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With all the talk of the £65k Escort and people discussing what they would buy with the money instead has inspired me to start this thread. The Scenario: A distant relative pops their clogs and leaves you a big empty warehouse and £100k to do what you will with the huge empty space. Well, obviously you're going to do what any self respecting Retro-Rider would do and fill it with all manner of weird and wonderful vehicles of all shapes and sizes. So here's your warehouse, you've got £100k in your bank account, go mad, show us what you've got.  |
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All £100k on awesome tools, ramps, facilities, underfloor heating, snug, racking etc.....
Open the doors, welcome to Area 52. Come play.
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nice R32 GTR, Daihatsu Charade Gtti, Renault 5 Gordini Turbo, 65 Mustang, and the rest of the money modding them!
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think i'd put up a wall and rent out half of it ;D the other half i'd get some new tools and this to go in the van  1500hp in street trim on 91 octane juice from nelson race engines its 52K though so wouldn't be much change after that and the mod to the ware house though with the rent i could get i would probably keep the victor ;D |
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Haha. I'd have it filled with Fifties/Sixties big cars - Hawks, Snipes, Crestas, Zodiacs, Fairlanes.
Then a Hunter, some Cortina's, and a Tranny mk1.
And a mk1 Carlton, Chevette estate, Rover P5b
And a Bedford CF mk1
And probably a Mini, too.
The list continues...
Tasteful mods all round. And then drinks for everyone with the change left from £100K. ;D
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"A Pierburg carb? It would be more economical to replace it with a funnel..."
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MK2 RS2000
BMW e39 M5
Renault Avantime
BMW e28 M5
Rover SD1 Vitesse
mk1 3dr Range Rover
Porsche 928 S1
Alfa Montreal
I'd spend the 20k left over on waxoil so they didn't disolve
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Foxy
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Last Edit: Dec 7, 2010 20:30:29 GMT by Foxy
I'm the handsome fella with the cheesy white specs or is that the cheesy fella with the handsome white specs?
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£30k to get ramps/tools/spray booth/ lathe/mill/you get the idea... £50k shared equally amongst my 3 cars. £20k to fix the roof by the look of it  Have mates over to break/fix their cars! |
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Living the dream. Restore's classic car's for a living!
Project Racer: '99 Arosa
Project Touge Outlaw: '87 Porsche 924S
Project Street sleeper: '95 BMW E34 540i/A Touring
Project Mafia: '04 BMW E53 3.0d
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10mpg
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The £100k Challenge10mpg
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I already have all the project cars I need/want so the space would be put to good use building them up and generally playing.. I'd haggle hard and buy one of these (V600 twin supercharged Aston Martin) cheapest I've seen for sale was 110k so like I say I'd haggle hard or sell summat!  Alterntivley I'd buy a Bentley Continental T for around £85k and spend the rest on a powerboat...  |
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Last Edit: Dec 7, 2010 21:01:43 GMT by 10mpg
The Internet, like all tools, if used improperly, can make a complete bo**cks of even the simplest jobs...
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This £90k on awesome tools, ramps, facilities, underfloor heating, snug, racking etc..... And this too think i'd put up a wall and rent out half of it Gives me 10K to get me started on a project - you can get some immense car's for under 10K IMO! |
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The journey of 1000 miles starts with a single coffee.
I don't like coffee!
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skinnylew
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The £100k Challengeskinnylew
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I think i'd create a hot hatch museum ;D
Citroen Ax Gt/Sport/GT5/GTi, Visa GTi, ZX 16v
Peugeot 205 GTi, 309 GTi, 106 Rallye
Vauxhall Nova GTe, Astra GTe/GTe 16v
Renault Clio Williams/16v, 19 16v, 5 GT turbo, 11 Turbo, 9 Turbo
VW Polo G40, Golf GTi, Golf G60/Rallye
Diahatsu Charade GTti
Fiat Uno Turbo, Tipo Sedicovalve, Strada Abarth 130,
Ford Fiesta XR2/XR2i/RS Turbo/Supersport, Escort RS Cosworth/RS Turbo/RS1600i/XR3i/RS2000/XR3
Toyota Corolla GTi, Starlet SR/Turbo
Nissan Micra Superturbo, Sunny GTiR,
Suzuki Swift GTi
Honda Civic Type R, CRX,
missed a few
Seat Ibiza Cupra 16v GTi (Lime Green)
Rover 200 BRM/GSI Turbo, Metro GTi/Turbo/MG, Maestro Turbo
Mini Cooper (original)/1275 Clubman
Lancia Y10 Turbo/Delta Integrale Turbo
that should cover it I think........any i've missed I can squeeze in under 100K ?
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Last Edit: Dec 7, 2010 21:38:21 GMT by skinnylew
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Replica Stratos in tarmac spec and Pirelli decals, Fiat 131 Miafori , Ford Sierra RS500, drift spec Volvo 340 with a whacking great turbo, BMW e30 of some description. Many more when I can think straight. Oh and a Chesil Speedster to keep my dad happy!
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Hothach collection is a nice idea.
I might add a Talbot Sunbeam TI, Alfasud TI, Innocenti DeTomaso, Novitec Fiat Cinquecento Sporting as well.
I'm wondering about a 80s car collection with race/rally homologation cars:
Alfa-Romeo 75 Turbo
BMW M3 E30
Ford Sierra Cosworth
Lancia Delta Integrale
Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3-16
But I also like the thought of having a car from every decade and from every great car nation.
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split off a section and put that up for rent, insulate the lot of it and get a big heating system in then 2 ramps/lifts a rolling road, build a spray booth with a blast cabinate, spend a fair amount on tools then the rest on a few cars, depending on my mood, would most likely make my capri 100% mint first, buy a couple of off roaders, some form of saloon to build a v8 sleeper out of etc etc
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1990 Ford Sierra Sapphire GLSi with 2.0 Zetec
1985 Ford Capri 3.0 (was a 2.0 Laser originally)
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I suspect I'd splash out three quarters of the money on two or three good cars. eg Gordon Keeble.  Would have to try a Ferrari 400 for a while as it'd be about the only car from that stable I'd want in the price range.  One of the "expensive" ones would be something American and custom.  Then the rest would go on a whole variety of cheaper motors, probably including some oddball euros.  |
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Alterntivley I'd buy a Bentley Continental T for around £85k and spend the rest on a powerboat... Hmmm, I wonder what you could do under the bonnet of the Bentley with the £15k change.... |
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1989 Peugeot 205. You know, the one that was parked in a ditch on the campsite at RRG'17... the glass is always full. but the ratio of air to water may vary. |
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I think I'd get an early bay window camper, and a nice modern TDI lump to go in it, and a decent car trailer.
I'd finish my mini to a silly high standard, cutting no corners, get a race licence and get it log-booked.
Turbo the MX-5 and sort out some decent suspension for it.
Buy a tidy black E28 as a daily driver. (Obviously plus some wheels + coilovers to go on it.)
I could be tempted by a nice tidy slammed Karman Ghia running a lairy air cooled lump too.
Probably get a cheep battered old J 4x4 for a laugh in the winter as well.
Then any change (~50-60k?) would go on setting up a workshop to make and sell metal + composite things.
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one of these  and deffo one of these  |
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