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£999 Challenge Contender?

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Re: £999 Challenge Contender?

Postby Relentless Rob » Sat Jan 29, 2011 11:02 pm

One day listing and no reserve.



Potential bargain bullet on wheels. ;)
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Re: £999 Challenge Contender?

Postby Renrut » Wed Feb 02, 2011 7:50 pm

Try this one:



If its good then fix, MOT and sell on (manual S-types with MOT don't go for less than £1500). If its bad then strip 400kg out of it and track it 8)

I'm very tempted myself. Looks good nick. Might ring up tomorrow and find out what it needs for its MOT.

ETA - Jag S-Type 3.0 V6 Manual ended at £941 :o
Looked damned tidy too. Should really have braved the weather and gone and bought it. If it goes back up again I might pop them a message and make them an offer for that...
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Re: £999 Challenge Contender?

Postby Relentless Rob » Sun Feb 06, 2011 6:39 pm

Junk (eBay) the Essex and fit a Cosworth and an Eaton; then try to keep it in a straight line. ;)

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Re: £999 Challenge Contender?

Postby Relentless Rob » Wed Feb 23, 2011 11:26 pm

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Honda-VFR750-800- ... 1c199b6aff
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Re: £999 Challenge Contender?

Postby tommi » Wed Mar 02, 2011 4:32 pm

Relentless Rob wrote:http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Honda-VFR750-800-motorcycle-engined-Microcar-project-/120688700159?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item1c199b6aff


ahhhhh maaannnnn that would be sweet in the back of my polo!!!! shame it would take me well over budget :(
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Re: £999 Challenge Contender?

Postby Renrut » Thu Mar 03, 2011 10:07 am

tommi wrote:
Relentless Rob wrote:http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Honda-VFR750-800-motorcycle-engined-Microcar-project-/120688700159?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item1c199b6aff


ahhhhh maaannnnn that would be sweet in the back of my polo!!!! shame it would take me well over budget :(


If its anything like the Cinquecento with a blackbird engine which also had to extend the bonnet it will go like a rocket in a straight line but really won't like corners, understeering to death. Even though the blackbird engine was about 40kgs lighter than the old fiat engine.

Still I had some ideas about how to do it without the big overhang but I'd need a machine shop with some good milling machines to knock up an adaptor but it could be done with a V-twin. All it needs is new reduced depth (dry?) sump, rwd diff, new case made to take the diff and mate it up to the bike engine output shaft.
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Re: £999 Challenge Contender?

Postby Relentless Rob » Sat Aug 06, 2011 9:29 am

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/mitsubishi-co ... 336a2e53d7

Potential winner. :)
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Re: £999 Challenge Contender?

Postby tommi » Sat Aug 20, 2011 12:23 pm

not much room for getting through an MOT but you would be the collest kid on the block

It has 4 sunroofs!!!!!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/gilbern-invad ... 20bc1797e1
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Re: £999 Challenge Contender?

Postby Steve33 » Sun Aug 21, 2011 1:54 pm

Spotted yesterday would make an awesome trackday car bin the v6 and fit a lexus v8
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