OT - small roadster

On or around Thu, 17 Mar 2005 18:55:45 -0000, "Smurf" <[email protected]>
enlightened us thusly:

>If it's got to be fun, impractical, tax exmpt summer toy how about
>.............
>
>http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=18303&item=4535492145&rd=1
>
>
hmmm:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4535196206

more to the point, though:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4535448521

this one's blue, and too pricey, but wot a car...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4535543310

OMG, look at this one:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4535387542

or a fiat:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4535366685


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On or around Thu, 17 Mar 2005 22:05:05 +0000, Gromit <[email protected]>
enlightened us thusly:

>
>> Actually, the one I always wanted was the 150hp TR6, but they're in hens'
>> teeth territory too.
>
>Ahhh, some day I'll have one too. Absolutely gorgeous.
>They seem to be the most popular of the TRs so if you do find one, It won't
>be cheap.
>When I was looking at prices, I think they were around 12k stg for a
>good-to-mint one :-(
>
>Is the 150hp one PI or carbed?

PI. the original was a twin carb and 125 hp.
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On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 20:41:51 +0000, Austin Shackles
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On or around Thu, 17 Mar 2005 17:22:17 +0000, Tim Hobbs
><[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>
>>2 problems with the MX5. Her friend has got one, and it's just too
>>obvious a choice. It's certainly the most sensible of all the options
>>though.
>
>Prolly still outside your budget, but I rather liked the Honda S2000. not
>sure if there was a ragtop one.

They are ragtops. Too revvy for my taste and same price as an Elise.
Bit more practical though.

This is possibly may favourite so far

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=4535490188&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT

though I do like the look of the Fiat you cited (which is rather
nearer to home too).


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On or around Thu, 17 Mar 2005 22:36:43 +0000, Tim Hobbs
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 20:41:51 +0000, Austin Shackles
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>On or around Thu, 17 Mar 2005 17:22:17 +0000, Tim Hobbs
>><[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>>
>>>2 problems with the MX5. Her friend has got one, and it's just too
>>>obvious a choice. It's certainly the most sensible of all the options
>>>though.
>>
>>Prolly still outside your budget, but I rather liked the Honda S2000. not
>>sure if there was a ragtop one.
>
>They are ragtops. Too revvy for my taste and same price as an Elise.
>Bit more practical though.
>
>This is possibly may favourite so far
>
>http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=4535490188&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT
>
>though I do like the look of the Fiat you cited (which is rather
>nearer to home too).

I thought the fiats looked rather pretty. dunno what they're like to drive,
or anything.

Personally, for cuteness, I prefer the frogeye sprite to the later spridget.
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On Thursday, in article
<[email protected]>
[email protected] "Tim Hobbs" wrote:

> >The Elise is an excellent roadster, but it's more a serious drivers tool
> >than just an open top experience. Wide sills to clamber over etc., perhaps a
> >compromise too far for the wife?
>
> Perfect summary - a cracking car, but at the money it would have to
> replace her Merc rather than add to it, which in reality is just not
> practical. I'd have ended up driving it every day leaving her the
> Volvo. Which would have been awful.
>
> >That said, the MX5 has good handling and is
> >fun. It's rather like a modern version of an old MG.
>
> 2 problems with the MX5. Her friend has got one, and it's just too
> obvious a choice. It's certainly the most sensible of all the options
> though.
>
> >
> >Convertible 911? I though you said £5,000 not £50,000. Mind you it is
> >possible to pick up an old one, a Targa perhaps, for reasonable money but
> >worth joining the Owners Club first to see what's on offer.
>
> £58,000 for that particular one. She tried to justify it on the basis
> of 2 rear seats (such as they are). Not in this lifetime...
>
> I think I'll have a tour of a few dealers in the next week or two and
> see how good a Midget or MG Roadster I can find. It needs to be a
> car, not a project. Wet weather issues, speed and practicality don't
> come into it really - it's a second car for nice days. It will be
> under a tonneau or in the garage for the rest of the time.

"Not a project" almost certainly blocks off the kit-car option, but you
are looking in the territory they cover. Lotus 7 styling, or just about
anything. Wasn't there something in one of the Landie mags about
somebody who'd put a '30s-style open tourer body onto a Series chassis?

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In article <[email protected]>,
David G. Bell <[email protected]> wrote:
>somebody who'd put a '30s-style open tourer body onto a Series chassis?

I've seen one of those, a few years gone. Bentley 3-litre Green Label
lookalike on a 109" SIII V8 chassis. It didn't look bad at all - very
nicely finished - though the bulge of the diff on the front axle
looked - odd - stuck out in front, and the centre gearchange made it
a bit tight in the front (to the eye, anyway).

Doubt if it'd fit into the planned budget, though.

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