I'm toying with the idea of buying an old car as something fun and a bit different to the Impreza...

Current thoughts are as follows...

Capri - ideally a MkII 3.0 litre
Cortina - Autotrader have a nice 1600E :-)

What would you get and why?

Does anyone know of a good place, preferably with a website, that sell old motors?

ta,
Matt

 

Capri of course...because it was my first car that I bought with my own money. And she was reliable'ish.

 

Trabant

 

Lotus Sunbeam

or maybe a Mk2 Escort

 

how about an opel manta ?
mark

 

Rally Spec Vauxhall HS Chevette

Laurence

 

2.51 tr6 - open top, hairy chested motor
good one for 8-10k ok one for about 6k

if youve already got a foor door why get another one.
as for the capri - purrrlllease

 

capri see http://www.scoobynet.co.uk/bbs/threa...threadid=80774 may be selling it too

 

cool

check these beasts out...







yum yum

 

Is that the Cortina off the adver, the one that gets an Affro ?

Like the Granada, My dad briefly had the 3.0 Ghia Coupe which was well cool.

How about a Vauxhall Magnum 2.3 Coupe (Firenza style) in orange, my uncle had a tuned one, quicker than a BMW 325i during the mid 80,s


How about a Purple Marina TC. What a pile of Sh*t that was.

 

It has to be a Mk1 or Mk2 Escort RS2000 or a Lotus Sunbeam, you can still buy tuning parts of the shelf and they are rear wheel drive.

Daz.

 

Definitely a Lotus Sunbeam or a 1.6 /1.8 Twin cam Escort... Hmmmm lovely

 

this !

 

A Mk1 golf gti.

 

Has to be the Capri - get a turbo technics 280 brooklands. 0-60 in 6.2 seconds 150 flat out. Reliable (turbo was factory option) looks the business and is entertaining to drive. Remember in its day all the press raved about the 2.8 and 3.0 Capris like they do the Evo cars now. V8 engined Perona Mark 1 Capri is also pretty cool with the 289 mustang lump in it.

Approve of Granny Coupe, original Manta and others though.

If you want a decent Granny coupe I know someone who has about half a dozen and is looking to sell some of them email me and I'll put you in touch.

 

Triumph Dlomite Sprint, great motor.
Cheers
Colin

 

It would have to be a mk1 Escort RS2000 or a Lotus Cortina.

And it would have to be mint of course.

Dont you just love them sort of cars.

 

How about a BMW 2002? They're quite cool

Or if not what about an old Alfa? Unrusty ones look the dogs bollox



Nick

 

MK2 RS2000, they look great still

 

Dolly Sprint

 

Dolly Sprint

 

Theres an original 28k miles MK 11 Cortina Savage in the trader this week for £5k ....certificated by Jeff Uren.

OR

...a Jenson Interceptor for £6495 with only 43k miles

You cant beat the old skool cars...

Nath

 

Mk 1 Lotus Cortina
Lancia Fulvia Coupe 1600HF

 

Still the Capri - cant beat the 6 cyl cars for noise esp essex 3.0

 

Escort RS2000 Mk1 or Mk2, Mk2's are easier to source.
Or Capri 2.8i, strip it,cage it,buckets & sort suspension should be good fun...........you know you wanna

Rob

 

Mk2 RS2000 in signal yellow.
With a Cossie lump in it. double
astraboy.

 

how about an allegro!!!
fantastic handling.
square steering wheel.
plastic seats.
looks to die for.
very aerodynamic(in reverse).

why dont us brits make cars like this any more!!!