RetroMat
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I need help, i want/need to get my self a proper retro ride, i will be keeping my 1990 1.0 Micra as it just hit 110K and sailed through another mot and it isnt worth anything. But i want to get to grips with engines body work etc but not to much, in other word i want a bit of a project. Any sugestions? I want to keep away from beetles escorts and minis thou (all to common!) and i'm 18 so insurance is a huge problem.
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Last Edit: Apr 7, 2004 20:32:10 GMT by RetroMat
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Anybody seen the Yellow Toyota Starlet in Mays retro cars? any one have any info tuning wise on these?
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i have a triumph dolomite I'm selling.
I'm 18 and cost me £666 to insure fully C
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Assumption is the mother of all f**k ups
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Starlets are (or were) used a lot in oval-type racing, presumably cos they are RWD and small (Sunbeam sized?)... Might be worth looking at the ads in the back of the MotorSport News paper (out every Wednesday). Haven't bought it for a while, and I don't keep old copies, but there is usually a couple of companies breaking/selling competition bits for them. Worth a look!
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Could also try a little fiat but make sure you get one thats not too rotten!
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I'd say keep an eye on ebay for interesting stuff. Keep a look out for old Japanese stuff (KE30 Corollas) or go British with a Triumph (look for a 2-door Toledo - there's loads you could do to that), a Minor or a Marina coupe (in 1300 guise it'd be cheap to run and you could Turbo it later!).
Check your local free-ads/loot aswell.
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Could also try a little fiat but make sure you get one thats not too rotten! An aircooled 126, stripped out and played with should be quite fun. |
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Yup I'm currently wanting something like a 127 (damn blue850 for distracing me from my J-focus!),.. cheap insurance, plenty of parts, v.cool.
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Find a nice solid 127 and a ratty Lancia Y10 Turbo and transplant in the turbo engine.. its the old 127 sport engine turboed!!. Bolt in swop. FORZA 127!!
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Find a nice solid 127 and a ratty Lancia Y10 Turbo and transplant in the turbo engine.. its the old 127 sport engine turboed!!. Bolt in swop. FORZA 127!! You are a very bad man for telling me that,.. Bolt In Swaps are what I likes!  ,.. now the nice solid 127, thats the tricky bit. |
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A friend of mine owns the Best 127 in the world. will scan in a photo at the weekend. Its so clean you will weep....
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A friend of mine owns the Best 127 in the world. will scan in a photo at the weekend. Its so clean you will weep.... My rather elementry maths with the y10 turbo swap in a standard 127 (nothing lightened) gives Power to Weight of 120bhp per tonne ,.. wonder what is comparable? |
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I would like to keep a J theme going although a Fiat does sound interesting i can't say that i have even seen a 127 especially not for sale. A Dolomite to sounds interesting i ruled them out initally as the insurance would be to high but £666 is a good £300 cheaper than my micra!
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I'm toying with the idea of an earlyish Honda Civic CRX, but the premiums would murder you.
The "normal" civics can be fast and lots of fun though.
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Good lord. I had no idea that insurance was so steep for young lads these days. £1000 for a 1L micra that's INSANE. What on earth must the pimpley faced brigade be paying for those modded AX's and Nova's? No wonder everytime someone gets hit by one they turn out not to be insured!
Put third party insurance premiums into the cost of petrol I say, no getting away from paying it then!
ps back to the thread - how about a Renault 5. Mk1 of course very gallic and full of character (esp around corners). Hard to find a good one I wuld have thought. Or tostay J how about one of thoe teeny tiny Suzuki's with the back that looks like the back of a TV set (help with the name here?)
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This space available to rent. Reach literally dozens of people. Cheap rates!
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£1000 to insure the micra is actually quite cheap most insurance companys were asking nearer £2000.
As for the Suzuki do you meen the wizkid??
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Dunno.
Engine in the back I think, tiny tiny car. looks like great fun.
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This space available to rent. Reach literally dozens of people. Cheap rates!
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I think it was called an SC100.
Never driven one but read that its a great little car full of character.
A bit prone to tin worm though, so finding a good one might be hard.
Depending on how much work you intend to do you could try a fiat X19. I reckon you'd get classic insurance on it as long as you have access to another car (like being a named driver on your girlfriend or parent's car) and do limited mileage (typically under 6,000 a yr). The fiat Uno turbo engine fits in the X19 without too much difficulty I heard!
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I think the Wizkid, and the capacino were the J specials with 600CC turbo engines that reved to something like 10-12k.
They were designed to get arround the J road tax based on engine sizes for emission purposes.
Some were sportscar like, some where like little retro cars, and then you had the SC1000 which was a funny little 2 seater rear/mid engined car from the eighties with a cracking 1 litre lump, and a tendency for body rot, which means many don't survive.
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,.. now the nice solid 127, thats the tricky bit.