deuchars

Lookin for ideas from people for a car with the following criteria:

RWD
Cheap
rust
dents
spolier

cars under consideration so far are:

Sierra
Capri
Carlton
Granada
Cortina
Manta
Jags, Mercs an beemers are a bit out of range

Any ideas would be good

Colin

cookstar

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I had classic beetle a couple of years ago in the ice and snow, fantastic fun.


tax exempt and 100 to insure.

Might get another for this winter

WRXewl

iTrader: (1)

You thinking of doing some drifting ?

deuchars

Yeah, wanting a cheap drift car with "character". Looking for something around the £200 mark with 2 months tax & mot. If anyone knows of anything near edinburgh let me know.

thanks

Colin

Jamo

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a mates got an e30 320i 3 door in red, taxed and tested, wanting £250 for it.

deuchars

£250 seems the wrong side of budget for me, where is the car?

Colin

Jamo

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derbyshire mate

fatscoobyfella

You will have a job one drifting any of them,need an LSD for that fella,2.8 special capri will have one,all others dont.
Cheapest drift cars really are,

200SX
E30 BMW sport
E34 BMW sport

Unless you wanna pop your own diff in,you will just be blasting all your power away on the inside wheel..

DavidChief

2.8 Capri is good fun.

mg driver

200 sx but more money needed

Paulo P

iTrader: (42)

12 valve Carlton gsi fits that criteria and has a lsd too

deuchars

Thanks for the reply's, paul after looking into the Carlton gsi they seem out of budget. If need be the diff can be welded solid, will this destroy any other drive train in the process??

thanks

colin

DarkStar66

I thought the Sierra was FWD.

Dracoro

All sierras are RWD apart from the latter cossies which were 4wd.

pugoetru

sierra is probably your best bet for cheapness and even the diesel ones can get the tail out as traction is rubbish!!

an lsd should be available from some other sierra or mk3 granny

Other good rwd option is a peugeot 505 gti has lsd std 130 bhp and very good fun to slide about in sadly Not many left now though and only saloon has lsd estate was open diff.
Also made a v6 170 hp but no lsd for some reason!

Paulo P

iTrader: (42)

I've had loads of sierras and you use the rear axle from an xr4x4 to get a lsd I did this mod on a 2.8 xr4i a few years ago

pugoetru

I think you have your car go get scot adds you should get a sierra for £50 tops

jjones

added advantage of the sierra is that when "giving it a boot full" when drifting the engine will also belch out blue smoke making your drift even more smokin'

davegtt

volvo 340...lol

deuchars

The peugeot 505 sounds like a winner but i can only find one auto for £300. Will check scot adds later on. Really set my heart on a sierra now, cant wait for the axle tramp and rally side exit exhaust.

Heres some potential.




Colin

deuchars

I had thought about the volvo 340 but they dont have an lsd, but good weight distribution as the gearbox is part of the diff.

Colin

Paulo P

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That's not something you hear very often.

alibongol

That is 2 different cars, look at the rear lights and wheels.

I can't believe you still want a sierra, we've had this debate a thousand times!

pugoetru

LOL that bottom pic looks like my old diesel one same wheeltrims the lot

pugoetru

If you do find a 505 gti i have a huge amount of spare parts for them as i have had 505s for the last 10 years i still have a turbo diesel one but its an estate

Those lucky frenchies and americans believe it or not got a turbo version 180hp for the last of them!

That was 15 years ago

deuchars

Ali dont diss the sierra its a weapon!! This car is only being purchased for fun, plans are to develop drift skill and turn it into a rally machine. Are the diesel sierra's turbo??

Colin

pugoetru

the diesel sierra originaly used a 2.3 pug engine but the later ones used the 1.8 escort engine with a turbo


both are slow and smelly though

SJ_Skyline

Another vote for the 200sx - S13's are cheap as chips now

alibongol

I sold a bmw 316i less than 2 weeks ago for 75 sheets. If you'd asked you could have had it. OK it was an estate and had done 140k but otherwise it meets the criteria.

Oh and it is not a sierra!

pugoetru

Don't worry alibongol sierras will all be gone soon the tinworm is making sure of that