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7k to keep a TVR running??? that money will be gone in a month if my mates TVR is anything to go by
I've had silly suspension citroens and they are more reliable than you'd think, however a diesse (as beautiful as they are) would have bodywork and sills that would disintegrate before your very eyes - I'd still have one and drive it in the summer only
Terrahawk - I share your taste in cars. Only managed a mk3 XR2 and a very broken mk1 1.3L Escort but always lusted after both your suggestions.
I was a Ford mech when the Fiesta came out, did the intro course 😯
We did a rally cam swap on a 1.3Sport demo car for the Boss who was a LeMans sports car racer. It was a magic wee car.
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The torque steer on XR2s however was horrendous on our country roads 🙄
Used to maintain a couple of Mk1 & 2 rally cars of 1.6 Burton engined fame + an ex Elsmore Gp1 RS2000. Mate had to buy it when he practically wrote it off demoing it 😕
Know a guy building some Escorts for the Irish market and can command 6x£ figure sums for them with ex works bits fitted. One of them was well in with Ford in the Mk1 days and owned/rallied a few ex works cars with some success.
Mini for me if I had to choose. Had a `68 Cooper for a while and maintained a mates 1293S for a few years. That car was built by Tony Blower Racing in Malvern for road racing. We re-preped it for stage rallying. Awesome wee car 😈
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I think £10,000 will just about get you an Escort Cossie 😀
What is this, a Ford appreciation thread?
Get some taste:
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One of these
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Mine's probably worth way less than 10k now, and I can a) fit a bike on the back and b) still embarrass moron BMW drivers with it there.
Wasn't very good in the snow though. 🙄
Derek_starship - all kinds of NO!
If it is a Mk 3, it has to be a 3.0S like in The Professionals.
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How about a pimped V6 Avantime?
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The R32 does 32-35 mpg on the motorway, even when going quickly. It does 25-30 round town. I used o have one of those S2000s - awesome car and a lot more entertaining than the golf, but I wanted to put the bike inside the car and the V6 gives the Golf a lot more torque. The 4WD helps in the mud/snow too.
GB