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    Quote Originally Posted by docwra View Post
    Still totally, totally wrong. One of the best bits about it is you dont need to go fast to enjoy it (unlike my BMW for instance).

    Also spot the diehard Nissan fans buying S13/14/15 and R32/33/34 despite all being nearly the same car

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jonny Wilkinson View Post
    I'd also like to build my own kit track car based around a mid-mounted Jaguar 5.0 V8 with supercharger
    Is that your way of telling us the Jag has been up and over the bank of a single track country road?

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    Early 60's Ferrari 250 GT California SWB Spyder

    Extremely pretty car. Cant be red though.

    Nuff said!
    Last edited by MEL; 02-12-2020 at 09:39.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Actual_Ben_Taylor View Post
    It's obviously not the car for you, I think you just need to get over it
    No I'm just getting old.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MEL View Post
    Early 60's Ferrari 250 GT California SWB Spyder

    Extremely pretty car. Cant be red though.

    Nuff said!
    Nice!

    250 GTO would be my pick! Plus a classic gull wing Mercedes - both are probably unattainable these days?

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    Most beautiful car ever made. Lamborghini Miura SVJ.

    RS13 stock.
    RS13 electric conversion around 200bhp, need a 150 mile range.
    RS13 track mods 500bhp.

    Some shit 5 door that can take a spare CA18DET in the boot.

    Just need some winning lotto numbers.

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    Think with unlimited money i'd buy interesting cars everyday.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sx rider View Post
    Nice!

    250 GTO would be my pick! Plus a classic gull wing Mercedes - both are probably unattainable these days?
    You will like this then


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    Quote Originally Posted by skyshack View Post
    Most beautiful car ever made. Lamborghini Miura SVJ....
    I love an old classic but I prefer the one on the left...


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    Quote Originally Posted by Asht_200 View Post
    You will like this then

    very nice!

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    Money no object:

    McLaren F1 LM

    Porsche 911 Hotrod

    Ford Escort RS Cosworth

    Ford Mustang Fastback ala Bullitt style

    Ultima GTR

    1980s Aston Martin V8 Vantage

    Big single turbo converted Toyota Supra/R34 GTR

    V8 converted FD RX7

    S1 Peugeot 106 Rallye for hooning to and from supermarket

    Range Rover Sport

    The list could go on and on...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Actual_Ben_Taylor View Post
    Yet another twat journalist that doesn't know the difference between a Kamm tail and a Camm tail.

    Hint Kamm espoused that all vehicles should look like vans - roof maintained at max height all the way to the rear.

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    1963 Lincoln Continental Convertible

    1989 Lexus LS400.

    Boxster 4.0GTS

    Early 70s 911 hotrod. All panels one dark colour, no Fuchs, no ducktail, no stupid filler in the middle of the frunk

    1982 Talbot Samba LS, full Tarmac rally spec.

    NB MX5 with about 200 bhp

    Random electric hatch. Who cares really?

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    Quote Originally Posted by arry View Post
    Is that your way of telling us the Jag has been up and over the bank of a single track country road?
    Only just saw this

    Noooooo, Its my way of saying I like the engine and think it would be simply insanely funny in a lightweight track car

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    For me, I am very happy with what I have given the limited space and money that I have.... I've owned my S14a for 15 years now and I can't see it ever going anywhere. My GT6.. I may sell in the future and go down the TVR route...

    But if money and space was no object, then I would have a big garage with a lift and....

    - My S14a
    - TVR Griffith 500
    - TVR Cerbera series 1
    - Jaguar E-Type roadster series 1
    - Jensen Interceptor restromod for those long distance trips.
    - MG B restromod
    - Lotus Elan
    - 20 year old Volvo 940 with a LS engine swap for the daily hack.
    - Nissan GTR (R35)

    There is absolutely nothing modern that interests me.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jonny Wilkinson View Post
    I love an old classic but I prefer the one on the left...

    I've see the one on the left in the flesh and it is jaw droppingly stunning. But put beside the original like that, it has nothing on the original! I'd take the original any day of the week on looks alone.

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    Quote Originally Posted by markcro View Post
    I've see the one on the left in the flesh and it is jaw droppingly stunning. But put beside the original like that, it has nothing on the original! I'd take the original any day of the week on looks alone.
    My other half just saw your post and agrees with you

    Everybody (including her) is allowed to be wrong every now and then

    Regards TVRs, its simple. Don't do it.

    Even if you have the shittest, most unreliable GT6 (which I know you don't) it will still be a million miles ahead of TVR for reliability and maintenance costs and it won't be a lot nicer to drive. I had a Spitfire 1500 for 13 years (my brother had a GT6) and 3 TVRs and the TVRs were all noisy, leaky, smelly, not very comfy, fell to bits and cost a fortune to run. I even managed to crash one - aquaplaning on the M25

    Some bloke on the Petrolheads forum : You know you have a TVR because very time you leave the car you instinctively look back over your shoulder.
    Me : Yeah, to see if it caught fire

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jonny Wilkinson View Post
    My other half just saw your post and agrees with you

    Everybody (including her) is allowed to be wrong every now and then

    Regards TVRs, its simple. Don't do it.

    Even if you have the shittest, most unreliable GT6 (which I know you don't) it will still be a million miles ahead of TVR for reliability and maintenance costs and it won't be a lot nicer to drive. I had a Spitfire 1500 for 13 years (my brother had a GT6) and 3 TVRs and the TVRs were all noisy, leaky, smelly, not very comfy, fell to bits and cost a fortune to run. I even managed to crash one - aquaplaning on the M25

    Some bloke on the Petrolheads forum : You know you have a TVR because very time you leave the car you instinctively look back over your shoulder.
    Me : Yeah, to see if it caught fire
    Some bloke on the Petrolheads forum : You know you have a TVR because very time you leave the car you instinctively look back over your shoulder.
    Me : Yeah, to see if it caught fire

    I like that! Ha ha ha! :-)

    I've had my GT6 now for 12 years. It's nearly 50 years old and I don't treat it softly. But it has never let me down. And if anything does go and you can't fix it with a hammer, then parts are stupidly cheap. As in stupidly cheap!.... But..........20 years ago watching Top Gear, I said that someday I would own a TVR or Ginetta. So I will have to..... and yes big boy toys come with big boy prices... I just hope that I don't regret it... But man, that is disheartening advice since you know Spitfires and GT6s... But still.....
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    Having watched a few YouTube vids today as the weather has been miserable in between chopping firewood etc

    I’m going to change my mind. Mainly cars I’ve owned and driven, because they say never meet your hero

    Ferrari F355 with a manual gearbox (I still standby it isn’t the best car I’ve driven, but undeniably it has presence and is one of the most beautiful cars ever produced, probably the last seriously gorgeous cars Ferrari have produced)

    I was going to say Audi R8 V10 for the noise, but a 5 banger comes close to it so would go for an Audi TT RS and let the missus have it

    MK1 Astra GTE (for nost***ia)
    MG Montego Turbo (only car I’ve ever had a naked girl try to climb into it from another car whilst doing 70 on the A127 )
    A White RS13 (but instead of doing stupid mods that ruin it) subtle styling mods 300 ish hp / the electronics I had and planned too / and fully restored to factory condition but with upgrades (I loved that car)

    The 2 before would have to be concourse restored as would the next 2

    A MK2 Ford Escort RS1800
    An original Mini Cooper S tastefully modded with DB8 Integra Type R engine in it
    Got to have an Aston, but which one? Probably a Casino Royale DBS pre crashed

    Still undecided about a big saloon, probably a Tesla

    And for an SUV? A 4 litre battered old Jeep


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