06 GMT
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horrible! Avoid.
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1972 Fiat 130 1985 Talbot Alpine 1974 Lancia Beta Saloon 1975 + 1986 Mazda 929 Koop + Wagon 1982 Fiat Argenta 2.0 iniezione elettronica 1977 Toyota Carina TA14 BEST CAR EVER!!!!!!!! 1979 Datsun B310 Sunny 4-dr 1984 Audi 200 Quattro Turbo 1983 Honda Accord 1.6 DX GONE1989 Alfa 75 2.0 TS Mr T says: TREAT YO MOTHER RIGHT! |
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Nov 15, 2006 22:42:29 GMT
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It does look a bit thrown together but it all depends how much it goes for. Would I give fifty quid for it? Yes. Would I give a grand for it? No. Anything in between is maybe ;D exactly. bought a 106 blind as well with 3months test. changed the insurance over (was only 20 ok?) too before i even saw a pic, and then drove for 2 hours over mountains to get it  |
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Nov 15, 2006 22:43:18 GMT
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Actually now you mention it I can see it's not been properly painted.....missing some weather seals, important bits like that. Fuel pump looks like it's deluging everywhere too.. Maybe I'll pass and wait till I just do it myself  'Coz in this instance 6 is still 2 short  Asking price is 650 but it's a desparate sale so I reckon maybe 500 would have it. I don't know much about it atm tho besides what I posted. |
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Last Edit: Nov 15, 2006 22:44:37 GMT by Lewis
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Nov 15, 2006 23:49:36 GMT
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Get it then you can buy my low compression Essex and turbo or supercharge it. Its on Ebay £20 start. I bought a white 200sx pic had it parked in a snowdrift covered in snow. After the Stella induced haze wore off I realized I'd bought an auto. Went to collect it and had to drive 60mls further to his mates too pick up. Got there it was a manual, Result. The car now resides in Telford at a good home.
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that is a nice dolly with the right motor, rim colour choice is a lil dodgy but the rest i like, i'd buy it
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Mini 998cc grp bonnet & boot, lightend shell, 6-point cage, soon to have a turbo on the 998 engine (t2 frm a r5gt) rs turbo intercooler, hoping to get 120ish bhp?
father is building a Mini Van 1330, 45 weber, 100bhp@wheels
'RIP' 1.8 Metro GTi, 15.23 1/4mile
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tigran
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In rust we trust. Amen.
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A v6 in a sprint?
Why isn't it bought?
Get it done, ykt!
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tigran
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p.s. if you don't buy it for gawds sake bosh a link up.
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1964 Rover P5 i6
1987 BMW 525e - The Rusty Streak
1992 Micra K10
2001 BMW E46 316i
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2018 BMW G31 530d
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matt autohausdolby is up that way isnt he? maybe he could take a peek for you?
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DutyFreeSaviour
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GET IT!!!!! If you can get it down to 500ish then it's worth a punt. You'd get it back in bits alone should it come to the worst. It's already lowered - bushes are simple swaps if needed and they handle quite well - I love mine to bits. Rear wheel drifts aplenty with that torquey lump...... ;D ;D ;D ;D Only caution I have is that I'm sure I saw it up for sale a few months back....... so maybe it's being punted around (?). In the words of Brucey - are you happy with what you got or would you like to gamble?  ??  |
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Back from the dead..... kind of
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adaptorman is a sheffield lad, could ask him, not sure if he knows owt about cars tho haha.
i think it looks sweet but for some reason there are alarms going off in my head.
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Although I know the engine may not be the most tuneable I bet you could get some great noise and torque out of it....
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